Mission Valley Christian Fellowship(MVCF) is a set-up/teardown church like Palm Valley and often Pastor Leo or Pastor Lyle is told, "Well, when you get a building, then we'll come back."
So Pastor Lyle's sermon was on "Is MVCF a real church?" I think these truths apply to any church:
A real church has:
- Teaching
- Fellowship
- Sharing of meals
- Prayer
- People who are filled with awe
- Miraculous signs
- Focus on pleasing God first, people second
I also had a chance to hear MVCF's Pastor of Security, known as "Sarge", preach. He was supposed to preach last October, but the day he was supposed to preach, his mother died suddenly in his own home. His sermon title was "Facing Trials and Tribulations". What a powerful testimony! He was so vulnerable and preached powerfully out of the book of James. Here are some notes that have stuck with me:
- James introduced himself as a slave to Christ, not Jesus' half brother. He knew who His Savior was.
- James 1:4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
- Perseverance is only developed through trials.
- How do you count it all joy when really bad things happen? For Sarge, it was remembering the day he got a chance to preach randomly to a group of people and baptized 8 of them, one of which was his mother.
- James 1:6--ask in faith with no conditions.
- Are you seeking biblical counsel? Or the world's counsel?
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