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As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. Everything is based on God’s love I. “As the Father has loved me...” God’s love is the source of all love, and love is the basis for God’s action in the world. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who…

Omnipresence Have you ever wished that you could be at two places at once? He wanted to be at a birthday celebration at Mr. Gatti’s and he wanted to go to the Varsity Football game in Bloomington. So he had to make the choice. Does he go to Gatti’s or does he go to the football game. And when presented…

Illustration ABIDING A DINNER plate left out overnight will be hard to clean in the morning. An alternative to scrubbing is soaking the dish in hot water and dishwashing liquid. Letting a dish abide in the solution will allow a hard cleaning job to become a lot easier. This is what abiding does for Christians.…

The GOSPEL READ John 3:1-18 passage 1) The Command/The Confusion Explain Nicodemus’ quandary His question - literally “Water and the spirit” He knows the Law, He knows what Moses wrote Interesting to look at the two on the road to Emmaus, Jesus uses Moses’ writing to point out that He is Messiah 2) What…

A Baptist and a Methodist are standing at the side of the road holding a sign that says "Turn around. The end is nigh." A young man passing by in a car leans out to shout at them, "Go Home You Religious Freaks" and races away. Moments later they hear a yell and a loud splash. The Baptist turns to the…

And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. Scripture Reading: 2 Timothy 1:12 1 John 5:9–12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for…

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. We are loving God , Loving People living by faith Thank you for joining us today , Please set everything aside…

(S1) Phobia's or what people fear are pretty common—Spiders and snakes, small spaces, heights, dogs, thunder and lightening... FEAR of the DARK—MOM What looks like a simple chair during the day is transformed into a monster at night. Socks left on the floor suddenly appear to be snakes. The light, however,…

1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable…

Countdown Video: Born Anew 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. We are loving God , Loving People living by faith Thank you for joining us today , Please set everything…

Man is totally depraved and unable to save himself. His salvation was bought by Christ through His death, burial, and resurrection, and is solely a work of God’s Grace. In His death Christ made full and vicarious atonement for man and was the propitiation of God’s just wrath against sinful man. This…

Intro Can we have joy even knowing that we are not in control? We must answer a few more questions before we can answer that one. If we are not in control, then who is? What is the character of that being that is in control? Are they good, are they evil? This will directly impact our ability to find…

Romans 8:1-4 We are now in the eighth chapter of Romans. As we have gone verse by verse throughout this book we have seen Paul remind us that in our natural state we are sinners that were under the wrath of God. He told us we cannot save ourselves through any goodness of our own. He told us the truth…

Have you ever lost focus on a project, and everything got messed up? It seems that every week, I struggle with my focus during sermons. Maggie and I had a heart to heart a few weeks ago, trying to understand the pressures that each other face. And I told Maggie that many times writing sermons is like…

I don’t know what you favorite Christmas movie is. Perhaps its “It’s a wonderful life” or “White Christmas” or “A Christmas Story” or “Elf” perhaps “Die Hard”. Have you ever thought about what it is about these movies that make them so iconic and special for this time of year? In each story, the stage…

MERRY CHRISTMAS! What a joy to be family on this glorious day as we celebrate the coming and birth of our Savior! So far as we have focused on the Baby Christ Child… we have looked at and considered: Our Great God & Savior as the Good Shepherd We looked at the Dark, Dirty, and Distant sheep that our…

Christmas can be summed up in one verse in the Bible and most everyone knows this verse by heart. 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 36 He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who…

Names mean something to us. Alyvia (found it in a baby name book) Marie Jane (both grandma’s) Bennson (baby name book) Hugh Amyah (picked by Amy and spelled for her) Renea (Amy) Names meant even more in the Old Testament. They would name their children by how they felt, something that was happening,…

10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord , and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel. Author: John Once again, unnamed. Internal and external evidence supports this. External. He was widely accepted as the author by early church fathers. Internal. In depth detail that…

Dr. Harold Pease, a Constitutional expert who taught at Taft University, wrote an article titled “The Price Declaration of Independence Signers Paid for Your Liberty”. His articles reads as such: The Declaration of Independence ends with one of the most passionate appeals ever put to words and memorized…

The Gospel This morning is going to conclude our sermon series covering the 3 circles, but this is the beginning of the journey. I want you to know that this sermon series is to set the stage for you and me to get out into the world and tell people about the good news of Jesus Christ. To reveal to them…

31 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. 32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.” 33 He told…

Bookkeeping class - 1 penny off! Famous verse: John 3 verse 16 in the middle of our reading today. Jesus interaction with Nicodemus has some things to teach us today. Please stand as we honor the reading of God’s Word: 1 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling…

God’s not dead… transforming people’s lives, healing hurting people and reconciling relationships. Today, He’s blessing people’s lives and families… Some families live expecting great blessings while others need to experience great blessings. A child asked his father, "Dad, How were people born?" So…

As we have walked through Romans, we have come to Romans 10. Romans 9-11 deals a lot with Israel. last time we met, we worked through Romans 10:1-15 , today we are going to go back a little and see that Paul is giving us five reasons or proofs that the Gospel is not for Israel only. God loves the whole…