Dear Family at CCC, This Sunday we will have the opportunity to partake of the Lord's Table as we continue in our study of the story of Esther. The Table will be an encouraging means of grace to us as we reflect on the contrast between foolish king Ahasuerus and our King Jesus. King Ahasuerus implemented a commodifying contest in pursuit of a queen, but our King Jesus e...

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 slow to celebrate the dignity Jesus bestowed upon us by suffering for us to make us His bride (Esther 2:1-18). We confess these things before ...

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 accept Your various hospitable invitations to come before You as Your beloved children (Esther 1:10-22). We confess these things bef...

Dear Family at Christ Community, We will begin our Easter Season series in the book of Esther this Sunday. In Esther 1:1-9, we will encounter the first two of ten banquets that serve as the spine that holds the story together and helps move it along. These first two banquets reveal the garish celebrations of foolish King Ahasuerus who revels in his wealth and power as i...

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 far more festive celebrating worldly things than we are with opportunities to celebrate Your eternal gifts to us accomplished and applied in C...

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 often slow to use our gifts in worship to lovingly build each other up in joy and festivity (1 Corinthians 12:27-31). We confess these things ...

Dear Family at CCC, This Sunday we will have the opportunity to celebrate our unity as the family of God by partaking of the Lord's Table. This will be especially meaningful as we continue to hear from 1 Corinthians 12 about how Jesus has given us deep and lasting community in Him with God and with each other. So that we can approach the Table this Sunday with a festive 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 have often implicitly said, "I have no need of you," to brothers and sisters in Christ by our lack of participation in community (1 Corinthians 12...

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 implicitly said, "I have no need of you," to brothers and sisters in Christ by our lack of participation in community (1 Corinthians 12...

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 implicitly said, "I have no need of you," to brothers and sisters in Christ by our lack of participation in community (1 Corinthians 12...