Worshiping from Home | April 5, 2020
April 4th, 2020We are praying for you all as we seek the Lord Jesus together. We pray you are rejoicing in Him as our changeless, matchless King who reigns over us in all wisdom, grace, mercy, and love as He conforms us to Jesus, teaches us to look away from this world and to long for His coming, and fits us for heaven:
“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose” (Rom. 8:28).
“. . . you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come” (1 Thess. 1:9-10).
We love you, dear ones. Be greatly encouraged as this season of God’s providence reveals the frailty and fleeting nature of human life. Commit to pray that God will bring repentance to many people as they face the fear at the bottom of their unbelief.
As you look to Jesus, rehearse to your troubled, fretful, and often fickle soul that in Him you have true and everlasting life:
“If then you have been raised up 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 on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory” (Col. 3:1-4).
“And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together” (Col. 1:17).
We are the church of the living God, the people of God, the called-out ones who know and love the Lord of glory. We are loved by the Lord of glory. And nothing in all of this universe can thwart God’s love and will for you as His child bought with the blood of His holy Son:
“For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation (Corona Virus), will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 8:38-39).
As you listen to this week’s message and prepare your hearts for our time on Sunday evening, ask, “As a member of Jesus’ church, how am I seeking to live now in light of Jesus’ return to take His church to heaven?”
Be blessed and built up in Him.