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For This Reason - Pray! Ephesians 3:14-21 (Feb. 16, 2025)

Prayer is an essential part of the Believer's arsenal in spiritual warfare.  But how does prayer effect the one praying and how does it impact the church.  Pastor Greg Smith's sermon on prayer and the fullness of God that comes through it.

Feasting While Fasting! John 4:1-38 (Feb. 9, 2025)

Fasting is the voluntary refusal of food for a spiritual purpose.  But God provides other food for the one who is seeking Him and doing His will.  Pastor Greg Smith preaching to prepare the Body of Christ for 40 Days of Prayer and Fasting.

The Time for Prayer and Fasting! Nehemiah 1:1-11 (Feb. 2, 2025)

You can pray without fasting, but you cannot hold a biblical fast without praying.  Fasting is not commanded for the believer, it is a voluntary refusal of food for a spiritual purpose.  So when should you fast and pray.  Pastor Greg Smith shows how God's Word and answers this question as the Church prepares for 40 Days of Prayer and Fasting.

Joining the Battle! Daniel 10:1-19 (Jan. 26, 2025)

We experience the physical world through our five senses and interact with it through our bodies.  But how do we experience and interact with the spiritual world which is just as real?  In fact, there is warfare taking place in the spiritual realm that effects everything that takes place in the physical.  Through prayer we enter the spiritual world and join the battle.  Pastor Greg Smith's second sermon in his series on Spiritual warfare.

The Groanings of Prayer! Romans 8:18-27 (Jan. 19, 2025)

Paul says that the Spirit helps us in our weakness; and what is our number one weakness? Prayer!  Why is that true and what does God have to say about it?  This first sermon in Pastor Greg Smith's series on Prayer and Fasting.

While Living in the World! John 17:11-19 (Jan. 12, 2025)

The Lord Jesus prayed for His disciples on the evening before He was crucified.  His prayer for them is still being answered by the Father in the lives of believers to this day.  In this sermon from Jesus' High Priestly Prayer, Pastor Greg Smith explains how the Lord provides for His own as they live in this fallen, broken, messed up world.

Identity: I am _____! John 17:6-10 (Jan. 5, 2025)

How do you identify?  That is a loaded question these days as gender identity takes center stage in cultural debates.  But what about your spiritual identity?  The reality is that God tells us who we are, and believers find their true identity in Christ.  Pastor Greg Smith preaching from Jesus' High Priestly prayer in John 17.  Jesus prays for His own.

Mission Accomplished! John 17:4 (Dec. 29, 2024)

Jesus finished the work the Father sent Him to earth to do: Redemption.  Every believer can rest in that finished work, nothing left to do in order to be saved.  Salvation must be received but the work is finished.  Pastor Greg Smith preaching from the High Priestly prayer of Jesus as we wrap up 2024.

Merry Christmas? John 1:1-14 (Dec. 22, 2024)

How can you have a Merry Christmas when all is not merry and bright?  Understanding what Jesus did when he was born in Bethlehem is the key.  Pastor Greg Smith's Christmas 2024 sermon.

Cooperative Missions! Matthew 28:18-20

Missions Ingathering Day at FBC.  Our team just returning from Lesotho gave a report on what God was doing there on the mission field and the ministry that was completed by them.  Pastor Greg Smith preached from the Great Commission on why our model is Cooperation with other believers to make disciples of all nations.