We continue our "Praying the Psalms" sermon series with Diogo reflecting on Psalm 70. This psalm shows how a desperate prayer does not settle for weak answers, passionately pleas to God for help, and enables us to see ourselves and God more clearly.

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A Desperate Prayer

Pastor Lucas continues our “Praying the Psalms” sermon series with this sermon on Psalm 17. He reminds us that prayer makes way for justice, holiness, and trust in God.

Prayer Makes Way

This week we read Psalm 4 and Diogo Izidoro shows how prayer can bring us to the rest we all desire. 

Prayer Brings Rest

Pastor Lucas Izidoro starts our new sermon series “Praying the Psalms” reflecting on how prayer has the power to soothe despair.

Prayer Soothes Despair

Diogo Izidoro reminds us that if God said something, He will make it come to pass!

Expect the Expected

Pastor Lucas preached on 1 Kings 18:22-39, continuing our sermon series “You are called for this generation”

Truth on Display

Diogo Izidoro the benefits of obedience and how essential it is for a successful Christian life.

Obey to Succeed

Diogo Izidoro reflects on Psalms 100 to speak on the power of gratitude.

Give Thanks

Diogo Izidoro expands on Exodus 20 (the Ten commandments) to expand on the essence and spirit of God’s law. 

On The Mountain

Pr Lucas shares that in our desert experience, God not only wants to shape our character but also wants to sharpen our skills. In the areas where you lead and in areas where you are led there are opportunities to Divide & Conquer. In Exodus 18:13-27, Moses is faced with criticism about his leadership from his father in law Jethro. Instead of being defensive, he listens and applies the feedback. As a result, he is better for it and so are the people. What can we learn from this scripture?

Divide & Conquer

The human soul from birth is thrown directly into battle. From the moment you are born until the moment of your death, there is war. We are three persons in one, spirit, soul, and flesh. So, then it is natural for us to fight on three fronts, spirit, soul, and flesh. We rebuke devils, we are torn between everlasting eternities, and fight the desires of our heart that try to consume our bodies. After fighting for so long, we lose focus on the real battles in our life’s journey and end up fighting pointless proxy wars that bring no victory to the kingdom of heaven. We easily forget that we worship the God of Victory! Deuteronomy 20:4 – “For the Lord your God is he who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.” The God of Victory has a name, and his name is Jesus Christ! So why then if we serve the God of victory can we taste defeat so many times in our passage on Earth? This is because true victory is not seen in the natural but is experienced in the supernatural. We have only one expectation, to stop delaying the defeat of our enemies within ourselves, this is known as the prolonged war.

The Prolonged War

Diogo Izidoro expands on Jesus’ parables on the Kingdom of heaven in Matthew 13:44-45 to remind us who our greatest treasure is, and what the kingdom of heaven is all about.

The Greatest Treasure

The greatest killer of your destiny isn’t fear, its doubt. This is because the potential and talents you are born with, can easily carve out the paths before you; but if you doubt what is within yourself, you can suffocate your future before it even comes to pass. The skill of focus is something we have to train and workout like any other muscle of our body. It must be tested and stretched to gain a better focus for upcoming endeavors but the purpose must be given from an outside source. Our purpose must be from a higher standard to not stagger or limit us once we reach our goals. Since man is made in his Gods image we need the new to inspire us (2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory…” ) Glory to glory is the transforming “new” that Jesus pours into our life bringing us peace for today and hope for tomorrow. Jesus Christ is our perfect model of who we should strive to be and it is him that gives us purpose. Jesus came as one of us and he came with a purpose, but there is a big misconception that his purpose has finished. His purpose now lives in us and together we are known as, The Phoenix Company.

The Phoenix Company

There exists a world in which we reap only what we sow. We sow 12 years of schooling to reap a High School Degree. We sow 4 to 6 years in college to reap a Bachelors&apos;s or Masters. We sow our time in exchange for information and skills that will benefit and generate income for us and our families. We sow training in any area of our lives to one day reap the reward we desire. We spend a lifetime of training our mind and our physical bodies but forget to often train our 3rd person, our spirit. Life presents us with many challenges that automatically train our physical and our mind, but we must be intentional in training our spirit. 1 Corinthians 9:25 says, “Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.” If we were to combine our experiences in life to be trained alongside our spirit, we would be, Mr. & Mrs. Olympia.

Mr. & Mrs. Olympia

Join us as we discuss the importance of discovering your potential with a word from Eric Maciel on Matthew 25. In this sermon, we take a closer look at the parable of the talents and how God has equipped each and everyone of us with precious gifts and talents we need to steward well. 

Discovering Your Potential

Family Church is located in Astoria, NYC, and our vision is simple: To build a community of faith in Astoria that is wholeheartedly committed to loving God and loving all people. Historically our church has been a place that Portuguese-speaking people have called their church family. However, today, through our English Ministry and a fresh vision to be a church that reflects the diversity of its community, we are a place for all to grow in the faith. We are glad to be able to offer this podcast so you can keep up with the sermons delivered by our pastoral care team.

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