<![CDATA[Faith Victory Fellowship   I John 5:4 - Pastor\'s Blog]]>Thu, 11 Apr 2024 19:18:42 -0700Weebly<![CDATA['Daddy, Come found me"]]>Sun, 05 Mar 2023 17:37:10 GMThttp://faithvictoryfellowship.com/pastors-blog/daddy-come-found-meBlessings in the mighty name of our Lord Jesus Christ

Just wanted to share a quick story that happened earlier this week with my youngest son Benjamin.
The other day when I got home from work my son was so excited to see me and wanted to play hide and seek with me. 
Benjamin them went and hid and kept yelling Daddy come found me. At first, I wanted to correct him and let him know the difference between the past tense and the present tense of the word "find" Then it just hit me about how Jesus embraced the little children and said, "how blessed it is to approach Him with childlike faith". 

In Genesis, once Adam and Eve ate of the fruit from the wrong tree, God calls out to Adam and says, "where are you?" This was not because Adam and Eve are the greatest hiders ever, but rather a rhetorical question to pinpoint where Adam and eve where in their relationship with the Father

What if we, like Benjamin, proactively call out to our Father and say "Here I am come found me" with such an openness and transparency. Not hiding or acting religious but honesty calling out to God in Hunger and Desperation and watch God move 

Get ready, God is moving!!

Blessing!!

]]><![CDATA[God always starts in the dark]]>Mon, 27 Feb 2023 16:27:44 GMThttp://faithvictoryfellowship.com/pastors-blog/god-always-starts-in-the-darkAccording to Creation found in Genisis 1, God always starts in the dark. after each day God look at it and said it was good then He blessed it Then the scriptures say that Evening and morning were the first day and so forth for the whole 6 days of creation. 

in Jewish tradition each new day starts at 6pm.

This blessed my soul, knowing that God considers what we called the night season as the beginning of a new work. The Bible says that His merceries are new every Moring, or every start of each day, which may seem like a dark season for you!
It may seem like the sun is setting and the darkness is creeping ion and trying to overtake us, however this is just the beginning. we may say it's the end of the day, but God says, I'm just getting started!!
May this fill us with hope!! While many say it's getting dark out there, we through faith in God can say, That God is just getting started!!

Blessing 
​Pastor Mark Mitchell 


]]><![CDATA[God is Moving!]]>Sun, 19 Feb 2023 13:53:28 GMThttp://faithvictoryfellowship.com/pastors-blog/god-is-movingGreetings in the precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!! This is Pastor Mark Mitchell and I'm glad for those of you to be joining us!
what a time we live in today. All we have to do is turn on the local news and sense an overwhelming feeling of loss, doubt and questions. 
However I'm encouraged to see and hear what God is doing in Asbury college in Kentucky! May it be here, In Berrien county as well!
 It always seems like a great outpouring happens when it looks bleak, and hopelessness may try to grab the hearts of the believers. The storms in life have a way of revealing to us our one true Anchor (Hebrews 6:19)! I'm not sure whatever storms you may be facing at this time, however I do know that Jesus loves you and will not allow this storm to have the final say! What the enemy meant for evil, God knows how to turn it around for our good (Genesis 50:20)
please visit our prayer request page and clink our email link to send us your prayer request! We firmly believe in the power of prayer and will be lifting you up before the face of our almighty God!

Coram Deo
May the Lord shine upon you and be gracious to you! Numbers 6:24-26

]]><![CDATA[This is the Victory]]>Sat, 29 Aug 2015 23:06:08 GMThttp://faithvictoryfellowship.com/pastors-blog/this-is-the-victory-st-johns-apocalypse-teaches-that-christians-will-overcome-all-opposition-through-the-work-of-jesus-christ-most-of-the-confusion-over-the-meaning-of-the-prophecy-has-resulted-from-a-failure-to-apply-five-crucial-interpretive-keysSt. John's Apocalypse teaches that Christians will overcome all opposition through the work of Jesus Christ. Most of the confusion over the meaning of the prophecy has resulted from a failure to apply five crucial interpretive keys to the Book of Revelation.
1. Revelation is the most  Biblical  book in the Bible. St. John quotes hundreds of passages from the Old Testament, often with subtle allusions to little-known rituals of the Ancient Near East. In order to understand Revelation, we need to know our Bibles backward and forward (or, at least, own a commentary that explains it ).
2. Revelation is a prophecy about imminent events - events that were about to break loose on the world of the first century. Revelation is not about nuclear warfare, space travel, or the end of the world. Again and again it specifically warns that  the time is near   Revelation cannot be understood unless this fundamental fact is taken seriously.
3. Revelation has a system of symbolism. Everyone recognized that St. John wrote his message in symbols. But the meaning of those symbols is not up for grabs. There is a systematic structure in Biblical symbolism. in order to understand Revelation properly, we must become familiar with the  language  in which it is written.
4. Revelation is a worship service. St. John did not write a textbook on prophecy. Instead, he recorded a heavenly worship service in progress. One of his major concerns, if fact, is that the worship of God is central to everything in life. It is the most important thing we do.
5. Revelation is a book about dominion. Revelation is not a book about how terrible the Antichrist is, or how powerful the devil is. It is, as the very first verse says,  The revelation of Jesus Christ.  It tells us about His lordship over all; it tells us about our salvation and victory in the New Covenant, God's  wonderful plan for our life ; it tells us that the kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our God, and of His Christ; and it tells us that He shall reign forever and ever]]><![CDATA[August 25th, 2015]]>Tue, 25 Aug 2015 18:04:48 GMThttp://faithvictoryfellowship.com/pastors-blog/august-25th-2015 Choose Transformational Patterns


To say YES to Jesus we must also say no to something else. A YES is always accompanied by a no. To be a world class musician, athlete, or actor, it means you have to know what your distractions are going to be and have a plan to overcome them.

We have to affirm the need for personal discipline and develop a desire for it. We have to endure hardness, learn to persist when people around us want to give up, and cultivate perseverance as a way of life. Some people call it obsession because it suits their own purpose. It's PASSION - an intense enthusiasm for something, and it requires disciplined pursuit and a focus of intention that mediocre people never attain."


“In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt

The bottom line is this: What you choose is what you get. Five years from today, you will be exactly the same person you are today except for the choices you make beginning right now.

You make a lot of choices every day – what to wear, what to have for breakfast, which route to drive to work, etc. Those are transactional choices.

But you can also choose at any point to transform your life. Those transformational choices are wise decisions that can change the direction of your life – putting your life on a path to success … and more importantly … significance.

The people who I admire most don’t live their lives by a “to-do” list; they live their lives by a “to-be” list, for example: I want to be more generous, more patient, more learned, more reasoned.

While you can check things quickly off a “to-do” list, it may be several months before you cross something off your “to-be” list. And here’s the other side of the coin: You can’t have a “to-be” list without having a “stop doing” list. To become something, you must undo something … acting on an item from your “stop doing” list.

Those who live by a “to-be” list have discovered wisdom … an education that serves them well for life.

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The highest glory lies not in what I have to give the Lord, but in His acceptance of me. That He is willing to accept me--this is amazing grace.

]]><![CDATA[Fingerprints ]]>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:37:25 GMThttp://faithvictoryfellowship.com/pastors-blog/fingerprintsWhen we get our fingerprints all over something, it usually means we are taking matters into our own hands instead of putting them into the hands of Almighty God ]]><![CDATA[First Post!]]>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:23:30 GMThttp://faithvictoryfellowship.com/pastors-blog/first-post