First Baptist Church Wimberley

Send us Fan Mail117 Praise the Lord, all nations!    Extol him, all peoples!2 For great is his steadfast love toward us,    and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.Praise the Lord!

Send us Fan Mail15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,

Send us Fan MailIn Philippians 1:1-2 and Acts 16, we see the grace of Christ at work through Paul, Timothy, and the first believers in Philippi. This message calls us to receive that grace, rejoice in gospel partnership, and fearlessly advance the gospel with joy.

Send us Fan MailPaul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Send us Fan Mail7 for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Send us Fan Mail19 You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 20 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,

Send us Fan Mail8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,

Send us Fan Mail2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,3 things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us.4 We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generationthe glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.

Send us Fan MailFrom 2 Timothy 1:1–7, this message calls every generation to faithfully pass down and receive sincere faith. Grandparents, parents, and mentors each have a vital role in nurturing the next generation, while younger believers are called to receive that legacy and fan into flame the gift of God.Key points:1. Grandparents: Pass your faith down to the next generation (v. 5a).2. Parents: Pass your faith down to the next generation (v. 5b).3. Mentors: Pass your faith down to the next generation (vv. 1–4).4. Next generation: Receive the faith being passed down (vv. 5–7).

Send us Fan MailPaul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus,2 To Timothy, my beloved child:Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Send us Fan Mail3 You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.

Send us Fan Mail11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. 13 You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. 

Send us Fan MailLong ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Send us Fan MailIn Nehemiah 13, Israel's renewed rebellion exposes the need for a greater restoration than Nehemiah could bring. This message points us to Jesus, the better King who fulfills God's promises, cleanses His people, and offers grace for deliberate disobedience.

Send us Fan Mail30 Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign, and I established the duties of the priests and Levites, each in his work; 31 and I provided for the wood offering at appointed times, and for the firstfruits.Remember me, O my God, for good.

Send us Fan MailBy the waters of Babylon,    there we sat down and wept,    when we remembered Zion.2 On the willows there    we hung up our lyres.3 For there our captors    required of us songs,and our tormentors, mirth, saying,    “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”4 How shall we sing the Lord's song    in a foreign land?

Send us Fan MailI will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;    I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.2 I will be glad and exult in you;    I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

Send us Fan Mail4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.

Send us Fan MailIn Nehemiah 11-12, God’s people celebrate His faithfulness as they return to His place and rejoice in His goodness. This message calls us to rejoice in the Lord because Christ fulfills God’s promises, God supplies our joy, and thankfulness turns our hearts back to worship.

Send us Fan Mail58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

Send us Fan MailHow lovely is your dwelling place,    O Lord of hosts!2 My soul longs, yes, faints    for the courts of the Lord;my heart and flesh sing for joy    to the living God.3 Even the sparrow finds a home,    and the swallow a nest for herself,    where she may lay her young,at your altars, O Lord of hosts,    my King and my God.4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house,    ever singing your praise! Selah

Send us Fan Mail35 And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.

Send us Fan Mail16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

Send us Fan MailIn Nehemiah 11, God fulfills His promise by bringing His people back into His city and honoring those who serve Him with courage. This message calls us to risk comfort, reputation, and safety for the Lord, trusting His faithfulness and living unashamed of the gospel.

Send us Fan Mail17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.’

Send us Fan Mail20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.

Send us Fan Mail36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”

Send us Fan Mail18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, 19 and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.

Send us Fan MailTherefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. 2 For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened. 3 For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said,“As I swore in my wrath,‘They shall not enter my rest,’”although his works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.” 5 And again in this passage he said,“They shall not enter my rest.”6 Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience, 7 again he appoints a certain day, “Today,” saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted,“Today, if you hear his voice,do not harden your hearts.”

Send us Fan MailIn Nehemiah 10, God’s people renew their covenant and commit themselves to obedient, faithful worship. This message calls us to renewed trust in Christ through godly marriages, rhythms of rest, and pursuing God’s presence together in the church.

Send us Fan Mail17 They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.

Send us Fan Mail12 “Hear my prayer, O Lord,    and give ear to my cry;    hold not your peace at my tears!For I am a sojourner with you,    a guest, like all my fathers.

Send us Fan Mail10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;    all those who practice it have a good understanding.    His praise endures forever!

Send us Fan Mail19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’ 20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’

Send us Fan MailIn Psalm 90, Moses teaches us to face our mortality honestly: remember that we are human, remember death, remember God, and remember to live. This message calls us to number our days with wisdom, trust the eternal God, and live purposefully in light of Jesus Christ, the resurrection and the life.

Send us Fan Mail12 So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.

Send us Fan Mail5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,    abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.

Send us Fan Mail11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; 12 as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. 13 As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.

Send us Fan Mail28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Send us Fan Mail4 Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

Send us Fan MailIn this message from Nehemiah 9, Israel's confession traces a repeated cycle of sin and God's abundant mercy. The sermon calls us to feel the weight of sin, praise God's greatness, remember his past faithfulness, receive his forgiveness, and find the final answer to our failure in Jesus Christ, whose finished work gives grace and hope.

Send us Fan Mail3 And they stood up in their place and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for a quarter of the day; for another quarter of it they made confession and worshiped the Lord their God.

Send us Fan Mail4 The city was wide and large, but the people within it were few, and no houses had been rebuilt.

Send us Fan Mail8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

Send us Fan Mail12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Send us Fan Mail11 You make known to me the path of life;    in your presence there is fullness of joy;    at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Send us Fan MailIn this message from Nehemiah 7-8, we see God forming a people by his Word as Israel gathers to hear Scripture, respond in repentance, and rediscover the joy of the Lord. The sermon calls us to hunger for God's Word, let repentance lead to rejoicing, obey with joy, and find lasting joy in Christ, the Word made flesh who brings outsiders near and forms his people by grace.

Send us Fan MailAnd all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel. 2 So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, on the first day of the seventh month. 3 And he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.

Send us Fan Mail4 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.

Send us Fan Mail10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;    all those who practice it have a good understanding.    His praise endures forever!