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Sunday, December 7, 2025
2nd Sunday of Advent

Scriptures: John 14:1-4, 25-27
Message: “My Peace”
Preacher: Pastor Michael Lu

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Announcements

*** Announcements for the Week of December 7th ***

  • HOLY COMMUNION
    There will be a Holy Communion next Sunday (12/14). Please prepare our heart for the service.
  • CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION DINNER
    EM will host a Christmas celebration dinner in the 12th floor chapel at 17:00 on Saturday, December 13. It’s open to EM members and your family and friends. Please sign up so that we can better prepare for the event.
    Sign-up: https://forms.gle/FqFLg5bAMubgKYu4A
  • CHRISTMAS GOSPEL TEA PARTY
    SLPC will host a thanksgiving and testimony-sharing musical concert in the 10th floor hall from 13:30 to 16:30 on Saturday, December 13. Registration is needed if you would like light refreshments. Click the link below to sign up:
    https://forms.gle/FJhNKndS8XqrhPkc9
  • SILENT NIGHT CONCERT
    Various groups of SLPC will perform on stage to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus in the 10th floor hall at 19:30 on Wednesday, December 24. 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!

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Bible Verse of the Week


John 14:27
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."


WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL

STRENGTH OF THE LORD
(REFLECTIONS ON NEHEMIAH 6:1-14)

Pastor Michael Lu

Nehemiah and the Jews endured great opposition in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem. However, this was nothing new for this post-exilic community. The rebuilding of the temple of the Lord also came with great opposition.

The challenging thing about this opposition is that it didn’t just come once, and then just disappear. However, we find that as hard and focused Nehemiah and the Jews were on rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, so were their enemies in stopping the work. It is as if the more force they put into the effort, the more force their enemies used to push back.

Does our life and walk in faith also sometimes feel like that? Perhaps we think to ourselves if we can pray more, serve more, give more to God, then the enemy will see our devotion and then give up.

However, what is our experience as a church? Don’t we often find that the more we desire to build up our relationship with God, and build up His church, that rather than seeing the opposition disappear behind us, we see the enemy exerting an equal amount of force right back at us?

What is it then that will get us over the hump, that will push us over the top? Should we be frightened by the opposition, take a step back, and ultimately give up? What did Nehemiah do?

9 They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed.” But I prayed, “Now strengthen my hands.”

Nehemiah prayed that the Lord would strengthen his hands. Nehemiah knew that with his own strength alone, he couldn’t overcome the power of the opposition. Yes, when we depend only on our own strength to build up our faith and build up the church, we may also feel like we aren’t making any progress and that the enemy is pushing even harder back at us.

However, we are reminded to pray, that it is the Lord that will strengthen our hands, and when it is the Lord’s strength that is pushing, the world will realize that we have a force that it does not have.

The world will not be impressed by our strength,
because the world has its own strength as well.
However, when it sees the strength of the Lord,
it will realize that is a strength it does not have.