FPC Podcast - First Presbyterian Church Norfolk

Matthew 11:28-30 || The Easy Yoke Lifestyle

Jesus' invitation is to take up His yoke – to travel through life at His side, learning from Him how to shoulder the weight of life with ease. To step out of the burnout society to a life of soul rest. If you want to experience the life of Jesus, you have to adopt the lifestyle of Jesus. An easy life isn’t an option; an easy yoke is. Listen today and see how.
Jim Wood, Senior Pastor

Mark 8:34-38 || You. Can't. Do. It. All.

This morning we will look at Mark 8:34-38 and the call to take up your cross. We are hurried and impatient each day, but Jesus calls us to deny that hurry and live into our potential. Listen and learn how you find God's will for our lives in our limitations. 
Jim Wood, Senior Pastor
 

Matthew 14:22-23 || Pay Attention

Today we will look at a familiar passage - Matthew 14:22-23. In this passage the disciples begin to understand the difference between believing and following Jesus. Believing gives you dreams, following gives you blisters, or wet feet in Peter's case.If we are to follow Jesus, we need to take a lesson from Peter and refuse to listen to the howling wind or look at the splashing waves. We must be single-minded and focused in our commitment to deny ourselves, take up His cross, and follow, regardless of the blisters we’ll get along the way. 
Rev. Jeff Bell, FPC Parish Visitor

Matthew 8:23-27 || Is Hurry an Addiction?

How do we find the calm in the middle of the storm called hurry? Join us as we study Matthew 8:23-27 when Jesus calms the storm.
Pastor Joel Phillips
First Presbyterian Church Norfolk

Mark 12: 28-34 || Hurry & Love are Incompatible

Join us this morning as we look at Mark 12:28-34 and what Jesus says is the greatest commandment."Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these. As we will discover this week, hurry and love are incompatible. If we are so busy - how do we love well? 
Pastor Jim Wood
First Presbyterian Church Norfolk

Psalm 23 || The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

Join us this morning as Jim kicks off our new sermon series based on the book The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry. Throughout the summer we will journey through the book together as we uncover how to stay emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the chaos of the modern world. Sunday we will look at a familiar passage (Psalm 23) and unpack how to slow down and enjoy the still waters.
 
Pastor Jim Wood
First Presbyterian Church Norfolk

Ephesians 3:14-21 || Who Do You Consider Family?

Who do you consider family? How important is family? In Ephesians 3:14-21, Paul demonstrates how our families are formed and we are stronger together than apart.
Sermon by Pastor Jim Wood

John 13:34-35 || How Do We Love One Another?

How do we love one another? How does Jesus love? Come Sunday as we look at John 13:34-35 and Jesus' command, "Love one another. As I have loved you." 
 
Sermon by Pastor Jim Wood

A Hand Up || Matthew 14: 22-36

Join us as we read about Jesus walking on the water. When we keep our eyes on Him, we have a pathway through the storm. The storms of life give us good reason to be afraid. But Jesus is bigger than even the scariest of storms.
 
Sermon by Valena Hoy, Associate Pastor

Rest and Be Available || Matthew 12:1-14

Do you live life half awake? Maybe you like routine so much that somewhere along the way you forgot the power of shaking things up a bit. Do you need to become more fully alive?Join us as we dive into Matthew 12:1-14.
 
Sermon by Valena Hoy, Associate Pastor