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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

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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
    Today is the last day to fill out and submit Thanksgiving cards to be displayed around the church. After completion, please put them in the designated box on the 1F counter for display.

  • OUTDOOR WORSHIP
    Next Sunday (11/22) we will meet in the 7FL Chapel at 10:40 AM and then head out to Linsen Park (林森公園）together as a group. There will be NO regular EM Sunday service.
  • THANKSGIVING DAY CONCERT
    There will be a Thanksgiving Day concert in the 10F hall at 12:45 PM next Sunday (11/22). Various groups of SLPC will perform on stage to give thanks and praises to the Lord. It’s open to everyone.
  • TREE OF LIFE
    Take a heart-shaped card from the Welcome Table and write the name of a person that you want to come to know Christ. Hang the card on the tree outside of the 7FL Chapel. Pray for that person and invite them to our Christmas Tea Party on 12/12 from 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM.
  • 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


Matthew 6:13
'And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.'


WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL

WHO REMAINS STANDING?
(REFLECTIONS ON JOB 40:6-24; JOB 41:1-34; JOB 42:1-6)

Pastor Michael Lu

The Leviathan was known as a mighty beast that could not be tamed in the Old Testament times. Yet, even this mighty beast that today’s Scripture spends so much time in describing, cannot be compared to its Creator, the Almighty God.

41:10 “No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him (Leviathan);

Who then is he that can stand before Me?

11 “Who has given to Me that I should repay him?

Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine.

All of creation is God’s. So no one can stand between man and God except God Himself. Job’s friends can’t stand between him and God, Job can’t stand on his own in front of God, and even the Leviathan cannot stand before God. Only God Himself can provide the way for sinful humanity to be reconciled to Him.

But how does that work? It seems to require someone that is both God and man. Isn’t that Christ? Yes, that is Christ. He is 100% man, and 100% God. Since He is both, He can stand in the gap between man and God.

No matter if it is Job’s friends, Elihu, or Job himself, no one can stand justified in front of God, only through Jesus Christ, by the power of the Holy Spirit, can we approach God and be reconciled to Him.

42:5 “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear;

But now my eyes see You;

6 Therefore I retract,

And I repent in dust and ashes.”

Although we aren’t told exactly what Job repents of, his statement that he retracts his words suggests that he realizes that he can’t justify himself to God. Job now sees God, and what he sees is the greatness of God in comparison to the limitations of his own understanding.

Job recognizes that even his genuine righteousness and integrity do not give him the standing or authority to challenge God’s sovereign governance. His thoughts, his ideas of righteousness, even his good works pale in comparison with the God that created the universe, the Leviathan, and all things under the whole of heaven.

Job’s repentance is a reminder that we all need to come before God in humility, repentance, and submission. If a man like Job needs to repent, as he is practically perfect in our eyes, then who are we to remain standing proudly before our Lord God? If Job repents in dust and ashes, then shouldn’t we also bend the knee, and bow down to our God?

Who remains standing?

“For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time.” (1 Timothy 2:5-6)