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Worship - May 2019

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Church Family,

What a great time this past month has been! We had a great Easter weekend filled with much fellowship and worship. God is moving in our Church, and I am so thankful to be able to experience it with you all. Thank you for singing. One of the greatest aspects of corporate worship is that we get to come together as the Church, and we worship in  unity. The reality is that every Sunday, each one of us comes to worship with a different story. Our lives are unique from one another, and we all bear different burdens. My life is telling a different story than your life, and your life is telling a different story than mine.

But the great thing about Corporate Worship is that we all get to bring our stories to the same place, together. We all have a song to sing, and we get to sing that song together. Isaiah 55:1 says, “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy, and eat!.” Remember this week, no matter your story, there’s room for you at the table of God, and my prayer for all of us is that we would, “taste and see that the Lord is good”, as Psalm 34:8 says. We all come to the same place at the cross.

We are all constant worshippers. Every second of our day, we are worshipping something. The unfortunate reality is that sometimes, we bend our worship towards things that aren't meant to be worshipped. Actually, there is nothing on this earth that is meant for our worship. God alone is worthy and deserving our worship, and he deserves all if. Is your story worshipping God? After all, he’s the   author of your story. We would be nothing and have nothing without Him.

I encourage you, in your own life, point your story to the Cross, and come and worship with us on Sundays, as we bring our stories to the same place, where we focus on the Cross, and sing in response to what Christ has done for us.

In Christ,
Jared

 

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Worship - April 2019

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Church Family,

 In a few weeks, we will gather together for a Night of Worship on Friday night, April 20th at 6:30 pm. This night marks the date of Good Friday, which is the reason for our gathering. We will come together on this evening to contemplate that Cross that Jesus died on. We will look deeply at our sins which put Him on the cross. We will sing, pray, respond together. This will be a powerful evening and I pray that you and your family will make plans to attend!

But before we get to that night, have you ever asked the question, why do we call it “Good Friday?” We are contemplating Jesus’ death on this night. Why don’t we call it “Bad Friday?” The cross was a dark event, which lead to Jesus’ death and his suffering. So it’s understandable if you’ve ever wondered, why is it so good? What makes it good? Well I believe we find the answer in the person of Jesus, and his purpose on Earth. This was no ordinary man who died on that cross. But who was Jesus? We know and believe this to be true - That Jesus was God in the flesh, who knew no sin, and became sin in our behalf. Through Jesus’ death, we find life. Good Friday begins the most momentous weekend in the history of the world. On Friday, Jesus was put to death. And he would have stayed there, if he would have remained in death, this would have been a very bad Friday.

But we know that this Friday, led to Sunday, the greatest day in the history of the world. Jesus rose. He defeated death. He defeated sin. Sin and death had power no longer. Praise be to God for his power through His son! This is very good news for us. While we were dead in our sins, God made us alive through His son Jesus. But in order for that to happen, Jesus had to go to the cross on Friday. He willingly suffered and died, for us.

So where does this leave us now? On Good Friday, we will contemplate the cross together. We will contemplate our sin. We will look at our sins, which placed Him on the cross. And God willing, we will contemplate Jesus, who He is, and we will respond and turn to Him through worship and repentance. And all of this leads to Sunday, April 21st, when we will gather together on  Easter morning, and celebrate what made Friday so good. Jesus is not dead. He is alive. And we worship a risen savior. I pray you will join us! I love you all, and I will see you on Sunday!

In Christ,

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