Victory Church Providence

Keys to Reigniting Your Prayer Life

A Sermon by Pastor Richard Sfameni, Lead Pastor of Victory Church in Providence, RI.  

Keys to Reigniting Your Prayer Life

1. Learn to pray confidently
2. Learn to pray sincerely
3. Learn to pray thankfully
4. Learn to pray authoritatively

Luke 18:1

Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart

Living a Life Outside of Our Own Comfort

A Sermon by Rev. C.S. with Faith Robinson, Chi Alpha Missionaries to Northeastern University in Boston, MA

Living a Life Outside of Our Own Comfort

Jonah 1:1-3, 4:1-11

Jonah Flees the Presence of the Lord

1 Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, ² “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it,  for their evil has come up before me.” ³ But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.

 

Jonah’s Anger and the Lord’s Compassion

4 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. ² And he prayed to the LORD and said, “O LORD, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster. ³ Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.” ⁴ And the LORD said, “Do you do well to be angry?”

⁵ Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city. ⁶ Now the LORD God appointed a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant. ⁷ But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered. ⁸ When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.” ⁹ But God said to Jonah, “Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.” ¹⁰ And the LORD said, “You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and perished in a night. ¹¹ And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?”

Remembering the Past, Embracing the Future

A Sermon by Pastor Richard Sfameni, Lead Pastor of Victory Church in Providence, RI.  

Remembering the Past, Embracing the Future

I Corinthians 11:23-26

Institution of the Lord’s Supper

²³ For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; ²⁴ and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” ²⁵ In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

²⁶ For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.

Dealing with a Crisis

A Sermon by Pastor Richard Sfameni, Lead Pastor of Victory Church in Providence, RI.  

Dealing with a Crisis:

How to get through a crisis Biblically

• Examine your life
  • II Corinthians 13:5
• Stay connected
  • Hebrews 10:25
• Stay Praiseful
  • Psalms 34:1
• Look beyond what is
  • Job 8:7

The Lord God is My Strength

A Sermon by Pastors Richard and Lisa Sfameni, Lead Pastor and, Co-Pastor of Victory Church in Providence, RI.  

Habakkuk 3:17-19

A Hymn of Faith

¹⁷ Though the fig tree may not blossom,
Nor fruit be on the vines;
Though the labor of the olive may fail,
And the fields yield no food;
Though the flock may be cut off from the fold,
And there be no herd in the stalls—
¹⁸ Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.

¹⁹ The Lord God is my strength;
He will make my feet like deer’s feet,
And He will make me walk on my high hills.

To the Chief Musician. With my stringed instruments.

 

Exodus 2

Moses Flees to Midian

¹¹ One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people ¹² He looked this way and that, and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. ¹³ When he went out the next day, behold, two Hebrews were struggling together. And he said to the man in the wrong, “Why do you strike your companion?” ¹⁴ He answered, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, and thought, “Surely the thing is known.” ¹⁵ When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. 

 

Revelations 12:10-11

¹⁰ And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down,  who accuses them day and night before our God. ¹¹ And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death. 

Your Breakthrough is Coming

A Sermon by Pasquale Granata Elder at Victory Church in Providence, RI.  

1. The Spirit of the Lord
2. Rebuild the Ancient Ruins
3. Double Honor

Isaiah 61

The Lord Will Rejuvenate His People

61 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me,
because the Lord has chosen me.
He has commissioned me to encourage the poor,
to help the brokenhearted,
to decree the release of captives,
and the freeing of prisoners,
² to announce the year when the Lord will show his favor,
the day when our God will seek vengeance,
to console all who mourn,
³ to strengthen those who mourn in Zion,
by giving them a turban, instead of ashes,
oil symbolizing joy, instead of mourning,
a garment symbolizing praise, instead of discouragement.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
trees planted by the Lord to reveal his splendor.
⁴ They will rebuild the perpetual ruins
and restore the places that were desolate;
they will reestablish the ruined cities,
the places that have been desolate since ancient times.
⁵ “Foreigners will take care of your sheep;
foreigners will work in your fields and vineyards.
⁶ You will be called, ‘the Lord’s priests,
servants of our God.’
You will enjoy the wealth of nations
and boast about the riches you receive from them.
⁷ Instead of shame, you will get a double portion;
instead of humiliation, they will rejoice over the land they receive.
Yes, they will possess a double portion in their land
and experience lasting joy.
⁸ For I, the Lord, love justice
and hate robbery and sin.
I will repay them because of my faithfulness;
I will make a permanent covenant with them.
⁹ Their descendants will be known among the nations,
their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will recognize that
the Lord has blessed them.”
¹⁰ I will greatly rejoice^[y] in the Lord;
I will be overjoyed because of my God.
For he clothes me in garments of deliverance;
he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication.
I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would;
I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.
¹¹ For just as the ground produces its crops
and a garden yields its produce,
so the Sovereign Lord will cause deliverance to grow,
and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations.

Dealing with a Task Master Spirit

A Sermon by Pastor Mike O'Brien, Associate Pastor and Director of Student Ministries and Communications at Victory Church in Providence, RI.  

Exodus 5

Making Bricks Without Straw

5 Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’” ² But Pharaoh said,  “Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and moreover, I will not let Israel go.” ³ Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.” ⁴ But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you take the people away from their work? Get back to your burdens.” ⁵ And Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens!” ⁶ The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen, ⁷ “You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as in the past; let them go and gather straw for themselves. ⁸ But the number of bricks that they made in the past you shall impose on them, you shall by no means reduce it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifice to our God.’ ⁹ Let heavier work be laid on the men that they may labor at it and pay no regard to lying words.”

¹⁰ So the taskmasters and the foremen of the people went out and said to the people, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I will not give you straw. ¹¹ Go and get your straw yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work will not be reduced in the least.’” ¹² So the people were scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. ¹³ The taskmasters were urgent, saying, “Complete your work, your daily task each day, as when there was straw.” ¹⁴ And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s ^ctaskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today and yesterday, as in the past?”

¹⁵ Then the foremen of the people of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, “Why do you treat your servants like this? ¹⁶ No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.” ¹⁷ But he said, “You are idle, you are idle; that is why you say, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’ ¹⁸ Go now and work. No straw will be given you, but you must still deliver the same number of bricks.” ¹⁹ The foremen of the people of Israel saw that they were in trouble when they said, “You shall by no means reduce your number of bricks, your daily task each day.” ²⁰ They met Moses and Aaron, who were waiting for them, as they came out from Pharaoh; ²¹ and they said to them, “The LORD look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.”

²² Then Moses turned to the LORD and said, “O Lord, why have you done evil to this people? Why did you ever send me? ²³ For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done evil to this people, and you have not delivered your people at all.”

How to Honor Your Pastor

A Sermon by Bishop Tom Arati of Bible Way Ministries in Kenya. 

How to honor your pastor.

1. We honor our pastors by supporting them
2. We honor our pastors by defending them
3. We honor our pastors by recognizing
4. Bless your pastors in a tangible way and not suppress

What happens when we show honor

1. It will be well with you
2. You will live long
3. Yu will maintain a clear vision
4. We will receive the same blessing as the one we honor
5. We will experience miraculous breakthrough in our lives

Eliminating the Enemies of Revival

A Sermon by Bishop Tom Arati of Bible Way Ministries in Kenya. 

The Enemies of Revival

1. Pride, enemy #1
   1. Humility gives preference to others 
   2. Humility is willing to learn from others
   3. Humility admits when it is wrong
   4. Humility surrenders his plan to God
2. Prayerlessness, enemy #2
3. Misplaced priorities, enemy #3
4. Presumption, enemy #4

For more information about Bishop Tom Arati and Bible Way Ministries please follow the link below.

Bible Way Ministries

 

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https://victorychurchri.com/

 

Dedication

A Sermon by Pastor Richard Sfameni, Lead Pastor of Victory Church in Providence, RI. 

 

The dedication of Victory's newly build youth and outreach room.