First International Christian Fellowship (ficfreno)

Shortly after its launch in 1990, NASA discovered that the billion-dollar initiative Hubble Telescope had a lens problem when photos it took of the Milky Way came back blurry. Richard Fennimore pleads a case against our complacency when it comes to God’s call to holiness. How come our perception and awe of our God come back dull and blurry? How come it takes only searing pain for us to peer underneath our sinful habits? Is it possible that we have our own personal lens flaw…and not know it? This week's sermon is an eye-opener, don't miss it. TITLE: LOOKING INTO THE HEART OF GOD 2 Corinthians 7:1-16 2 Corinthians 12:14-17 Titus 1:5 John 16:8-9 Proverbs 3:12 Proverbs 8:10-11 1 John 1:9 Titus 1:10-11 __________________ Track us down! Website: www.ficfreno.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ficfreno/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/ficfreno/ Youtube: youtube.com/ficfreno

They say worship is a lifestyle, in such a large scale that it hijacks your weekend plans, sabotages the habitual decisions you used to make and interferes with your regularly scheduled program called Life. An insidious operant takes over a Christian’s life if a disconnect between what he does on weekdays and how he serves on the weekends exists. Pastor Joe takes a series break detour this week as he lifts the rug and exhibits the dirt we all sweep under it from time to time and, importantly—having that legitimate information—what next steps should we allow our God to do in us. Title: BEING AND DOING EVERYTHING FOR GOD 2 SAMUEL 11:1-27 & MARK 4:35-40 INTRODUCTION: COLOSSIANS 1:10 JEREMIAH 17:9 PROV 4:20-23 *BEING WHERE GOD WANTS US TO BE: 2 SAMUEL 11:1 *NOT BEING WHERE GOD WANTS US CAN LEAD TO SIN: 2 SAMUEL 11:2-3 *GUARD YOUR EYES! MATTHEW 6:22-23 *COMPLACENCY = SIN= DEATH 2 SAMUEL 11:4-5 *DESIRE = SIN = DEATH JAMES 1:13-15 *CHANGE YOUR DESIRES! PSALM 37:4 *BEING WITH JESUS...

Jesus clearly said that He came that we may have life and enjoy it to the fullest. There were no hidden caveats—He was not talking about this seemingly far and ahead afterlife we all long to get to someday but, instead, this * right now* life that we live. But also, God expects us to live a life of purity and holiness in such an extreme way that we shine as beacons of hope to this sinister world. How do you find a happy medium, if in the midst of all the conflicting messages you hear in this day and age, all lines are blurred and any information can be polished, twisted and Christianized? WHY NOT press play and we’ll let Pastor Joe navigate you through the nitty gritty of this week’s continuation of our journey through the Book of 2nd Corinthians? TITLE: WHY NOT? 2 CORINTHIANS 6:14,7:1 INTRODUCTION: THE BIG "IF'S" & "WHY'S" JOHN 14:15 LUKE 9:23 "IT" BEGINS IN THE MIND ROMANS 12:2 I: GOD'S COMMAND 2 CORINTHIANS 6:14 IA) THE FIRST COMMAND EVER GENESIS 2:17 II: SOME THINGS JUST DON'T..

Heavy is the head that wears the crown. The very first motion picture of Spider-Man has cemented what probably is the most tired quote of all time: “With great power comes great responsibility.” What it entails is this huge, unspoken obligation expected from anyone gifted with extraordinary capabilities. This week, we discover exactly what extraordinary bearing we receive when we come to know our Savior. Press that play button for more. Title: MARKED FOR LIFE. 2 COR 6:3-10 NIV, NLT, & NKJV INTRODUCTION: DID YOU KNOW? DEUTERONOMY 7:9 I: DO NOT BE A STUMBLING BLOCK 2 COR 6:3 II: SHOW JESUS THROUGH OUR LIVES 2 COR 6:4-6, 8-10 FRUITS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT GALATIANS 5:22-26 PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD EPHESIANS ‪6:14-17‬ PLUS PRAY EPHESIANS 6:18 III: NOT BY OUR POWER, BUT BY GOD'S POWER! 2 CORINTHIANS 6:7  QUESTION FOR YOU: NUMBERS 11:23  RELY ON GOD'S POWER!  JEREMIAH 32:17

In this day and age, information is open-access. But imagine being alive during the first century, when mere mention of Christ’s Name comes with risk; when grieving for a death of a son, a brother or a friend is punishable by law. Can we sincerely pledge our allegiance to this self-proclaimed Messiah who, despite His magnanimous promises of eternal life, simply…died? Will we ever be ready to find out, three days later, that His tomb would have been empty? TITLE: SPOILER ALERT; THE TOMB IS EMPTY! MAIN VERSE: LUKE 24:1-12 / 1 CORINTHIANS 15:3-8, 14-22 THE TOMB IS EMPTY: LUKE 24:1-6, 24:7-9, 24:10-12 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESURRECTION: 1 COR 15:14,17, 21-22 I: I: JUST AS IT WAS WRITTEN: MATTHEW 20:17-19 PSALM 22& 69, ISAIAH 50,52 & 53 1 CORINTHIANS 15:3 II: EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT: 1 CORINTHIANS 15:5-8 LUKE 24:36-39 III: EVIDENCE INVESTIGATED: SIR LIONEL LUCKHOO HANS VON CAMPENHAUSEN LEE STROBEL TOMB IS EMPTY: NOW WHAT? GALATIANS 2:20 CHRIST IS RISEN, LIVE FOR HIM! ROMANS 6:7-8

How do you sail a ship and dock it successfully? You orient yourself in the right direction and you consistently sail forward, according to your measured bearings. This metaphor is analogous of Richard Fennimore's take on the perilous, legalistic stance even some vet Christians are not immune of taking. Avoid other various, common traps. Learn how to navigate #GodsPlan and policy in this week's Palm Sunday message. Title: GRACE AND TRUTH: God's Policy and Orientation 2 CORINTHIANS SERIES / 2 COR 5:10-6:02 Ministry of Reconciliation 1 John 1:17 Galatians 5:22-23 Doctrine of Unlimited Atonement 1 Timothy 4:10 1 John 2:2 Matthew 4:4 Psalm 1:2 Genesis 2:17 Ephesians 4:10 _______________________________________ Track us down! Website: https://www.ficfreno.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ficfreno/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ficfreno/ Youtube: https://youtube.com/ficfreno

Just accepted Christ into your life? What's next and what do we do now to please God with our actions? We find our way out of the woods this week and get an intimate know-how on proper service as new creations with our new body in Christ for God's glory and what we get out of that exactly. Title: THE PROMISSORY NOTE 2 COR 5:1-11 Introduction:2 COR 4:16-18 I: THE NEW BODY 2 COR 5:1-8 IA: OUR GOAL IS PLEASE GOD WITH OUR BODY / LIFE 2 COR 5:9 ROMANS 14:15-18 COLOSSIANS 1:10 1 THESSALONIANS 4:1 II: JUDGEMENT SEAT OF CHRIST 2 COR 5:10-11 1 COR 3:10-15 III: RECEIVE THE REWARD 1 COR 9:25 JAMES 1:12 1 PETER 5:4 2 TIMOTHY 4:5-8 ********************************** Track us down! Website: www.ficfreno.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ficfreno/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/ficfreno/ Youtube: youtube.com/ficfreno

This week's sermon attempts to unravel God's mysterious intent on providing pain in this world. Pastor Joe carefully drives us home to the point: We ought to focus our energy on propagating God's Word throughout our personal frontiers. Fix your eyes so far ahead into the unseen and encounter Jesus. Title: PART OF THE GAME MAIN VERSE: 2 COR 4:7-18 INTRODUCTION: GOD'S POWER IN JARS OF CLAY 2 COR 4:7 I: GOD'S POWER NOT OURS JOHN 15:5 PHILIPPIANS 4:13 1 COR 1:26-29 II: WE ARE LIKE JARS OF CLAY 2 TIMOTHY 2:20-21 III: LIFE OF CHALLENGES 2 COR 4:8-9 IIIA: WE SHARE IN HIS SUFFERINGS & GLORY 2 COR 4:11-12 ROMANS 8:17 IV: TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL 2 COR 4:13-15 V: FIX OUR EYES ON THE UNSEEN 2 COR 4:16-18 VA: FIX OUR EYES AND HEART ON CHRIST COLOSSIANS 3:1-4 ********************************** Track us down! Website: www.ficfreno.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ficfreno/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/ficfreno/ Youtube: youtube.com/ficfreno

How do you tap into God's unlimited power? Pastor Joe delves deeper into our series: The Book of 2nd Corinthians and plays out this dynamic between the Spirit and our capacity to choose to stay behind the eponymous veil Jesus has already torn apart. Podcast is now up on your native resource. Title: By the Power of God Main Verse: 2 Corinthians 4:1-6 INTRODUCTION: GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT THE HOLY SPIRIT REVEALS THE TRUTH: JESUS John 16:6-15 POWERED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT: 2 CORINTHIANS 4:1-2 I: WHEN THE VEIL IS NOT REMOVED: 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 1 Corinthians 1:18 1 Corinthians 2:14 IA: YOU BELONG TO THE ENEMY: EPHESIANS 2:2 II: LIGHT= JESUS CHRIST 2 Cor 4:5-6 IIA: FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT ACTS 26:18 III: WHEN THE VEIL IS REMOVED: 2 Corinthians 3:18 IIIA: CHANGED INTO HIS IMAGE: EPHESIANS 4:17-24 *********************** Track us down! Website: www.ficfreno.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ficfreno/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/ficfreno/ Youtube: youtube.com/ficfreno

Come and revisit Pastor Joe's post-dated Valentine's day message.We take a break from our series with a message about love that comes out tomorrow! Be on the lookout for release on our YouTube and Facebook page! This podcast is available on your native podcast resource! >> NOTES: MAIN VERSE: 1 JOHN 4:7-12 INTRODUCTION: FIRST FRUIT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT GALATIANS 5:22-23 I: GOD'S PROOF OF HIS LOVE TO US: 1 JOHN 4:9-10 ROMANS 5:8-10 OUR RESPONSE TO GOD'S LOVE: 1 JOHN 3:16 1 JOHN 4:11 II: PROOF OF OUR LOVE FOR GOD = OBEDIENCE JOHN 14:15 1 JOHN 5:1-2 III: PROOF THAT WE KNOW GOD 1 JOHN 4:7-8 1 JOHN 4:12 IIIA: HIS COMMAND = LOVE ONE ANOTHER JOHN 13:34-35 ________________ Track us down! Website: www.ficfreno.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ficfreno/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/ficfreno/ Youtube: youtube.com/ficfreno

'What fuels your drive to serve the Kingdom?' This is Richard Fennimore's loaded premise for this week's installment of the 2nd Book of Corinthians. The punch? Recalibrate your scale. Gauge your Kingdom progress in the satisfaction of how glorious you have elevated the Lord's Name in your organic willingness to go after His own heart. ____________________ Website: www.ficfreno.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ficfreno/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/ficfreno/ Youtube: www.youtube.com/ficfreno/

The jig is up. This week's sermon unwraps a universal deception we all tell ourselves from time to time: I'm good enough. Intrigued? Listen to this week's podcast. >> NOTES: MAIN VERSE: 2 COR 3:1-3 CSB INTRODUCTION: BELIEVER BEWARE MATTHEW 7:15-20 I: WE ARE THE LIVING PROOF 2 COR 3:1-2 IA: IT IS GOD'S WILL EPHESIANS 2:10 & ROMANS 8:29 II: BY THE HOLY SPIRIT 2 COR 3:3 IIA: HOLY SPIRIT = NEW HEART EZEKIEL 11:19 & EZEKIEL 36:26 IIB: NEW HEART = NEW LIFE ROMANS 6:1-5 IIC: NEW LIFE = DEAD TO SIN ROMANS 6:6-11 III: A LIFE GLORIFYING TO GOD 2 COR 3:2 LUKE 9:23 & GALATIANS 2:20 _________________ Website: www.ficfreno.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ficfreno/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/ficfreno/ Youtube: www.youtube.com/ficfreno/

Pastor Joe presents to us a harsh reality of a dying church. He challenges us to do what Jesus has told us and follow in obedience to live holy and blameless. Not only that, be active, move and be ready to be a part of God's work in this world. Verse: 2 COR 2:12-17 SUPPORTING VERSES: PSALM 42:5 1 PETER 3:15 __________________ Website: www.ficfreno.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ficfreno/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/ficfreno/ Youtube: www.youtube.com/ficfreno/

This week, Richard Fennimore takes a step deeper inside the Book of 2 Corinthians and unearths a heart issue on integrity. _________________ Track us down! Website: www.ficfreno.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ficfreno/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/ficfreno/ Youtube: youtube.com/ficfreno

Welcome to a brand new series! The following weeks will be spent poring over virtues found in Paul's second letter to Corinth. We hope you find these messages encouraging! Pastor Joe's take on passionate submission under God's will is now available on your native podcast resource! 2 CORINTHIANS SERIES / 2 COR 1:1-11 INTRODUCTION: 2 COR 1:1-2 I. GOD CHOOSES AND HIS WILL STANDS John 15:16 Jeremiah 1:5 Galatians 1:15-16 IA: God Chose Paul Acts 9:15 II: GOD IS OUR COMFORTER 2 COR 1:3-5 MATTHEW 5:11 IIA: GOD WORKS ROM 8:28 IIB: TRIALS BRING MATURITY 2 COR 1:6-7 JAMES 1:2-4 IIC: SO THAT WE RELY ON HIM 2 COR 1:8-9 * NOT OUR POWER BUT HIS JOHN 15:5 & PHILIPPIANS 4:13 III: PLACE OUR HOPE IN JESUS 2 COR 1:10 2 TIM 1:9 IIIA: WE PRAY FOR HELP AND HELP BY PRAYING 2 COR 2:11 IIIB: PRAY FOR ALL THE SAINTS EPHESIANS 6:18 MATTHEW 18:20 JOHN 16:7 _______ Website: www.ficfreno.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ficfreno/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/ficfreno/ Youtube: www.youtube.com/ficfreno/