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 ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, This week we will hear God's gracious and sovereign call to seek Him with righteousness and humility in Christ alone. The stark warning in Zephaniah 1:1-18 now gives rise to a sober call to seek the Lord in 2:1-3. What joy there is in knowing that our God not only warns us of His coming wrath and judgment against sin but also soverei...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, This Sunday is our final corporate worship service of the year and the conclusion of our Advent series in Micah. Micah 7 will remind us that God's judgment summons us to wait upon Him alone for salvation. In verse 14, the promise of the coming shepherd in 2:12 and 5:4 leads Micah and the faithful remnant to ask God to "shepherd your pe...
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 frequently look to things of the earth when our hopes are dashed rather than waiting upon You alone for salvation (Micah 7:1-17). We confess t...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, This Sunday we will get to come to the Lord's Table as we conclude the first part of our Romans series. Romans 5:18-21 will help us behold the marvels of Christ's perfect and finished work on our behalf and God's abundant grace toward us. God's graceHis undeserved favor to us in Christis at the heart of the gospel. Indeed, in Romans 5:...
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 try to fix our sin on our own rather than resting in Christ's finished work (Romans 5:18-19).We confess that we frequently fail to run to You...
Keep ReadingDear Family at Christ Community, During our worship service this Sunday, we will have the opportunity to hear how the Lord has been good to and through the Sawyers as they serve as missionaries in Kenya. We will also get to come to the Lord's Table as part of our worship. It will be especially sweet to come to the Table with brothers and sisters whom we support throug...
Keep ReadingGracious and Merciful Father, We come before you toconfessoursinas Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of oursinand remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we often use the means of grace as things that we have to do rather thanas gifts that remind us that our justification is through faith alone (Romans ...
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. Weconfessthat we often suppress the truth that You reveal so that we can follow our own desires instead (Romans 1:18-20). We confess that we tend to ignore...
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 frequently forget that the Holy Spirit empowers us as Your witnesses in our spheres of influence (Luke 24:36-49). We confess that we tend to pin...
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