The Lord’s Supper by Thomas Watson “7. We must come with hearts fired with LOVE to Christ. The spouse said, ‘I am sick with love,’ Song of Solomon 2:5. Let us give Christ the wine of our love to drink—and weep that we can love Him no more. Would we have Christ’s exhilarating presence in the supper? Let us meet Him with strong endearments of affection. Basil compares love to a fragrant ointment. Christ delights to smell this perfume! The disciple who loved most—Christ put in His bosom. 8. We must come with HUMBLE hearts. We see Christ humbling Himself unto death. Will a…
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Call to Worship February 8, 2026
1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith Chapter 3. Of God’s Decree 1. God hath decreed in himself, from all eternity, by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely and unchangeably, all things, whatsoever comes to pass; 1 yet so as thereby is God neither the author of sin nor hath fellowship with any therein; 2 nor is violence offered to the will of the creature, nor yet is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established; 3 in which appears His wisdom in disposing all things, and power and faithfulness in accomplishing His decree. 4 1. Isaiah 46:10; Ephesians 1:11; Hebrews…
Call to Worship February 1, 2026
1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith Chapter 1. Of the Holy Scriptures 1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedience. 1 Although the light of nature, and the works of creation and providence do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and power of God, as to leave men inexcusable; yet are they not sufficient to give that knowledge of God and his will which is necessary unto salvation. 2 Therefore it pleased the Lord at sundry times and in divers manners to reveal himself, and to declare that his will unto his church; 3 and afterward…
Call to Worship January 25, 2026
Psalm 104:30 Commentary by Matthew Poole, “30 You send forth your spirit, they are created: and you renew the face of the earth. Thy spirit; either, 1. That spirit by which they live, which is called the spirit of a beast, Eccles. 3:21, which is called their breath or spirit, (for the word is the same there and here,) ver. 29, and here may be called God’s spirit, because it was given and preserved by him. Or rather, 2. Thy quickening spirit; for here seems to be an opposition between their spirit, ver. 29, and thy spirit here, and this latter is mentioned as the creating or productive cause…
Call to Worship January 18, 2026
Psalm 45 “The Old Testament does ascribe deity to the coming messianic figure, a matter too often downplayed. In Isaiah 9:6 he is called ‘mighty God.’ He is not only the shoot from Jesse but the ‘root of Jesse’ (Isa. 11:1, 10). Often overlooked, I think, is Isaiah 50:10, where ‘obeying the voice of his [Yahweh’s] servant’ is on a level with ‘fearing Yahweh,’ and hence suggestive of the deity of the Servant. Without long discussion, David seems to call the Messiah ‘my Lord’ in Psalm 110:1. Then there is that mysterious grammatical switch in Zechariah 12:10, where Yahweh is speaking, ‘And they shall…
Call to Worship January 11, 2026
Number 12 “Verses 4–9 Moses did not resent the injury done him, nor complain of it to God, nor make any appeal to him; but God resented it. He hears all we say in our passion, and is a swift witness of our hasty speeches, which is a reason why we should resolutely bridle our tongues, that we speak not ill of others, and why we should patiently stop our ears, and not take notice of it, if others speak ill of us. I heard not, for thou wilt hear, Ps. 38:13–15. The more silent we are in our own cause…
Call to Worship January 4, 2026
Psalm 90:1-4 “1 The first comfort of the Lord’s people, against the miseries of this life is from the Lord’s kindness to his people in all ages. Whence learn, 1. There is no dealing with God in prayer, except we lay hold on the offer of God’s kindness, according to the covenant of grace, and look upon God as gracious to us in Christ. Therefore here and elsewhere, supplicants begin with renewed acts and expressions of saving faith. 2. God’s people in every place and age, are one incorporation with God’s people in all ages preceding and following, and may lay…
Call to Worship December 28, 2025
Mathew 1:18–25 “The mystery of Christ’s incarnation is to be adored, not pried into. If we know not the way of the Spirit in the formation of common persons, nor how the bones are formed in the womb of any one that is with child (Eccles. 11:5), much less do we know how the blessed Jesus was formed in the womb of the blessed virgin. When David admires how he himself was made in secret, and curiously wrought (Ps. 139:13–16), perhaps he speaks in the spirit of Christ’s incarnation. Some circumstances attending the birth of Christ we find here which are not in Luke, though it is more largely…
Call to Worship December 14, 2025
Isaiah 7:10-16 “But the Immanuel sign contained a promise as well as a threat. For Isaiah and his followers it meant the promise of God’s protecting presence and the eventual fulfilment of God’s good purposes for his people. The preservation of the remnant in Isaiah’s day was part of a process which led finally to the coming of Jesus, the perfectly faithful and righteous one, in whom all God’s promises come to fulfilment.So Matthew was right to see the ultimate fulfilment of the Immanuel saying in Jesus Christ. What was death to Ahaz is life to us who believe. Two…
Call to Worship December 7, 2025
“A great light shines (9:2–7) This oracle of salvation is clearly the climax of the whole movement from darkness to light in 8:1–9:7. At the same time it represents the final reversal of the situation in chapter 7 where the Davidic house, represented by Ahaz, was rejected. The logical structure is signalled by the threefold ‘for’ of verses 4, 5 and 6 (rsv). The rejoicing of verse 3 is occasioned by release from oppression (4), cessation of war (5), and the birth of an ideal ruler (6). The alternation of past and future tenses expresses the bold confidence with which the oracle is delivered….
Call to Worship November 30, 2025
Romans 7:1–6 “Among other arguments used in the foregoing chapter to persuade us against sin, and to holiness, this was one (v. 14), that we are not under the law; and this argument is here further insisted upon and explained (v. 6): We are delivered from the law. What is meant by this? And how is it an argument why sin should not reign over us, and why we should walk in newness of life? 1. We are delivered from the power of the law which curses and condemns us for the sin committed by us. The sentence of the law against us is vacated…