Grace Baptist Church

God shows compassion on His children. Tomorrow we will celebrate Father's Day by celebrating our heavenly Father and His steadfast commitment to the needs of His children. Allow Psalm 103 to encourage your heart, whether you are oppressed, guilty, or weary. And join us as we consider a psalm that urges us to worship God as He truly deserves.

Speaking the Psalms to one another is not an option in our churches. As the congregation is filled with God's Spirit (Ephesians 5:19) and allowing God's Word to richly dwell in us (Colossians 3:16), we will be speaking Psalms to each other. And so our church is beginning a summer series on the Psalms. This Sunday, we will consider how great God is as our theme for the service. We will also learn about the book of Psalms as a whole and dive into the shortest Psalm of the 150. Let's sing the Psalms of the saints and draw closer to God in song.

Speaking the Psalms to one another is not an option in our churches. As the congregation is filled with God's Spirit (Ephesians 5:19) and allowing God's Word to richly dwell in us (Colossians 3:16), we will be speaking Psalms to each other. And so our church is beginning a summer series on the Psalms.

We have witnessed the effects of heart-breaking evil this week. 19 children's lives were torn from families leaving the whole country in mourning. What should be safer than an elementary school? Our world is getting increasingly violent and evil. And our hearts break. We will be sure to pray for these families Sunday, as I trust you have already been doing faithfully. What is a response other than grief? What answer is given to a society, and what can Christians do in a society of great evil? Our text for Sunday really answers this among other questions. What do you do when the days are evil?

Do you know the answer to this question? "What is the chief end of man?" This has been asked and answered millions of times by families churches and individuals over the centuries. Sunday, we'll consider the answer through a text from the final pages of the human history book in Revelation. In the worship service Sunday we will consider that God is worthy of worship. Let's come ready to worship Him!

Whether it's interpersonal turmoil, internal turmoil, or international turmoil, you are, no doubt, facing some type of uproar. We are all in that boat. Times change, but turmoil does not; so the steps given to rest during times of turmoil in the Bible are just as appropriate for us today. They are God-breathed and profitable for us for every step. In Psalm 4, the Lord gives us practical instruction on the steps to take to find inner peace even when the outward circumstances continue to unravel.

This Sunday, we'll be able to look at a Psalm that shares the secret to a families success, but also shares God's perspective on both birth and the vanity of trying to accomplish anything without God's compassionate care. We'll focus on God's compassion as our theme for Sunday's service.

This Sunday we will continue to focus on our mission as Christians now that the Lord has ascended. He made clear to His disciples what their lives should be about, and that is our mission too. Let's Follow Him.

The Resurrection of Christ, of course, is not the end of the story of Christ. In one sense, it is just the beginning. And as he ascends to the Father, He gives a commission that all His followers took seriously... to this day. The life of Christ is more than a doctrine, it is a calling. And that calling is what we look at Sunday from Matthew 28:18-20.

God Speaks Through His Word