If you've ever wondered how far the Lord would go to make sure you were his own, peer down into the manger and look up onto the cross.
There’s your answer.
When Jack Williamson spoke at the very first #pcaga, he thought it important to remind the elders of the new denomination of the importance of humility.
This week’s memory verses - “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
This week’s memory verse (10/3) The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” Deut 31:8
Hardship in the hands of your Redeemer, is a tool of grace. You’ve never heard anyone say, “I had three of the easiest, most comfortable years of my life and I grew so much and learned so much.”
Corporate worship is designed to encourage you to cry for help to the one who always knows just what you need and who will meet you with boundless love, infinite wisdom, incalculable power and inexhaustible grace.
If you truly care about the truth you will want people to believe it. Say it in the most hearable way possible without compromising in the slightest. Don't say it in an unnecessarily abrasive way and then, when rejected, pat yourself on the back for being valiant for truth.
Corporate worship is designed to fill your heart so full with the glorious glory of God, that there is no room for it to be controlled by the pursuit of the lesser glories of the world around you.