First Baptist Church Wimberley

Send us Fan Mail 4 Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

Send us Fan Mail In this message from Nehemiah 9, Israel's confession traces a repeated cycle of sin and God's abundant mercy. The sermon calls us to feel the weight of sin, praise God's greatness, remember his past faithfulness, receive his forgiveness, and find the final answer to our failure in Jesus Christ, whose finished work gives grace and hope.

Send us Fan Mail 3 And they stood up in their place and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for a quarter of the day; for another quarter of it they made confession and worshiped the Lord their God.

Send us Fan Mail 4 The city was wide and large, but the people within it were few, and no houses had been rebuilt.

Send us Fan Mail 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be...

Send us Fan Mail 12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Send us Fan Mail 11 You make known to me the path of life;     in your presence there is fullness of joy;     at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Send us Fan Mail In this message from Nehemiah 7-8, we see God forming a people by his Word as Israel gathers to hear Scripture, respond in repentance, and rediscover the joy of the Lord. The sermon calls us to hunger for God's Word, let repentance lead to rejoicing, obey with joy, and find lasting joy in Christ, the Word made flesh who brings outsiders near and forms his people by grace.

Send us Fan Mail And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel. 2 So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, on the first day of the seventh month. 3 And he read from it facing the square...

Send us Fan Mail 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.

Send us Fan Mail 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;     all those who practice it have a good understanding.     His praise endures forever!

Send us Fan Mail 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?  28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into...

Send us Fan Mail In this message from Nehemiah 6, we see Nehemiah face intimidation, false accusations, and deceitful counsel meant to make him afraid, yet he stays focused on fearing the Lord above every threat. The sermon calls us to trade anxious fear for reverent trust, dig deeper into God's grace in Christ, and follow Nehemiah's example by fearing the only One who is truly worthy.

Send us Fan Mail 2 Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come and let us meet together at Hakkephirim in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to do me harm. 3 And I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?” 4 And they sent to me four times in this way, and I answered them in the same manner...

Send us Fan Mail 25 “If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest.

Send us Fan Mail 7 The Lord is my strength and my shield;     in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults,     and with my song I give thanks to him.

Send us Fan Mail 12 So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.

Send us Fan Mail 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Send us Fan Mail In this message from Nehemiah 5, we see Nehemiah confront the rich Jews for exploiting their poor brothers and call God's people toward resolution, repentance, and reverent generosity. The sermon reminds us that true repentance takes action, reverence for God should loosen our grip on possessions, and Christ followers can give generously because the Father has graciously give...

Send us Fan Mail 18 Now what was prepared at my expense for each day was one ox and six choice sheep and birds, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Yet for all this I did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because the service was too heavy on this people. 19 Remember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people.

Send us Fan Mail Matthew 28:19-20 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Send us Fan Mail 21 But this I call to mind,     and therefore I have hope: 22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;     his mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning;     great is your faithfulness. 24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,     “therefore I will hope in him.” 25 The Lord is good to those who wait for him,     to the soul who seeks him. 26 It is good that...

Send us Fan Mail 14 For the body does not consist of one member but of many. 15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be t...

Send us Fan Mail 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 him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Send us Fan Mail In this message from Nehemiah 3-4 we see God's people rebuild the wall while facing mockery, threats, discouragement, and exhaustion. Nehemiah shows that opposition drives God's people to prayer, wise preparation, obedience, unity, and trust that the Lord will fight for them. The sermon points us to Christ, who faced the greatest opposition on our behalf, and calls the C...