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Next Worship Service

Sunday, November 15, 2026
7F Chapel, 11AM
25th Sunday after Pentecost

Scriptures: Matthew 6:9-13
Message: Glory
Preacher: Pastor Michael Lu

Recent Sermons & Services

Announcements

*** Announcements for the Week of November 8th ***

  • DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING (DBR)
    Join us tonight at 8pm for our weekly Sunday Devotional Bible Reading.
  • CELEBRATION OF THANKSGIVING DAY
    SLPC has prepared Thanksgiving cards that you can fill out to express your gratitude and encouragement for people that have impacted your life. Cards are available at the Welcome table. After filling out the card(s) please put it in the designated box on the 1F counter before November 15 for later display.

  • OUTDOOR WORSHIP
    We will have an outdoor worship at Linsen Park (林森公園) on Sunday, November 22 @ 11:00am. We will first meet on the 7th floor at 10:40 AM and then leave for the park. There will be no regular EM service in the 7th FL Chapel that Sunday.
  • THANKSGIVING DAY CONCERT
    There will be a Thanksgiving Day concert in the 10F hall at 12:45 PM on Sunday, November 22. Various groups of SLPC will perform on stage to give thanks and praises to the Lord. It’s open to everyone.
  • OFFERTORY RECORDS VERIFICATION
    SLPC encourages its congregation to verify his/her offertory records through SLPC’s Line OA member service. Contact James for help on access.
  • OFFERING ENVELOPES
    Please use the dedicated envelopes for different kinds of offerings: tithe, building fund, thanksgiving, seasonal, special occasions, and etc.
  • THE ELECTRONIC CONNECT CARD
    The electronic version of the Connect Card can now be accessed by scanning the new QR Code below.
    eConnectCard
    Or by clicking this link: https://forms.gle/AJqmNU2HkizjJXNH6
  • SCAN OR CLICK TO SIGN-IN EVERY SERVICE
    Please scan the service QR Code around the Chapel entrance or on the bulletin, or click the Sign-In link that will be posted in the EM Family Line group chat each Sunday morning for attendance.

***Special Notice***

Hello brothers and sisters in Christ! May the peace of Christ be with you!

The Taiwan CDC has loosened its policies on the COVID-19 restrictions. However, it’s an enclosed space inside the church. As a result, please observe the following guidelines when inside the church premises:

1. Please make sure you have your masks properly worn when entering and inside the church. Disinfect your hands with alcohol if necessary. Maintain social distancing whenever possible.

2. If you don’t feel well, exhibit symptoms of cold, or have been in close contact with people who are contracting COVID-19, please consider to stay at home and participate the online service instead.

3. Food and drinks are conditionally allowed inside the church compound.

Thank you and let’s worship God together on Sundays!

Electronic Sunday Bulletin
EM encourages its congregation to use the electronic version of the Sunday bulletin to save paper.  Please click the following link to access the eBulletin:

https://shorturl.at/R1UBt

Or scan the following QR code.

If you have any suggestion regarding the eBulletin, please let us know.  Thank you!

SERVE IN EM

Come and serve in EM!  You can join the Liturgy, the Audio/Video team, the Praise team, the EM Choir, the Homeless Ministry team, or the Kids Club.  Email: emcaresforyou@gmail.com for more info.

Bible Verse of the Week


John 4:23
But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers.


WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL

BEHOLD, THE FEAR OF THE LORD, THAT IS WISDOM
(REFLECTIONS ON JOB 28:1-28)

Pastor Michael Lu

Why is it so hard for people to live solely for the glory of God, and to give their lives up completely to Christ who bought them with His life? Why is it easier to turn to God and want to use Him rather than be used by Him?

It is because the human mind is too strong. We look at what we have built with our minds, with our hands, with our intellect, and it is great and vast. We have built kingdoms, pathways to the universe, and we have amassed the fortunes that lie hidden in the earth.

In today’s Scripture, Job begins stating that there are so many treasures available within the reach of humanity. All these things of value to people, there is a way for us to obtain them, control them, and use them for our purposes. And that is why it is so hard for us to live in submission to the cross and Christ, because we live as lords in this world.

We have built, we have conquered, we have controlled, we have overcome! Yet, there is one thing out of the grasp of humanity. And perhaps this is the thing that we need the most. We don’t need more intelligence, confidence, pride, accomplishments, but we need God‘s wisdom.

12 “But where can wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?
13 “Man does not know its value,
Nor is it found in the land of the living.
14 “The deep says, ‘It is not in me’;
And the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
15 “Pure gold cannot be given in exchange for it,
Nor can silver be weighed as its price.

20 “Where then does wisdom come from?
And where is the place of understanding?

27 Then He saw it and declared it;
He established it and also searched it out.
28 “And to man He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.'”

We can have so much in the world, but the one thing that we need, that is God’s wisdom, which is available in God and God alone, is the thing that we can’t obtain on our own. God’s wisdom can only be obtained through Christ by the Holy Spirit, because the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom.

The fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. Let us sit what that statement for a moment. The fear of the Lord, giving up our pride, our ego, our personal desires, and bowing down in awe and reverence to God, that is wisdom. Wisdom is not to be found, to be held, to be obtained, but it is the fear of the Lord.

When it is no longer us who live, but Christ lives in us, then we are through Christ connected to God, and that is wisdom. That is because in order for us to come to Christ is the work of the Holy Spirit, and not of ourselves, but a gift of grace. However, if we reject it, and want to just find wisdom using the way we have conquered the world, then we will not have the fear, reverence, and awe of the sovereign God in us.

Yes, grace is undeserved and unmerited favor. However, can we accept grace, or do we still want to do it our own way? Perhaps accepting grace, requires the fear of the Lord, and the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom.

More of you Lord, less of us. More of Christ, Lord, and less of us. Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom.