First International Christian Fellowship (ficfreno)

Pastor Joe finishes the book of Colossians. He talks abut how the gospel moves through people, prayer, and unity.New messages every Sunday! Support this ministry. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ficfreno.com/give⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for details

“Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure. And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.”2 Corinthians 11:24-28

Pastor Joe talks about how we serve Jesus in our everyday life even in our jobs.New messages every Sunday! Support this ministry. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ficfreno.com/give⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for details

“Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.” - Matthew 5:37When have you been disappointed when someone has not followed through? Others may fail us, but God will always be for us. He doesn’t make empty promises and doesn’t leave us in silence. 

The home and the family is one of the most important structures in one's life. This week Pastor Joe preaches on the importance of having Jesus as the center-point of the household and each member's role and relationship according to the Bible. New messages every Sunday! Support this ministry. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ficfreno.com/give⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for details

Genesis 22:1-12God has a different perspective about problems than we do. He sees our beginning and our end, where we only see now. That’s why he says trust me. 

In the wake of life's up and downs, Pastor Joe preaches on the importance that despite challenges, everything that we do throughout our lives must be done in Jesus' name. New messages every Sunday! Support this ministry. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ficfreno.com/give⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for details

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance”Ecclesiastes 3:1-4Life and death do not pause because we have plans. It continues on even in times of grieving and times of rejoicing. Note: mic dies toward end of the message.

This Sunday Pastor Joe preaches on the importance of setting our priorities straight as Christians and its impact on our lives. New messages every Sunday! Support this ministry. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ficfreno.com/give⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for details

“Then the LORD said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.”Exodus 3:7-8Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’ “Exodus 4:1

This Sunday we celebrate two years of being in our new building! In this message our Pastor Joe preaches on the importance of faith and how it was reflected in the story of acquiring our building. New messages every Sunday! Support this ministry. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ficfreno.com/give⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for details

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. - James 5:13-16Prayer is not asking for what we want, but who God wants us to be. 

This Sunday Pastor Joe preaches on the importance of shedding our old selves and taking on the identity of Christ within our lives. New messages every Sunday! Support this ministry. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ficfreno.com/give⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for details

Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but the boat by this time was a long way from the land, beaten by the vans, for the wind was against them. And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. - Matthew 14:22-25Prayer changes us in the storm and lifting these prayers up gives us confidence in those situations. He will respond to it according to his will. 

This Sunday, our Pastor Joe delivers a sermon on the consequences of lying and its implications. New messages every Sunday! Support this ministry. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ficfreno.com/give⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for details

He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength, Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. - Isaiah 40:29-31We want it now! An instant gratification culture. However, God’s timeline is different than ours. It doesn’t happen on our time, it happens on God’s time.

This Sunday Pastor Joe preaches on the importance of maintaining clean language as a Christian. New messages every Sunday! Support this ministry. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ficfreno.com/give⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for details

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This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us- whatever we ask- we know that we have what we asked of him.- 1 John 5:14-15Humility comes with a big price, admitting to ourselves we cannot do it. It’s not according to my timeline, but according to His.  

In this episode Pastor Joe preaches on the topic of slander, its consequences, and how it affects our faith in God. New messages every Sunday! Support this ministry. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ficfreno.com/give⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for details