Posts from October 2021

Dear Faith Community Church Family, This Sunday, Teaching Elder Ted Powers will preach God’s Word from Matthew 9:35-38. This passage describes vividly the heart of Jesus for those who were suffering. “When he saw the crowds,” Matthew says, “he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.” Following the sermon, Ted will…

Dear Faith Community Church Family, Jesus says in John 15:5: “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” The Lord is telling his disciples that if they want to bear fruit in their lives (like the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22-23), they must stay connected to him. As…

Dear Brothers and Sisters Over these two weeks we have been journeying through Revelation 3:14-22, a passage that clearly displays Jesus’s love for us. His commitment to his people, the people for whom he shed his own blood, is readily apparent in verse 19: “Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.” When the Spirit convicts us of sin (for…

Dear Faith Community Church Family, This past Sunday we heard the words of the risen Christ to his people: Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. (Revelation 3:19). Our Lord loves us too much not to discipline us. When he disciplines us, he convicts us of sin by his Word and by the working of the Holy Spirit within us, and he leads us to…