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…
Category: Weekly Message
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…
What is Evil and Why Does it Exist?
The Community Ministry Weekly Message: What is Evil and Why Does it Exist? September 10, 2024 If you have been following the news over the last week you probably came across the story of a 14-year-old boy taking an assault rifle to school and killing 4 people and injuring 9 others. This tragic event Continue Reading…
What does God Expect?
The Community Ministry Weekly Message: What does God Expect? September 3, 2024 We live in a world where instant gratification has become a routine expectation. Social media platforms bombard us with images of others having quick success as advancements in technology make having everything “right now” a possibility. Amazon now offers same day delivery Continue Reading…
How do we Determine Right from Wrong?
The Community Ministry Weekly Message: How do we Determine Right from Wrong? August 27, 2024 This week we will dive into the difficult topic of how we determine what is right and what is wrong. This question has been debated for thousands of years and been the subject of many different theories. There is Continue Reading…
Go for the Gold
The Community Ministry Weekly Message: Go for the Gold August 20, 2024 Every four years, the world is captivated by the Olympic Games. We just completed the games in Paris where the United States won 126 medals, 40 gold, 44 silver and 42 bronze. Athletes from around the globe dedicate years of their lives to training, pushing Continue Reading…
The Book of Life
The Community Ministry Weekly Message: The Book of Life August 13, 2024 So, what is the Book of Life and why is it important? The term Book of Life appears 15 times in the bible. It is most prominently talked about in the book of Revelation as John describes what he sees at the Continue Reading…