Faith Mountain Church - Old

God is many things to us... As we look at the bible we see that is he is (always has been and always will be). It is an expression of God's might. As we enter this new year we see that while the year has changed, our God is still the same. Exodus 3:13-15 NIV - Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' Then what shall I tell them?" God said to Moses, "i am who i am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'i am has sent me to you.'" God also said to Moses, "Say to the Israelites, 'The lord, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.' "This is my name forever, the name you shall call me from generation to generation.

Isaiah 6:5 NIV - "Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the lord Almighty." Kneeling is not something often practiced in our culture. But when we are ruined for God, we are more willing to make this act of worship.

How far will we go? Why do we go? What will we bring? Matthew 2:11 NIV - On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.

Psalm 62:7-8 says "My salvation and my honor depend on God; He is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge." Pouring out your heart before God is an act of worship. He wants us to not only worship from our mind, but also worship from the depth of our soul.

Everything changed in a moment. When Jesus was born, He gave us the chance to be known, accepted, and forgiven. When we experience His love, we can't help but Come to Worship. This is the first in a 4-week series teaching different ways to worship God.

Today's sermon looks at financial generosity. There are lots of ways to be generous and we talk about them often. Generosity with time and talent are huge and necessary and greatly appreciated. The church doesn't operate without that kind of generosity. But today is about financial generosity and how a We mentality leads to Irrational Generosity whereas a Me mentality kills generosity of any kind.

It is not wrong to be wise consumer. We deserve quality. But has the consumerism pendulum swung too far? Is the church just one more place where we want it our way? Where it is all about 'me'? For many, it is. But Jesus intended it to be much more about the 'we' than the 'me'.

Too many Christians try to live the safest lives possible and they think God will be pleased by that. In reality, God is pleased by people of great faith who are willing to take risks.

According to scripture, the glory of God and the church He wants to build, cannot happen by one person trying to make that happen. That is really hard for some of us. It's hard growing up on this country that is all about independence. It's not going to happen unless we stop thinking of the church as Jesus and me, and start thinking about it as Jesus and We.

This is the final session in our Signs of Life series. Our goal in the series has been to discover and discuss what appear to be some common things God uses to grow our faith and deepen our trust in Him. Today is all about how God uses "defining moments" that can either deepen or damage our retaliation with Him. We call them Pivotal Circumstances.

Personal Ministry is "Joining God where he's at work." It's about accepting his invitation in something that makes an impacting the lives of others and in the kingdom of God.

Private Disciplines are personal activities that produce intimacy with God. They draw us closer to Him, just as spending one-on-one time with another person results in growing closer to them. This week, we discuss three particular activities.

God loves us just the way we are...and He loves us too much to let us stay that way. God not only wants people to come to a saving faith in Jesus; He wants us to experience the freedom and fullness of life that comes from deep, confident and unshakable faith. This week introduces us to the second of five core values that can lead to this - Providential Relationships

God loves us just the way we are...and He loves us too much to let us stay that way. God not only wants people to come to a saving faith in Jesus; He wants us to experience the freedom and fullness of life that comes from deep, confident and unshakable faith. This week introduces us to the first of five core values that can lead to this - Practical Teaching

We are known as church that loves on the people of this community - Santa Shop, Operation Christmas Child, King's Kitchen, Clothing Bank and so much more. It's just WHO we are; a church who loves on the community. And the WHO is connected to the WHY. We exist to Love People To Life. A full life here and now...and eternal life in the future.

Before initiating CPR people are trained to make an initial assessment of a person’s physical condition. Are they conscious? Breathing? Pulse? These are physical Signs Of Life…vital signs. What are the vital signs of Spiritual Life? How do I assess my Spiritual condition? This series explores 5 common themes that are present in spiritually alive Jesus followers… and are actually catalysts for greater faith. The first sign is love.

This is the final week in our summer series focusing on the Sermon of the Mount. Pastor Mitch teaches us that the key to living right side up in this upside down world is our faith in Christ and what He did for us.

When we make a decision for Christ, we stand at a crossroad with a wide gate and a narrow gate. Today's sermon explains which gate leads to destruction and which leads to life, and how this decision affects our living right side up in this upside down world.

Andy Stanley at North Point is fond of saying church happens in rows, but life happens in circles. What happens in rows on Sunday mornings is a worship experience...what happens in circles in your homes, or in the classrooms here in the building, with others in our church family - that's life. Today we will learn the biblical basis for belonging to a Life Group (small group, home group, house church, faith group).

We don't necessarily love to judge.. but we all do. We do it so much and so often it has become second nature. Some look around and see others who don't measure up and judge themselves superior. Some look around at others and feel as though we don't measure up...we judge ourselves inferior. In both cases we judge.