We worship our God who does all things in perfection. Troubles, trials and terrors seem to be around every corner. Sin permeates the recesses, and sometimes the forefront of our minds. Yet, the Triune God does all things in purity. When troubles assail us and sorrow, need or death are ours, what should we do? Paul told the Ephesians to walk with a truthful, tuneful, thankful and…
Call To Worship March 13 2016
“Those whom God effectually calls, he also freely justifies, not by infusing righteousness into them, but by pardoning their sins, and by accounting and accepting their persons as righteous; not for anything wrought in them, or done by them, but for Christ’s sake alone; not by imputing faith itself, the act of believing, or any other evangelical obedience to them, as their righteousness; but by imputing Christ’s…
Call To Worship March 3, 2016
We worship our God who made us new people, enabled to walk with a new spirit. Paul charged believers to walk worthy of the manner with which they have been called. He continued to unfold his thinking concerning a Christian’s walk, including the importance of wisdom according to the plain precepts of God and walking with the right spirit. Paul commands believers to live with a spirit…
Call To Worship February 28 2016
We worship our God to please Him alone. If we say our God is great and worthy of our praise, then we must worship Him according to His commands. If we do otherwise we propagate questions as to the holiness of His authority. Would a holy God give unnecessary or sinful statutes? No. So, how He orders us to worship is good and right. If we say…
Call To Worship February 14 2016
We worship our one God who promised His Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit not only regenerates dead sinners, but He sanctifies all those whom He made new in Christ. His sanctifying work is never separate from the word of God. The confession aids our understanding of the Bible’s teaching concerning sanctification. “They who are united to Christ, effectually called, and regenerated, having a new heart and a…
Call To Worship February 7 2016
We worship the God who is rich in mercy despite our sin and failure. We must strive to walk in accordance with God’s law, but even as Christians we come from a long line of walking contradictions; Abraham lied, Moses responded in anger, David was an adulterer/murderer and Peter feared men, just to name a few. So, what is our hope? “But God, who is rich in…
Call To Worship January 31 2016
We worship our God who made mankind in His image and made new creatures of His elect. Man fell from the state of innocence in the Garden of Eden and was cast out. Yet, God was not shocked. He foreordained the salvation of many from the human race and promised the Seed would crush the head of the serpent. The promised Seed came through the line of…
Call To Worship January 10 2016
We worship our God who gave His Law to men. The law was given as a gracious guide for living, then Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s command. The law continued as a teacher for man to know his sin and recognize it as an abomination against the one Holy and living God. The Law, formerly heard from the voice of God, was etched onto stone tablets by…
Call To Worship January 3, 2016
We worship our God who sustained us through the last year. Many joys were experienced among us and the Lord planned those joys. Some sadness was evidenced in our midst and the Lord used each trial. All of these types of providence were for our good and ultimately for His glory. We now come to the start of a new year in the kind providence of the…
Call To Worship December 20 2015
Let us worship Jesus, the Son of God, who was born of a virgin and laid in a manger. He lived perfectly, died a sinner’s death, was buried, was resurrected and ascended to be with God the Father. All of these truths form the foundation for salvation and the proper functioning of God’s people in the New Covenant. Jesus Christ descended from on high as the incarnate…