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June 9, 2014
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God’s Compassion for Ninevah…and Menifee

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Last Sunday at FBC we were blessed to hear the preaching of Tim Carns from Calvary Bible Church. You can listen to his awesome message on the book of Jonah Here! Tim did a great job calling us to remember the compassion of God through his compassion on Jonah, the sailors Jonah endangered while fleeing God’s command, and the people of Nineveh.

Jonah was called to do something difficult; he was called to share God’s justice (Jonah 1:2) and compassion (Jonah 4:11) with a people that he believed to be much more evil than himself, a prophet of God. I was challenged by God’s statement in Jonah 4:11,

“Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?”

God has compassion on the lost; Continue Reading →

June 5, 2014
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The Body of Christ – Serving One Another

Last week, we began looking at how true Christianity functions in the body of Christ, being more than a once a week, ‘Sunday Church’ mentality that wants to check off a box on a spiritual checklist. As the New Testament teaches us, the body of Christ plays a much bigger role in our lives, and while gathering together every Sunday for corporate Two senior friends meeting and talking in parkworship is one of the purposes of the body (Hebrews 10:25), it is far from being the only purpose. There are, in fact, many others. We have looked at mutually encouraging one another with our faith – this is accomplished simply by being around others in the body, whether meeting for discipleship or enjoying a meal together or being a part of an RMG. This week we are looking at serving one another. Let’s look at 5 motivations the New Testament gives for service.

 ·Everyone has a gift – Peter writes in 1 Peter 4:10, “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace.” Everyone has been given a gift…not some, not most, but all. Did you know that you have been given a gift from the Lord? Though many people do not know that they have a spiritual gift, Peter says here that everyone has been given one. Notice in the verse Continue Reading →

May 27, 2014
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The Body of Christ – Encouraged by One Another’s Faith

For many people today, church is a Sunday event that takes place in the morning and ends with lunch on the way home. It includes waking up early, putting on ‘Sunday’s Best,’ driving to ‘church,’ singing a few songs, and hearing a sermon. However, if we limit our Christianity to Sundays, we miss out on many of the purposes and functions of the Body of Christ which we read about in the New Testament. Continue Reading →