Faith Alive Church - Sunday Message

Joshua Boyd Deuteronomy 8:18 CJB No, you are to remember Adonai your God, because it is he who is giving you the power to get wealth, in order to confirm his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as is happening even today. This morning we continue our series on Biblical Finances and looking at this key verse in Deuteronomy, I want to focus in on one word:  remember .  The Lord is telling th...

Jordon Gilmore We started off talking about our relationship to God as God being our father, us being his children, and how it brings the parents, natural parents, mothers and fathers so much joy to see their children reflecting their character to see their children reflecting them in the earth.  The same is true for us that God gets so much joy. God gets so much glory when we as his children refl...

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Joshua Boyd On this Father’s Day, we are grateful for our dads – those who are dads in our church and all of our dads.  God designed marriage and the family to be an image of His relationship with us.  We are His children when we believe and trust in Him.  He becomes our Father at that moment of salvation.   God used Abraham, because of Abraham’s faith, to bring two families on earth:  the Jews an...

Joshua Boyd Deuteronomy 8:18 CJB No, you are to remember Adonai your God, because it is he who is giving you the power to get wealth, in order to confirm his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as is happening even today. We’ve been using this verse as our key verse for the series and I want to dive into it more today.  There is an element in this verse that defines how God wants to intera...

Joshua Boyd Deuteronomy 8:18 CJB No, you are to remember Adonai your God, because it is he who is giving you the power to get wealth, in order to confirm his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as is happening even today. Today we continue with the theme “Biblical Finances” as we look at the offering – but probably not in the way you would expect.  Yes, offerings can be financial, over and...

Jordon Gilmore 1. Watch and wait for God 2. Protect the seed 3. Provide support  Mark 4:26-27 John 15:4-5 John 17:17

Jordon Gilmore Matt 13:3-9 3 Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow.4 And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them.5 Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth.6 But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they ha...

Joshua Boyd We have covered the foundation of Biblical Finances in our discussion of tithing.  Until that foundation is laid, the next level of giving can’t start – the next level of offerings.  Since tithing represents the first step, giving back to God what belongs to Him, offerings even more show our heart because they are voluntary.  When Jesus spoke of the widow giving all she had, He was spe...

Joshua Boyd We’ve been on the topic of Biblical Finances for the past few weeks and the topic of tithing for the past 2 messages.  This is the third and I believe final message on tithing.  Tithing not only represents obedience in giving back to God what is rightfully His, it also represents our heart.   Matthew 6:21 CEB Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. CJB For where your wea...

Jordon Gilmore Genesis 39:20-23, 40:7-8,20-23 1. We have to decide to let God use us to be a blessing in whatever situation we find ourselves in.  It is clear that God can prosper us even in situations we don’t want to be in. Joseph took the time to notice someone else’s plight even when his own was not ideal. He wasn’t self-focused.  2. Pay attention to others even when we are not 100% 3. When we...

Joshua Boyd Jesus, our High Priest, the one designated to give a sacrifice for the people, is from a line of succession in Melchizedek.  Like Melchizedek, Jesus receives the tithes and He blesses.  There is a blessing that only comes when you tithe. It is a blessing of protection and provision.   Malachi 3:6-10 These are strong words from the Lord through His prophet:  cheated God!  Under a curse...

Joshua Boyd Jesus is our High Priest, the one designated to give a sacrifice for the people.  But He is not from the tribe of Levi where the priest came from, the sons of Aaron.  He is from another line of succession and rank: the order of Melchizedek.   What are the two things we know about Melchizedek?  He blessed Abraham and he received tithes.  Jesus is like Melchizedek, in the line of success...

Jordon Gilmore Luke 23:38-43 Us getting into heaven has nothing to do with what we've done.  It is about what He's done for us.  The thief on the cross said one thing to Jesus: please remember me when you get to your Kingdom.  That thief is in heaven today.  

Joshua Boyd To describe God as generous would be an understatement.  Look at the stars, look at the microscopic.  There is so much in creation that we’ll never know on this side of heaven because God’s greatness, his generosity, is on display throughout creation.  We have been created in God’s image and have the Spirit of God, his generous Spirit, inside us.   By design and by command, we are desi...

Joshua Boyd When we read the Scriptures, we see money mentioned throughout the books of the Bible.  In many places, exact amounts describe the transaction or accounting that takes place.  Jesus talked about money and even told the parable of three people given different amounts of money to test their faithfulness and stewardship. Like many topics in the Word, the enemy has sought to twist and dece...

Jordon Gilmore What is God’s credit score in your life? Jeremiah 17:7-8 ESV  “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.” When you go to the bank to ask fo...

Joshua Boyd We know we should pay attention when the Holy Spirit, through the writers of the Scriptures, tells us to not be ignorant.  Multiple times throughout the New Testament especially, we are warned to know something of importance:   2 Peter 3:8 - But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. Romans 11:25...

Jordon Gilmore Revelation 4:8 And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of h...

Joshua Boyd John 8:32 (KJV) - And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Two weeks ago we did a message on the enemy focusing on his greatest tactic:  deception.  When Satan speaks, he lies.  There is no truth in him even when he tries to make what he says sound like truth.  He cannot be trusted for a millisecond.  Yet, according to Jesus, more and more people will be deceived...

Jordon Gilmore Love should be our primary objective and ultimate achievement in life.   1 Corinthians 13:1-7

Joshua Boyd John 8:32 (KJV) And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. I want to talk to you today about our enemy, Satan.  What do you think of when I mention Satan?  Believers fall into three camps when it comes to this topic: 1. They never think about the enemy 2. They think about him as an equal opposition to God 3. They understand how he works and resist him Be honest, wh...

Jordon Gilmore Why is there a transition from keeping the Law in the Old Testament to faith and love in the New Testament?  Why is Love the calling card of the New Testament church?  Let's find out today. I John 3:10-15

Joshua Boyd The New Testament church grew exponentially, not because they had exciting speakers and large meetings, but because everyone had something to say, something to share, a story to tell, a testimony.   If we looked at the early church with the lens of 2024, we might ask about their marketing campaign, online presence or numbers strategy.  They did not have any of that on their minds.  Wha...

Jordon Gilmore John 13:34-35 If people were to describe you or describe our church, how would they do it?  Would love be included in that description?