Mercy and grace abounding free, To sinners saved by God’s decree, No work of man may be their plea, But only Christ’s work stands for thee. For sinners saved by grace alone, Know their faith will not atone, The faith they have is a gift as well, And causes not their pride to swell. The sinner saved boasts in one thing: The Son of God who killed…
Call to Worship June 14 2015
We worship our God who is almighty and sovereign over salvation. God planned and ordained all things which have come to pass. He created all things and nothing escaped His almighty hand. The fall of man after creation did not go unpunished. Death spiritually became the plight of all mankind due to the sin of Adam and Eve. Yet God, being rich and merciful toward those whom…
Call To Worship June 7 2015
We worship our God who reigns in perfection. The holiness of God makes His commands faultless, therefore He is not capable of commanding anything that is not perfect. He commands our praise not because he needs it, but it is the right and holy mindset and action to fulfill. Yet our sin is so great it renders us incapable of obedience to God’s law and precepts. Man…
Call to Worship May 31 2015
We worship the God of Grace. The human plight never changed after Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden. These real historical people sinned against God and damned the whole of the human race. We sin today due to the nature we inherited from our first parents, Adam and Eve. Also, we sin due to the bondage of our “will” to the sin nature. So,…
Call to Worship May 24 2015
We worship our God who raised the Lord Jesus from the grave and bestowed upon Him all dominion and honor. The Lord Jesus is one with the Father in deity, but His resurrection revealed the reality of His eternal authority with the Father (not that the authority was not already His from eternity past, but that the resurrection revealed it in time). Victory over death meant power…
Call to Worship – May 17 2015
We worship our God who solved our greatest problem. Often we are concerned with the present moments and decisions of life and this is understandable. Yet, what Paul desires for the believers in Ephesus to understand goes beyond the present to the eternal. He prayed for them to see the eternal blessings of God’s calling, inheritance and surpassing greatness toward those who believe. Paul does not connect…
Call To Worship – May 10 2015
We continue to worship our God who illumines His truth to His people. So, “all ye who hear, now to His temple draw near and join me in glad adoration.” If you have heard of the glory of the Lord and worship God in Spirit and in truth, then you have been changed. The word has been illumined unto you by the Spirit. As a new creature…
Call to Worship May 3 2015
We worship our God who not only regenerated us, but He opens the eyes of our heart to spiritually discern the truth of His word. Our Almighty King and Father all glorious gave us the Holy Comforter to rule in our hearts to continue to illuminate the scripture to our minds. When Jesus met with the travelers on the road to Emmaus, once they realized who He…
Call to Worship April 26 2015
We worship the God who condescended to us in His word and gave us prayer to commune with Him through His word. Paul tells the church in Ephesus not only that he prays, but he also makes mention of them in his prayers. So, God through His servant Paul extends the importance of prayer from the Old Testament into the New Testament. Most of the prayers of…
Call to Worship April 19 2015
We worship our God who makes sinners new men and women through the shed blood of His Son: “David prays that the Lord would wash him; therefore sin defiles, and he was made foul and filthy by his sin; and to wash him much, and to rinse and bathe him, to show that sin had exceedingly defiled him and stained him both in soul and body, and…