January 29, 2019
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Weekly Confession
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 live out the fullness of our lives for Your glory (1 Corinthians 10:31).
We confess these things before You because You ar...
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January 22, 2019
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Weekly Confession
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 come to Christ to drink so that out of our hearts would flow living water through the filling of the Holy Spirit (John 7:37...
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January 17, 2019
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Communion
Dear Family at Christ Community,
This coming Sunday we will gather to hear, confess, sing, and bear witness about Jesus Christ as the bread of eternal life. As part of our worship, we will receive the bread and cup from the Lord's Table that proclaims that Jesus is the all-satisfying and sufficient Savior given to us according to the sovereign love and grace of God as...
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January 16, 2019
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Weekly Confession
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 fully believe that Jesus is sufficient to satisfy our spiritual hungers and thirsts (John 6:35-40).
We confess that we often gru...
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January 10, 2019
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Baptism
Dear Baptized Ones,
This Sunday we will have the joy of witnessing Wes Calton baptize his daughter Ann McClain Louise Calton as part of our worship service. We will be reminded of our infant-like dependency on God our Father and utter inability to save ourselves as Anne passively receives the water upon her head in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Though ...
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January 8, 2019
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Weekly Confession
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 often live as if we have been born of the Holy Spirit to eternal life to participate in the kingdom of God (John 3:1-15).
We confe...
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January 3, 2019
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Communion
Dear Family at Christ Community,
We will begin a new sermon series on the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit in the Gospel of John this Sunday. As part of our beholding of the Lamb and Son of God in and through our worship, we will partake of the Lord's Table. The broken bread and abundant cup, though common elements, make visible in the power of the Holy Spirit the rede...
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January 2, 2019
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Weekly Confession
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 are sometimes blind to the full power of Jesus being the all-sufficient Lamb of God who takes away the guilt, shame, and penalty of our sin...
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