First Family Church Sermons

Jesus teaches us to pray not only for our needs, but most importantly in worship to God. Learn to renew or expand your prayer life by worshipping our Heavenly and Holy Father in your prayers in this second of three message from Matthew 6:5-15.

What does it mean to pray like Jesus taught? Does his model prayer to his disciples also guide us today? Gain a clearer understanding of praying biblically in this first of three messages from Matthew 6:5-15.

Why is Elijah used as an example of prayer in James 5:17? Find out in this message from both James 5 and 1 Kings 18 as Todd highlights prayer and its relation to the power of God.

Books and blogs abound concerning end times and last days, often confusing Christians about the issue of the Lord’s coming. But Paul communicated quite clearly, and in this message from 1 Thessalonians 4 and 5, Todd connects Paul’s teaching with...

What empowers patience within a Christian? How can he or she endure faithfully till the coming of the Lord? Join Todd as he discusses the issue of waiting steadfastly, and the blessing that comes from that, in this message from James 5:7–12.

Too often money affects how we treat people. Pride and arrogance can creep in undetected. In part 4 of “Winning the War Within,” Todd examines the deceitful danger that lurks in riches and helps us wage war against the attitudes that can cripple us...

Hear how this simple phrase–Lord willing–can be a tool for you to use in your battle against pride and presumption in this message from James 4:13–17.

To win the war within us, James 4:7-12 provides a gracious invitation to submit to God by resisting Satan, drawing near to God, being broken over sin, and speaking compassionately to one another, so that the Lord can exalt us for our good.

We often think our relational problems are external, but James 4:1-6 shows us the real reason we fight and argue is internal. Listen as Todd exposes the real culprit — the war within our hearts.

In perhaps what is the most legal and logical chapter about the gospel in the New Testament, Todd lays out for us precisely why we preach and believe the gospel, and how this fundamentally connects to the resurrection, in this message from 1...

In perhaps what is the most legal and logical chapter about the gospel in the New Testament, Todd lays out for us precisely what the gospel is and what the gospel does in this message from 1 Corinthians 15:1-11.

In this message Todd unpacks a singular verse—Ephesians 4:29—that powerfully details the task, timing, and treasure of our words. This will no doubt be a help to all who wish to tame their tongue.

In this message from Genesis 15 and 22, Todd provides background and insight into Abraham as a prime model of faith in action, highlighting that faith in a promise by God results in obedience to a command from God.

We talk about the numbers a lot and there is 25 potentially million people... I mean it is an estimate, in our city.  And to think that a whole town, you know, maybe 30, 40,000 people in this one small area you can walk around that area for days and...

In this discussion, Chris Eller, Todd Stiles, Carlos Jerez, Timur Nesbitt, and Joe Earle look at the topic of the Law, how it is discussed throughout scripture, and what the implication of the Law is for the Christian. What do we mean when we refer...

This morning I would like to just kind of illustrate in a very simple and elementary way almost kind of what we have been talking about last week and what we are going to talk about today.  And that is via at least initially this backpack.  Now it is...

Why don’t you take your Bibles and locate the epistle of what? Or Jacob. Good job, guys. You learned from the podcast last week, as well as from our message.  Good. Go ahead and find the epistle of James, would you?  We will be looking at the very...