Ascension/7th Sunday of Easter. Verse for the Week: Revelation 5:13 I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea. They all sang: “Blessing and honor and glory and power belong to the one sitting on the throne and to the Lamb forever and ever!” Call to Worship: Psalm 詩篇 47 1 Come, everyone! Clap your […]
5th Sunday of Easter. Verse for the Week: Psalm 98:1 “Sing a new song to the Lord, for he has done wonderful deeds. His right hand has won a mighty victory; his holy arm has shown his saving power!” Call to Worship: Psalm 詩篇 30:1–5, 11–12 1 I will exalt you, Lord, for you rescued me.You refused to let my […]
“Christ isn’t where we expect him to be. He is where we need him to be.”
Palm Sunday, 2020. Verse for the Week: John 3:14b–15 “The Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.” Call to Worship: Psalm 118:1–2, 19–29 1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. 2 Let all Israel repeat: […]
5th Sunday of Lent Verse for the Week: Matthew 20:28 “For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Call to Worship: Psalm 24 1 The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to […]
Then Jesus began to tell them that the Son of Man must suffer many terrible things and be rejected by the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He would be killed, but three days later he would rise from the dead. As he talked about this openly with his disciples, Peter […]
Matthew 2:1–18 Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod. About that time some wise men from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose, and we have come to worship him.” King Herod was deeply disturbed […]
When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, from whom every fatherhood in heaven and on earth takes its name. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts […]
But very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. They found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. So they went in, but they didn’t find the body of the Lord Jesus. As they stood there puzzled, two men suddenly appeared to them, […]
But tell me this—since we preach that Christ rose from the dead, why are some of you saying there will be no resurrection of the dead? For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, then all our preaching is useless, […]