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We have been in a study about the Habits of Happiness. We all want to be happy right? As Paul wraps up his letter to the Philippians, he does so with a promise. 19 And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.…

We are continuing our series this morning. The season of Thanks -Being Grateful Everyday. During the time of Thanksgiving, a lot of people will do a gratitude challenge. This three-week series examines Scripture to see what gratitude might look like if it was practiced every day, and if we found reasons…

The passage we are looking at today has really given me a new and fresh love and compassion for you my church family. I have been encouraged by this passage I have been challenged by this passage to be a better pastor to be a better husband and father to be a better brother in Christ I have been blessed…

Main Idea Discipleship is the collective pursuit of growth toward Christlikeness. Have you ever heard of Companion Planting? I haven’t either. According to Madison Fields (an agricultural resource center): “Planting a garden that utilizes the strengths of each plant to form a healthy plant community…

Trusting Humility Philippians 2:1-18 Central Truth: I Must C hoose to T rust G od Daily! Hebrews 12:1-3 -Jesus E ntrusted Himself: 1 Peter 2:20-23 Acts 8:3 , 27:1 – Control of Prisoners Trust: Surrenderin g Contro l to act on our behalf ! C haracter , A bility , A uthority Philippians 1:18-27 – Joy in…

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is poorly…

I find myself wearing these glasses more and more… not because my vision is going. I have 20/20 vision, but rather because they help me see things correctly. I have dyslexia and with out these on words shift and are not in the correct place neither are numbers especially. I view things through these…

Philippians rotates around this hymn of Humility and Power. It is a summary of the Gospel. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a…

Well, It is finally time. The holiday season is upon us. I know Christmas decorations have been in stores since before Halloween and it feels like Thanksgiving is so easily overlooked, but it is still such a very important holiday. It really kicks off the holiday season for me even though Hallmark started…

The Return of Jesus Jesus’ Return We believe Jesus will return in power and glory to reign. It has been declared in scripture that no man knows the hour of his return, only the Father. On that day, Jesus will gather his people to himself, and they will be glorified bodily and spiritually. He will crush…

just as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers with me of grace. Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or…

After his vision on the road to Damascus, and his salvation the shortly followed after – there was nothing that was more important to Paul than fulfilling God’s will and bring glory to the Father. He lived his life with everything else coming second to Christ. He had seen great victories in the middle…

Sometimes we think of love as something static – either we love someone or we don’t, but Christian love grows deeper over time. There are some people who become harder to love the more we get to know them, but Christian love continues to love regardless of the person’s deserving it. This is what Paul…

Unique challenge- joy cannot be manipulated. One cannot fake it until he makes it. This is unique from love and peace in which you can pursue loving and peaceful actions even when you don’t fell like it Its easy to find joy in circumstances. We are in the boxing ring of circumstances. The ring represents…

Our text today is the Gospel reading, and the work of John in verse 3: “He went into the whole region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.” Let us pray: These are Thy Words oh Lord; help us and sanctify us in the Truth. Thy Word is truth. Amen. What sound…

Philippians 1:18b-30 Introduction Good morning and welcome to this gathering of Hope Bible Fellowship. Go ahead and open your Bible to Philippians chapter 1. Stick your thumb in it for a minute because I want to say something before we get going on the message. This has been a crazy couple of years.…

Choosing Love over Liberty Good morning church, guess what we didn’t get yet?!? Our new chairs. I feel like I owe you guys an explanation for that and it’s basically this , we live in this world where we don’t alway get what we want. That’s a free lesson this morning. 1 Corinthians chapter 8 and we are…

Introduction Good morning. It’s great to have you with us today at this gathering of Hope Bible Fellowship. It’s truly an honor to open the Word with you today. Go ahead and open your Bible or device to Philippians 1:9-11 . That’s where we are going to be camped out today. If you’d like to take notes…

Sermon Title: Joyfully Thankful Philippians 1:3-8 Big thought: The Christian's source of joy is Jesus and expressed in thankfulness and service. Introduction Good morning Hope Church! I’m absolutely amazed and joyful to be with you today. If you have your Bible go ahead and open it to Philippians chapter…

Introduction Good morning and welcome to FCC! We are so glad that each one of you have joined us here in the sanctuary and online to worship God in Spirit and in truth, one verse at a time, one book at a time. I want to remind you that Kevin will be starting a study on Revelation soon, and he would like…

Intro We have had an interesting couple of years here. First there was a virus we began to hear about and in almost no time, the world shut down. President Trump shut down the borders and had everyone stay home… we along with the rest of the world went into a 2 month lock down… some longer. The isolation…

Nate will read this in the service. Text: Philippians 1:12-26 . Joy is the emotion of salvation. 1 Peter 1:8 tells us this. Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, More than anything…

Last weekend we began our new series with a brief overview. In case you were not with us, here is what you missed in a nutshell. Paul wrote this short letter from prison, probably while he was under house arrest in Rome. This would have been around 60A.D. The church at Philippi was a very new church…

Introduction: Chains are usually used to restrict the movement of something or someone. Chains are used for bicycles to keep them safe and restrict their movement that might occur with a thief! Chains to sometimes used to restrain an animal like a dog to keep them from running away or attacking a neighbor.…

Today's sermon is all about how God finishes what He starts and brings His work to completion.