The Communion and Baptism Letter for April 14th, 2024....
The Weekly Confession of Sin for Christ Community Church. ...
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 recognize the seasons You have sovereignly determined and how we are to act wisely in Christ as a result. (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8) W...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, This Sunday we will arrive at the Gather's first of many encouragements to gratefully take joy in the good gifts given to us by God at the end of chapter 2. He specifically calls us to take joy in the food and drink born of our labors. This grateful enjoyment proves pleasing to the Lord. In His good pleasure, He gives wisdom, knowledge, an...
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 too often despair over the results of our toil and fail to gratefully enjoy them as good gifts from Your hand in Christ. (Ecclesiastes 2:18-26) We...
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 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...
Keep ReadingDear 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...
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 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 ...
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