Let’s pray. Our loving heavenly Father, we love what Your Word says in James 4:6, “but he gives more grace.” And so we claim Your promise, that though you oppose the proud, You give grace to the humble. We come now to Your Word with meekness and with confidence, with humility and with boldness. We […]
John
Like Father Like Son
Let’s pray. Forever, O Lord, Your Word is firmly fixed in the heavens. Your faithfulness endures to all generations. We have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is exceedingly broad. How sweet are Your words to our taste, sweeter than honey to our mouths. Feed us, gracious Father, with the bread of […]
Lord and Servant
Our Father in heaven, we trust that the words we have just sung were not simply words on a page or on a screen, but that they do reflect the intentions of our hearts. We want You to speak. We have heard from a myriad of voices, internet, television, newspaper, radio, friends, family, all week, […]
Love On Display
Let’s turn together in our Bibles to John 13, John chapter 13. We’ll be reading together verses 1 through 17. John chapter 13, verses 1 through 17. Let’s read together now from God’s Word. “Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart out of this world […]
Messiah Found
Let’s pray. Gracious God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we ask, we ask, that you pour out on us the same Holy Spirit that inspired the words we are about to read. Open our eyes, unfold your word, give us light, grant us the wisdom that is from on high. We need your help, […]
More than Enough
You know, there are certain elements in our order of worship, and if you’re here for any length of time, you begin to get accustomed to them. There’s a certain rhythm to how things are get done and there’s some things that change, but some things that don’t, and it’s helpful every once in a […]
More Wonderful Than You Know
Our gracious Lord, we ask not simply out of habit or custom, but because we are desperate for Your activity in our lives, that You would give us ears to hear. Help us to listen. Set aside not all the cares of this world, because we know that You tell us to cast our cares […]
Never Spoke a Man Like This
Let’s pray. Heavenly Father, we ask now that you would give us ears to hear and hearts to feel and wills to obey. Deal with us according to your steadfast love, and teach us your statutes. Show us Christ that we may love and worship Him, with all that we have, in light of all […]
Of Wind and Water
Let’s pray. Blessed Lord, who caused all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning, grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life which You have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ who lives and […]
One Man, One People, One Plan
Let’s pray. O Lord, we know the promise in Your Word, that though you oppose the proud, You give grace to the humble, and so we pray that we would not be among the proud this morning. I pray that You would make me humble. My prayer is that of John the Baptist that I […]
Our Debt to Heresy, Part 2
Our Infinitely Precious Savior
Our text this morning comes from John chapter 12. John chapter 12, as we enter into really the second half of John’s Gospel, and the second half is given over almost entirely to the last week of Jesus’ life. So here we are, before the triumphal entry, approaching that last week, as we turn a […]
Out of Darkness Into Light
Oh, Lord, what we have just sung is true, it is. We will all die. If you tarry, Lord Jesus, we will all die and we will breathe a final breath, and we will stand before You. We want to be ready for that day, and so as long as it is called “today,” give […]
Rivers of Living Water
Our text this morning comes from John’s Gospel, chapter 7. You want to have your Bibles open to John chapter 7, beginning at verse 25 through 39, and especially so because we will be flipping back to the Old Testament to get some background throughout the sermon to understand what’s going on here, so it’s […]
Seeing and Believing
Let’s pray as we come before the Word. Up from the grave He arose, with a mighty triumph over His foes. He arose a victor from the dark domain, and He lives forever s His saints to reign. He arose, He arose. Hallelujah, Christ arose. We pray, Father, together with the risen Christ that You […]
Seeing and Sending
Let’s pray as we come before the Lord’s Word. So they came to Philip and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” God in heaven, this is our request as well. We wish to see Jesus. We can see the news. We can see our social media feed, we can see out our window, […]
Session 1: What On Earth Is God Doing?
Stones to Throw
Our text this morning comes from John’s Gospel, chapter 8, the end of the chapter beginning at verse 48 through verse 59. John chapter 8, beginning at verse 48. “The Jews answered Him, ‘Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?’ Jesus answered, ‘I do not have a […]
The Called will Come and Never be Cast Out
Let’s pray. We come, O Christ, to thee, true Son of God and man, by whom all things consist, in whom all life began. In thee alone we live and move and have our being in Thy love. That is our posture, that is our prayer, that we come to You, O Christ. Some of […]
The Good Shepherd
Let’s pray. Give us now, O Lord, what we do not have in our natural selves: Love for one another, forgiveness for our offenders, wisdom to understand the times, generosity for the poor, compassion for the needy, heads that know how to show mercy, hearts that love the truth. Grant that we would be submissive […]
The Helping Holy Spirit
As you sit down, please turn with me to the Gospel of John, chapter 14, and we are going to be looking that second half of this chapter this evening, which is verses 15 through 31. John 14, 15 to 31. Here the Word of our Lord. ““If you love Me, you will keep My […]