CELEBRATE Christ is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! Alleluia! Although many of us are locked down and separated this Easter, Jesus, the Resurrected Christ, is certainly not locked down! He alive and active in this broken world in which we live! Take time for worship to celebrate His Resurrection. You can find our service online …
REFLECT Maundy Thursday is about remembering. Jesus gathered with His disciples that evening to celebrate the Passover. As they shared the meal they remembered God’s grace to them. Take time to remember the Passover event. You can read about it in Exodus 12:1-39. As they celebrated the Passover, Jesus took the opportunity to institute the …
At first glance, it feels like a problem for us to be isolated from each other and confined to our own homes during Holy Week and Easter. While we will certainly miss all those special worship experiences we look forward to each year, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter, it seems to me …
Throughout this season of Lent, at our midweek services, we have been taking a look at some things to give up and some things to put on. This week, while we are not having a Lenten service because services have been cancelled, I decided to share some thoughts for the week. What to give up: …
Read more Lenten Devotional: Give Up Fear and Take On God’s Peace
Who God Is… God is Sovereign! (Lord over all) [The one who is over all, humbled Himself to be born a man and to bear the cross out of love for us.] Who I am/we are in Christ… I am loved by God! “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he …
Who God Is… God is Love! (Agape) [No greater love has anyone (including God) than this: that He lay down His life for His own. He was willing to do whatever it took to rescue us from the consequences of sin and death!] Who I am/we are in Christ… I am being transformed! “Do …
Who God Is… God is Gracious! (He gives us what we don’t deserve) [God showed His mercy and grace by loving the unlovable and by forgiving the unforgivable! He doesn’t give us what we deserve, rather He gives us life.] Who I am/we are in Christ… I am empowered in Christ! “I can do …
Who God Is… God is Merciful! (He doesn’t give us what we deserve) [God showed His mercy and grace by loving the unlovable and by forgiving the unforgivable! He doesn’t give us what we deserve, rather He gives us life.] Who I am/we are in Christ… I am a new creation! “If anyone is …
Who God Is… God is Good! (kind; able to work all things for good) [God proved His goodness by overcoming evil with good! He can even bring good out of what was intended for evil.] Who I am/we are in Christ… I am an Ambassador for Christ! (An ambassador is someone who is an …
Who God Is… God is Faithful! (He keeps His promises) [God proved His Faithfulness by doing the unthinkable: the Creator dying for His creatures’ sins!] Who I am/we are in Christ… I am an heir of heaven ! “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever …
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