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6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. 12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and…

6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to…

Exposition 9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Your word. 10 With all my heart I have sought You; Do not let me stray from Your commandments. 11 Your word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against You. 12 Blessed are You, O Yahweh; Teach me Your statutes.…

Psalm 119:169-176 I have really enjoyed our walk through Psalm 119 . Now we are in the 22nd and final section of this chapter. Designated with the Hebrew Letter Tau (Tav), this last section takes a surprising turn. Have you ever read a book or saw a movie and it was going along just fine, but then it…

Psalm 119:105-112 The Psalmist has emphasized the importance of God’s Word throughout this Psalm. The Psalmist has been attacked, and is hungry for the Lord’s help during this trial. This 14th section of this great Psalm is no exception. The truth is, we need help from the Lord to live this life the…

16 since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled,…

Psalm 119:49 -56 We ware in the seventh portion of Psalm 119. Labeled with the Hebrew letter Zain. Most of the time, I know, when we are in a trial, we focus our prayers mostly on delivering us from them. There is nothing wrong with praying that way. We see this in many of the Psalms. However, God does…

As we have gone through the book of Romans verse by verse, Paul has taken on this great journey focusing mostly on the Righteousness of God, and our relationship to that righteousness. After a brief introduction in chapter one, He began to expound on the Sin problem that all of humanity has. But not…

Psalm 119 has been a wonderful study. Now in the 21st section, designated with the Hebrew Letter Schin. Each verse, in the Hebrew, begins with this letter. As we have gone through we have seen that the psalmist, even though we do not know his identity, he has been faithful to God’s Word even in the face…

Psalm 119:129-136 As we have looked at Psalm 119 verse by verse, we have seen the trials of this Psalmist’s life work in him. Trials have a tendency to either make you better or make you bitter. In this Psalmist case, it is making him better. This is the seventeenth section of Psalm, denoted by the Hebrew…

Ephesians 4:7-32 Good morning church! Open your Bibles with me to Ephesians chapter 4. In the first 3 chapters, Paul tells us all of the awesome things God has done for us, and who we are in Christ Jesus. Last week we spent our entire service talking about the topic of unity, which Paul introduced in…

1 Hear, my children, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding; 2 For I give you good doctrine: Do not forsake my law. 3 When I was my father’s son, Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother, 4 He also taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words; Keep…

Psalm 119 Good morning church! Very excited to be back with our church family to worship together this morning. We’ve seen several of you throughout the week at the breakfast for Mom’s, what an incredible turnout we had for that, thank you to all the ladies that came to serve for that... and we got to…

Psalm 119:137-144 We are in eighteenth section of this great Psalm 119 . Each verse of this section begins with the letter tzaddi. The Psalmist’s attitude has changed, however he is still overwhelmed with his trouble. But he realizes that God is able to get him through! So today we want to look at what…

Psalm 119:113-120 There are people all over this world that profess to be Christians but do not live like it. They have one foot in the church and one foot in the world. We have lost many young people because of this divided loyalty. Young people do not tolerate fakes, they can spot them a mile away!…

Announcements Are there any announcements? Communion will be next week. There will be a baptism and potluck in the month of October and this will be the beginning of potluck season. If anyone is considering being baptized, please see Pastor John. Introduction Good morning and welcome to FCC, where we…

Introduction: 9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. 10 With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! 11 I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. 12 Blessed are you, O Lord ; teach me your statutes!…

We need to be grounded. No I am not talking about having “time-out” though I could go for that sometimes. I am talking about the need to feel centered, present, and “in control”. Question: how can we be blessed? All religions talk about being a blessing and knowing you are blessed by God, or whatever…

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated…

READ - Psalm 119:145-152 We are getting close to the end of Psalm 119 , just a few more weeks. Of course that is delayed a little because next week is our Annual Business Meeting and the next after I will be flying home from California. But as we continue on to this next section, the nineteenth section,…

What can we do when it seems the enemy is winning. Or at least continuing their attack without any restraint. What should we do when it seems God is not answering our prayers. This is feeling of the Sixteenth section of Psalm 119 , Ain. It seems the Psalmist is full of frustration and fear. He calls…

Psalm 119:97-104 READ LATER!! Church members like to hide the fact that they struggle with sin. I understand this, of course, we don’t want to air our dirty laundry! But when a christian has come to me and confessed that they struggle in a particular area of their life I have been able to give them some…

There are few certainties in this world. But what is certain is God’s Word is Faithful and man’s days are few and full of trouble. The psalmist is going through a deep valley. He has been accused and rejected. But all throughout his trial,and all throughout this Psalm he keeps his focus on God’s Word.…

Psalm 119:81-88 We come to the next section of Psalm 119 - verse 81-88, designated with the label Caph. When we go through trials we will often cry out, “Lord get me out of this.”, or “I’m not sure how much longer I can do this!” The Psalmist is starting off this Psalm in a very similar way. Three times…

12 Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it 15 and how…