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First Presbyterian Church of Baton Rouge
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First Presbyterian Church Baton Rouge is a church passionately committed to Christ Jesus our Lord and ardently engaged in studying the Scriptures. We love reaching out to our city and world with the love of Jesus. You'll see a church ready to welcome new faces. You'll see a church with a vision to go Deeper into Christ and Further into the World.
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When God Pours Out
1w ago00:29:04Tap to summarizeOur strong cravings often lead us to complain about our circumstances instead of trusting God’s provision. God empowered his people to speak truth, redirect hearts, and remind one another that our deepest need is found in his sovereign care. We learn to listen to his Spirit and grow in gratitude for the daily provisions he provides and encourage one another in truth and love.
Transcribe →When God Moves In
2w ago00:22:02Tap to summarizeGod still desires to dwell with his people. God wants our entire schedule to revolve around him. Our work, our family, our finances, our relationships. We should work toward everything centering around his presence.
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Exercising True Freedom
3w ago00:28:13Tap to summarize“Oh, beautiful for patriot dreamThat sees beyond the yearsThine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears!” For years I assumed Katharine Lee Bates, writer of "America the Beautiful," meant Boston or Los Angeles or Chicago. But no city in our great nation will come to the point where tears shall be no more. No, it is only the great heavenly city, the city prepared by our God as a bride prepared for her husband (Rev. 21:1-4). Praise God, that day is coming, and it is only as we wait for that city that we can love the cities in which we are in here and now, to live and love and God’s free and forgiven people.
Transcribe →False and True Glory
4w ago00:28:12Tap to summarizeFalse worship reaches for empty glory, while true worship seeks God’s presence, beauty, truth, goodness, grace, and holiness. God’s glory changes our lives, shapes us as his distinct people, gives meaning, hope, joy, and draws the pain out of our souls.
Transcribe →A Father's Gift
Jun 2100:26:52Tap to summarizeThe Law is not and cannot be a checklist to make sure we’re in good with God. It never was! But now, in Christ as those set free, God’s gracious gift to us is a Law that will redirect us, point us the way we should go. And, by the Spirit’s power as he renews us in the image of the Son, he enables us more and more to live according to how God has made us and called us.
Transcribe →Soaring on Wings
Jun 1400:33:58Tap to summarizeIsrael arrives at Mount Sinai and hears God declare who they are: His treasured possession, a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. Though they remain in the wilderness, waiting for the fulfillment of God’s promises, their identity is secure because it is rooted in God’s covenant love rather than their circumstances. These promises ultimately find their fulfillment in Jesus Christ, whose perfect obedience secures for believers the assurance that they belong to God.
Transcribe →Is the LORD among Us or Not?
Jun 700:27:24Tap to summarizeIn response to the question “Is the Lord among us or not?” simply look to Jesus Christ, Emmanuel , who is God With Us. The Lord may not give us every answer to our questions and our tears this side of heaven. Rather, He gives us Himself. The day is coming, we are told, when every tear will be wiped away, when death and sorrow will be no more. Those griefs and unanswered questions will turn into reunions and unexpected answers that will allow us an even greater measure of joy than we ever could have known otherwise. Oh yes. The Lord is among us.
Transcribe →Wilderness Training
May 3100:28:37Tap to summarizeWhen we are in the wilderness, we need to think more deeply on who we actually are, and who the Lord is. Slogans from the world such as “you are enough” or “live your truth” won’t stand up under the hot sun of suffering. But gathering around the oasis of God’s word and letting it sink into our hearts with others will provide help and hope even in the most difficult of times.
Transcribe →Go Forward!
May 2400:36:33Tap to summarizeOur culture treats the parting of the Red Sea primarily as figurative, thus denying the power of the historical event. The church is prone to believe God’s mighty acts happened historically but forget that they have any power for us today. Exodus 14 shows us that we must go forward seeing what is real, and believing in God’s glorious name.
Transcribe →The LORD's Passover
May 1700:27:13Tap to summarizeThe Lord’s Passover reveals both the justice and mercy of God. As the final plague falls upon Egypt, God delivers his people through the blood of a spotless lamb, calling them to faithful trust and corporate obedience. The Passover becomes a sign of redemption, belonging, and hope passed from generation to generation. Yet this lamb points beyond Egypt to Jesus Christ, the true Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Through his sacrifice, believers are spared judgment and brought into communion with God and one another. This message calls the church to worship, humility, gratitude, and steadfast faith in God’s redeeming grace.
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