Prayer & Preparation for June 18th, 2023
This Lord's Day
Hey church,
Here are some details about this week's service:
Songs: "Rejoice," "Christ Our Hope in Life and Death," "My Soul Finds Rest," and "A Mighty Fortress"
Sermon text: Haggai 2:1-9
Sermon title: God's Covenant Call to Courage
Cross-references: Jer. 31:31-40; Rom. 4:16-25; Heb. 12:25-29; Rev. 21-22
Parents and babies we celebrate: Joshua, Kayla, and Henry Close; Jared, Rachelle, and Isabelle Holycross; Nick, Alison, Lydia and Daniel Martsolf; Bryce, Emma, and Ezra Modglin; and David, Rachael, and Eden Wolfenden
Favorite quote from my study and preparation:
"It is still very easy in building the kingdom of God, the Temple of New Testament times, to be overcome by pessimism, seeing only the problems and not the possibilities...The way forward is to act in faith. It also requires that we act with values determined by God's perspective. It is not a matter of grand structures or visible splendor. The church is not assessed in this way. It is a matter of lives dedicated to him. This can be achieved by the presence of the Spirit. Paul may plant the seed and Apollos water it, but the growth is from God alone (1 Cor. 3:6). Let us not discount our greatest asset."
John MacKay
Let's pray that God would use his Word and his servant to enable us all to "not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal" (2 Cor. 4:16-18).
By His Grace & For His Glory,
Jeff Tague
