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 have often been slow to repent, believe the gospel, and follow Jesus (Mark 1:14-20).We confess these things before You because You are faithful to f...

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 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 ...

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 frequently fail to live as those who know Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God Who came to baptize us with the Holy Spirit (Mark 1:1-8). We confess...

Dear Baptized Ones, This coming Sunday we have the great privilege of being a part of the baptisms of Lucy, James, Charlotte, and Isaac Davis! Brandon and Sarah long for each of their children to know God loves them and has long been at work to reveal this love to them. They want them to experience the joys and challenges of being a part of our Abba Father's covenant fa...

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 walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which we have been called in union with Christ. (Ephesians 4:1-7). We confess these things...

Dear Family at Christ Community, This Sunday we will conclude our "Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus" series with 2 Corinthians 8:1-9: A Wealth Worth Sharing: The Call to Deny Greed and Take Up the Cross of Joyful Generosity. We will have the opportunity to come to the Lord's Table to be reminded of how Jesus willingly became poor so that we might be rich in redemptio...

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 deny our greed and take up the cross of joyful generosity. (2 Corinthians 8:1-10). We confess these things before You because You ar...

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 deny our personal agendas so that we may take up the cross of joyful unity for Your glory and the life of the world (Philippians 2:1...

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 deny our selfish comforts and take up the cross of charitable rejoicing in the proclamation of the Gospel. (Philippians 1:12-18). We...

Dear Family at Christ Community, This Sunday we will wrestle with Paul's example in 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 of offering up his weaknesses and sufferings to display the strength of Christ. As part of our worship, we will confess in coming to the Lord's Table that we aren't strong enough to save ourselves. We will also confess that we can't endure the weaknesses and sufferi...