Communicating Christ (Page 30)
Opening Prayer Enlighten us, God, that we may praise Your mercy. Amen. Text: Ephesians 1:3-7 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we…
Opening Prayer God, give us the living hope of humble hearts. Amen. Text: First Corinthians 1:4-8 I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, that you were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all knowledge, even as the testimony of…
Opening Prayer God the Holy Spirit, write the law of love in our hearts by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. Text: Matthew 22:34-46 But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, “Teacher, which is…
Text: Psalm 119:97-105 Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day. You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies; For they are ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, Because I keep…
Opening Prayer Lord, chasten us, and give us truth in our inmost heart. Amen. Text: Mark 7:6-13 He answered and said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, teaching…
Opening Prayer Lord, we pray You again today: give us meekness and love. Amen. Text: Matthew 20:25-28 But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them. Yet it shall not be so among you; but…
Opening Thought For brethren to dwell together in unity… is like the dew of Hermon, Descending upon the mountains of Zion. (Psa 133:1.3) Text: Philippians 2:1-4 Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy by being…
Text: Psalm 42:1-5 As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say to me, “Where is your God?”…