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Ephesians Good morning church! I want to welcome you all here this morning, we are very glad you are here. Before we go too far into our service, I want to invite you back on Wednesday evening for our midweek study. At 6pm we are having an Agape Supper, lovingly bring something to share with your brothers…

Abiding in Christ # 11 1 John 3: 18-24 Living a Christian life requires much more than church attendance during weekly services. Being known as a Christian is literally to be known as a follower of Christ, one who strives to live life as Christ lived. Being a Christian isn’t merely identification with…

Welcome... Introduce self... Pray... And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice…

Lord, teach us to pray. “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples” ( Luke 11:1 ). Each rabbi had a particular way of petitioning God, and Jesus’ disciples are aware that John had taught his disciples how to make petition to God. What has become so familiar to us is actually remarkable: “So…

The heavenly Father is always ready to give what we need; sometimes the question is if we are ready to receive it.

Leonard Ravenhill , an English evangelist who challenged the church to hunger and thirst for revival through prayer, puts it like this. There's nothing more transfiguring than prayer. People often ask, "Why do you insist on prayer so much?" The answer is very simple - because Jesus did. You could change…

Powerful things happen b/c of prayer. Jesus Ask and Receive. James, Have not - ask not. Prayer is powerful b/c it is prophetic. It determines your course. Power, miracles, hand of God, favor of god, transformation, overcome of sin, Luke 11:1-13 What is Prayer? 1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain…

God NEVER ignores the prayers of his children. (With one exception - 1 Peter 3:7 ) 7 Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. Men, bear…

Love, defend, provide, inspire, relate, understand, heal, partner, trustworthy, affectionate, patient, kind, respectful, attentive, compassionate, empathetic, open, capable, safe. These are all qualities that one would want to expect from a good father. These are not always, nor ever completely the quality…

We are reminded that God graciously hears our prayers as a Father and friend. We are encouraged to pray habitually.

Intro A messenger at a photo lab was leaving a building one day when his beeper went off. The message instructed him to pick up a package at an unfamiliar company with a 12-syllable, tongue-twisting name. The messenger looked skyward and sighed, “God, where am I supposed to go?” Just then the pager came…

Intro When you think of your spiritual life, what is one of, if not the easiest thing to accomplish, but also most easily pushed aside tasks? Prayer. It requires to additional materials. Simply you speaking to God. Even though it is one of the most important things we can do, it is also one of the first…

Intro: Today’s passage asks the same type of question about the topic of prayer. This purpose of this passage is to instruct the follower of Jesus Christ on how to communicate to God in prayer. I want us to center our attention on 3 key elements to Effective prayer: Identity, Intimacy and Humility. I.…

I asked for strength… And God gave me difficulties to make me strong. I asked for wisdom… And God gave me problems to solve. I asked for prosperity… And God gave me a brain and energy to work. I asked for courage… And God gave me danger to overcome. I asked for love… And God gave me troubled people to…

2 Timothy 1:1-9 I don’t know how many of you have ever participated in a school play, or maybe local theater. Our kids weren’t really into that, but a couple of them were really into music and they had different opportunities to use those talents. One performed for the Penobscot Theater for awhile, another…

Secular - Jesus said that, “in this world you will have trouble, but be of good cheer for I have overcome the world.” The new father in the following story definitely had some trouble: One day shortly after the birth of their new baby, the mother had to go out to do some errands. So, the proud papa stayed…

Introduction Good morning and welcome to First Community Church, where we worship God in Spirit and in Truth, one verse at a time, one book at a time. Whether you are here with us or watching via the live stream, We are glad that you have joined us today and have prayed that you will walk away encouraged…

Where Mark’s (Matthew, Luke, John) gospel leaves off is where the book of Acts picks up. When we left Mark’s account we read... 14 Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed…

INTERCEDING IN PRAYER Based on a sermon transcript by Jason Elsmore Authoratarian regimes throughout the world do not tolerate dissent. They see anyone who is different, anyone gathering a following as a threat to their power. If we look around the world today we see that this is true in so many places.…

The historical Jesus illustrates the value of relational faith. Secure relationships generate quiet confidence.

Christ the way! Christ is so much more than just the way to the Father. This series has been looking at that and hopefully will continue to grow us as we look at how Christ is the way. He is the way to God (Jn14:6) The way the truth and the life, no other way He is the way to Life (Jn10:10) life full,…

Introduction We will be talking about prayer again this week. This text makes me feel a little uncomfortable, to be honest. I think it may do the same for you when we get done. But before that... I want us to talk about prayer in general. Have you ever given serious consideration to why we pray? Do our…

Lost to found Pray for unbelieving Family and friends will come to faith in Jesus 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: Don’t be afraid to ask. 9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,…

Introduction Thank you so much for that wonderful song service and worshipping with us in Spirit and in Truth! Happy New Year! Well we made it to 2021. Remember the song Here comes the Sun? By the Beatles? How about here comes the SON in 2021! Just a thought from a pastor I track with:) Kathy Kymbra…

5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. His wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 7 But…