This page is put together by Pastor Brandon and is updated on Thursdays to help you prepare your heart for the next Sunday Gathering.
Use prayer to help guide you through these areas of preparation, and then use the drop-down boxes below to find the sermon text, songs and more!
Confess sin to God and others. Come with a believing heart ready to receive and believe God’s Word. Come ready to engage in fellowship with others.
Sunday, July 28th
Andrew Cheatham
“Disciples are Witnesses”
This Sunday we will continue to memorize the last part of our memory passage from Philippians 2. Take some time to read through the text in context with the whole passage and think about how you can respond in worship to God’s word.
“7b… And when he had come as a man, 8 he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death—even to death on a cross. 9 For this reason God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow—in heaven and on earth and under the earth—11 and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
“I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips. I will boast in the Lord; the humble will hear and be glad. Proclaim the Lord’s greatness with me; let us exalt his name together.” – Psalm 34:1-3
This Sunday we will be wrapping up our summer series on aspects of our identities as disciples of Christ. Pastor Andrew Cheatham will be preaching on our identity as a witness. Do you consider yourself a witness for Christ? If you have tasted and seen the goodness of the Lord and find your refuge in Him, you are a witness. And what do witnesses do? They share what they have seen, heard and experienced. As disciples, we bear witness to what Christ has done so that others may come into a right relationship with God. As we live lives of worship in proclaiming the Lord’s greatness, may we ask the Lord to help us to be faithful witnesses.
Next date: July 28th
Here are some ways that you can prepare your hearts to sit at the Lord’s Table, which we partake in twice a month together:
Reflect – Reflect on the person and work of Christ.
Meditate on who He is and what He has done.
Examine your heart – Examine your heart and confess any sin or areas of misplaced hope.
Examine your love – Examine your relationships. Is there anyone that you need to reconcile with before taking the Lord’s Supper.
Rejoice – Come with gladness and thanksgiving that God has made you worthy to enter His presence.
New Song Highlight – Run and Run (Christ Is All My Righteousness)
This new song we learned last month reminds us that the Gospel is not about what we can do but what Christ has done for us. Even as believers we need to be reminded that our good works do not result in salvation but are a result of salvation. We need to be reminded that our only boast is in Christ, who is our righteousness.
“30 It is from him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom from God for us—our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption— 31 in order that, as it is written: Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 1:30-31