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2 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; a light has dawned on those living in the land of darkness. 1 “Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the water; and you without silver, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without silver and without cost! 2 Why do you spend silver on…

Intro Does anybody love Jesus at River Church today? We are in week #5 in the study of the Fruit of the Spirit. We are doing this because of the time we are in. Things are so toxic and it’s a great opportunity for us to live out these characteristics so others can see. I believe it’s so important for…

We are finally finishing our paragraph here in Ephesians 4 . For most of our time in this text we have been answering the question, “What causes growth?” A healthy unified body (vv. 1-6) The gifts of our ascended Lord Jesus (vv. 7-10) The shepherd/teachers equipping (vv. 11-12) All of the saints participating…

Introduction The Concept The Critical View The Confirmative View I. The Concept Known as “ Once Saved , Always Saved ” II. The Critical View God and man both are responsible for Salvation Grace Saves , but Works are Required to Keep It III. The Confirmative View 1. Salvation is by Grace through Faith…

Introduction Spiritual Blessings (v1-14) Introduction (v1-3) An Inheritance (v4-14) - Spiritual blessings of the Saints Of Being Chosen (v4); Of Adoption (v5); Of Acceptance (v6); Of Redemption (v7); Of Revelation (v8-10); Of Predestination (v11); Of Assurance (v12-14) Paul’s First Prayer (v15-23) Paul’s…

17 Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. 18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. 19 They have become callous…

Benediction The lectionary readings for the past few weeks have taken us on a journey with King David - beginning with him talking about building the temple. We spoke about a Call to Worship, then David’s Sin - a Call to Confession, Nathan’s Confrontation - the Word of God. Last week the topic would…

Prayers of the People Worship with Rejoicing The lectionary readings for the past few weeks have taken us on a journey with King David - beginning with him talking about building the temple. Call to Worship We read from 2 Samuel 7 - we hear David’s thoughts about what God wants from him - the idea of…

Countdown Video Thank you for joining Faith Vision Christian Ministries Faith Vision i s a Christian church, based on the Word of God. We are a training ground for all things Jesus Christ. loving God , Loving People living by faith Thank you for joining us today , Please set everything aside as we come…

You are a part of a battle Two Dangers of the Battle: 1. You don’t think there is one 2. You fight against each other Two Divisions of Ephesians: 1 . Theological ( Ephesians 1-3 ) 2. Practical ( Ephesians 4-6 ) 1 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling…

Good Morning. If you have your Bibles turn with me to Proverbs chapter 18. Over the course of our time in Proverbs we have been looking at practical wisdom that relates to our every day living. These proverbs are so helpful and should cause us to look at how we are living and ask the Lord to help us…

Paul is writing to Ephesians - still fighting the battle of Jews vs Gentiles..circumcised vs uncircumcised This wasn’t a battle over the color of the carpet or which kind of coffee that they should serve... You have the people of God, whom He called from the beginning to be the people that would proclaim…

last week we touched on the Holy Spirit and learned that he is a gift to us from God. It makes me wonder, What’s the worst gift you have ever received? 1. Garbage Can Ensemble - Never give a woman any kind of household appliance or something that is going to make "housework" easier. Ie: Garbage can ensemble…

Welcome... Introduce self... Pray... We are going to look at this entire book through the lens of Christian Maturity. 7 Aspects to Christian Maturity (1) A mature Christian is gospel centered. (2) A mature Christian is sound in doctrine. (3) A mature Christian is submissive. (4) A mature Christian is…

Our mission - is to Glorify God, Equip the Saints, and to Share the Gospel. As a mission, this is the lens that we view all of the activity of our church - especially considering our time gathering together on Sunday mornings - because it is the center of our activity. Primarily - we Glorify God. That…

Through the year (or years) we touch on several things. We make statements. We use words. We use passages and verses. I want to take all those puzzle pieces and put them together in the big picture. We are going to spend a few weeks talking about church membership. I didn’t sell that well. Some of you…

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses,…

The Belt and Breastplate The late philosophy professor, Allan Bloom, began his book, The Closing of the American Mind by saying: ‌“There is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost every student entering the university believes, or says he believes, that truth is relative.” He goes…

Announcements: Tonight Youth Wednesday Night - Children Building Project Council - Meet after service This month - we are looking at Common Ailments. We know the church is to behave as a hospital for sinners - this is a medical facility, a place where people come to receive care. The members of the church…

As we’re continuing in worship today, I want to give you four things to pray about. Pray for Sam. Her dear husband, Austin Sthole passed into the arms of Jesus on Thursday evening. Sam, we are so sorry for your loss. Pray for two in our congregation that have recent cancer diagnoses. Pray for Joel Shipman…

Last week we discussed the truth that we are all addicted to something. And we need to admit that we are powerless, that in our own power our lives are unmanageable. Until we admit this, we will keep living broken, miserable lives. As Paul wrote: For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that…

Amos 5 is the Lord’s attempt to cause a stiff necked and hard hearted people to turn from their sin and seek Him. How do you get a hard hearted person to seek the Lord How does the Lord motivate hard hearted people to seek Him? All of us need to seek the Lord more than we currently are seeking. All of…

Intro Talk about families. How many of you shudder at the thought of all the family gatherings during the holidays? During the holiday season, we will all spend more time with family that we do the rest of the year. Someone once said this about family… It’s good to see them come and it’s good to see…

Series- The “One Anothers” My goal in this series is to come to a deeper understanding of what it means to be a member of a local New Testament church. What are the duties and responsibilities of church membership? My mission is to discover exactly what kinds of things we promise to do for each other…

Central Theme : By shedding our old sinful nature, we can better embrace the Christ-like qualities fosters unity within the body of Christ. assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and…