Posts by Scott Roberts (Page 7)

How does the Kingdom Grow POHFW

Preparing our Hearts to Worship   In an effort to help you prepare for the April 19, 2020, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on Prayer.  I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon is entitled, “How does the Kingdom Grow?” The main Scripture for the day is Matthew 8:14-21.   (Pick and choose from the many resources and options,…

Steve and Gina’s Heart Tree

This tree is full of love (hearts to be exact, with messages from the church family).  They were hung up before Steve watched a Truck parade of 128 trucks pass by his home on Holy Saturday. Thanks to Darlys for the idea and to the church family for your words and thoughts. For the news coverage of this see: https://myferndalenews.com/surprise-truck-parade-held-for-driver-battling-cancer_101928/  

New Sign on Church Property

Thanks to CTK for the idea and Hope in Christ for the space, we were able to let the medical world know that area churches are praying for them.

Christ has Triumphed POHFW

Preparing our Hearts to Worship   In an effort to help you prepare for the April 12, 2020, Easter Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on Christ’s Victory.  I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon is entitled, “Christ has Triumphed” The main Scripture for the day is Colossians 2:8-15.   (Pick and choose from the many resources and options,…

Footwashing, Maundy Thursday, and Coronavirus…

I was thinking last night about our Lenten / Easter theme for this year. We planned on illustrating relationship and service to others through the foot washing.  We were really trying to get people to think about how Christ restored our right relationship to God, our right worship, etc.  We wanted to get people to think about what it would be like without Christ.  The primary symbol of that was to be the stripping of the sanctuary on Thursday night,…

Praying Scripture POHFW

Preparing our Hearts to Worship   In an effort to help you prepare for the April 5, 2020, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on Prayer.  I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon is entitled, “Praying Scripture.” The main Scripture for the day is Matthew 6:9-13.   (Pick and choose from the many resources and options, which I have…

A Prayer to the God who yearns and waits for us – Regent Theological Seminary

Prayer The God who yearns & waits for us Heavenly Father, Guardian of the brokenhearted, Saviour of the crushed in spirit: We are strange conundrums of faithfulness and fickleness. We cleave to you in all the ways that we are able. We count on you and intend our lives to be lived for you, and then we find ourselves among your people who are always seeking elsewhere and otherwise. So we give thanks that you are the God who yearns and…

Prayer Resource from Cornwall Alliance

Here is a prayer guide for your devotional life (from Cornwall Alliance): First, begin with praise and thanksgiving to God for His wisdom, power, and love displayed in all of creation; His faithfully preserving all of creation; His just judgments in creation for man’s sin; His plan to reconcile all of the cosmos to Himself through Christ’s death and resurrection; His provision for the salvation of sinners through the atoning death and vindicating resurrection of Christ; His making men and…