Category: Sermon
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![Sermon: Committing Ourselves to Christ [November 1]](https://firstchristianjax.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/stock-home-worship.png)
Sermon: Committing Ourselves to Christ [November 1]
On this Sunday when we are asked to declare our prayers, presence, gifts, and service to the work of God through this great congregation, I want to chat with you about the power of a personal commitment. Paul put it this way: “I appeal to you brothers and sisters by the mercies of God that…
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![Sermon: Church: A Noun or a Verb? [October 25]](https://firstchristianjax.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/stock-home-worship.png)
Sermon: Church: A Noun or a Verb? [October 25]
Sermon delivered by Nicholle Griffith, Vice Chairperson of the Board I chose this Acts 2 passage because church has changed as we know it. Acts 2 paints a picture of the early church, and, if we examine it closely, we can get back to our roots and remember what is important. We have been put…
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![Sermon: The Footsteps of the Faithful [October 18]](https://firstchristianjax.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/stock-home-worship.png)
Sermon: The Footsteps of the Faithful [October 18]
Faithful and Loving God: We come to worship today to hear your good news, to hear of faith, hope and love ringing out from your kingdom. We know that doubt, fear and hatred can shake even the strongest. Shape us into faithful hopeful people, fill us with your love that passes all understanding. We pray…
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![Sermon: The Body of Christ Broken for You, the Broken [October 4]](https://firstchristianjax.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/stock-home-worship.png)
Sermon: The Body of Christ Broken for You, the Broken [October 4]
O Redeemer God, as we gather in worship on this World Communion Sunday, we ask that you send your Holy Spirit to fall afresh on us. We pray for your Spirit to awaken new hope in us. Grant us the vision to see the coming of your kingdom. Help us to celebrate the glimpses of…
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![Sermon: The Ability to Forgive is a Gift from God [September 27]](https://firstchristianjax.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/stock-home-worship.png)
Sermon: The Ability to Forgive is a Gift from God [September 27]
And now, O God, we humbly ask that the peace of Christ might rule in our hearts, that you would silence in our hearts any voice but your own, so that hearing your word, we might also come to obey your will, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. “Then Peter came to…