We have a great day of worship this past Lord’s Day at
the Shiloh Church.
I love my congregation!
It is encouraging that our members were blessed by our
Wednesdays in the Word kick-off this past week.
Saturday morning, I taught our New Members Class. It was
the first time being on Saturday. I think the first time around went pretty
well.
I am enjoying teaching my new Sunday school class. I
finished my lesson this morning on the nature of God that I called, “Who is
God?”
As always, I am grateful for all of the guests who were
in worship with us.
Our Fighter Verse(s) today were Psalm 103:1-4. The verses
to memorize this week are Psalm 103:5-7.
We celebrated the Lord’s Supper in both of our morning
services. What a blessing!
We extended the Right-Hand-of-Fellowship to our new
members for the first time. It was nothing formal, but special, nonetheless. I
simply want to affirm our new members before the congregation and share with
the congregation how the Lord is adding to the church.
I really do count it a privilege every time I have the
opportunity to lead the congregation in corporate praise.
I preached from 1 John 1:8-10. I called the message,
“Being Honest with God.”
Focusing on verse 9, I sought to explain what it means to
confession your sins to God.
Outline:
I. The
place of confession
A.
Confession is a necessary part of the Christian
life.
B.
Confession is a natural part of the Christian
life.
II. The
practice of confession
A.
Take personal responsibility.
B.
Be specific.
C.
Repent.
D.
Do it promptly.
III.
The power of confession
A.
Confess your sin with confidence in God’s holy
character.
B.
Confess your sin with confidence in God’s
amazing grace.
I have enjoyed preaching these first three messages from
1 John. I look forward to the remainder of the study.
My next message from 1 John: “What Every Christian Should
Know About Sin” (1 John 2:1-2).
Praise God for those who were saved and added to the
church today.
After church, we had lunch with one of our Bible Study
Fellowship groups. It was a good time of fellowship. I need to set Galatians
5:22-23 to memory again. I was not ready for the pop quiz.
The New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots
21-17 to win Super Bowl XLVI.
In typical H.B. fashion, I slept through the second half
and woke up to see the last two plays of the game.
