This Sunday: Enjoy Communion at Church Today

Our congregation currently has communion on second Sundays each month (though I would like to begin moving toward more often), so I will wait a week on following this advice.

Also, it is good advice, for we remember that this ordinance is a connection to our Lord and Savior who has called us to fellowship with Himself.

Daniel

This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: This Sunday: Enjoy Communion at Church Today.

This Sunday: Enjoy Communion at Church Today

VerseD: Matthew 5:7

The merciful are blessed, for they will be shown mercy.

Matthew 5:7, HCSB

In a world of pain, violence, and oppression, God came to show His mercy and grace, and those who believe in Christ are called to the same mercy and grace toward others.

VerseD: Matthew 5:6

Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness are blessed, for they will be filled.

Matthew 5:6, HCSB

God’s heart is for the oppressed, and He gives His righteousness through Christ to those who draw near to Him for wisdom and righteousness and freedom from the oppression of sin.

VerseD: Matthew 5:5

The gentle are blessed, for they will inherit the earth.

Matthew 5:5, HCSB

God’s heart is for the oppressed, and we join in His love fornthe lost when we are kind and gentle with unbelievers, knowing they are still under the oppression of sin and in desperate need of the freedom of the gospel, needing the same help we receive from God.

Sermon: The Joyful Life: An Overview of Philippians

I preqched again!

This is the beginning of our next series through the Letter to the Philippians, giving a quick overview of the epistle of Paul.

As usual, velow are the video and my PowerPoint.

The Joyful Life: An Overciew of the Letter to the Philippians

VerseD: Matthew 5:4

Those who mourn are blessed, for they will be comforted.

Matthew 5:4, HCSB

God’s heart is for the oppressed, and those who mourn their sin and the effects of sin find comfort and freedom in Christ who redeems from the oppression of sin.

VerseD: Matthew 5:3

“The poor in spirit are blessed, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.”

Matthew 5:3, HCSB

God’s heart is for the oppressed, and the poor in spirit are aware of how oppressive sin is. God reaches out by the Holy Spirit to draw us to Christ and find freedom.

VerseD: Psalm 42:11

Why am I so depressed? Why this turmoil within me? Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him, my Savior and my God.

Psalm 42:11, HCSB

God’s heart is for the oppressed, especially that all are oppressed by sin. When we focus too much on our sin and evil in the world, it is easy to be depressed, but focusing on Christ gives peace and hope.

VerseD: 2 Corinthians 12:9

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.

2 Corinthians 12:9, HCSB

God’s heart is for the oppressed, and when we give ourselves over to His freedom from sin He can even use our weaknesses for good, perhaps as a bridge to others who are oppressed.

This Sunday at Church: Thank the Lord for another Lord’s Day at Church

For this Sunday here’s what you can do: Thank the Lord for another Lord’s Day at Church.

This Sunday at Church: Thank the Lord for another Lord’s Day at Church