Grace Baptist Church

One of the most thought provoking sentences from I John has got to be "God is love." A one-word theology of God -- agape. Jesus stated that love summarizes all the commands of the Bible. This great action word summarizes God's nature and what we are to be in relation to Him and one another. So, of course it is also one of our primary directives for a Bible driven church. Let's worship the Lord Sunday for His great love toward us. And let's grow in our love for one another.

God grows His church spiritually and He uses you = ) You are the means He promises to use, that's why each of God's children are essential to the proper function of the whole body of the church. How can we do this effectively? When is someone ready to start building up others in the local body? We'll find a vital lesson that answers that question Sunday as we look at Galatians 6:1-5. Feel free to read ahead. In our worship service we will praise God for how He grows His church spiritually.

Let's look at some of the primary passages in the Bible about Discipleship and dig out primary Bible principles for successful Christian Discipleship.

God grows His church spiritually and He uses you = ) You are the means He promises to use, that's why each of God's children are essential to the proper function of the whole body of the church. How can we do this effectively? When is someone ready to start building up others in the local body? We'll find a vital lesson that answers that question on Sunday as we look at Galatians 6:1-5. Feel free to read ahead. In our worship service we will praise God for how He grows His church spiritually.

Join us for our 14 year old celebration. God has brought us through two sevens as a church. May He keep us for many more! I'm so thankful for the 75 volunteers that made this Sunday celebration possible. The Lord is good and gives good gifts to His church. Although they are not all named here, you will get to know a few of them as you hear songs, hymns and spiritual songs.

Although Jesus was King, God chose to reveal His Son as a Servant. Although He was the Lion of Judah, God revealed Him as a Lamb. We find instruction here in how we treat one another in the household of faith. In love, we must serve one another. This is our theme for Sunday as we continue to consider the church's primary principles. As we survey the ministry of deacon, we will find important truths for how to live today and how to glorify God in how we live.

As you know, another group of innocent bystanders was shot this past week in a 4th of July celebration. These events sadden and even anger hearts of compassion. "How long, Lord!?" We not only find this happening on the streets, but also acts of oppression, violence and injustice occur in schools, businesses/workplaces and communities all over the world. All too often people take advantage of others just because they are stronger or more well connected. How do we respond? How do we pray? We can learn from the Psalmist who responded in song when he saw violence enacted against the innocent. As we saw in our overview of the Psalms, there is a group of Psalms you could summarize as Justice Psalms. Psalm 10 is one of these where the Psalmist is face to face with oppression and he calls on God to act. How should we pray? Sunday we will look at this Psalm and praise the Lord for His justice.

We can trust God as our Leader because we know He cares for us and everything He does is good. He does all things well. And He causes all things to work together for good. All things! What a great promise. And so He calls us as leaders to treat others with kindness out of a heart that is good - that is godly. Sunday we will focus on God's goodness and how He works all things together for good.

We can trust God as our Leader because we know He cares for us and everything He does is good. He does all things well. And He causes all things to work together for good. All things! What a great promise. And so He calls us as leaders to treat others with kindness out of a heart that is good - that is godly. Sunday we will focus on God's goodness and how He works all things together for good.

Life can be confusing and dangerous. We may not know what direction to take or even what dangers to avoid. We need wise leaders. Praise God for being our Good Shepherd and giving us human shepherds to help us! But caring for others is hard, especially in settings of high sin and high stress. Every human leader is still human, with a sinful flesh and finite limits. This is why God gives much direction in Scripture to the shepherding leadership of His people. Join us for the worship service where we will praise God for His perfect shepherding.