Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we too often fail to reflect and share our joy in Your good gifts as fruit from our faithful labors (Ecclesiastes 9:7-10). We confess these things be...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before You to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we often believe that our lives are within our own control and power, rather than humbly resting in Your sovereign and particular care for us in life...

Dear Family at Christ Community, In Ecclesiastes 8:14-17, the Gatherer comes to a joyful conclusion on how to wisely deal with life's unsolvable paradoxes. He repeats yet again in verse 14 the paradoxical reality of the righteous suffering according to the deeds of the wicked, and the wicked prospering from deeds of the righteous. Please consider how this unsolvable pa...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we too often fail to joyfully receive what You have clearly given to us choosing instead to be frustrated by what we can't figure out (Ecclesiastes 8...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We pause now to silently confess our individual sins before confessing together as a congregation from the text in Ecclesiastes. We confess that we too often fail to...

Dear Baptized Ones, This Sunday we will have the privilege of participating in the baptism of Titus Smith. This will give us the opportunity not only to witness the precious and very great promises God has made to Titus and to his parents, Timothy and Calli, but also to see in a tangible way the reality of our own salvation in Jesus Christ. We are a people who have been w...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We pause now to silently confess our individual sins before confessing together as a congregation from the text in Ecclesiastes. We confess that we often fail to tru...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We pause now to silently confess our individual sins before confessing together as a congregation from the text in Ecclesiastes. We confess that we too often fail to...

Dear Family at Christ Community, We have the blessing of receiving the nourishing gifts of the elements from the Lord's table to remind us of who and Whose we are this Sunday. Given the emphasis in Ecclesiastes of taking joy in the gifts that God blesses us with, we would do well to reflect on the greatest gift of all: our salvation in Christ! We can take joy in the br...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we too often fail to remain dependent on You to receive wisdom as a gift in Christ (Ecclesiastes 7:21-29). We confess these things before You because...