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 often fail to worship You by presenting our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to You (Romans 12:1-2). We confess these things ...

Dear Family at CCC, This Sunday we will resume our series in Paul's letter to the Romans and hear from Romans 12:1-2. In these words we will hear of God's call for us to present our bodies as a living sacrifice to Him. As we do so we discover His transformative power to renew our minds. This renewal is critical to our growth in grace, enabling us to discern God's will...

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 our conflicts are often not governed by Your law and humble worship for the purpose of peaceful restoration (Psalm 4). We confess these things be...

Dear Baptized Ones, This Sunday we will have the privilege of witnessing the baptism of Ford Burns. What a joy it will be to see Ford receive this sign and seal of the covenant of grace, testifying to God's faithfulness to richly bless all who call upon Him for salvation by faith alone through Christ alone. While this baptism itself will not save Ford, it will remind ...

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.Weconfessthat we struggle to trust in Your faithfulness when You do not meet our expectations(Luke 2:41-52).We confess these things before You because You are faithfu...

Dear Family at Christ Community, We will hear Simeon and Anna bear witness to Christ's first coming in Luke 2:22-40 this Sunday. Simeon and Anna both spent their lives waiting upon the Lord to bring consolation and redemption to His people. At long last, they got to behold God's salvation in Christ's first coming (2:30)! Although Christ has come once already, we join Si...

Gracious 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 become impatient and distracted as we wait upon You to fulfillYour promises in Christ(Luke 2:22-40).Weconfessthese things before You because You ...

Dear Family at Christ Community, This Sunday we will witness and celebrate the baptism of Naomi Alexandra McLeroy. Baptism will not automatically save Naomi. Yet it is a means of grace that we pray the Holy Spirit will use to draw her to faith early in life. By the Spirit, her baptism will point Naomi to Jesus and guide her in cultivating faith in Him over the long ha...

Gracious 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 frequently neglect worship as the means to experience joy and peace in Christ (Luke 2:1-21).Weconfessthese things before You because You are faithful t...

Dear Family at Christ Community, This week we will hear Zechariah's prophecy as he celebrates the birth of John the Baptist in Luke 1:57-80. Zechariah refers to Christ's first Advent as "the sunrise [that] shall visit us from on high to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death" (1:78-79). As we prepare to hear Zechariah's prophecy, it is frui...