We worship our God who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think. Often the power of God is reduced to those works in the present that have benefitted us personally in some way. The scripture implores us to look back historically at the many works of God. His might is declared in the creation account and the flood of condemnation with its subsequent rehabitation of the earth through the line of Noah. Recognize God’s strength and protection of the covenant through Abraham and the times of Moses. Many trials occurred in their lives…
Sunday Morning Calls to Worship
Call To Worship October 4 2015
We worship our God who names every family in heaven and on earth. He also judges all matters and peoples according to His righteousness. Paul prayed to God for the church, those of Israel and among the Gentiles, who were called to life in Christ Jesus alone. He prayed that believers would be strengthened in the Spirit, so that Christ may dwell in them according to the faith. Paul’s prayer brought hope to the believers in Ephesus. He founded their hope on the Trinity and the immensity of the gospel. As we worship today may our hope stem from the…
Call To Worship – September 27 2015
We worship our God who planned and accomplished the salvation of people from all different nations. He revealed His salvific plan even to the Gentiles. The totality of His plan was made through covenant before time existed. Yet, the fullness of the plan was accomplished through His Son by the Spirit in the fullness of time. God ordained the means to accomplish the plan and the means to communicate His plan which was realized for His glory. In a day when music is considered worship even if preaching is absent from the gathering, may we never forget the importance of…
Call to Worship – September 20 2015
We worship our God who is our stronghold and refuge. Paul wrote to the Ephesians from prison and asked the Ephesians not to lose heart at his troubles. He believed his tribulations occurred for the good of the Gentiles. He withstood his trials on their behalf. Paul knew the Father’s plan for him, as the apostle to the Gentiles, so he obediently endured prison. Paul’s obedience encourages us to trust in the Lord through our trials and tribulations. No matter the struggles of life, which befall us by God’s providence, God will be our stronghold and our refuge. We have…
Call To Worship September 13 2015
We worship our God who reigns over all creation for the good of the church. We must bow down before Him and worship Him in His word. Do not harden your hearts and ask whether or not the Lord is among His people. God promised protection and provision, and neither has He failed nor will He in the future. He promised redemption and provided through His Son the necessary work and sacrifice. His people in His church benefit from the work of the Son and the Spirit. They glory in creation and salvation in a way unknown to the unconverted….
Call To Worship September 6 2015
We worship our God who knows us perfectly, but we have not known Him as we ought. We come before our God, setting aside the things of earth that filled our minds in the past week. All those trivial matters, which will pass away, we put behind us to learn his wisdom, grace and power. The firm foundation of the word establishes the actuality of these truths. All was planned and created in His wisdom. His people will be saved and avenged through His grace. His wrath will be experienced by all those who walk in the ways of the…
Call To Worship – August 30th
We worship our God for great is His faithfulness to His church. He ordained His church and purchased His church by the blood of His Son Jesus. God intended to possess one people, the Israel of God, and He procured them for His glory. Both Jew and Gentile alike have fallen short of the glory of God. Both are in need of the person and work of Christ to save them from their transgressions. Believers from both groups are brought into one Church of the Lord Jesus and have access in one Spirit to the Father. Let us worship and…
Call To Worship August 9 2015
We worship our God for great is His faithfulness to His church. He ordained His church and purchased His church by the blood of His Son Jesus. God intended to possess one people, the Israel of God, and He procured them for His glory. Both Jew and Gentile alike have fallen short of the glory of God. Both are in need of the person and work of Christ to save them from their transgressions. Believers from both groups are brought into one Church of the Lord Jesus and have access in one Spirit to the Father. Let us worship and…
Call To Worship August 2 2015
We worship our God who covenanted and ordered salvation before the foundation of the world. God made an intra-Trinitarian covenant, according to his preordained plan, to save those persons He chose for salvation by His Grace. He did not covenant or plan to save anyone, but the elect. He did not choose or promise to save every single individual who ever lived on the earth. If He did, then He has miserably failed. He promised to save His people who were predestined before time began. Yes, we are saddened for the many who do not believe and will suffer the…
Call To Worship July 26 2015
We worship our God who covenanted and ordered salvation before the foundation of the world. God made an intra-Trinitarian covenant, according to his preordained plan, to save those persons He chose for salvation by His Grace. He did not covenant or plan to save anyone, but the elect. He did not choose or promise to save every single individual who ever lived on the earth. If He did then He has miserably failed. He promised to save His people who were predestined before time began. Yes, we are saddened for the many who do not believe and will suffer the…