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 rage against You and plot in vain (Psalm 2:1-3). We confess that we often fail to serve You with fear and rejoice with trembling a...

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 take the time to truly behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29-34). We confess all of the...

Dear Family at Christ Community, On the last Sunday of 2017, we have the Lord's Table to look forward to as we conclude our Advent Series. In John 2:1-12, Jesus performs His first miracle at the wedding in Cana as He turns the water in the jars for Jewish purification rites into the finest of wines. This miracle frees the master of the feast and the newly married coup...

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 see Your glory in Jesus Christ Your Word that became flesh and dwelt among us so as to receive grace upon grace from His fullne...

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 live in the reality of and bear witness to the eternal truth that the light of Jesus Christ has overcome the darkness of ...

Dear Family at Christ Community, Next Sunday we will celebrate the Lord's Table as part of our Advent worship in John 1:4-13. Advent can be a difficult season for many of us as we deal with the various burdens that come with the holidays that often lead us away from the comforting light of the Gospel. It can feel like we are caught in a whirlwind and can't seem to cat...

Dear Family at Christ Community, We will conclude our current series this Sunday as we engage Colossians4:2-18. As part of our worship, we will come to the Lord's Table together to be nourished so as to walk in the power of the resurrection as Paul has encouraged us throughout his letter to the Colossians. The broken bread will help remind us of our deliverance from t...

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 display the resurrection in our lives to thoughtfully engage those outside of the church (Colossians 4:2-6). We confess th...

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 display the resurrection in the context of our families (Colossians 3:18-21). We confess that we often fail to display the resu...

Dear Baptized Ones, We have the privilege this Sunday of witnessing Chloe Turner's baptism as part of our worship in Colossians 3:12-17. She has previously professed faith in Jesus Christ alone by faith alone through God's grace alone. She is pursuing baptism as a sign and seal of her being set apart in Christ to walk in newness of life to the glory of God. This empow...