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Introduction It’s Christmas Morning, For many of us the presents have been unwrapped, the food, at least the sweets have been consumed, a feast may be coming, but today, Right now, We focus on the God, Immanuel that has come. We have spent the morning focusing on the progression of the Christmas story…

Intro; Last week we looked at the family tree of Jesus and saw a lot of shady characters in it. We also talked about our on family trees, our DNA and are we in the Jesus’ family tree ‘The Lambs Book of Life.” So when we come to Christmas we realize its a lot more than just presents, its about family.…

We often live our lives with little awareness of how close God really is to us. It may be the weekly worship service or a tragedy in our lives that sensitizes us to God’s nearness or the need for Him to be near. As we ponder this wonderful text it may be helpful to first dive into the history of what…

Working The Plan The 6 types of working genius. by Patrick Lencioni This book attempts to help the reader find fulfilment in their work, their vocation, by tapping into the natural strengths of those around them. Wonder: identifies the need for improvement or change Invention: confirms the importance…

Final message of our Foundation study in which we have been getting an overview of the Old Testament. Through this study, we have been asking two questions: What do we learn about God? What do we learn about ourselves? We have seen a lot of things about God and ourselves. What are some of the things…

A King is Coming

This morning we continue on our journey through the gospel according to Matthew....a journey that we have entitled The King and His Kingdom . Please grab your copy of God’s Word and turn with me to Matthew 2 . When you are there and if you are able to, please stand for the reading of God’s Word. Matthew…

The Arrival of the King INTRODUCTION: Good morning everyone. My name is Joshua McCay. I’m the preaching minister here at ACC. Over the next severaral weeks we’re going to be going through a series called Kingdom. And we’re going to dive into the book of Matthew and really flesh out the idea that we are…

Tonight I am going to focus more on Joseph than the other participants in the Christmas Story. Joseph was given a call to protect and a call of prompt obedience. As every husband is given charge to protect his family, Joseph had already made a commitment to protect Mary. For Mary and Joseph, their betrothal…

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…

Four hundred years of prophetic silence was broken when the angel Gabriel appeared to Zacharias the priest to announce that he and his wife would be having a child in their old age. This son would be named John and would be the one who would precede the Savior of the world and call the people of Israel…

Introduction Today, we stand on the precipice of Christmas, one of the two great feast days on the Christian calendar. And here, on the last Sunday of Advent, the lectionary, like St. Matthew, wants us to understand a few things before we come together to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. So that…

A King is Coming I hope everyone is ready for Christmas. We are just 2 weeks away, so if you plan to buy anything online you are about to run out of time. A couple of weeks ago we watched “ A Christmas Story ” and it got me thinking about Christmas traditions. You may remember in the movie when their…

Matthew 1:18–25 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man , and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her…

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost. Billy Graham Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. Abraham Lincoln The Man we are looking at today for our…

OPENING: Vayak’hel - Pekudei TORAH: Ex. 35:1 ––40:38 I will dwell among the children of Israel and will be their God. My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be their God, and they shall be My people. All the way around shall be eighteen thousand cubits; and the name of the city from that…

Good morning, Gateway Chapel! Any astute viewer of the movie “101 Dalmations” is left with only one question: Why is Cruella de Vil so evil? I mean come on! Why would someone want to hurt white spotted puppies? Was that not your experience watching the movie? Well, good thing that Emma Stone and company…

There are a lot of things that we can and have taken away from these pages in scripture. However, there are only two things we are going to look at today. 1) The willingness of an individual to submit to God’s will and 2) That God is close to those that are seen as the powerless and the forgotten in…

4 But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, When the set time had fully come…God sent His Son! God made the most magnificent decision by choosing to come in the person of Jesus! Out of His love, He chose to make His dwelling among us! He chose to enter…

Introduction Sometimes a single sentence can have a lot of meaning. Commas save lives! Let’s eat, Grandma. OR Let’s eat Grandma. Some people enjoy cooking, their families, and their dogs. OR Some people enjoy cooking their families and their dogs. Stop and think about what that says... Early humans hunted…

His Name is Jesus

Introduction A school teacher in England tells a charming story. At Christmas time she supervised the construction of a manger scene in a corner of the classroom. The children participated happily in the project. They also enjoyed casting characters for the drama depicting the Nativity. The teacher noticed…

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…

Alone Sometimes we are alone, or un-supervised. That can be a fun, we might even do things we know we shouldn’t do just because we want to! But it can also be scary! Some of those things we want to do, might get us hurt or killed. Have you ever seen Mary Poppins? In the beginning of the original movie,…

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man , and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. But while…