Worship and Work

First Baptist Church Fernandina Beach

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Worship and Work

February 4, 2024 • Pastor Zach Terry • Luke 10

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The sermon discusses the familiar story of Mary and Martha from Luke's Gospel, emphasizing the importance of balancing service with worship. While Martha is preoccupied with serving, Mary chooses to sit and learn at Jesus' feet.

The sermon highlights the dangers of putting work before worship, suggesting that such an imbalance can lead to divided priorities, a distorted view of God, decreased emotional health, and deprivation of our greatest resource—time with God.

Pastor Zach Terry encourages creating more margin in life, focusing on what God wants us to do, honoring the rhythm of Sabbath and corporate worship, having a designated time and place for meeting with God, and teaching others to do the same.

The key takeaway is the importance of prioritizing personal worship and time with God to ensure that service and ministry come from a place of spiritual fullness and alignment with God's will.

Repent or Perish

May 19, 2024 • Pastor Zach Terry

Ready for the Return

May 5, 2024 • Pastor Zach Terry • Luke 12:41–56

INTRODUCTION: There are 260 chapters in the New Testament, and Christ’s return is mentioned no less than 318 times in those chapters. Statistically, one verse in twenty-five mentions the Lord’s return.

Waging War on Worry

April 28, 2024 • Pastor Zach Terry • Luke 12:22–34

INTRODUCTION: I wonder if anybody here can relate to what the great theologian and philosopher, Irma Bombeck, once said: I've always worried a lot, and frankly I'm good at it. I worry about introducing people and going blank when I get to my mother. I worry about a shortage of ball bearings, a snake coming up through the kitchen drain. I worry about the world ending at midnight and getting stuck with three hours on a twenty-four hour cold capsule. I worry about getting into the Guinness World Book of Records under "Pregnancy: Oldest Recorded Birth." I worry what the dog thinks when he sees me coming out of the shower. I worry that one of my children will marry an Eskimo who will set me adrift on an iceberg when I can no longer feed myself. I worry about salesladies following me into the fitting room, oil slicks, and Carol Channing going bald. I worry about scientists discovering someday that lettuce has been fattening all along.