Our call to worship today is from Hebrews 12. In chapter 12, the author of Hebrews points to a coming day when God has promised to shake the heavens and earth to separate the things that can be shaken from those which cannot. That which can be shaken are the rebel nations of the earth, …
The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it, the world and all who live in it. Heavenly Father, we confess that we belong to You. According to Your will, by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the power of the Holy Spirit, we have been…ransomed from our futile waysdelivered from the domain …
(Inspired by What Happens When We Worship by Jonathan Landry Cruse, pg 32) We are gathered here on this Lord’s Day, not only to glorify God in worship but to train our hearts and minds for the Kingdom of God. Every week, from Monday through Saturday, the world tells us what matters most, what is …
Heavenly Father, Your church gathers again, as you have called us to do, in the name of Jesus, by the power of the Holy Spirit to rejoice and exult in You (Ps 5:11). For you are holy, and good, and beautiful. You are love. You work righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed. You …
Our call to worship this morning is found in Psalm 39. It’s a portion of David’s prayer that I find appropriate to consider here at the turn of a new year. David prays, “O LORD, make me know my endand what is the measure of my days;let me know how fleeting I am!Behold, you have …
Heavenly Father, we gather here again to worship, according to your sovereign will and redemptive call. You are unmoved by the nations who rage against You and the peoples who plot in vain against Your Anointed One. You have set King Jesus on his eternal throne. Lord, you reign forever. Your glory is eternal and …
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Heavenly Father, we gather today as a people who, with an ear to hear what the Spirit says (Rev 2:11) have heard your call by the power of your Holy Spirit, and have believed the gospel of Jesus, who is (as John tells us) ‘the first and the last, who died and came to life.” …
Reading from Psalm 33 Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,that he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine.Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.For our heart is glad in him, …
Jesus’ Prayer for the Church from John 17 “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you. For I have …
Consider these two words; transcendence and immanence. Now, you’ve heard of these before, but just for review – God’s transcendence means that he is high and holy and set apart and other – there is none like him – his glory fills the heavens where the angels cry “holy, holy, holy” forever and ever. God’s …