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Benediction The lectionary readings for the past few weeks have taken us on a journey with King David - beginning with him talking about building the temple. We spoke about a Call to Worship, then David’s Sin - a Call to Confession, Nathan’s Confrontation - the Word of God. Last week the topic would…

Prayers of the People Worship with Rejoicing The lectionary readings for the past few weeks have taken us on a journey with King David - beginning with him talking about building the temple. Call to Worship We read from 2 Samuel 7 - we hear David’s thoughts about what God wants from him - the idea of…

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. loving God , Loving People living by faith Thank you for joining us today , Please set everything aside as we come…

Intro I am so glad that you are here tonight. We are in part 4 of the series The Fruit of the Spirit . Here is the theme verse for the series. There are 9 of these. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against…

Psalm 130 is one of the penitential psalms. It is a wondrous text on the forgiveness of our God. Because of this Psalm’s clear and theologically deep teaching on the nature of God and his forgiving character Martin Luther described it as a Pauline psalm. We are unsure as to the setting of this psalm,…

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 32:1-52 Haftarah: Hosea 14:1-9 ; Micah 7:18-20 Review Three Weeks Picture 7 Consolations: “Nachamu Nachamu,” the doubled consoling. Comforted but Zion said alone Third consolation: anaya Soarah: Afflicted and Stormed Tossed 67 Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I…

Today we are wrapping up this six part study of the Good News called, “Life in 6 Words.” We get these six words by using the word “Gospel” as an acrostic. As a way of review, let’s walk through these six words one final time… G - God created us to be with Him. ( Genesis 1-2 ) O - Our sins separate us…

A TOP-DOWN FAITH “Satan Is Strong, but Jesus Is Stronger” 20 Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. 21 When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.” 22 And the teachers…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

Begins with The Right Character The Right Cause This was insisted upon in the case of Ai. The Lord would not allow victory of the city by a wicked hand; he will have judgment executed by righteousness; he will have the law proclaimed by lips that have been circumcised and anointed. Israel was all but…

Every Christian that is honest will have to admit that they understand the emotions in this psalm. This is a continuation of the psalms of degrees, or psalms of ascent…psalms that were sung by pilgrims as they journeyed up to the temple for the feasts. As we read the verses of this psalm it is very identifiable.…

You Are A New Person As the text for the last regular Sunday of the Lenten season, this will be heard by Christians preparing to join the Palm Sunday crowd in their shouts of welcome and praise, but only to experience a few short days later how shouts of praise are drowned out by cries of “Crucify him!”…

Prepare Christ’s path! Goal: That hearers understand confession of sins and trusting in baptismal grace as the daily rhythm of the Christian life. Grace, mercy and peace to you... For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the…

Hymn Psalms: 15, 24, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134 Psalm 130 (ESV) A Song of Ascents. 1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord ! 2 O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! 3 If you, O Lord , should mark iniquities,…

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.…

Intro: The Psalms of Ascent are about a people. The Psalms of Ascent are about a God. The People of God are Scattered · Psalm 122 · The People of the OT were scattered · The movement of the OT events is to gather God’s people. · The Psalms of Ascent were a picture of that scatteredness. · We are scattered…

Jesus was our propitiation to appease the wrath of God. But, He was also our expiation to make amends for our wrong doing and remove our guilt. He was the atoning sacrifice.

Pastor Steve leads us through the Psalms: Songs of Ascent

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…

The Three Most Important Components of Prayer 1. Forgiveness - vertical and Horizontal 2. Faith - For without faith is is impossible to please God. 3. Faithful - It is required of a man to be found faithful PUSH - Pray Until Something Happens Forgiveness - the foundation upon which we build everything…

Prayer God wants to communicate with us God was the one who came down to the garden to see Adam The phrase “God said”, was spoken 41 times in the old testament 1,239 prophecies All of scripture is “breathed by God” God wants to communicate with us. My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow…