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Recordings; notes; and/or scripture references from the weekly sermons from the RCF pulpit.

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Jesus, Loves Way: 2nd Week of Advent, 2016

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“Jesus, Loves Way:
2nd Week of Advent, 2016″

by Pastor Roy Esposito

  • John 14:1-12
  • 1 John 4:8 – “God Is Love!”

Love – Is the purifier of our thoughts

Love – Is the measurement of our spiritual maturity

Our enemy’s alternative for love:

Reasoning – Passion – Justification

  • John 8:32
  • Hebrews 11:13
  • Ephesians 1:3
  • Ephesians 1:17-18 (AMP)
  • Matthew 9:27-29  – “Become what you believe” – Message Bible
  • Zechariah 10:1
  • Job 14:7-9
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Our Hope In Christ: 1st Week of Advent, 2016

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“Our Hope In Christ: 1st Week of Advent, 2016″

by Pastor Roy Esposito

Advent  – “The Coming” or “The Arrival”

2 Focuses – Remembrance and Anticipation

  • Psalm 42:5
  • Psalm 43:5
  • Ecclesiastes 1:12-18
  • Matthew 7:16
  • Hebrews 6:10-12, 19
  • Colossians  1:27

             The Power of the Christ Within :   “Jesus is the power and wisdom and holiness of God Almighty. 

No thought can contain Him, no word can express Him. He transcends all human concepts, considerations and expectations.”    – Brennan Manning

  • Ephesians 1:17
  • Romans 8:24
  • Romans 15:13 (AMP)
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Thanksgiving, 2016

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“Thanksgiving, 2016”

by Pastor Roy Esposito

  • Deuteronomy 30:19
  • Romans 1:21 (AMP)
  • John 12:3-5, Matthew 26:8-14

Every offence not surrendered to God in prayer and left to fester will eventually become a bitter venom that will poison us and will surely be passed on to others through gossip and accusation.  — P.R.

  • Ephesians 1:17
  • 2 Timothy 3:1-7

Perilous Times — Harsh, painful, dangerous and difficult. Speaks of a society absent of virtue and abundant in vices.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18  — Rejoice in the midst of difficulties  —   don’t accept defeat;  Pray through to victory 

                                                               remain Thankful in crisis 

  • Psalm 142:2
  • Psalm 141:3

“Every word spoken in complaint as unthankfullness is a spark lit by hell sent to feed on and consume our joy and hope.” — Frances Frangiapane

“Being thankful to God for His provision will allow us to enjoy what He’s given and that JOY will be our STRENGTH!” —   P.R.

  • Psalm 116:17
  • Psalm 46:1
  • Proverbs 11:1
  • Psalm 100:4   —   Thanksgiving — into His Presence —   Praise — into Intimacy

                 Thanksgiving will bring you in.    Praise will bring you close!

Isaiah 58:12 (NEB) “Repairers of broken walls; Restorers of houses in ruin.”  – R.C.F.’s mandate

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Seeds

“SEEDS”

by Pastor Marie Esposito

  • Jeremiah 24:7
  • Romans 10*; Deuteronomy 30:14
  • Psalm 19

When we are born again, God puts an incorruptible Seed into our hearts that is composed of His DNA and He sings a new song over us. the song of redemption, the song of creation, the song of the Father’s Love

  • Ephesians 3:17
  • I Peter 1:23
  • Matthew 13:3-9, 18-23
  • Matthew 13:11
  • John 12:24

Being broken means a soul whose self life has been exposed and it’s hold broken by the Spirit’s power.

  • Jeremiah 4:3
  • Psalm 65:10

The secret to the parable of the sower is that the SEED that is sown is incorruptible and will grow no matter what.  When we continue to submit to the process of brokenness we continue to grow.  Our job is to let go of our outer shell, and let Him raise up the Inner Seed.

  • Philippians 1:6
  • Psalm 138:8
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And They Sang A New Song

“And They Sang A New Song”

by Pastor Roy Esposito

 

Psalm 1:1-3 (AMP)

Jealousy — the fear I will lose what I have
Envy — the pain of despair I suffer at seeing another enjoy what I desire for myself

1 John 3:20
Hebrews 10:22 — An “evil conscience” — one that is perpetually focused on sin and failure.
Hebrews 10:2
Revelation 12:10 – Hebrew — Ha-Satan — the “Accuser”
John 16:7-11
Hebrews 8:12, Jeremiah 31:31-34
1 Corinthians 15:34
Matthew 12:34b-35
Proverbs 27:19
2 Corinthians 5:21

Person — Latin — Per Sonare — to sound through
Revelation 11:5

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The Sword, The Cross, The Tree of Life

The Sword, The Cross, The Tree of Life

by Pastor Roy Esposito

  • Romans 5:17
  • Ephesians 2;8-9
  • Proverbs 2:18
  • Matthew 16:16,18
  • Romans 7:4-10
  • Romans 6:14
  • Romans 10:2-4
  • 2 Corinthians 3:13(NLT)

Prayer – “Lord help me to believe; help me to receive! Reveal and release to me the power of the mystery of Christ within me.”

Radical grace always exalts Jesus!!

  • Hebrews 8:7
  • Hebrews 8:6
  • Hebrews 8:13 (NLT)
He gave us the Law not that we should keep it but to reveal to us the futility of our ways and our need for a Savior.
– Romans 5:20(NLT), Romans 3:20
  • Galatians 3:24
  • Genesis 3:22
  • Romans 6:23
  • Genesis 3:24
  • Zechariah 13:7
  • 2 Corinthians 3:7-9
  • John 10:10 – “life more abundant” – super-abundant, beyond measure, Exploding abundance !

“Of what avail is our life of prayer, our study of scripture, theology, and spirituality, if we do not TRUST the insights that we have received?”

– Brennan Manning

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The Radical Gospel of Grace

“The Radical Gospel of Grace”

by Pastor Roy Esposito

  • John 1:17
  • Colossians 2:13-15 (NLT)
  • Romans 8:19
  • 2 Corinthians 5:21 – ” I Am The Righteousness of God !!!”
  • Romans 5:17 – The Gift of Righteousness
  • Isaiah 64:6
  • Ephesians 2:8-9
  • Ephesians 6:16
  • Galatians 2:20(KJV / NKJV) – The Faith OF and IN  the Son of God
  • John 1:17 The Law – given through Moses – Grace – came in the Person of Jesus Christ
  • Luke 4:18
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What Does It Really Mean to be “Born Again?”

What Does It Really Mean to be

“Born Again?”

by Pastor Roy Esposito

  • John 2:11, 22-23
  • John 3:2-6, 10
New Birth –  A re-qualifying experience that opens to the supernatural dimensions of life  – Jack Heyford
  • Romans 6:16 – “slaves to sin”
  • Psalm 27;13
  • Galatians 5:16
  • Romans 7:14-25 (NLT)
  • Romans 6:23
  • Romans 14:17
  • Luke 17:21
  • James 1:14-15
  • John 14:30
  • 2 Corinthians 10:4-6
  • Hebrews 11:1
  • Hebrews 1:13
  • 1 Corinthians 13:13
  • Ephesians 3:17-18
  • James 2:26
  • Galatians 5:6  –  Faith working through “love.”
    • Energeo – An aspiration of power with effectual results.
Love:   Informs – Reforms – Transforms
God’s Being – “I Am, that I Love, that I Act“
Personal Holiness – a desire to grow in the knowledge of God; a pressing into Him; a hunger through which all I do and all I experience takes on  the peculiar fragrance of the Lord.
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Fixed And Focused

“Fixed And Focused”

by Pastor Marie Esposito

What is your first thought in the morning?

What is the primary goal for your life?

  • revelation-vision,
  • revealing,
  • unveiling,
  • apocalypse,
  • disclosing,
  • uncovering

Spiritual Revelation: some form of truth or knowledge through communication with a deity or other supernatural entity.

ARE YOUR EARS AWAKE?

LISTEN TO THE WIND WORDS,

THE SPIRIT BLOWING THROUGH THE CHURCHES,

HEED WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT SAYS.

  • Revelation 4:11
  • Revelation 1-4
  • Daniel 11:32
  • Proverbs 29:18
  • Revelation 3:18-20

Unto the Lamb

Unto the Lamb

in the midst of the Throne

The Beautiful Lamb

in the midst of the Throne

The Worthy Lamb,

The Glorious Man, Slain

And I sing, I sing a new song

For You are worthy

to take the scroll

And I sing, I sing a new song

For You were slain

and redeem us

to God By Your Blood

By Your Blood, By Your Blood,

By Your Blood

Isn’t He holy,

Isn’t He worthy,

Isn’t He beautiful

He is holy,

He is worthy,

He is beautiful

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Embracing Mystery

“Embracing Mystery”

By Pastor Roy Esposito
  • John 3:16
  • 1 John 4:*
  • Colossians 1:26-27
  • Romans 6:11
  • Romans 7:5-6 (KJV)

 Spirit – Pneuma – the“Breath” or wind of the Spirit

  •  Deuteronomy 30:11-14 (Message)
  • Daniel 11:32b
  • James 1:2-4 (Message)
  • 1 Kings 3:9  – an understanding heart – a “Hearing” Heart
  • Galatians 2:20 (KJV)  –  faith OF the Son of God
  • Exodus 3:1-4
  • Luke 24:49
  • 2 Corinthians 1:20
  •  Acts 2:1-13
Two questions for the church to consider
  1. What does this mean? – Acts 2:12
  2. What must we do?         – Acts 2:37
The degree to which we are able to answer these questions will be the same degree of influence we will have on contemporary society.
  • Psalm 18
  • Daniel 11:32b
  • 1 Corinthians 14:13
  • 1 Corinthians 14:19
Steps to Learning God’s Language
  1. Motivation  — Desire
  2. Equipment
  3. Location
  4. Humility
  5. Patience
  6. Assurance – God is pleased by our effort to learn of Him