The Communion and Baptism Letter for April 14th, 2024....
The Weekly Confession of Sin for Christ Community Church. ...
Dear Family at Christ Community, As we begin Worship: A Divine Invitation, we will hear of a beautiful historical example of the people of God engaging joyfully in worship as a blessed necessity from 2 Chronicles 30. The chapter begins with Hezekiah, the King of Judah, reinstituting the Passover for the first time since Solomon's reign (approximately 200 years!) and t...
Keep ReadingGracious 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 treat Lord's Day Sabbath worship as a blessed necessity that is critical to our relationship with You (2 Chronicles 30). We confess thes...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, We will conclude our series on Romans 9-11 this Sunday with Romans 11:25-36 in which Paul will exemplify how the deepest theological mysteries ought to give way to hopeful and expectant worship. As Timothy Keller writes on this passage in Romans 8-16 for You: Paul does not find the deepest impulses for praise in looking at human accom...
Keep ReadingGracious 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 Romans. We confess that we don't worship with h...
Keep ReadingGracious 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 put greater trust in external signs of strength than in the internal work of the Holy Spirit (1 Samuel 17:31-47; 1 Timothy 4:12). We con...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, This Sunday we will gather at God's invitation to participate in worship to be further shaped as redemptive instruments for His glory, our joy, and the life of the world. As part of our liturgy, we will hear from Romans 11:13-24 the call to mortify our pride to help cultivate our relationships with Him and those in our spheres of influ...
Keep ReadingGracious 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 mortify our pride as we ought given its consequences to our relationship with You and others (Romans 11:13-24). We confess these things ...
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