“Confident in Christ” by Pastor Joy Matos – 12/29/2024

“Confident in Christ”

by Pastor Joy Matos

December 29^th 2024 10AM

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3 I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, 4 always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all, 5 in view of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now. 6 For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus

Summary:

Pastor Joy Matos’s final sermon uses Philippians 1:3-6 as a springboard to discuss the importance of fervent, expectant prayer. She connects Paul’s joyful prayers for the Philippian church, despite his hardships, to the congregation’s need for spiritual growth and love. Matos emphasizes the transformative power of God’s work in believers’ lives, highlighting the continuous nature of this process and its culmination in Christ’s return. The sermon concludes with a call to personal spiritual development, emphasizing the importance of inner transformation leading to outward righteousness.

Paster Joy reflects on her time preaching at First Church In Pembroke

For December, Roger Means is lighting the steeple and placing flowers on the altar in memory of loved ones. Thank you, Roger, for this generous contribution