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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,…

Exodus 13:17-14:31 Introduction In our last Torah Portion we talked about the Plagues So the Lord said to Moses: “See, I have made you as God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. You shall speak all that I command you. And Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to send the children…

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,…

This Week’s Theme: Praise the LORD for the Things He Has Done This Week’s Word is Praise: The celebration, honoring, and adoration of God, in the power of the Holy Spirit, whether by an individual or community of believers. Memory Verse: Psalm 100:1 “Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands!” Essence…

It’s no surprise to find God “in the beginning,” as we do in the first chapter of Genesis. After all, he’s uncreated, infinite, and eternal. He always has been, and he always will be. He is without beginning and without end. If it were any other way, he wouldn’t be God. Everything else, everything that…

--- Title Slide Scripture Intro: Scripture Reading (“Please stand…”) Oh sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. The Lord has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations. He…

Welcome Devotion 33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” Prayer Announcement Theme: Walking in Peace Word for the Week Peace - The state of harmony that is available to believers through…

Introduction · Isaac Watts – 800 hymns · Joy to the World – paraphrase of Psalm 98 o Focuses on Christ as the fulfilment of Psalm 98 o Preach on this text in 2018 § Posted text of that sermon to our Faithlife group § Exegetical material not included in this sermon including reason why it is biblically…

God Gives Himself as One of Us! Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and from our risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. It is my prayer that this Christmas is a blessing for everyone, because as we treasure and ponder all that God has done for us, we should walk away singing the song of the…

A Psalm. Oh sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. The Lord has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations. He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the…

Today is the second Sunday of what we call Advent. Advent is the celebration of the coming of our Savior, Jesus. As we go through this advent season, we are looking at the account of his coming, and focusing on basic themes of our Christian lives. Last week, we saw the angel appearing to Zechariah, and…

Introduction Good morning and welcome to First Community Church. Today, is August 1st and here at FCC we like to take communion together as brothers and sisters to remember Jesus’ broken body and poured out blood for us on Calvary, and also to look forward to his soon return. If you are a believer you…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, we come before you today with Joy in our hearts. Joy for being in this space together. Joy for being able to be together. And joy for the day itself which represents the day in which our new lives can begin. We thank you and praise you this day for all these things…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, on this day that we celebrate Christ’s arrival in Jerusalem and immediately move to his passion, we ask that you help us to open our hearts, minds and spirits to your still speaking voice above the din of all other voices in our hearts, minds, and spirits so that…

Let us pray…God, may the words of my mouth, the meditations of all of our hearts, and the willingness of our spirits be pleasing unto you this day. Today’s time of reflection on this Psalm is going to be a bit different for us. I know I typically spend time relating the scripture to our lives but I want…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, as we gather this day, we are reminded that your love knows no limits and no bounds. Help us in this time to remember and reflect on this idea so that we can find comfort and peace in a time that is out of our control, and remind us that your time is perfect. Now,…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, on this first Sunday in Lent, we are standing at the stream of life and longing for your presence amongst us in this time that seems to be a never ending period of grief, despair, sorrow, and sadness. We are ready to celebrate and be able to praise you once again.…

This morning, I want to begin a series in the book of Psalms by asking you a peculiar question: "Why are we so tired all the time?" I’m tired of this pandemic! I’m sick of wearing masks everywhere I go, I’m tired of social distancing and what it does to the local church. This seems to be a shared problem…

Pass it on 39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: 40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. 1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every…

Psalm 27 Afraid of What? Afraid of What? v1-3 - August 21 Seek Who?. v4-5 - August 28 Hold On to What? v13-14 - Sept. 4 What are you afraid of? The dark? The monster in the closet? A spider? A snake? A big bad breathed wolf? The Three little pigs. (Video) The doctor? The dentist? One of your classmates?…

And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof…

I love to sing. And I especially like to sing songs of praise to God. That hasn’t always been the case. I can remember growing up singing hymns thinking- these are dull and boring. I do remember one of the first times that my heart rejoiced upon singing a hymn. The song was Amazing Grace. Now I had sung…

Everything that marks the Christian life, is motivated by love . That a Christian’s life is marked by service, generosity, hospitality and peace....all motivated by love. A continual love We have been shown much love by God, so we must show much love to others. There is always a need to love, there is…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

Would you turn with me in your Bible to Psalm chapter 1. As you are making your way there I want to help us see just why the the Book of Psalm is so vital for us to look at as we journey through this life and to prepare us for what is to come. Athanasius who was one of the early church fathers was known…