First Baptist Church of Ocala: Sermons
First Baptist Church of Ocala FL
First Baptist Church of Ocala exists to glorify God and make disciples. We want to know God, grow together, and change the world.
Episodes
Why We Go
In today's sermon Pastor Darren discusses Luke 24:44-49 teaching us that we have a message to proclaim, an assignment to fulfill, have a promise of empowerment.
What, Me Worry?
In today's sermon Pastor Ed speaks Matthew 6:25-34, teaching us seven reasons not to worry and the recipe for worry.
Same Team
In today's sermon Pastor Darren speaks 1 Corinthians 1:10-17, teaching us to be united in testimony, followship, and the mission.
Do the Word
In today's sermon Pastor Darren speaks Joshua 1:7-9, teaching us to read, meditate, and obey God's word.
On Solid Rock
In today's sermon, Pastor Darren speaks Matthew 7:24-27 and how we must dig deep into and be a doer of God's Word.
Daniel: How Should We Then Live?
In today's sermon Pastor Darren speaks Daniel 12:1-4, teaching us to trust God's plan, hope in the resurrection, and be a faithful witness.
Family Focus
Happy Mother's Day! Today, Pastor Darren speaks 1 Samuel:12-34, teaching us to be attentive and be assertive.
Daniel: The Great War
In today's sermon Pastor Darren speaks Daniel 10:1-21 teaching us to prepare with prayer, engage in the fight, and be strengthened with encouragement and truth.
Daniel: Cry for Mercy
In today's sermon Pastor Darren speaks Daniel 9:1-27 teaching us to remember who God is by professing His greatness, own our rebellion by confessing our sin, and plead for help by seeking God's forgiveness.
Daniel: For Those Who Are Oppressed
In today's sermon, Pastor Darren speaks Daniel 8:1-27, teaching us that our oppression is because of sin, God will destroy our oppressors, and our oppression will end when we are restored.
Daniel: Kings and Kingdoms
In today's sermon Pastor Darren speaks Daniel 7:1-28, urging us to not trust in earthly kings and kingdoms that arise but trust the King and Kingdom that will prevail.
Daniel: Blameless While Living in Babylon
We return to our Daniel series! Pastor Darren reads Daniel 6:1-28, urging us to be spiritually distinctive, be above reproach, and be authentically faithful.
The Good News: The Bad News Was Wrong
He is risen! It's Easter Sunday 2024 and Pastor Darren is speaking through 1 Corinthians 15:1-10 teaching us to understand, believe, and persist in the gospel.
Palm Sunday: Hail to the King
It's Palm Sunday 2024 and Pastor Darren speaks through Zechariah 9:9, saying hail Jesus as the righteous, victorious, and humble King.
Luke 22:31-34
In today's sermon Pastor Hunter talks Luke 22:31-34 and the influence of the sifter, the savior, and the sufferer.
Daniel: The Handwriting on the Wall
In today's sermon Pastor Darren speaks Daniel 5:25-28 preaching to us that ours days are numbered, we fall short of God's standard, and we will be judged.
Daniel: The Insanity of Pride
In today's sermon Pastor Darren reads through Daniel 4:1-4, teaching us to repent of your pride and replace pride with praise.
Daniel: Faith in the Fire
In today's sermon Pastor Darren speaks Daniel 3:1-30 teaching us to to fear God, not people, trust God, not the Outcome, and seek the Lord, not deliverance.
Daniel: Crisis Management
In today's sermon Pastor Darren continues through Daniel 2:1-49 urging us to seek the Lord's help, praise the Lord, and point people to the Lord.
Daniel: No Compromise
In the start of our new series through The Book of Daniel, Pastor Darren talks Daniel 1:1-21, discussing how we me must resist the pressure to compromise, seek God's favor rather than the approval of others, and never ever give in.
One More Night with the Frogs
In today's sermon Pastor Ed speaks through Exodus 8:1-15 and about the important word.
Vision Sunday 2024: From Our Neighborhoods to the Nations
It's Vision Sunday 2024 and Pastor Darren is speaking through Acts 1:6-8 and the future of FBCOcala 2024 and beyond.
Testimony Time
In today's sermon Pastor Darren speaks 3 John 1:1-15, talking about the testimonies of Gaius, Diotrephes, and Demetrius.
Upholding the Truth
In today's sermon Pastor Darren speaks 2 John 1:1-13, talking about love in truth, walk in the truth, be on guard with the truth, and celebrate with the truth.
In-WORD
In our first sermon of the new year 2024, our guest speaker Pastor Gary Townsend speaks 1 John 1:1-3, talking about the spoken, written, and living word.
Wise Men Still Seek Him
In the closing of 2023, Pastor Darren talks Matthew 2:1-12, teaching that if you will seek after God, you can find Him, He will reveal Himself, and He will guide you.
Advent 2023: O Come, All You Guilty and Hiding
In week 4 of our Advent 2023 series Pastor Darren speaks John 4:7-15, 28-29, teaching that Jesus came looking for you, to save you, and to change you.
Advent 2023: O Come, All You Bitter and Broken
In week 3 of our Advent 2023 series, Pastor Darren teaches through Matthew 26:69-75 and John 21:1-19.
Advent 2023: O Come, All You Barren and Waiting
In our second week of Advent, Pastor Darren teaches Luke 1:5-15a, 23-25, teaching that faithful people sometimes find themselves barren and waiting, and if you are, move forward in faith.
Advent 2023: O Come All You Weak and Unstable
In our first sermon of our Advent 2023 series "O Come All You Unfaithful," Pastor Darren teaches Mark 4:35-41 on how Jesus may lead us into difficult moments, Jesus is strong and stable even when we are not, and Jesus is with us even when we are weak and unstable.
Giving in God's Economy
In today's sermon Pastor Darren speaks Mark 12:41-44 teaching that our giving is a matter of the heart, comes with an accounting, and impacts the mission of our church.
Habits: The Habit of Worshipping Together
In the final week of our Habits series, Pastor Darren talks John 4:19-24 telling us to worship wholeheartedly, appropriately, and together.
Habits: The Habit of Service
Today Pastor Darren speaks 1 Corinthians 12:1, 4-11, teaching us that we are equipped, empowered, and expected to serve.
Habits: The Habit of Fellowship
Pastor Darren speaks through Hebrews 3:12-14 and Hebrews 10:24-25, urging us to pursue fellowship to live out the faith and stay true to the faith.
Habits: The Habit of Giving
This week Pastor Darren teaches through Matthew 6:19-24, explaining that your giving reveals your priorities, perspective, and passion.
Habits: The Habit of Gospel Sharing
In today's sermon Pastor Darren speaks through John 4:35-38 and Luke 10:2, urging us to look and see the harvest, pray for harvest workers, and go and reap the harvest.
Habits: The Habits of Prayer and Fasting
This week in our Habits series, Pastor Darren talks Matthew 6:9-18, teaching us to pray to seek God and His person, God's agenda, God's provision, God's forgiveness, and God's protection, and to fast to focus your attention and affections on God
Habits: The Habit of Bible Intake
In the start of a new series on Habits, Pastor Darren teaches from Psalm 1:1-6, urging us to seek the Lord by delighting in His Word and grow in the Lord by dwelling on His Word.
Unshaken: A Community of Confrontation and Compassion
Pastor Darren talks through 2 Thessalonians 3:14-18 teaching to confront with concern, correct with compassion, and continue in community.
Are We Serious People?
Today Pastor Danny teaches through Philippians 2:3-16, teaching that serious people are humble and serve others, share their faith, and seek to live a life of holiness.
Unshaken: Get Busy Doing Good
This week Pastor Darren talks through 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13, teaching use to get away from lazy people, imitate hardworking people, get motivated, and get busy and keep busy doing good.
Unshaken: Prayers of the Faithful
In today's sermon Pastor Darren talks through 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5, urging us to pray for gospel urgency and effectiveness, deliverance and protection from opposition, and faithfulness, love, and perseverance.
Unshaken: Stand Firm
In today's lesson, Pastor Darren talks through 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 teaching us to believe the truth, hold on to the truth, and live out the truth.
Unshaken: The Lord Will Prevail
In today's sermon, Pastor Darren talks through 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 and teaches to don't be shaken, don't be deceived, and don't stop believing.
Unshaken: For His Glory
In this continuation of our Unshaken series, Pastor Daren teaches through 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12, teaching that we must pray to be made worthy of His calling and pray that God empowers you to be good and do good.
Acts 4:32-5:11
This week, Pastor BJ takes us through Acts 4:32-5:11.
Unshaken: Bad News World. Good News God
In today's sermon Pastor Darren continues in 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10, talking about living in a bad news world with a good news God.
Unshaken: Winning
In the start of a new series, Pastor Darren takes us through 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, talking about growing in faith, increasing in love, and persevering through difficulty
Standing Firm: His Work Our Hope
In the final sermon of our Standing Firm series, Pastor Darren speaks 1 Thessalonians 5:23-28, urging us to aspire to be like Jesus and be confident He will make it happen.
Standing Firm: Doing Life Together
In today's sermon in our Standing Firm series, Pastor BJ talks through 1 Thessalonians 5:12-22 teaching about doing life together.