FirstBaptistChurchofCrystalRiverFL

Here is our special God and Country celebration message. Our theme this year is called “A Day to Remember and A Day to Decide.” The message will talk about religious freedom and how that impacts our commitment to Jesus Christ.

06.26.24 Verse By Verse - Esther 1.13-22

Continuing the message series called “The Holy Spirit: Your Heavenly Helper.” This week we’re going to look at the idea that the Holy Spirit is your security. The Holy Spirit wants you to have security in your Christian faith. He wants your relationship with God to be an exclamation point, not a question mark. The Holy Spirit works to make you assured of two things that will bring security into your Christian journey. We’ll discover those two important things together!

06.19.24 Verse By Verse - Esther 1.1-12

Continuing the message series called “The Holy Spirit.” We will discover, although not seen, as Christians the Holy Spirit impacts our lives in a mighty way.

06.12.24 Esther - Introduction

Beginning a new message series called “The Holy Spirit.” This week we are going to look at who is the Holy Spirit? He is our Heavenly Helper sent from our Father to guide us and help us, to do His will and His work.

06.06.24 What Kind of Church Do We Want To Be? (Mike Howard)

Continuing the message series called “Keeping the Faith.” This week we’re going to look at the faith of a man, in the New Testament of the Bible, by the name of Peter. Peter was one of Jesus' closest disciples. We are going to look at a time in Peter's life when his faith is tested and we’ll look at three ways to help us grow our faith in Jesus.

05.29.24 Verse By Verse - 2 Timothy 4.13-22

Continuing the message series called “Keeping the Faith.” This week we’re going to look at the faith of a man in the NT called a “nobleman” or a “royal official.” The man comes to Jesus seeking a miracle healing for his son. But Jesus decides to challenge the man’s faith and show him his need for spiritual life. Jesus takes the royal official on a journey through three levels of faith to help the man understand that he needs more than a physical miracle. We’ll examine all three levels and apply them to our own faith in Jesus.

05 22 24 Verse By Verse - 2 Timothy 4.6-12

C05.19.24 Keeping The Faith - Davidontinuing the message series called “Keeping the Faith.” This week we’re going to look at the faith of David. King Saul and the army are paralyzed with fear at the sight of the giant Goliath. But David believes that his God is bigger than the giant and can provide a way for him to defeat the giant. David’s victory over Goliath gives us a model for how we can defeat the giants that threaten to do great harm to our life. Like David, we must take three steps to defeat our giants.

Continuing the message series called “Keeping the Faith.” This week we’re going to look at the faith of Samson. Samson has the potential to become Israel’s greatest military leader. But he allows his character flaws and poor decisions to get in his way. If we’re honest, we’ll find that we’re more like Samson than we care to admit. We’re going to highlight four snapshots from Samson’s life that show how complicated and messy life can become. We might just find ourselves in Samson’s story.

Continuing the message series called “Keeping the Faith.” This week we’re going to look at the faith of Gideon. God calls Gideon to recue Israel but Gideon isn’t ready for the challenge. God needs to grow his faith before he’s ready to accomplish extraordinary things. Maybe God is growing your faith right now for something big. God works on Gideon’s faith in five scenes to get him ready. God may use these same five scenes to get you ready for something great.

Continuing the message series called “Keeping the Faith.” This week we’re going to look at the faith of Joshua. Sometimes in life we’re faced with difficulties that look impossible to solve. Joshua faces such a situation as he stares at the massive walls of Jericho. Yet, Joshua has faith. There are four scenes to this story in Joshua 6 that teach us something about the kind of faith that overcomes the things that look impossible to us.

Continuing the message series called “Keeping the Faith.” This week we’re going to look at the faith of Abraham. What kind of faith is necessary to sacrifice your promised son at God’s command? Does God sometimes ask us to do things that make no sense? Does God sometimes go to the extremes to test the strength of our faith? Let's discover the faith of Abraham.

05.15.24 Verse By Verse - 2 Timothy 4.1-5

05.08.24 Verse By Verse - 2 Timothy 3.1-17

05 01 24 Verse By Verse - 2 Timothy 3.6-10

04 10 24 Verse By Verse - 2 Timothy 2.20-26

04 17 24 Verse By Verse - 2 Timothy 3.1-5

04 03 24 Verse By Verse - 2 Timothy 2.14-19

03 27 24 Verse By Verse - 2 Timothy 2.6-13

03.20.24 Verse By Verse - 2 Timothy 1.15-2.5