The Communion and Baptism Letter for April 14th, 2024....
The Weekly Confession of Sin for Christ Community Church. ...
Dear Family at Christ Community Church, This Sunday we will have the joy of witnessing Nathan Wilson receive the sign and seal of baptism. Our sermon text is Mark 5:1-20the story of Jesus healing the man possessed by Legion. The drowning of the pigs in this story provides a unique window into the significance of baptism. Throughout Scripture, water often signifies God's r...
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 fail to trust Jesus as the Lord of Deliverance from spiritual chaos in our lives. (Mark 5:1-20). We confess these things before You because ...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, Why DID Christ come in His first advent? What ARE we waiting for in His final advent? The answers to these questions prove formative to how we live out our union with Christ. This Sunday we will hear Isaiah's prophetic answers to these questions from Isaiah 9:1-7. The brief poem contained in these verses beautifully sums up the sweep of Re...
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 fail to enjoy Jesus as Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:1-7). We confess these things bef...
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 sometimes doubt that You care about the troubles we are facing (Mark 4:35-41). We confess these things before You because You are faithful to forg...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, This Sunday we will listen to Jesus's parable of the growing seed and parable of the mustard seed. R. T. France helps us behold the hope revealed in these two little parables: The two parables of vv. 26-32 thus both warn against underestimating the significance of the proclamation of the kingdom of God, however unimpressive its initial im...
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 live in fear of what we see in the world rather than by faith in what You promise about Your Kingdom(Mark 4:26-34).We confess these things bef...
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