Pilgrim Baptist Church

Jimmy Fortunato

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Oct 4

Lesson 1: Money and Finances • It All Belongs to God

Psalm 24:1 — What does the Bible say about money? It all belongs to God, and you are his steward. Lesson 1 of our money series. This lesson on what the Bible says about money starts where Scripture starts: God owns it all. Your house, your truck, your paycheck, and the dollar in your pocket are not yours, and biblical stewardship begins when you believe that. From Psalm 24:1, this message shows why you are a manager of what God has put in your hands, not an owner. If you've ever thought "I earned this," or felt the pull to want more, this lesson is for you. Moses warned Israel that the real danger isn't being poor. It's being full and forgetting the God who filled you. We walk through five passages that answer a simple question: if everything belongs to God, how does that change how you spend, save, and give? This family integrated church Sunday school lesson was taught with children and parents together. Kids read the Scriptures aloud, and an object lesson shows that God's claim is on everything we own. Families can use the discussion questions at the end to continue the conversation at home. This lesson walks through Psalm 24, 1 Chronicles 29, Deut 8, 1 Cor 4, and Luke 16, explaining: - God owns it all: the earth and the fulness thereof, and the people who live in it - Why everything we have came from his hand - Why giving to God is only handing back what was already his - The danger of the "self-made man" in Deut 8:17-18 - Who gave you the power to get wealth - What a steward is, and why God requires faithfulness, not riches - Why how you handle a little determines how you handle a lot - Why a widow with little and a businessman with much answer the same question
Oct 1

You Tip the Waitress 20%. What About God?

1 Corinthians 15:58 — Your labor is not in vain. A missionary from the Philippines asks what you're really investing in for eternity. This message from 1 Corinthians 15:58 answers a question every believer eventually asks: does my labor for the Lord really matter? Because Christ rose from the dead, your labor is not in vain. This sermon on serving God faithfully calls Christians to be steadfast, unmoveable, and always abounding in the work of the Lord, and it connects that call to supporting missionaries and giving to the Lord's work. If you've grown tired, unnoticed, or discouraged in service, this message is for you. A missionary who was raised Catholic and now leads a church-planting ministry in the Philippines explains why the resurrection is the reason we serve, and then confronts comfortable American Christians with a hard question: how do we treat God compared to how we treat a waitress? Preaching from the King James Bible, he walks through the "therefore" of 1 Corinthians 15, then turns to Philippians 4 to show what happens when a church supports a missionary, and why Paul called it fruit that abounds to your account. This sermon walks through 1 Corinthians 15:58 and Philippians 4, explaining: - Why Paul's "therefore" points back to the resurrection of Christ - What it means to be steadfast and unmoveable, like a lighthouse or a deeply rooted tree - Why we cannot change the Word of God or our doctrine - Why a church must keep its passion for souls (the Levites and the fire on the altar) - What "always abounding in the work of the Lord" looks like beyond Sunday morning - Why serving the Lord is the path to a joyful Christian life
Sep 27

John 11:28-37 • Before He Wept, Jesus Was Angry

John 11:28-37 — Before Jesus wept, He was angry. Why Jesus wept at Lazarus's grave, and what He does with your grief today. If you've been asking why Jesus wept, or where God is in your grief, this message from John 11:28-37 is for you. This expository preaching message follows Mary out of the house and down the road to Lazarus's grave. It shows what the Lord does with Christian grief. He doesn't scold, and He doesn't explain. He asks to be taken to the place you've been avoiding. Grief asks a question that no right answer can settle. Martha gave the Lord a right answer on the road, and it was enough to save her, but it didn't settle her grief. In this passage the Lord answers with His own body. He groans, He weeps, and He walks toward the stone. If you've carried a loss for years, if you've prayed around it but never once said "Lord, come and see," this message is for you. The text is John 11:28-37. It begins with a whisper that calls Mary out of a house full of wailing, and it ends at the graveside, where the crowd splits over Jesus' tears. Along the way it takes up one of the hardest words in the chapter. The KJV says Jesus "groaned in the spirit," and this sermon explains what that groan reveals about His holy anger at death. It also explains why the tears of Jesus tell you He loves you. This sermon walks through John 11:28-37, explaining: - Why Martha "called Mary her sister secretly," and why eight whispered words reached her when four days of comforters could not - Why some grief makes you run and some grief sits you down, and why Jesus doesn't fault either - Why Jesus waits out on the road, and why you never walk into grief He hasn't reached first
Sep 27

Proverbs 8:22-31 • Wisdom Knew Every Fence You'd Break

Proverbs 8:22-31 — Is Proverbs 8 about Jesus? Wisdom was there before creation, and she delighted in you before the world began. This expository preaching message through Proverbs 8:22-31 answers the question every wise man asks before he follows wisdom: who are you, and how long have you been saying this? Wisdom answers from before the beginning. She was possessed by the LORD before his works of old, she was there when he hung the heavens and drew the circle of the sea, and she was daily his delight. If you have wondered whether Proverbs 8 points to Christ, this sermon connects wisdom to the Word of John 1:1-3 and to the wisdom of God in Paul's letters. But this is not only a lesson about creation. Verse 31 says her delights were with the sons of men, and that is the turn that changes everything. Wisdom looked down the road and saw every fence we would break, every wandering step, every rebellion, and she still delighted in us. If you have ever wondered whether God could love someone like you, this message shows that God loved you before he ever called you. Along the way, Pastor Fortunato takes us through Job 38 and 40 ("How old are you, buddy?"), Psalm 90, and 1 Peter 1:10-12, showing why the oldest voice is the only one worth trusting, and why the newest idea came out of the dust while wisdom was there before the dust. This sermon walks through Proverbs 8:22-31, explaining: - What "the LORD possessed me" means, and why God never went looking for wisdom - Why wisdom "brought forth" is like a man stepping out on his porch at daybreak - How Moses in Psalm 90 uses the same words wisdom uses in Proverbs 8
Sep 24

3 John 1-2 • The Verse They Stop Reading

3 John 1:2 — TV preachers quote this verse and stop. John didn't stop there — and the rest of the sentence wrecks the health-and-wealth gospel. This message unpacks the prosperity gospel debate hiding inside 3 John 1:2 — the verse health-and-wealth preachers love to quote, and love to stop reading. This expository preaching through the Apostle John's wish for a man named Gaius exposes what happens when "prosper and be in health" gets cut loose from the phrase that follows it: "even as thy soul prospereth." If you've ever wondered why the prosperity gospel doesn't add up biblically — or watched someone you love send their last dollars to a preacher promising healing and wealth — this sermon shows you exactly where that theology breaks, one piece of punctuation at a time. Soul prosperity, not bank account prosperity, is the measuring stick John actually gives. Preached from 3 John 1:1-2, this message traces the Apostle John's final years as the last living eyewitness of Christ, his love for a little-known believer named Gaius, and the wish he made for him. Drawing on Genesis 22, 2 Corinthians 11-12, and the record of Paul's own suffering and contentment, this verse-by-verse teaching calls believers back to a definition of prosperity measured by the soul first — everything else rides behind it. This sermon walks through 3 John 1:1-2, explaining: - Why John signed this letter only "the elder" — and why no one had to ask which elder - Who Gaius was, and why an old apostle loved a man history barely remembers - The difference between a formal prayer and a wish that "gets away from you" - How prosperity preachers stop reading at the comma in verse 2
Sep 20

John 11:17-27 • Where's Your Lazarus?

John 11:17-27 — Four days is long enough for hope to give up. But Jesus doesn't ask you to wait for the resurrection. He says, "I am" it. This expository preaching message walks verse-by-verse through John 11:17-27, continuing our ongoing exposition through the Gospel of John at Pilgrim Baptist Church. If you've ever prayed, "Lord, if you had just shown up sooner," this passage was preached for you. Martha's brother is dead, and the one man who could have stopped it stayed away. This sermon sits inside that grief and asks the same question Jesus asked Martha: not what do you believe about the resurrection someday, but do you believe it right now, for the grave standing in front of you today. Working verse-by-verse through John 11:17-27, this expository preaching message traces Martha's half-believing faith — real, but "faith with a leash on it" — and shows how Jesus turns her theologically correct but distant confession ("he shall rise again at the last day") into a direct confrontation: "I am the resurrection and the life. Believest thou this?" This message covers: - Why four days was long enough for Martha's hope to give up - Martha's accusation: "Lord, if thou hadst been here" - The difference between doctrine you believe and faith you live - "The resurrection isn't a day on a calendar. It's a person." - Where's your Lazarus? — the evidence only Jesus can provide - Two halves of the promise: the dead in Christ and the living in Christ - Why Jesus doesn't scold Martha for giving the wrong answer - Part 3 of our 6-message expository study through John 11
Sep 20

Proverbs 8:17-21 • I Have a Reservation No One Can Cancel

📖 Proverbs 8:17-21 — Gold rusts. Silver tarnishes. But wisdom offers you a reservation in heaven that no one can cancel. This family integrated church sermon from Proverbs 8:17-21 speaks to fathers, mothers, and children about what it really means to seek durable riches — the kind that money and status can never buy. If you've ever wondered whether you're chasing the wrong kind of wealth, this verse-by-verse message on biblical wisdom and true inheritance is for you. Everybody wants riches and honor — God put that hunger in us. The question isn't whether you want them; it's where you're looking for them. This sermon makes the case that everything worth having — righteousness, a lasting marriage, children who walk with the Lord — traces back to wisdom, not wealth. Working verse-by-verse through Proverbs 8:17-21, this family integrated church message contrasts the voice of wisdom with the voice calling from the harlot's door in Proverbs 7 — two voices that have been calling out since the world began. Only one of them tells you what happens after you walk through the door. This message walks through Proverbs 8:17-21, covering: - Why riches and honor aren't wrong to want — the question is where you look for them - "Durable riches" — the wealth that outlasts the grave and the market - What it means that wisdom leads instead of just points - A hard word for parents on modeling a marriage worth staying in - Why children need wisdom for the day mom and dad are gone - The inheritance reserved in heaven that no one can cancel - Two voices calling since the world began — Proverbs 7 and Proverbs 8 compared
Sep 20

Real Life, Right Now — That Alarm Isn't Your Enemy

1 John 4:18 — Perfect love casts out fear. But the alarm going off inside your child when something's wrong? That's not the enemy. It's doing its job. This family integrated church lesson closes out an eight-week children's safety series at Pilgrim Baptist Church, teaching parents and children together how to recognize danger, resist secrecy, and never be afraid to tell the truth. Rooted in 1 John 4:18, this is family integrated church teaching on biblical parenting, child protection, and raising children who run toward truth instead of hiding from it. If you've ever wondered why your child hesitates to tell you something — a phone, a friend, a feeling they can't name — this lesson explains what's happening inside them. Fear isn't the danger. An alarm that never gets answered is. Working from 1 John 4:18, Romans 8:1, and Psalm 34:4, this closing lesson reframes fear as a built-in warning system — not a flaw to eliminate, but a signal to listen to. Parents are given practical tools to keep that line of communication open: phones and screens, sleepovers, one-on-one mentoring, and what to do if something happens at church. This family integrated church lesson walks through 1 John 4:18, Romans 8:1, and Psalm 34:4, covering: - Why fear isn't the enemy — it's an alarm doing its job - The difference between condemnation-fear and living as a forgiven believer (Romans 8:1) - How abusers use hedged consequences to keep children silent - Practical phone and screen guidelines for families - Why this family avoids sleepovers and one-on-one adult-child mentoring - How to give your children a "family blessing" of safety and truth - What to do if something happens at church, school

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Jimmy Fortunato
Years Active

2020 - 2026
Episodes

105
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Clean
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