First Baptist Islamorada Weekly Message: Anxiety & Peace November 19, 2024 We live in a challenging world today. From politics to the economy to what is happening around the world, it seems as though good news and something positive is hard to find. The way news is reported has changed dramatically over the last Continue Reading…
Category: Weekly Message
Nothing Changes Until You Do
First Baptist Islamorada Weekly Message: Nothing Changes Until You Do November 12, 2024 The world around us is constantly changing, many times in directions we don’t expect. This past week, many were surprised by the win of the presidency by Donald Trump. It is not yet known just how much change he will introduce Continue Reading…
The Garden
First Baptist Islamorada Weekly Message: The Garden November 5, 2024 We live in a world where most of us don’t have much exposure to gardens that grow food, especially if we live in an urban area. Small family farms make up 90% of all farms in the United States and they produce about 18% Continue Reading…
Leadership Matters
First Baptist Islamorada Weekly Message: Leadership Matters October 29, 2024 We are just 7 days away from the 2024 election. If you have spent any time watching TV, listening to the radio or streaming your favorite podcast, everywhere we turn there seems to be political ads trying to convince us to vote or not Continue Reading…
Miracles
First Baptist Islamorada Weekly Message: Miracles October 22, 2024 So, what is a miracle? Do they happen today? Miracles are something that we can’t understand under the laws of nature. The natural laws we live under every day govern how we think and understand the world around us. We know for example, that gravity Continue Reading…
Self Truth
First Baptist Islamorada Weekly Message: Self Truth October 15, 2024 We all have emotions and experiences that impact the decisions we make in life. Sometimes trauma we may have experienced can make it difficult for us to choose the wise or right thing to do. This can be believing something negative about ourselves like Continue Reading…
Love Like Jesus – Go the Extra Mile
The Community Ministry Weekly Message: Love Like Jesus – Go the Extra Mile October 8, 2024 Have you ever heard the saying “go the extra mile?” The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines going the extra mile to be: doing more than one is required to do. Many don’t know that Jesus was the first one to Continue Reading…
Kindness
The Community Ministry Weekly Message: Kindness October 1, 2024 So, what is kindness and why is it the focus of this week’s message? Kindness is defined as the quality of being warmhearted, considerate, humane, and sympathetic, an inclination to do kind or charitable acts. Is our country and community becoming more or less kind? Continue Reading…
Walking with God or Walking with the World
The Community Ministry Weekly Message: Walking with God or Walking with the World September 24, 2024 We live in a world that is changing all the time. Sometimes those changes are positive and make our culture stronger and other times it seems we keep moving away from the design that God intended. I was Continue Reading…
Difficult is the Way
The Community Ministry Weekly Message: Difficult is the Way September 17, 2024 Sometimes it is hard to make sense of all the conflicting messages in our society. Our advances in technology make it possible for many to have their thoughts broadcast all over the world through tv, and the myriad of social media applications Continue Reading…