First Church Podcast

We continue our sermon series, "You Asked For It" based upon questions you submitted. In this sermon, Pastor Daryle Williams clarifies, "Can God be in the presence of sin?" He further explains why we sometimes feel far from God or feel as though God's presence is not with us in a way we would like.

This month we are answering your questions in a sermon series titled, "You Asked For It." Several people submitted the question, "Why do I keep sinning?" Pastor Daryle Williams provides answers from the Bible to this question and ways we can break the cycle of habitual sins.

How should Christians approach people who identify themselves as LGBTQIA+? In this sermon in the "You asked for it" series, Pastor Daryle Williams gives Biblical ways a Christian can love and interact with those who identify this way.

God is not a boring God. All throughout the Bible, God never did the same miracle in the same way twice. He led His people on adventures of faith and living real, exciting lives. So, are you in on a life of adventure with God?

Jesus did 38 miracles that were documented in the Gospels and He did many more that were not recorded. He said that we would do greater works than these because He went to be with the Father. How can we see more of the supernatural in our lives? Make sure you are remaining and abiding in Jesus. Get 1% closer to Jesus this week and you'll see significant results.

The followers of Jesus in the Bible lived their lives to the fullest - lives of adventurous faith in God; lives of bold confidence in God's power. One of the reasons is that they were constantly filled with the Holy Spirit. Pastor Daryle Williams launches the "I'm In" series with a challenge to us to allow God's Spirit to constantly flow through us.

David asked the question in the Psalms, "Who can ascend to the hill of the Lord." The answer - those with clean hands. How can we have clean hands before God so we can be blessed by His presence? By trusting completely in God to wash us clean. Only His righteousness is good enough.

The very first followers of Jesus in the days immediately following His death, turned their world upside down. They did so by focusing on four things - devotion to God's Word, prayer, loving those around them, and serving the less fortunate. We can change the climate in our culture if we do those four things well.

Happy Mother's Day! On this Mother's Day at First Church, Lynita Williams speaks about three areas mothers can change the spiritual climate in their homes so children will be committed to God's house, God's priorities, and God's purpose for their lives.

God wants to have a relationship with you that is continuously growing deeper and more meaningful. In order to see that come to pass, we often have to change the climate in our lives to be receptive to God's pursuit of us. In this first sermon in the Climate Change series, Pastor Daryle Williams challenges us to get rid of the shade - the things in our lives that prevent us from growing closer to...

Baptism is an amazing act of obedience and faith that brings many promises upon our lives: sins forgiven, buried with Christ, clothed with Christ, and so much more. Pastor Daryle Williams shares these promises with us before more than two dozen people take this step of faith in their lives on Baptism Sunday.

Easter is the celebration of Jesus' resurrection from the dead. But it is also the celebration of the hope that we have as followers of Jesus that we too will someday rise from the dead and receive glorified bodies. This Easter, rejoice that death has lost its sting and the promise of God of eternal life prevails!

God does many good things for us and we should take time to thank Him and celebrate Him for what he does. But we often don't think about thanking God for the things He did not do. In this first sermon in the "Let's Celebrate" series, Pastor Daryle Williams gives us the account of things God didn't do in people's lives and how we should recognize God's gift in what He doesn't do.

As followers of Jesus, we have an enemy that wants to steal, kill, and destroy all the good things in our lives. The weapons we use to fight him are not physical weapons, they are spiritual. In this final sermon in the "This Is War" series, Pastor Daryle Williams challenges us to use our worship to God - singing, lifting hands, and clapping our hands - to give our battles to God, who has promised...

We have an enemy, Satan, and he wants to destroy us by tempting us away from God. But don't be discouraged, he tempted Jesus too. In this message in the "This Is War" series, Pastor Daryle Williams examines the temptation of Jesus and shares with us how we can use His strategies to resist our own temptations.

Yes, there really is a devil. And while we should not be overly focused on him, or see a demon in every bad thing that happens, we also can't ignore what the Bible says about Satan and his intentions. In this first message in the "This Is War" series Pastor Daryle Williams challenges us to be awake to the plans of the devil, and to realize that Jesus is always victorious!

When God's people, the Israelites, were freed from slavery in Egypt, God did many great miracles among them - yet, they complained! Their problem - they had trained their minds to complain rather than to be thankful. In this message in the "Mind Games" series, Pastor Daryle Williams is joined by psychologist and counselor Donisa Hammond and together they challenge us to reprogram our minds to be g...

The sermon series "Mind Games" encourages us that, although depression, emotional trauma, and mental distress are real and debilitating struggles, God has a plan to free us and give us renewed minds. In this message, Pastor Williams let's us know we can change our thinking by believing in the power of God to change us, meditating on God's Word, and deciding which thoughts we will dwell on.

The supernatural is a popular subject in our culture - from movies to books to television shows - we accept the supernatural in our entertainment. But God wants to give us a real experience of His supernatural power and presence every time we gather as a church. It's not weird or scary, it is God's plan and purpose for all His children.

What are the characteristics that make up a church you can love? High up on the list should be that a church prioritizes prayer. As we launch our 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting, Pastor Daryle Williams emphasizes that First Church is a church of prayer.

Guest speaker Pastor Stephen Drury encourages us to shake off 2021, step up to 2022 and remember that God's help is on the way.

Jesus told us that the thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy and the He came to give us life to the full. How do we come to live in that abundant life? Through life stories and Bible examples, Pastor David Hale reminds us that God wants to give us back our joy, our confidence, and our trust in God.

Generosity - seeing the needs of others and using our resources to help them - actually demonstrates our faith in God. When God calls us to generosity He is not asking us to give up what we have, He is asking us to put what we have in His hands so He can bless and multiply it.

God speaks to His creation through His Word, the Bible. But what happens when we don't listen? Does God give up on us and leave us alone? No, God uses circumstances - sometimes chaos and disorder - to catch our attention. Sometimes that's how God has to speak to us. So, are you listening?

Although God works in His own time and in His own ways, often He waits for us to demonstrate our faith in Him before He acts on our behalf. In this message in the "When God" series, Pastor Williams looks at three things Jesus told us we should be doing to show our trust in His ways: when we give, when we pray, and when we fast.