Rhythms of Grace
Church Family,
Over the past two Sundays, we have introduced a new element to our regular worship services: a time of consideration after the sermon. I hope you have already found that brief moment to be a gift.
Why are we doing this?
We believe that the Truth of God’s Word is not just something to understand; it is something to trust and obey. We acknowledge the “Therefore” of the preaching of God’s Word. We are not a people who say, come as you are and stay as you are, rather, we arrive as we are and put our hope in the ordinary means of God’s grace that His Spirit will use His Word preached, prayed, and sung to transform us from one degree of His glory to the next. We do not want to leave as we arrived! We want to look more like Christ!
Throughout the Bible, His people are called to meditate on His Word, to taste and see His goodness, to treasure His Word… This means that we need time to courageously consider our hearts and lives. To confess and repent, to plan and plot, to stand before the Father, clothed in the Righteousness of the Son, and submit, not grieve the work of His Spirit in the grace of conviction, so that we can be renewed by the grace of forgiveness, and empowered by the grace of the resurrection!
So then! Each Sunday, we will take a moment to go TOGETHER before our Lord, to find not only rest, but also, by His abounding grace, another degree of restoration!
I can’t wait! See you Sunday!
By His Grace Alone,
Steve
Over the past two Sundays, we have introduced a new element to our regular worship services: a time of consideration after the sermon. I hope you have already found that brief moment to be a gift.
Why are we doing this?
We believe that the Truth of God’s Word is not just something to understand; it is something to trust and obey. We acknowledge the “Therefore” of the preaching of God’s Word. We are not a people who say, come as you are and stay as you are, rather, we arrive as we are and put our hope in the ordinary means of God’s grace that His Spirit will use His Word preached, prayed, and sung to transform us from one degree of His glory to the next. We do not want to leave as we arrived! We want to look more like Christ!
Throughout the Bible, His people are called to meditate on His Word, to taste and see His goodness, to treasure His Word… This means that we need time to courageously consider our hearts and lives. To confess and repent, to plan and plot, to stand before the Father, clothed in the Righteousness of the Son, and submit, not grieve the work of His Spirit in the grace of conviction, so that we can be renewed by the grace of forgiveness, and empowered by the grace of the resurrection!
So then! Each Sunday, we will take a moment to go TOGETHER before our Lord, to find not only rest, but also, by His abounding grace, another degree of restoration!
I can’t wait! See you Sunday!
By His Grace Alone,
Steve
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