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 Harmony Van Donselaar receive the sign and seal of baptism by profession of faith. Our sermon text is Mark 8:27-33. In this passage, we will hear Peter bear witness to Jesus's true identity: Jesus is the Christ! However, upon hearing Jesus announce His suffering, death, and resurrection...
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 the Gospel of Mark. We confess that we often set o...
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 respond to Your humility with unbelief.(Mark 6:1-6) We confess these things before Youbecause You are faithful to forgive usin Christ. Bless...
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...
Keep ReadingGracious and Merciful Father,We come before you toconfessour 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.Weconfessthat we often struggle to pay attention to Your Word because we don't expect to receive much from it(Mark 4:21-25).Weconfessthese things before Youbecause You 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 often excuse the ways we harden our hearts against You rather than run to You for mercy and grace(Mark 3:1-6).We confess these things before Youbeca...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, This week our sermon series will continue to explore the conflict between the Pharisees and Jesus in Mark 2:23-28. The conflict will turn to the heart of Israel's relationship with God: the Sabbath. When the Pharisees challenge Jesus and His disciples' observance of the Sabbath, Jesus drives straight to the heart of the matter: there is no...
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 make ourselves restless by trying to be lord of our own lives rather than resting in You, the Lord of the Sabbath(Mark 2:23-28).We confess the...
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 act as if we were alone in temptation rather than depending upon Jesus as our sympathetic and victorious Redeemer(Mark 1:9-13). We confess ...
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