When we walk in the light of Christ, we have fellowship with one another. When we confess our sins, the One who is faithful and just forgives our sins and cleanses us from all unrighteousness. For in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, God has showered mercy upon the entire world. AMEN.
Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By God’s great mercy we are given new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading.
Praise, honor, glory, and power to the One seated on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever!
Jesus was handed over to death for our sins.
And was raised to life for our justification.
Then what can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or hardship?
Can persecution, hunger, nakedness, peril, or sword?
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Christ, who loved us.
For we are convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Nor powers, nor heights, nor depths, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
If you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are of the earth.
For we have died, and our lives are hidden with Christ in God.
God of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant,
Make us complete in everything good so that we may do your will, working
among us all that is pleasing in your sight; through Jesus Christ, to whom be
the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Watchword for the Week
If we walk in the light as God is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 1 John 1:7
Daily Watchword
If riches increase, do not set your heart on them. Psalm 62:10
Doctrinal Text
Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:21
Today’s Prayer
Where is our treasure, Lord? Help us to offer open and giving
hands to you and to your people, destroying barriers of greed that can shield us from you. Amen.
Congregation Watchword for the Year
The Lord will bless his people with peace. Psalm 29:1
