Tomorrow Christians will gather and be reminded yet again that we are unlearning non-dependence and learning dependence on Jesus. Christian maturity is not learning how to develop our own strength so we need Jesus less, it is increasing in our knowledge of our inability to stand anywhere but in Jesus’ strength. From Chad Bird: The …
Song: Saved My Soul Welcome: Call to Worship Song: My Lighthouse Prayer Of Confession Song: Through The Love Of God Our Saviour Affirming our Faith: New City Catechism 21 Song: Now To The King Of Heaven Bible Reading: Luke 3: 1-38 – The ministry of John the Baptist, the baptism of Jesus, and Jesus’ genealogy …
… true success is found in the failure to find meaning and purpose in something we do, accomplish, build. Rather, our identity, our meaning and purpose, is not something we work for but receive from the hand of our Father. Chad Bird, Upside-Down Spirituality: The 9 Essential Failures of a Faithful Life, as quoted at …
The Church is the body of Christ. Not figuratively. Literally. The way you’ll treat the Church tomorrow is the way you treat Jesus. From Stephen Kneale at Church Matters: If Christ is unified to his people, then what one does to his people is what one is doing to Christ. How one treats his people …
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