For December 4, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

December 4, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 4:1-3

Sermon Title: The Spirit of God and the Spirit of the Antichrist

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#194) O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Preparation Hymn:(# 221) Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

Response Hymn: (#218) Angels from the Realms of Glory

Closing Hymn: (#198) Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty...

Meditation on God's Law: Ninth Commandment

Supporting Passages: Haggai 2:1-9, Matthew 5:13

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Haggai 1:12-15 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Jeremiah 31, Psalm 3 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Jeremiah 32, Psalm 4 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Jeremiah 33, Psalm 5 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Haggai 2:1-9 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Matthew 5:13 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 4:1-3 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 4:1-3

[1] Beloved, do not believe every spirit,

but test the spirits

to see whether they are from God,

for many false prophets

have gone out into the world.

[2] By this you know the Spirit of God:

every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

[3] and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God.

This is the spirit of the antichrist,

which you heard was coming

and now is in the world already.

Matthew 5:13

[13] You are the salt of the earth,

but if salt has lost its taste,

how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.

For November 27, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

November 27, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 3:23-24

Sermon Title: The Gift of the Spirit

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#18) You Holy Angels Bright

Preparation Hymn: (#94) How Firm a Foundation

Response Hymn: (#642) Be Thou My Vision

Closing Hymn: (#689) Be Still, My Soul

Meditation on God's Law: Eighth Commandment

Supporting Passages: Haggai 1:12-15, Matthew 5:11-12

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Haggai 1:1-11 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Jeremiah 29, Psalm 1 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Jeremiah 30, Psalm 2 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Jeremiah 31, Psalm 3 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Haggai 1:12-15 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Matthew 5:11-12 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 3:23-24 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 3:23-24

[23] And this is his commandment,

that we believe in the name

of his Son Jesus Christ

and love one another,

just as he has commanded us.

[24] Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, 

and God in him.

And by this we know that he abides in us,

by the Spirit whom he has given us.

Matthew 5:11-12

[11] “Blessed are you

when others revile you

and persecute you

and utter all kinds of evil against you

falsely on my account.

[12] Rejoice and be glad,

for your reward is great in heaven,

for so they persecuted the prophets

who were before you.”

For November 20, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

November 20, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 3:21-22

Sermon Title: True Confidence and Answered Prayers

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#12) Exalt the Lord, His Praise Proclaim

Preparation Hymn: (#377) Jesus, Where'er Your People Meet

Response Hymn: (#444) O Zion, Haste, Your Mission High...

Closing Hymn: (#263) Lift High the Cross

Meditation on God's Law: Seventh Commandment

Supporting Passages: Haggai 1:1-11, Matthew 5:10

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Isaiah 55 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: (NO Daily Worship)

Tuesday: (NO Daily Worship)

Wednesday: (NO Daily Worship)

Thursday: Haggai 1:1-11 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Matthew 5:10 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 3:21-22 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 3:21-22

[21] Beloved,

if our heart does not condemn us,

we have confidence before God;

[22] and whatever we ask

we receive from him,

because we keep his commandments

and do what pleases him.

Matthew 5:10

Blessed are those who are persecuted

for righteousness' sake,

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

For November 13, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

November 13, 2016

Preaching: Nathan Snyder

Sermon Text: Luke 14:12-24

Sermon Title: Don't Miss This Banquet

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#7) From All That Dwell below the Skies

Preparation Hymn: (#529) Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Response Hymn: (#W7) Come to the Waters

Closing Hymn: (#474) Blow Ye the Trumpet, Blow!

Meditation on God's Law: Sixth Commandment

Supporting Passages: Isaiah 55, Matthew 5:9

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Esther 10 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: (NO Daily Worship)

Tuesday: (NO Daily Worship)

Wednesday: (NO Daily Worship)

Thursday: Isaiah 55 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Matthew 5:9 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: Luke 14:12-24 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Luke 14:12-24

[12] He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. [13] But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, [14] and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”

[15] When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!” [16] But he said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many. [17] And at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ [18] But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.’ [19] And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.’ [20] And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’ [21] So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’ [22] And the servant said, ‘Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’ [23] And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled. [24] For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.’”

Matthew 5:9

Blessed are the peacemakers,

for they shall be called sons of God.