Preparing for Sunday, 9-25-11

There are good things in store tomorrow at Grace Brethren. Come ready to sing with us, listen to the preaching, pray together, fellowship - or basically to worship God together as a gathered church. Pastor John will be preaching on 1 Samuel 17:1-58, on David and Goliath. We're looking at David, "A Man After God's Own Heart," so read the passage and prepare ahead as much as you can to engage with God tomorrow in and through His Word. And by the way, it's so good for us to get into the Old Testament in the preaching on Sunday - don't miss it!

Tomorrow is also Celebration of Grace, which will happen during the normal 2nd hour, when we'd normally have our Equipping Classes. Instead, we'll gather again 2nd hour in the main building for some testimonies of the past year, and some updates on what's taking place in the future for our church. Again, you don't want to miss this if you're a part of our church family. We'll eat lunch together afterward as well, which is always exciting. I've been looking forward to this for weeks (not JUST for the food...I promise).

Tomorrow we'll sing the following songs:

1. Indescribable
A great song expressing awe and wonder at God's majesty seen in creation, and awe at the fact that God loves his children even though he is infinitely holy and majestic and we are sinful.

2. O Worship the King
We don't want to leave our singing on the thought that God is indescribable in every way. Though we can't completely comprehend all the depths of God's character, God has told us some very specific things about Himself, and we can know these things for sure. One of my favorite lines from this hymn: "O tell of His might, O sing of His grace!" Let's proclaim this mightily together tomorrow.

3. Stronger
A "newer" song we introduced several months ago, that explores the security and strength of our salvation that we have in and through Jesus. His sacrifice has paid for our sin once and for all, and nothing can take us from Christ's hand.

4. Nothing but the Blood
Christ's blood washes us "white as snow," clothing us with His own righteousness. We'll continue our singing with this great re-working of a hymn's chorus, singing of our glorious God who has given us salvation.