I Want to Know What Love Is

I Want to Know What Love Is

This evening we are looking at Ephesians chapter 3, 14 through 21, continuing in several prayers that we are studying. As I was preparing this week, several songs were running around in my head. My kids said I can’t walk to the pulpit and sing “I wanna know what love is” or “ya can’t hurry…

The Power of Prayer

The Power of Prayer

As you sit down, please turn with me to the book of Ephesians.  We’re going to be looking at chapter 1.  We’ll be looking at the closing prayer there by Paul, which is found in verses 15 through 23, the end of the chapter.  So that’s Ephesians 1:15-23.  As we turn to this passage, this…

Unsung Heroes: Tychicus

Unsung Heroes: Tychicus

O Lord, we ask now that You would open our ears that we may hear Your voice, open our eyes that we may see Your glory, open our hearts that we may know Your truth. Show us what it looks like to live a faithful, Christian life, and even more than that, show us Christ,…

Why the Ascension?

Why the Ascension?

Tonight we’re celebrating the Ascension. We’re used to celebrating different aspects of Christ’s work in the Church and hopefully you’ve heard of the Ascension, but it’s not every year that we would set apart more than perhaps a song or two on Sunday to really think about the Ascension. In the Reformation Church, moving away…

A Call to Put On

A Call to Put On

Dear God, this is our prayer, that you would show us Christ, give us grace now to receive Your Word. Your Word is powerful, but we are weak, and if the Word is to have its full effect, You must make our hearts good soil. You must show us Christ. And so give us ears…

A Call to be Strong

A Call to be Strong

Let’s pray as we come before the Lord in His Word. Our gracious heavenly Father, we need thee every hour, and surely I need your help that I might preach Your Word with faithfulness, with boldness, with clarity. We are so grateful that the Word of God is not bound and that the Spirit of…