The Fairview Alliance Church Messages - Fairview Alliance Church

In Malachi’s day, worship was the culmination of a convenient faith. Why? Because he lived in a time where the people of God confused worship for self-righteousness and spiritual disenchantment. God’s solution to their apathy was to refine them as a blacksmith would refine silver (redemption) and gold (tried faith). His refining process teaches us a very important principle: whatever we do for the Lord, it ought to be our very best at all times.

Jesus invites us to bring our weary hearts to Him. Being Himself “a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief” He can empathize with our emotional distress and pain. Jesus can offer and give rest to “all who labor and are heavy laden.” As we accept His invitation and we start to live under His yoke, He will turn our hurts into rest for our souls.

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When we are hurt and emotionally broken, we desperately need somebody who will hear us. In this new series, we explore how our hope is in the God who HEARS and who KNOWS our pain. He always delights in reaching down into our brokenness to make something beautiful out of our ashes. He hears us. 

Maintaining an active faith in the middle of life challenges is not always easy.  There is no easy, magical solution.  Claiming God’s promises in His Word, calling out to Him in prayer, seeking counsel from friends is very important; but in the end, you must decide whether to trust God or not to trust Him.

This message, in the context of the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13), speaks on how overcome the challenges and battles the disciples of Jesus Crist are facing in the spiritual realm.

Being unexpectedly forced to carry Jesus’ cross is rarely a fun experience, yet for those who are willing to follow Jesus this practice leads to a deeper life in Christ.

God wants us to recognize that the reason why He created us in Christ is that we may reach our final destination to spend eternity with me through fulfilling the good works He prepared for us beforehand the creation of the world.

Christianity cannot be reduced only at a moral program for living. The Biblical definition of "good works" is not merely doing “something good”. Biblical "good works" encompass every aspect of our thinking and conduct before God.

God wants us to recognize that the reason why He created us in Christ is that we may reach our final destination to spend eternity with me through fulfilling the good works He prepared for us beforehand the creation of the world.

Faith and grace are the two element that allow the new believer in Christ to continually access the throne of God with the assurance of salvation and the confidence of being part of God’s family.