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Intro - Phil 3:13-14 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Do you have any goals for the future? Financial or…

Today is special. Today we celebrate communion. We begin again with a fresh understanding of God’s grace. In the last year we have seen some incredible things in our family here. Big things. God things. And we have been through some hard things. Some world shattering things. Some - I just need to be…

Announcements Christmas Day Service at 11 AM Sanctification We believe that believers have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for all. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all . In more than one place, Paul…

Come walking up with baggage… picking up some baggage along the way up. Encourage audience to take a load off and sit down. Dismiss children’s church MANY OF YOU… feel like I look! You come this morning with all sorts of baggage Preston comes up with game bag Nathan comes up with guitar case Lisa comes…

Philippians 3:1 -4 :1 1) Demonstrate how Family Ministries is Really Church Ministry – Discipleship in the family of God 2) Soak in the text here from Paul a. Respond to His appeal – THIS ONE THING I DO b. Embrace the truth that God has Purpose in this ‘Process of Growth’ through our imperfect lives!…

It is usually during this time of year that we tend to look back at the previous year or years. We reflect on our accomplishments and sometimes we linger on our failures. There might have been personal trials that you faced or maybe your plans did not come to fulfilment. Maybe you did things that you…

As I begin our message today we’re going to begin with some audience participation. So feel free to shout out your answer or just raise your hand, or both! How many of you stayed up last night to ring in the new year? If you’re here this morning after staying up that late, I just have to congratulate…

This morning I am doing something that will be different for you as well as for me. Our annual meeting is today following the service, and as part of my duties as pastor, I am to provide a report. I have found that when the report is done in written form, very few people outside the governing board read…

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do , forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. I. Salvation must be pursued. A. Salvation is…

We have been talking about “Coffee Mug Christianity” — We might even call this “FaceBook Christianity”… Coffee Mug Christianity has to do with those little phrases — those verses that we see on coffee mugs, on t-shirts, one signs and paintings we hang as decorations… We even see them on social media……

Today, we’re taking a pause between two different sermon series. We completed a series last week and next week we will be beginning a new series, so it’s time to take a pause. Do you take time to rest? When you go on vacation do you plan extended times to rest or do you plan every moment so that when…

Introduction This is the last of our focus on the Book of Acts. I hope that this dip into this book has brought some issues to light for you and your walk with God. This morning we are going to focus in just for a short while on the ministry of Paul. For most of the book we have been looking at the Beginning…

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…

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…

Mission and Vision of HBF 2023 Part 3: Grow Deeper Start Recording Introduction Good morning once again. At this time our children can be dismissed to Kid's Min time out the back door. I invite the rest of you to open your Bibles to Mark chapter one. Over the course of the last few weeks I've been breaking…

Introduction: Well, we’ve reached the end of one year and the beginning of a new year, and I have to say that I have never been happier for a year to end than this year. There have been a lot of things happen this last year from record inflation and soaring home prices to a never ending battle with Covid…

Review God created for us a love relationship. Has there been a time in your life when you questioned God’s love for you? In that experience, were there ways God was expressing His love for you? What scriptures do you turn to when looking for assurance of God? Two relationship focuses: His Work, and…

New Years Resolutions Lose weight, be taller, making more money, being nicer, getting in shape, treating our spouse better. resolutions that we want about ourselves resolutions that we want for others Scrooge had a Christmas resolution Scrooge was visited by 3 spirits past, present, and future Charles…

Perseverance Defined Steady persistence in adhering to a course of action, a belief, or a purpose; steadfastness. Work, getting a degree, raising a child, recovering from an injury, rehabilitation (all take time and persistence) Very difficult to think about this word and not think of Paul Brothers,…

Introduction Welcome New Year 2023 Theme: Good Fight, Right Race, Steadfast Faith January Sermon Theme “Pressing Toward the Goal” Concept for Wednesday Night Class Peoples calling in Life Moments of introspective thinking when you ask yourself “Why am I Here”, “What is my purpose in Life” Most, if not…

COMMITMENTS FOR 2023 23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”…

Nehemiah 6:1–14 (KJV 1900) 1 Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) 2 that Sanballat and Geshem…

1 In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet: 2 “Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to all the remnant of the people, and say, 3 ‘Who is…

Does anybody here still watch American Pickers with Frank, Rob, and Danielle? I guess Frank is gone… They search for rusty gold. Which sometimes looks like this. Rusty Gold Or the house make overs that tell you to treasure houses like this Rich Makeover The world seems confused AMEN? What is trash and…

Worship’s “W’s” It was a month ago now, just a few days after we had celebrated communion that I received these pictures from my friend Ethan Leavitt of the church he had served in Ukraine worshipping and celebrating communion in their sanctuary. A sanctuary, not only set aside for worship, but a sanctuary…