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Providence, Pagans and the Worship of God POHFW

Preparing our Hearts to Worship   In an effort to help you prepare for the May 20, 2018, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on the God’s Story of Salvation through the Scriptures. I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon is entitled, “Providence, Pagans and the Worship of God” The main Scriptures for the day are Ezra 1-6. The…

God will Deliver His People POHFW

Preparing our Hearts to Worship   In an effort to help you prepare for the May 27, 2018, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on the God’s Story of Salvation through the Scriptures. I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon is entitled, “God will deliver his people” The main Scriptures for the day are Esther 1-10. The other passages…

Scripture Prayer Guides to help invigorate your Prayer Life

While preparing for a sermon I ran across this great set of scripture saturated prayer guides from SIMUSA to help Christians pray for a whole host of topics and people. Check some of them out based on where you would like to learn to pray more scripturally informed prayers. Worship Give Thanks to God Praise God through the Psalms 1 Praise God through the Psalms 2 Praise God through the Psalms 3 Worship God with a Focus on His Attributes…

Discipleship in the first century

From The Epistle of Barnabas chap. xix.—the way of light. The way of light, then, is as follows. If any one desires to travel to the appointed place, he must be zealous in his works. The knowledge, therefore, which is given to us for the purpose of walking in this way, is the following. Thou shalt love Him that created thee: thou shalt glorify Him that redeemed thee from death. Thou shalt be simple in heart, and rich in spirit.…

What does it mean to be the temple of God?

“Learn [as follows]. Having received the forgiveness of sins, and placed our trust in the name of the Lord, we have become new creatures, formed again from the beginning. Wherefore in our habitation God truly dwells in us. How? His word of faith; His calling of promise; the wisdom of the statutes; the commands of the doctrine; He himself prophesying in us; He himself dwelling in us; opening to us who were enslaved by death the doors of the temple,…

Bulletin – Week of May 13, 2018

Hope in Christ Church Glorifying God by Knowing, Living and Proclaiming our Hope in Christ Welcome! Welcome to Hope in Christ Church. We are so glad you have joined us today!  After the service, we invite you to stay for some coffee and join our education class at 11 a.m. in the sanctuary, and one of our small group meetings during the week. 9:30 a.m. May 13, 2018 Order of Worship Almighty Prayer & Greeting Undivided Heart Your Love, O…

18 Daniel – Faithful in times of exile and persecution POHFW

Preparing our Hearts to Worship   In an effort to help you prepare for the May 13, 2018, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on the God’s Story of Salvation through the Scriptures. I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon is entitled, “Being Faithful in times of exile & persecution” The main Scriptures for the day are Daniel 1-7.…

Bulletin – Week of May 6, 2018

Hope in Christ Church Glorifying God by Knowing, Living and Proclaiming our Hope in Christ May 6th Worship Service Bulletin Order of Worship Jesus Saves Welcome & Greeting Call to Worship: Psalm 23 Your Great Name You Alone Can Rescue Oh Great God Offering:  Kingdom Advancement Fund He Lives Prayer Scripture:  Ezekiel 37:1-4 Message:  Only God Can Bring Life to the Dead Communion Breathe on Me Breath of God Holy Spirit Living Breath of God Awake My Soul Welcome! The…