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 too often associate the power of Your means of grace with the person administering them (1 Corinthians 3). We confess these things before You ...

Dear Family at Christ Community, On Sunday, we will celebrate the Lord's Supper as we conclude our series in Romans with Paul's doxology in 16:25-27. He praises God for being able to use the preaching of the Gospel that appears to so many to be a foolish waste of time to strengthen the Roman saints as they share their faith in word and deed with their diverse neighbors....

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 lack attentiveness to the preaching of Jesus Christ so as to grow stronger in our faith (Romans 16:25-27). We confess these things ...

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 be wise as to what is good and to be innocent as to what is evil (Romans 16:17-23). We confess these things before You beca...

Dear Family at Christ Community, On Sunday, we will gather together for worship to celebrate Jesus's Gospel as a beloved community that contributes to one another's growth and service in Christ. Paul details in Romans 16:1-16 many of those in the beloved community in Rome that have contributed to the Gospel's flourishing there and beyond. For each of us, I'm sure we c...

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 take time to appreciate the host of people involved in our flourishing in Christ (Romans 16:1-16). We confess these things ...

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 faithfully pray for opportunities to demonstrate the fruit of reconciliation in hospitality and generosity to others (Romans 15:2...

Dear Family at Christ Community,With the focus in Romans 14-15 on hospitality, we wanted to consider a variety of hospitality opportunities for us over the next few weeks.This week we'll focus on Children's Ministry. This is a keyarea in which we serve the coming generations inteaching them of God's love for them in Christ and their opportunity to love Him and their neig...

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 b full of goodness and filled with knowledge to be able to instruct one another in living out the Gospel (Romans 15:14-21). ...

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 fully believe the Gospel with joy and peace so that by the power of the Holy Spirit we might abound in hope (Romans 15:8-13)...