Preparing for Sunday, 3/17/13

Heya folks,
hope you have a chance to think ahead to tomorrow's church gathering. Jordan will be preaching on 1 Corinthians 11:2-16, on "Clarifying the Value of Roles." Follow the link to read the passage, and prepare to be an "expository listener" during the sermon tomorrow. Hopefully we come and sit under the preaching of God's word, expectantly that God will reveal his glory, and the glory of His Son to us as Scripture is proclaimed. We want to behold Jesus in God's Word tomorrow, and we can help the condition of our hearts be right for that by reading and studying ahead of time.

We'll sing the following songs tomorrow:
1. Mighty To Save
2. Before The Throne Of God Above
3. Behold Our God
4. You Are My King

Rather than write about all the songs like I usually do, I just want to post the track of "Behold Our God," so you can be sure to listen to it. We've done it quite a few times in church since we introduced it in the Fall, but it's been a month or two since we've sung it. Make sure it's familiar and be ready to raise your voice with us as we sing. This is a great song as we built toward our Easter Sunday gatherings in a few weeks. This song rallies us to "behold our God, seated on His throne," but also to behold the God who has "felt the nails upon His hands, bearing all the guilt of sinful man." Our God has ransomed us from the Fall, and from our sin, and we want to praise Him, and behold Him together tomorrow as a gathered church.

Give the track a few plays. Hope to see you tomorrow!

Preparing for Sunday, 3/3/13

Hi guys,
here's the low-down on tomorrow's church gathering. Jordan will preach from 1 Corinthians 10:14-22, on "Exposing Idolatry." This preaching series has been great, and continues to take us into deeper understanding of the Gospel of Jesus, and how the Gospel can and should play out in our lives as pilgrims in a broken world. Make sure you read the passage a few times before you come to church, and be ready to think through this section with Jordan as he preaches. Also, pray for Jordan that he'll speak in the Holy Spirit's power tomorrow, and that it would be exactly what our church family needs to hear, and process through for our joy in the Gospel to increase!

Tomorrow will also be a little bit of a music-heavy morning, with singing before AND after the preaching. We'll sing the following songs. Give 'em a listen to prepare.

1. Forever
2. Your Grace Is Enough
These are two songs that rejoice in God's faithfulness to His people, and that He supplies the grace we need to live in obedience to Him. We'll proclaim this tomorrow to start off our morning.

2. Christ Is Risen
As we get closer to Easter, we'll ramp up our songs that concentrate on Christ's resurrection, and the absolute victory that it was over sin and death. This song says, "Let no one caught in sin remain inside the lie of inward shame/But fix our eyes upon the cross, and run to Him who showed great love/And bled for us." Christ paid for our sin, and He gave us new life and power to turn from sin because of His finished work.

3. Amazing Grace
4. 10,000 Reasons
We'll sing these two after preaching. We'll rest in God's "amazing grace" and respond to all we've sung and heard preached by singing "Bless the Lord O my soul!" He is our Savior, rich in love toward His people. Tomorrow should be a great day meeting together to remind one another and ourselves of these truths.

See ya' tomorrow!