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 don't believe that You sovereignly reign over all nations (Psalm 47). We confess these things before You because You are faithful to forgive u...

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 only want the crown of glory and not the cross of suffering in Christ (Mark 9:1-13). We confess these things before You because You are faithf...

Dear Family at Christ Community, This Sunday we will hear Paul's aching heart for the Jews who don't yet know Christ as Savior in Romans 9:1-5. We will see that his humbled conscience and heart for his brothers and sisters have been shaped by the work of the Holy Spirit as evidence of his union with Christ. Paul isn't satisfied with being eternally loved by God himself;...

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 struggle to love those who have rejected Christ and reviled us in the process (Romans 9:1-5). We confess these things before You because You a...

Dear Baptized Ones, This Sunday we will have the privilege of witnessing the baptism of Logan Rivera.What a joy it will be to testify of the goodness of the Lord to the Rivera family through the blessing that Logan is to their family and our church!Logan's baptism will also be an occasion for us to reflect upon our own baptisms and the new identity in Christ baptism s...

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 frequently allow our doubts to rob us of the assurance that nothing in all creation will be able to separate us from Your love for us in Christ...

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 fail to celebrate the work of the Holy Spirit as He intercedes for us to bring about Your glorious purposes for us (Rom. 8:26-30). ...

Dear Family at Christ Community, On Sunday, we will be reminded from Romans 8:18-25 of the abundant hope that we have because of our resurrection in Christ that will be completed at His return. The Holy Spirit helps us to cultivate this hope through our various sufferings in union with Christ as we seek to love God and others in this fallen world despite all the vario...

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 fail to suffer meaningfully in the power of the Holy Spirit because of the joy of the hope that is set before us in Christ (Romans 8:18-2...

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 fail to mortify sin and vivify our adoption as children of God through the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:12-17). We conf...