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 live wisely in union with Christ, because we don't see the lasting benefits from having done so (Ecclesiastes 2:12-17). We confe...

Dear Family at Christ Community, This Sunday we will hear from Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 and partake of the Lord's Table. One of the lessons of this section of Ecclesiastes is the impermanence of the things we do to create lives filled with earthly goodness and beauty. Consider how David Gibson puts it in his book, Living Life Backward: "We long for lives of permanence in a...

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 have often sought enduring joy and peace in the things of this world rather than in You (Ecclesiastes 2:1-11). We confess these things before You ...

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 seek wisdom from the things under the sun as opposed to in Christ where You have called us to look (Ecclesiastes 1:12-18). We confess t...

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 lose hope because of our transience and fail to look to You for eternal meaning (Ecclesiastes 1:4-11). We confess these things before Yo...

Dear Family at Christ Community, Our journey in Ecclesiastes begins this Sunday in 1:1-3. Given the paradoxical gravity and elusive nature of the book's contents, we will benefit from spiritual nourishment as we embark on this quest. We will seek this nourishment from the Lord's Table as part of our worship service. Please remember that Jesus invites us to come to His ...

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 seek the answers to life's hardest questions in You looking instead to the things of the earth in our own understanding (Ecclesi...

Dear Family at Christ Community, On Sunday we will conclude our Advent series with Isaiah 66:1-2. In this text, the Lord declares His transcendent power and while also assuring us that He sets His gaze upon the humble and contrite who tremble at His Word. Our call to worship reiterates these themes: For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, ...

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 ignore the weight of our sin and passively consume Your Word. (Isaiah 66:1-2) We confess these things before You because You are faithful to...

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 struggle to see how You might rejoice and be glad in us as Your people. (Isaiah 65:17-25) We confess these things before You because You are...