Church at Home
In this season when we are not able to gather as the church, we remain committed to worshipping God by gathering in our homes around a common experience. We want to be united as a community who is devoted to prayer and hearing God through his Word.
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Welcome to Church at Home - Pastor Brett
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Scripture Readings: Psalm 118; Philippians 2:5-11
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Offering
Please continue to give to the church as we continue to fulfill the mission of the church.
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Prayer Guide:
Adoration
The Lord my God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes. He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing. (Deuteronomy 10:17–18)
Pause to express your thoughts of praise and worship.
Confession
God’s eyes are on the ways of a man,
And He sees all his steps.
There is no darkness or deep shadow
Where the workers of iniquity can hide.
He does not need to examine a man further,
That he should go before God in judgment. (Job 34:21–23)
Ask the Spirit to search your heart and reveal any areas of unconfessed sin. Acknowledge these to the Lord and thank Him for His forgiveness.
Petition
Let me hear Your unfailing love in the morning,
For I have put my trust in You.
Show me the way I should walk,
For to You I lift up my soul. (Psalm 143:8)
Pray for Faithfulness as a Steward
- Of time - Of talents - Of treasure - Of truth
- Of relationships - My activities for this day - Special concerns
Intercession
May I honor all people, love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, and honor the king. (1 Peter 2:17)
Pray for our Government
- Spiritual revival
- Local government
- Provincial government
- National government
- Current events and concerns
Thanksgiving
The Lord my God is the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commands. (Deuteronomy 7:9)
Pause to offer your own expressions of thanksgiving.
Closing Prayer
I know that my Redeemer lives
And that in the end He will stand upon the earth.
And after my skin has been destroyed,
Yet in my flesh I will see God;
Whom I myself will see
And behold with my own eyes and not another.
How my heart yearns within me! (Job 19:25–27)
From: Kenneth Boa, Handbook to Prayer: Praying Scripture back to God (Atlanta: Trinity House, 1993).
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Sermon - Following our King - Matthew 21:1-11
Sermon Study Guide
Use this guide this week to put the sermon into practice.
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Kid's Church: NEW CITY CATECHISM
Question 28
Q: What happens after death to those not united to Christ by faith?
A:They will be cast out from the presence of God, into hell, to be justly punished, forever.
Memory Verse:
John 3:16–18, 36
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. . . . Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
Prayer
Judge of All the Earth, we tremble to think of the judgment that awaits all outside your covenant. Before it is too late, may those we love be reconciled to you so that they do not suffer the punishment that is theirs, and would have been ours, apart from you. Amen.
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