Victory Fellowship Church Podcast

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This is the podcast of our Sunday morning sermons at VFC. Visit us at www.vfcthomasville.org for more information.

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  • Simple, Part 3: Marriage is Simple // Jamie Nunnally

    17/03/2024 Duración: 50min

    Married? Want to be married some day? Wish you weren't married? In this message, Pastor Jamie Nunnally shares how marriage is "simple". Marriage is simple: love your spouse the way Christ loves you. Ephesians 5:31-23Your marriage is only as good as your maturity. The quickest way to improve your marriage is to improve yourself, not to try to improve your spouse.Two mindsets that hurt marriage - roommates and soulmates.Roommates: when a couple is sharing life, but not sharing love. Soulmates: when a couple is forcing passion and imposing perfection.  The 4 C's of Marriage1. Commitment.Commitment is being dedicated and devoted, even if things aren't the way you wish they were.Matthew 19:3-6Marriage is meant to be a constant commitment, a declaration of devotion and a pledge of partnership that lasts for life.  2.    Communication.Ephesians 4:29Think of words like bricks: you can build a home or break a window – it depends on how you use them.The Golden Rule of Communication: Say what yo

  • Simple, Part 2: Parenting is Simple // Jamie Nunnally

    10/03/2024 Duración: 50min

    Parenting is NOT easy, but its simple: train your children the way God trains you. Psalm 127:3a NLT "Children are a gift from God."Our goal is to raise the type of child we would want to be friends with as an adult.  Ephesians 6:1-4 NLT "Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord, for this is the right thing to do. 2 "Honor your father and mother." This is the first commandment with a promise: 3 If you honor your father and mother, "things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the earth." 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord.Children are provoked to anger when their core needs are not met. 1. Children need unconditional love. A child must know that they are valued, accepted and have a secure place in their family. 2. Children need a relationship with Jesus.YOU lead them to Christ – and at an early age. 3. Children need spi

  • Simple, Part 1: Forgiveness is Simple // Jamie Nunnally

    03/03/2024 Duración: 45min

    In this series, we're talking about things that aren't easy, but they're simple.  Pastor Jamie Nunnally shares that it is not easy to walk in forgiveness, but it's simple. There are three types of forgiveness God is calling us to experience:1. Receiving God's forgiveness2. Forgiving ourselves3. Forgiving others We must receive God's forgiveness.1 John 1:9 God is more willing to forgive our sin than we are sometimes willing to admit our sin. God wants you to admit your sin because you can't be released from what you don't recognize.Ephesians 1:7 "He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins." SO RICH!If someone isn't forgiven, its not because God won't forgive them, but because they won't receive it. Isaiah 43:25 "I—yes, I alone—will blot out your sins for my own sake and will never think of them again."How often do you think about a bill you've already paid? You d

  • Prepare to Die, Part 4: Dealing With Grief // Jamie Nunnally

    25/02/2024 Duración: 37min

    Do you sometimes feel stuck mourning a loss? In this message, Pastor Jamie will share how to deal with grief.  Things I want you to know about grief:Grief is a normal, healthy response to loss, pain, and death.John 16:20aWater washes – in the natural we have to clean a wound. Think of crying as cleaning an emotional wound.    There are two wrong ways to grieve: distraction and despair.1) Distraction is when we try to numb ourselves to how we feel. The problem is, you can't distract yourself out of grief. Feelings are meant to be felt. Talk it out with someone close to you or you'll take it out on someone close you.Proverbs 13:14Don't try to run from grief, instead run to God in your grief. 2) Despair is when grief becomes our identity.Psalm 31:10Don't wallow in your grief; worship in your grief and fight off despair.    Christians follow Christ so we should grieve how Jesus grieved.Isaiah 53:3 John 11:35 "Jesus wept"How we grieve reveals what we believe.  The best thing you can d

  • Prepare to Die, Part 3: Dying Well // Cynthia Bryan

    18/02/2024 Duración: 40min

    Are you prepared to die? We tend to avoid thoughts of death, especially our own. In this message, Pastor Cynthia shares how thinking about death can lead to life.Thinking About DeathPsalm 90:12 “Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom.” – NLT Tips for Dying Well - Not a bucket list, a way of life. Be an Apprentice of JesusThen [Jesus] said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me.” – Luke 9:23 NLTAnd now, dear children, remain in fellowship with Christ so that when he returns, you will be full of courage and not shrink back from him in shame. 1 John 2:28 NLT Maintain a Clear conscience: Repent, Forgive, Live in Peacea.     Repent “Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.”  Acts 3:19 NASBPsalm 139:23-24 NIVb.     Forgive Mark 11:25 NIV“Father, forgive them” – On the cross, Jesus released and forgave

  • Prepare to Die, Part 2: What is Heaven Like? // Larry Nunnally

    11/02/2024 Duración: 44min

    Are you ready to die? You don't know the day or time that you will die, but you can prepare now. In this message, Larry Nunnally shares his testimony of being resuscitated after a massive heart attack. We also will learn about the eternal rewards available to followers of Jesus.  We are all building an eternal legacy and can receive eternal rewards. 1 Corinthians 3:11-15 What determines our eternal rewards?Loving Jesus and His Kingdom through prayer, study, and fellowship. Loving and serving other people. Making disciples of those around us.  God wants a BIG family, and we are privileged to help Him build it!2 Timothy 4:7-8 What increases Eternal Rewards?Be obedient to God's word and God's leading. Learn from your leaders and mentors. Don't Quit! What hinders Eternal Rewards?Sin and selfish living will burn up in the fire of judgement. Good ideas that aren't "God" ideas will burn up. Procrastination blocks eternal rewards. Eternity is like an endless road. Our life on earth

  • Prepare to Die, Part 1: Practicing for Eternity // Jamie Nunnally

    05/02/2024 Duración: 40min

    Since we are all going to die, we should start practicing for it. In this message, Pastor Jamie Nunnally shares how to practice for eternity. Philippians 4:9 "What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you."Practice brings peace. Do you want peace when you think about the end of your life? Practice for eternity now. What does the bible say about practicing for eternity?1. This life is not all that there is.After this life. We have one of two possible destinations: heaven or hell. This means heaven and hell are not the "afterlife," earth is the "beforelife." And eternity is not in the future, its already begun.Matthew 25:31-34; 41; 46 John 14:1-3God is a good father and heaven is a good gift. Trust Him.For the Christian, the worst case scenario is eternal bliss. 2. God's judgement is real, and God's decisions are just.Hebrew 9:27 CEV "We die only once, and then we are judged."Heaven and h

  • Iconic, Part 4: Terminator Jesus // Jamie Nunnally

    29/01/2024 Duración: 39min

    People tend to visualize of Jesus based on who they are, not who He is.Hebrews 13:8-9a  Terminator Jesus is adopted by Christians who are mad at the world and frustrated with the church. They want to leverage Jesus as judge to wipe out those they don't like. Remember the story of Jonah? Why did he run from God's call?Jonah 4:1-2 The Ninevites were Jonah's enemies and he wanted God to destroy them, but he knew that God wanted to save them. Jonah 4:11 Terminator Jesus, who hates the people you hate, is not the real Jesus. Three signs that you're following Terminator Jesus:1. You weaponize God's word against other people.God's word is for people, not against people.Hebrews 4:12 The word exposes OUR thoughts and desires, not THEIRS. We read the word, so that the word can read us.God's word is designed to be mirror for seeing your own issues clearly, not a pair of binoculars to see others' issues clearly. 2. You root for other people's destruction.1 John 2:2 "He hi

  • Iconic, Part 3: Hippie Jesus // Eric Robertson

    21/01/2024 Duración: 40min

    You will be tempted to embrace 3 different understandings of Jesus: American Jesus, Hippie Jesus, and Terminator Jesus.The Gospels are How We Know and How We Grow.Hebrews 1: 1-3Jesus is what God has to say about Himself. If you want to know who someone is, listen to THEM when they tell you who they are. When we have a distorted vision of Jesus, we will have a distorted vision of God.You learn about the real Jesus by spending time with Him, not studying the counterfeits.Hippie Jesus is cool with everything except not being cool.Hippie Jesus can be best defined by looking at the actual hippie movement that occurred in the United States in the 1960's.Hippie Jesus wants you to be the best you, even if it kills you.Hippie Jesus doesn't ever want you to be inconvenienced by his demands, so he has very few.Three Signs That You May Be Following Hippie Jesus 1) You mistake freedom FROM sin as freedom TO sin.Hippe Jesus promises you freedom to do whatever makes you feel good. People who follow Hippie Jesus wi

  • Iconic, Part 2: American Jesus // Jamie Nunnally

    14/01/2024 Duración: 43min

    Jesus is the most popular figure in the world. People tend to visualize of Jesus based on who they are, not who He is.Hebrews 13:8-9a Three images of Jesus you will be tempted to embrace:American JesusHippie JesusTerminator Jesus Today, American Jesus.I'm using the term American Jesus in a negative way because as Amercians, we tend to view Jesus through the lens of our being American. Christian nationalism.Christianity Today defines it as "the belief that the American nation is defined by Christianity, and the government should take active steps to keep it that way."Patriotism is good, but God doesn't love America more than Bolivia.Mark 12:17 ESV God does not see your responsibility to your country to be the same thing as your allegiance to His Kingdom. You are not Christian American, you are an American Christian. American Jesus is Jesus made in the image of American: materialism, self-reliance, achievement, excess. Four signs that you might worship American Jesus:1. Jesus is your savior,

  • Iconic, part 1: Who Do You Say He Is?

    07/01/2024 Duración: 41min

    Jesus is the most popular figure in the world. People tend to visualize of Jesus based on who they are, not who He is.Ultimately, it doesn't matter what Jesus looked like, but it does matter what Jesus was like. Who do you say He is? Hebrews 13:8-9a "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. So do not be attracted by strange, new ideas."Jesus doesn't get updated with the culture. He doesn't receive a makeover to look like whatever people want him to.The Israelites created a golden calf because it was what they were used to.You are made in God's image, but you will be tempted to make God in your image Three images of Jesus you will be tempted to embrace:American Jesus – He makes all your dreams come true.Hippie Jesus – He's cool with everything except not being cool, man.Terminator Jesus – He'll be back! And this time, its personal. Matthew 16:13-2013 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say

  • Searching for Service // Missy Lamb

    31/12/2023 Duración: 46min

    Want to find your place to serve? In this message, we'll hear Children's Pastor Missy Lamb as she shares about the importance of service and finding your place in Kingdom ministry. 1 Corinthians 12:27Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. 1 Peter 4:10As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: "Ministries of service are just as impactful in the kingdom  as supernatural ministry"  "Let God put his super on your natural and get to work doing the work of the Kingdom"  How to determine where to serve:Serve where your passion is. What are you good at?Is there something that keeps lingering in your mind? "When we serve we are providing support to the vision of God in our community"  "When you serve the Lord in a place you are passionate about, it doesn't feel like work" Are you serving in the way God has called you to serve?

  • The Line, Part 4: Christmas Created Christians // Jamie Nunnally

    24/12/2023 Duración: 43min

    What is your relationship with Jesus? In this message, Pastor Jamie helps you to recognize the type of relationship that you have with Jesus. When Jesus came, He drew a line and said that was then, this is now.  The birth of Jesus changed the world.First week, Christmas brought clarity.  Second week, Christmas brought a covenant.Last week, Christmas taught character.Today, Christmas created Christians.1 Peter 2:10 "Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy."Make no mistake: Jesus did NOT come to create another religion. He came to replace religion with a relationship with God, and create a new way of living with Him as His own people. There are 3 types of relationships that people have with Jesus and we're going to look at the life of another St. Nick (Nicodemus) to show us how they work. Three types of relationship that people have with Jesus: 1. Secret admirer.A secret admirer only THINKS about the object of

  • The Line, Part 2: Christmas Brought a Covenant // Jamie Nunnally

    10/12/2023 Duración: 46min

    When Jesus came, He drew a line and split time in half - BC and AD.There are also other lines that were drawn – major changes that happened when Jesus was born. There is a then before Jesus, and there is a now after Jesus. In this message, Pastor Jamie Nunnally shares how Christmas brought a covenant.Hebrews 8:6 NET "But now Jesus has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted on better promises." What is a covenant?A covenant is a binding, mutually accepted arrangement that manages the relationship between individuals or groups. A covenant is a forever promise. God uses covenants to govern His relationship with humanity.Jeremiah 31:30-34 "The day is coming," says the Lord, "when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah. 32 This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant, though I loved them as a

  • The Line, Part 1: Christmas Brought Clarity // Jamie Nunnally

    03/12/2023 Duración: 39min

    There is a common phrase in the new testament: "but now." If there is a "now," there was a "then." There is a before Jesus (then), and there is after Jesus (now). So, this Christmas, we are going to look at some of things that changed from then to now when Jesus came. Today, Pastor Jamie Nunnally shares how Christmas brought clarity.Hebrews 1:1-2 NCV "In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets many times and in many different ways. But now in these last days God has spoken to us through his Son..." One of the reasons Jesus was born, was to provide clarity to humanity regarding who God is.Jesus is God. But every time He made this claim, the Jews got really mad.John 10:30-33 NLTHow does Christmas bring clarity?1) Jesus shows us what God is like.John 14:8-9Jesus is the most recent and most accurate representation of who God is. 2) Jesus revealed the Father's will.John 6:38God's perfect will was perfectly expressed through God's perfect Son.I

  • Hook, Line, and Sinker // Tim Martin

    26/11/2023 Duración: 49min

    Saying "No" to temptation. In this message, Pastor Tim Martin shares how to resist and stand firm against temptation. Temptation is the state of being tempted especially to evil. (Dictionary)James 1-12-15. 12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. 15 Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.Genesis 3:1-31 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, "Has God indeed said, 'You shall not eat of every tree of the garden'?.."Genesis 3:4-6 - Humankind gives into temptation in the garden. 2 Samuel 11:3-5 - David give

  • Searching For God's Approval // Jamie Nunnally

    19/11/2023 Duración: 36min

    We're all on a search for God. During this series, we're going to look at some of the things we often find ourselves searching for when it comes to our relationship with the Lord What does God think about you?1. God loves you, and He likes you, even though He knows you.Ephesians 1:5 NLT "God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure."Your redemption is God's dream come true. 2. God is not mad at you.Colossians 1:19-20 NLT "For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ's blood on the cross."Feeling that God is mad at you is not logical in light of the cross. If you feel God is still angry at you because of your sin, you are believing a lie.  Why don't we feel God's approval sometimes?1. Our conscience is cond

  • Searching For God's Will // Jamie Nunnally

    12/11/2023 Duración: 40min

    We're all on a search for God. During this series, we're going to look at some of the things we often find ourselves searching for when it comes to our relationship with the Lord. In this message, Pastor Jamie Nunnally shares how we can find God's will. You can know God's will for your life.Ephesians 5:17 "Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is." ESVNLT – don't be thoughtless. Are you thoughtful or thoughtless when it comes to understanding God's will? Three incorrect ideas about God's will:1. Anything that happens is God's perfect will.1 Timothy 2:4You will experience God's will in your life through cooperation with God. 2. God's will is predetermined. Jeremiah 18:7-8 You will experience God's will in your life though collaboration with God. 3. You shouldn't do anything unless you're 100% certain its God.Even God can't steer a parked car. You must apply the gas, while He turns the wheel.Acts 16:1

  • Searching for God's Voice // Jamie Nunnally

    05/11/2023 Duración: 46min

    We're all searching for God. in this message, Pastor Jamie Nunnally shares about searching for God's voice. God wants you to hear his voice. Don't ever let anyone tell you that God doesn't speak today.John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.Jesus is the "logos" of God: communication, expression. Of course God still speaks—Jesus is literally the word of God, and words communicate. God gave you the ability to hear His voice.2 Corinthians 2:9-12 God gave you a spirit so you could talk to His Spirit. You have a built in receiver for God's voice.Romans 8:16 "The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God"God's direct communication is Spirit to spirit - its not the same as how we hear other things.  What does the voice of God sound like?1 Kings 19:12 – "still small voice."God's voice sounds like your thoughts but from a different source – that's why its often hard

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