Posts from November 2022

Dear Family Community Church Family, In the book Confessing the Faith, Chad Van Dixhoorn says this: “It is one of the great wonders of the incarnation and our salvation that the all-glorious and only begotten of the Father could humble himself and become man . . . . As prophet, he is our teacher. As priest, he is our mediator and only hope. As king, he is our defender and…

Happy Thanksgiving! “We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is…

Dear Faith Community Church Family, In September, our congregation came together to explore our church’s Called to Flourish vision. During that evening, we described how we aimed to grow in Christian maturity through pursuing richer, biblical intimacy with God through prayer. Our Praying Life Sunday school class, Praying Life seminar, and Kingdom Prayer series have…

Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Christian life is frequently described in the Scriptures as a battle. “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood,” the Apostle Paul says, “but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” (Ephesians 6:12) We cannot win this…

Dear Faith Community Church Family, Do you ever feel tired and frustrated when it comes to your prayer life? Sometimes, it seems that the harder we try to pray, the more easily distracted we become when praying. Or maybe you’ve had this experience: You put together a long prayer list, fully intending to pray faithfully through the list on a daily basis, only to find that…