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When Jesus Comes, It Is the Dawning of a New Day for His People. Goal: That God’s people not dread or fear the Last Day and Jesus’ coming, but eagerly look forward to the dawning of that new day with confidence and joy. A new day dawns every morning. The sun comes up whether you like it or not. And honestly,…

Entertaining Angels is the Christ’s Birthday Observance theme for 2022. We will be collecting a special Christ’s Birthday Observance Offering at the end of our service today. We have another Angel Visit that shows up in our Gospel passage this morning. But first, let’s catch ourselves up. Waiting for…

Advent is about waiting. This is a reminder I know but it is an important one. Waiting puts us in the “Biblical” story alongside many others. Exodus 23:20 (NIV) “See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. Isaiah 40:3 (NIV) A voice…

(S1) Mother, father, grandparent, teacher...in some way you are shaping little lives; by what they hear you say and see you do and how you live. “Some little one is watching every move you make” Series— It Starts at Home “Built on Bedrock”— Digging the trench of our own faith (shoveling bedrock) — Christ…

What would you do if you could, just for a moment, see the fully glory of Jesus Christ? When I was in high school one of my favorite Christian Music groups was a band called Third Day. They had a song called “Show Me Your Glory”, which was based on Moses’ experience on the mountain with God. As Moses…

Welcome to Fathers Day 2023 Fathers Day A day of socks and ties and if your lucky a BBQ that you have to put on. 40 million less cards are sent on fathers day compared to mothers day. Maybe it's because mothers are just better at laying on the guilt: 40% feel obligated or pressured to buy for their mom…

When Jesus Comes, It Is the Dawning of a New Day for His People. Goal: That God’s people not dread or fear the Last Day and Jesus’ coming, but eagerly look forward to the dawning of that new day with confidence and joy. A new day dawns every morning. The sun comes up whether you like it or not. And honestly,…

Introduction: We all have choices in life. Two roads - Robert Frost Speaks of a traveler in the woods that comes to a fork He cannot take both roads and so he must make a choice He thinks that he may return one day to travel the other road, but realizes how unlikely that will be The path he took has…

Most of us don’t like silence. We especially don’t like it when it feels like God is being silent. 7 a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6 And he will turn the…

Scripture Reading 1 John 4:7-21 Good morning church family and friends. Let us look at the Catechism question this morning. Q. Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery? A. God, out of His mere good pleasure, from all eternity, having chosen a people to everlasting life, did…

Do you ever question God’s love for you? The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi. “I have loved you,” says the Lord . But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord . “Yet I have loved Jacob but Esau I have hated. I have laid waste his hill country…

Raising Children is a challenge Raising good children is a big challenge I. Raising godly children is an incredible task Teaching children to obey Teaching children to show respect and honor Protecting them from evil – wrong philosophies Teaching them to keep their heart’s pure For your obedience is…

Announcements Are there any announcements? Revelation Bible study Thursday 2/10 @ 6pm, hope to see you there! After next week’s service, we will have our annual business meeting after church. Communion Good morning and welcome to First Community Church where we worship God in Spirit and in Truth, one…

Previously from My Messenger The returned remnant has some recurring problems the prophet is promptly addressing Previously Malachi, whose name means “My Messenger” had some strong messages for the people. A contemporary of Ezra and Nehemiah (about 444B.C.) He had Identified and attacked the spiritual…

Introduction We use mirrors reveal to us the imperfections in our appearance, so that we can correct them. Transition: Similarly here in the Book of Malachi we see God speaking through Malachi confronting the nation of Israel on their short comings. However rather than expecting them to fix themselves,…

Review Malachi - Author and Messenger He was the author & His name means My Messenger Theme: True worship is an expression to God from a good relationship with Him . It is not a deed done, or ritual, event, or religious practice. David H. Roper said, “The Israelites were experiencing a decline in the…

Reading Mal 1.6-11 Overview Malachi - Author and Messenger He was the author Name means My Messenger Key terms: Lord of hosts 24x “I will...” 12x My Name 8x “In what way” or “How” 7x Key beliefs: God as Father 1.6; 2.10 God is Master 1.6 God as Creator 2.10 Yet the people believed God had lost interest…

Faith Vision Christian Ministries i s a Christian church, based on the Word of God. We are a training ground for all things Jesus Christ. Thank you for joining us today , and thank you for keeping Faith Vision in your prayers Let us pray (P/P) We invite the Holy Spirit to join us this morning Faith Vision…

Verses 1-3 As Jesus goes to His hometown of Nazareth, some of the the people who have known Him most if not all of His life are blown away at His teaching and display of power that we know is the evidence that His teaching is from God, but that they are rejecting. The people of Nazareth are too familiar…

What does it take to be a father? You have to be a man (male) You have to have offspring (to reproduce) Define -FATHER- ancestor; progenitor; chief To be the source or originator of something The oldest member of a society or other body A man who introduces or founds something (Father of our country)…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Intro The Night Before, The Night Before Christmas | What is the darkest time of the night? Think of your favorite movies… The fever is always the worst before it breaks. The wait is always hardest toward the end. Prayer God our father as we are about to enter into the hearing and study of your Word…

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We are in the Gospel of Luke… today we are going to tackle most of one of the largest chapters in the Bible (80 verses!) We are going to be looking at the events of a man by the name of Zacharias and his wife Elizabeth: He is a priest They are said to be considered righteous in the sight of God I am…