David Burke suggests two questions that Christians could include in their everyday conversations with each other: 1. What part of Scripture did you read today? 2. How was your prayer life today? Read some more of his thoughts about it at his blog. One thing struck me in Psalm 121 is that God is with …

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Songs of preparation: Tell Out My Soul and I Praise You, Lord (Psalm 138:1-8) Prayer of adoration and confession: reaching out to the one who sees us sowing in tears and will bring the fruit that we will reap in joy, we ask God that our hearts will be prepared to receive Jesus when he …

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Songs of preparation: Comfort, O Comfort My People and Come, O Long Expected Jesus. Responsive call to worship and song of praise King Of Kings, Majesty. Congregational prayer of confession, song of assurance – Just As I Am, the Apostles’ Creed, and Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow. Continuous reading: Revelation 6:1-17 Praise: See …

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The fact I’m in Adelaide for a Presbytery meeting today is coincidental, but not unrelated to posting this material from Leadership Freak. I’m adjusting the title from the original posts, which insists these will fix lousy meetings, but personal experience questions that assertion. Law #1: Thou shalt always declare the purpose of the meeting before …

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