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firstbaptistclinton.church First Baptist Clinton exists to multiply disciples into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. Based out of Clinton, Missouri, our vision is to expand the reach of the gospel to our local community and beyond. Listen to our sermons for biblical teachings with real-world applications for sharing the gospel with those around you and loving your neighbors like Jesus did.

  1. Episode 1

    Faith Under Construction 1: Intercessory Prayer

    Faith: Under Construction Week #1 Standing in the Gap Through Intercessory Prayer What does it look like to pray boldly for a broken world? This week we explored one of Scripture's most striking moments of intercession -- Abraham standing before God, pleading for mercy on behalf of people who deserved judgment. Genesis 18 shows us that because God is holy and good, his righteous response to sin is judgment. But it also shows us a God who invites his people into conversation, who calls us friends (John 15:15), and who longs to show mercy. Abraham was burdened for those who were doomed. Are we? Who is your one -- the person in your life still outside of God's grace? Let that burden drive you to your knees. God satisfied the judgment we deserved through the loving sacrifice of Jesus. That is the hope we carry into a world that desperately needs it. Pray boldly. Pray humbly. Trust the God who always does what is right.

  2. Episode 2

    Faith Under Construction 2: Getting Used to the Dark

    Faith Under Construction Week #2 The Long Shadow of Getting Used to the Dark Genesis 19 Week #2 of Faith: Under Construction Have you ever drifted so slowly from where God wants you that you did not even notice? That is the sobering warning in Genesis 19. Lot was a righteous man who spent 20 years in Sodom, and little by little, the darkness of his culture reshaped him more than he reshaped it. The good news? God's grace is greater than our sin. Even in Lot's worst moment, God rescued him -- not because of Lot's faithfulness, but because of Abraham's prayers. Never underestimate what your intercession is doing for the people you love. Colossians 3 calls us to set our minds on things above. If there is an area of your life where you have gotten used to the dark, today is the day to turn back toward the light. He is already there, ready to meet you. Catch this week's message, "The Long Shadow of Getting Used to the Dark," on our website or Facebook feed.

  3. Episode 3

    Faith Under Construction 3: When Old Fears Cause New Failures

    Faith: Under Construction Week #3 When Old Fears Cause New Failures What happens when someone who has walked faithfully with God for decades stumbles into the same sin they committed as a new believer? That is the sobering question at the heart of Genesis 20, where we find Abraham -- not a novice in faith, but a seasoned follower of God with thirty years of history with the Lord -- falling into the exact same pattern of fear and deception he had fallen into at the very beginning of his journey. The central spiritual lesson here is both a warning and an encouragement: standing firm today does not guarantee we cannot fail tomorrow. Fear has a way of reaching back into our old habits and pulling us down roads we thought we had left behind. Yet even in the middle of Abraham's failure, God remains faithful to protect his promises. His purposes are not derailed by our stumbling. The story reminds us that God's ability to accomplish his will is rooted in his own perfection, not ours. That truth is not a license to sin carelessly, but an invitation to surrender more fully. We are called to take the exit ramps God provides before we find ourselves deep in consequences we never intended. This passage challenges us to stop asking how others fell so far and start asking God to keep us from doing the same. firstbaptistclinton.church

  4. Episode 4

    Faith Under Construction 4: The Wait and Weight of Blessings

    The Wait and Weight of Blessings | Genesis 21 Faith Under Construction Week #4 Pastor Pat Findley What does it really mean to be blessed by God? We often assume that blessing means smoother roads, easier circumstances, and more of what we want. But the life of Abraham challenges that assumption in ways that are both uncomfortable and deeply freeing. In Genesis 21, we witness the long-awaited arrival of Isaac, the child of promise, born to a couple far beyond the age of natural possibility. The joy of that moment is real and contagious. Yet the same chapter confronts us with a painful truth: sometimes God's blessing calls us to release something we love, something we built, something we thought was ours to keep. Abraham's decision to send away Ishmael was not a small thing. It cost him something deeply personal. And yet it was precisely in that surrender that the promise of God moved forward. The chapter closes with Abraham planting a tree, a quiet, profound act of faith in a God whose faithfulness stretches across generations. These three movements, experiencing God's faithfulness, surrendering what He asks us to release, and pursuing peace with those around us, form a portrait of what it looks like to keep growing in faith even when the path is hard. This is not a message about easy Christianity. It is an invitation to the kind of trust that plants trees in soil we do not yet fully own. Learn more about us at firstbaptistclinton.church

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firstbaptistclinton.church First Baptist Clinton exists to multiply disciples into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. Based out of Clinton, Missouri, our vision is to expand the reach of the gospel to our local community and beyond. Listen to our sermons for biblical teachings with real-world applications for sharing the gospel with those around you and loving your neighbors like Jesus did.

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    First Baptist Clinton
  • Episodes
    14
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    2
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