First Baptist Church of Jacksonville

Why is it hard to praise moms? In this Mother's Day message from Proverbs 31, Pastor Heath Lambert addresses the reasons Mother's Day can be difficult — women wanting to be moms but aren't, people grieving great moms who've died, or people remembering bad moms who brought pain — but focuses on the most common reason: we're selfish and ungrateful, taking for granted the wonderful gift of our mothers. Discover three biblical directives: praise your mom for her compassion in works and words; praise her hard work, both seen and unseen; and praise her godliness because a mom who loves God is one of the most precious gifts in the world.

Where are you lazy? In this message from Proverbs 24, Pastor Sean Perron stares at a sluggard's overgrown field to reveal three lessons: laziness reaps hardship slowly over time until your field is ruined with thorns and thistles—the thief comes invisibly through a little scroll, a little social, a little me time until poverty arrives like a robber; laziness reveals our hearts by choosing our schedule over God's desires rather than fearing him and walking in the good works he prepared for us; and laziness requires lordship by submitting to Jesus instead of being zealous for your own pleasure.

From nervous first-grader to preaching pastor. In this message on Isaiah 9:6, Pastor Tim Arndt reveals three gifts of the promised son: The son gives us light and joy by bringing hope to Zebulun and Naphtali's darkness through Jesus beginning his ministry in Galilee—healing the sick, casting out demons, and bringing joy where doom scrolling never could; the son gives us freedom and peace like the days of Gideon defeating Midian, freeing us from ultimate slavery to sin and death through his sinless life and resurrection; and the son gives us a king and kingdom with supernatural wisdom, mighty in battle, reigning eternally as Prince of Peace.