Series: I ♥️ My Church: A Peculiar People Interlude Title: Attend Text: Acts 2:42-47 Today’s Truth – Loving my church requires attendance 1. Understand your presence itself as an act of love 2. Prioritize the assembly of the church 3. See the sinfulness of forsaking the assembly 4. Recognize the vulnerability of yourself and your church…
Series: Peculiar People Title: From the HeartText: 1 Peter 1:22-2:1 Today’s Takeaway – Love your Christian brothers and sisters Why? 1. As fruit of being born again 2. As an outworking of holy obedience How? 1. Sincerely 2. Fervently 3. Deeply 4. Continually 5. Ridding ourselves of… a. malice b. deceit c. hypocrisy d. envy…
Title: The State of the Church Text: 2 Corinthians 13:5 1. Reasons to celebrate 2. Room to grow 3. Resolutions to pursue May we as a church move forward in 2024 for the glory of God, growth of this church, and good of this community!
Title: The Glorious Provision of Godly Partnership Today’s Takeaway – Rejoice in and embrace the God-given, God-shaped partnership between men and women 1. God gave us this partnership to bless us 2. God shaped this partnership to bless us Implications for our godly partnership here at CFBC: May the blessings of God flow to us…
Series: Strengthen Our Core for 100 More Psalm 143:5-6 Title: Do It Again, Lord! Today’s Truth – God’s past grace is a wonderful faith-builder as we look forward to God’s future grace 1. God has shown us so much past grace in building and rebuilding the physical structures of this church 2. We can expect…
Series: Strengthen Our Core for 100 More Title: Bursting the Wineskins Text: Luke 5:37-39 1. New realities are wasted by old containers 2. New realities need room to grow to flourish 3. New realities are too often and too easily refused Today’s Takeaway – Embrace our new reality by updating to a new container to…
Title: Make Our Joy Complete: A Charge to New Deacons Text: Philippians 2:1-8 Today’s Takeaway – Imitate Jesus so that you may become to your fullest capacity a servant of this church 1. Let Jesus be your example 2. Remove some natural barriers 3. Give yourself to some godly efforts May this church look back…
Series: After God’s Own Heart Title: Stand for Life Text: Psalm 82:3-4 Today’s Takeaway – To be a church after God’s own heart, we must stand up for human life against a creeping culture of death 1. Recognize our calling from God to advocate for the vulnerable among us 2. See that all human life…
Series: After God’s Own Heart Title: Speak the Truth Text: Ephesians 4:15 Today’s Takeaway – To be a church after God’s own heart, we must speak the truth in love throughout our community 1. God loves truth 2. Truth is the pathway to Christlikeness 3. Love should characterize our truth-telling 4. Love should motivate our…
Series: After God’s Own Heart Title: Spread Outside the Walls Text: Matthew 13:33 Today’s Takeaway – To be a church after God’s own heart, we must spread outside the walls of this building into every aspect of our community 1. Realize that the church is not a building 2. Capitalize on the channels of influence…