Fellowship General Baptist Church

Everybody's got a vineyard.  The question is, "What does yours look like?".  God wants to assist us with this life so that we can flourish for Him.  He wants us to fight entropy that sets in and causes us to deteriorate.  He wants us to tend to what matters in this life and is ready to help us.  Is your vineyard unkept or maintained?  Message is based in Proverbs 24.

The heart is at the center of it all.  The condition of the heart is at the root of who we are and what we do with our lives.  When we trust in the Lord with all of our hearts, we yield to Him and are open to His instruction.

Our reactions say a lot about our inner discord.  According to Proverbs, we must consider putting off a quick, emotionally charged response to someone or something.  A wise person is careful about their reactions.

Proverbs 5 is all about guarding your heart and focusing on what can bless your spouse.  If we learn to make this our way of handling our marriage, we will flourish.

Introductory message to the series.  This message sets forth the basic components of being wise.  Those who are correctable are wise, but those who refuse correction are foolish.  We must be moldable before the Lord and others.

For those who are in the Lord, is there really anything to fear at all?  Scripture tells us time and time again that He will take care of us and that He can be trusted.  We must not let fear control us in our lives.

What is your flat tire?  What is your problem that needs to be dealt with now?  We need to be "real" about what is keeping us from fully living for God.  Just like the prodigal, we may need to experience bad circumstances to realize we need to make a change.  The kind of change that takes humility, self-awareness and total commitment.

Failure is a good thing.  When we expose our problem of sin, we finally realize that we need change.  Secret sin is too easy to jusify.  We need so desperately to be open to failing so that we can move forward in our "change" process with God.  What do you need to be honest about?

Change cannot happen until we admit and believe that we are not our own.  Scripture states that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit.  We must submit ourselve FULLY to God so that He can transform us inside and out.

The people who are going to experience real change in their life are the people who overcome problems and failure.  God is ready to help when we are willing to try.  Change is waiting for you.

The presence of hardship is the environment where God does good things and exciting things.  Hardship could be a powerful opportunity for God's people to bring glory to His name.

Burdens realized can be the start of something wonderful if given to God.  If we are sufficiently bothered by injustice, sin, or needs, we can change our world.  What bothers you about this world that you belive God can change through you?

The most critical step for real change in your life is admitting you have a problem.  Much like addicts in a 12-step program, we need to admit we are sinners (confess) and be healed.

We find that our culture is placing the importance of dad lower and lower.  The truth is that a dad is a significant part of leading a family.  Dads are needed and dads are important.

Jesus ministry was characterized by embracing the kinds of people that the regular religious folk of his time did not want to embrace.  With this message, pastor Byron concludes the A.D. series by challenging us to open our hearts to people in our culture who are difficult to embrace.

In the book of Acts, Jesus' words and the teaching of the Apostles were transformative.  The church grew exponentially.  New converts were won every day because of the Word.  Since then, it has become quite apparent that of all the books you could have, the Bible is most valuable.

One of the most powerful stories in the New Testament regarding conversions and great change is that of Saul's experience on the road to Damascus and then his very different life thereafter.  This is a message stemming from the A.D. series based on the book of Acts.

One of the most amazing qualites about God is that He is so personal, knowing us fully, and, at the same time, so powerful.  Jim Sanders sets forth this message about what God is truly about.

When we look at the book of Acts, we find how God intervened in amazing ways.  But, just as amazing and effective were His noninterventions.  God sometimes allows events to transpire without any action and we find out that there was a reason.  We can find several clues to answer the question, "Why did God allow this to happen?".  May we trust God with our lives no matter the circumstances.

Looking at Barnabas, we can see how encouragement is vital for a movement of God.  Are you an encourager?