Faith Baptist Church

The Power of The Gospel

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile” Romans 1:16 NIV

The Pattern of This World

"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed..."

Grief and Prayer

"Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” Matthew 26:39

Grief to Glory

“Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying.

As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb…” John 20:11

Grief and the Love of Jesus

“Jesus wept. Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” 

John 11:35-36

David - Planting Hope in the Soil of Grief

“Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. Relieve the troubles of my heart and free me from my anguish.” Psalm 25:16-17 NIV

Job - Grieving in Community

"When Job’s three friends … heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him." Job 2:11 NIV

Jeremiah - Resilient Hope

“I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope."

Lamentations 3:19-21 NIV

What have you heard, and what have you done with it?

“because of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel” Colossians 1:5 NASB

Revelation Part 3 - When Jesus Speaks to the Churches

“Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.” Revelation 3:19-20 NIV