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 pause now to silently confess our individual sins before confessing together as a congregation from the text in Ecclesiastes. We confess that we too often fail to...
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 struggle to find joy in You given our perpetual appetites and the ephemerality of life (Ecclesiastes 6:7-12). We confess these things before You b...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, How much is enough for us to be able to enjoy life as God's good gift? This is a key question that the Gatherer has been wrestling with in his search for joy and meaning. It's also a key question that we're wrestling with in a fallen world. In Ecclesiastes 6:1-6, our text for worship on Sunday, the Gatherer dispels the myth that 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 struggle to joyfully believe that Jesus is enough for us and that we're made enough for You in Christ (Ecclesiastes 6:1-6). We confess these thing...
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 really believe that You want to occupy us with joy in life more abundant in Christ (Ecclesiastes 5:18-20). We confess these things before Yo...
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 are driven by greed and miserliness instead of joy and generosity (Ecclesiastes 5:8-17). We confess these things before You because You ...
Keep ReadingDear Baptized Ones, We have the opportunity to focus on and celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ this weekend. On Good Friday, we will focus on God's loving wisdom displayed in the cross of Christ through 1 Corinthians 1:18-31. On Easter Sunday, we will look to God's loving wisdom displayed in the resurrection of Christ and the gift of the Holy Spirit th...
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 distrust the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ as displays of Your loving wisdom choosing instead to trust in our own understanding...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, We will celebrate communion this Sunday as part of our worship. In Ecclesiastes 4:7-16, the Gatherer continues to unpack the poisonous results born of envy. He focuses on the crippling loneliness suffered by the relentless workaholic whose attainments offer little to no comfort, protection, or remembrance. The good gifts that God gives ...
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 work selfishly for ourselves and fail to joyfully share what we have with others (Ecclesiastes 4:7-16). We confess these things before Y...
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