Family Fellowship, Myrtle Creek, Oregon: Recent Episodes
Family Fellowship, Myrtle Creek, Oregon
What does the term "Ebenezer" mean in the Bible?
- Ebenezer means “stone of help.”
- a tangible reminder of the Lord’s power and protection.
- The Lord had helped them, all the way to Ebenezer.
Have you ever thought God might be upset with something you have, or have not, done?
Have you ever thought that you need to give God space to "get over" your actions?
Pastor Mike explains that God, no matter what you have done, loves YOU!
Deb teaches us that no matter the circumstances, with God as our anchor, He will always hold.
How are we to worship God? Is it in church, in private, only on certain days? Pastor Mike explains how the manner in which God expects us to worship Him.
With the New Year upon us, many are asking, "What's Next?"
Pastor Mike talks about why what happens next is our choice, not the world's, but our's as we are children of God.
Pastor Mike discusses how the Word of God shows how special we are since He made us to be fully equipped for the world we live in.
As children of God, we are to be separate from the world. As we stand separate from the world, God displays His faithfulness by standing by us as the world turns against us.
We can be so confused in life and forget the simple things of eternal life or the spirit-driven life of how we are instructed to live that it is like we suffer from red-green blindness and do not see the full spectrum God has provided for us.
Philippians 2:1-16
Just like improving and maintaining our physical body requires working out, improving and maintaining our spiritual physique requires working out.
God is our Rock and will take care of us as long as we take care of ourselves and live life as He wants us to.
Pastor Mike had a different title for this sermon, but I forgot to write it down.
Discusses the fact that despite what we may think God has a plan for us, just as He did for Israel when He moved them to Egypt and let them become slaves.
Short introduction by Assistant Pastor Deb Radford and why we should not let today's chaos overwhelm us
Pastor Mike explains to us that in times like we are currently in we should "buy" into our faith.
Reverend Betty Bazzell gives an update on her family before launching into a sermon that we need to be reminded of the Word and that the Word will set us free.
2 Peter 1:20, 21
Luke 4:18, 19
Matthew 3:11
John 14:26
Acts 2
2 Peter 3:10-13
Pastor Mike starts the service off with a short talk about us choosing to be better for God
Assistant Pastor Deb Radford discusses temptation and how we choose whether or not to fall into temptation.
Guest speaker James Landrum who discusses what it means to actually Abide with the Holy Trinity
Pastor Mike & Teresa explain why our Faith is important and that we Choose to walk with Him
Pastor Mike delivers a short lesson teaching us that God will always walk us through the difficult times we have.
Pastor Teresa continues in the same vein as Pastor Mike, explaining how God carries us when we need His help.
Randy Luscombe shares his life story and how he was shown the redemption power of Jesus Christ, of His faithfulness, His mercy, and His grace
A look at how we should Trust in Him and why we should make Him "large and in charge" of our lives.
Pastor Mike O'Sullivan explains that even though we do not know what will happen to us on a day by day basis that with our faith in God no matter how bad a day is, we will overcome.
Pastor Mike speaks on how life as a Christian is not a easy life, but it is and rewarding life.
Annette Perkins discusses three types of hope: Infinite Hope, Intentional Hope, and Inspirational Hope.
Pastor Mike explains that as long as we believe, have faith, and trust in God "our cup will run over" with His blessings no matter the situation we may find ourselves in.
References to 1 Corinthians 1:8-12 is actually Romans 1:8-12
Ethan discusses how the celebration of the birth of Jesus and the holiday of Christmas has caused unnecessary confusion in the lives of Christians and non-Christians alike.
Explains the purpose for God to send His Son to us, and why we needed Jesus to come for us.
Short introduction by Pastor Mike O'Sullivan than a YouTube video of the message "The Second Yes" by Pastor Steven Furtick.
The video is available here: The Second Yes
God is the "landmark" which we use to determine the bearing we need to travel for our walk with Him. Knowing the direction we need to go in does no good until we actually start moving in that direction.
Acts 19:4, Psalms 123:1, John 12:32, Matthew 7:13-14, Luke 13:29, Psalms 119:33, 105.
If someone bumps into you, what spills out?
Are your words, actions, thoughts what they should be? In other words "do we practice what we preach" or just "talk the talk"?
Quoted portion at the end can be found at https://www.facebook.com/Barbie.n.santos/posts/10158964141148852
We are the "Jesus" others see, and form opinions on of God/Christ, as we go about our daily business.
The Holy Spirit that filled Jesus upon His baptism is the same Holy Spirit that fills us today.
Audio of video from "Getting to know the power of the Holy Spirit", produced by A & Q Productions, may be found at https://www.facebook.com/prophecynewsnow/videos/2393080127685029/?v=2393080127685029.
God is changing us so there are things which need our attention. It is not something to dread or hide from, rather something to look forward to.
Family Fellowship was blessed to be visited by a Bethel Worship team comprised of individuals from Bethel Church of Redding, CA and Compassion To Action.
Sermon opens with video Nobody by Casting Crowns (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOooelyA9Ws)
Pastor Mike discusses how and why we are to leave others better off than when we first found them.
Guest speaker James Landrum expounds on the Greek word Perisseuo (abound), in Philippians 1:9, and how it applies to us and our lives.
No sermon recorded for 8/18/2019; instead posting the sermon from Father's Day 2019.
Pastor Trevor Stoole, an evangelist from Zimbabwe Africa. Discusses his ongoing missions in Zimbabwe and preaches on Three Things We Should Never Forget.
Examples from the Bible on how if just One item/decision was changed it would have affected us today.
Our God is bigger than we can imagine, so why do we not take advantage of Him in our daily lives?
How we, in our faith, outnumber those whom stand against us; as exemplified by the story of The Blinded Syrians Captured in 2 Kings chapter 6.