Prayer & Preparation for January 22nd, 2023
This Lord's Day
Hey church,
Here are some details about this week's services:
Songs: "Living Hope," "Before the Throne of God Above," "Hail the Day," "O My Soul Arise," "His Mercy Is More," and "He Will Hold Me Fast"
Sermon text: 1 John 2:1-6
Sermon title: "What Fellowship Has Light with Darkness?"
Cross-references: John 1:29; 3:16-17, 19, 36; 5:14; 8:11; 14:15, 21, 23-24; 15:1-16; 17:6; Romans 3:21-26; Hebrews 2:17; 8:12; 1 John 1:1-10; 4:19; 5:13
Relevant quotes and teaching:
"Be always greatly abased for your remaining sin and never think that you lie low enough for it. But yet be not discouraged or disheartened by it, for, though we are exceedingly sinful, yet 'we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous,' the preciousness of whose blood, the merit of whose righteousness, and the greatness of whose love and faithfulness, infinitely overtop the highest mountain of our sins."
Jonathan Edwards
"The Holy Spirit represents Christ to us here on earth, and the Son represents us to God in heaven."
Warren Wiersbe
Here's the promise/blessing I'm praying for our church family through God's Word this week. It's from the book of Jude:
"May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you who are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ. May you keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life by building yourselves up in your most holy faith, and by praying in the Holy Spirit."
"Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesu Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen."
By His Grace & For His Glory,
Jeff Tague
