Bulletin 9.6.26
"'Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.'" Revelation 4:8
Reflection Before The Service
Reflection Before The Service
catharsis
noun /kəˈθɑr sɪs/
A releaseof emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy). Coined in this sense by Aristotle.
– Cambridge Dictionary
Meditate on this and internalize it: the heart of sin – all kinds of sin – is willful independence. We want to do life on our own terms, to be in charge, to stand on our own two feet. We don ’t want to be a burden on anyone. The chorus we often repeat is, “I’ve got it. I ’m good.” But then some struggle just brings us to our knees, and we are totally unable to handle it with our own resources. God often uses exactly this sort of thing to break us more deeply of our intractable desire for independence. We begin to realize ... I’m worse than I think. I don ’t just need a little help; I need a big Savior whose grace is big enough for big sinners .
– Marc Davis, Is God Disappointed With
Me? (New Growth Press booklet; 2025 p. 17)
But what is true of the first turning (conversion) of the sinner to the Lord must continue throughout the Christian life. There must be a daily conversion of the heart to God (Col. 2:6). And the more you deepen your repentance, the more room you have in your heart for the rivers of living water. The more you know that you are stained to the bone with selfish impulses, the more you see how you hold out
against the will of the Lord, then the more you will go to Christ as a thirsty center, who finds deeper cleansing, more life, and greater joy through the spirit.
– C. John Miller, Repentance (CLC Publications, 2009 p. 47)
The Call To Worship
The Call To Worship
The Revelation of Jesus Christ 4.8-11
And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say,
"Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD God, the Almighty,
who was and who is and who is to come."
And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and will worship Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
"Worthy are You, our Lord and our God,
to receive glory and honor and power;
for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created."
(Prayer)
Reflection Before The Service
catharsis
noun /kəˈθɑr sɪs/
A releaseof emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy). Coined in this sense by Aristotle.
– Cambridge Dictionary
Meditate on this and internalize it: the heart of sin – all kinds of sin – is willful independence. We want to do life on our own terms, to be in charge, to stand on our own two feet. We don ’t want to be a burden on anyone. The chorus we often repeat is, “I’ve got it. I ’m good.” But then some struggle just brings us to our knees, and we are totally unable to handle it with our own resources. God often uses exactly this sort of thing to break us more deeply of our intractable desire for independence. We begin to realize ... I’m worse than I think. I don ’t just need a little help; I need a big Savior whose grace is big enough for big sinners .
– Marc Davis, Is God Disappointed With
Me? (New Growth Press booklet; 2025 p. 17)
But what is true of the first turning (conversion) of the sinner to the Lord must continue throughout the Christian life. There must be a daily conversion of the heart to God (Col. 2:6). And the more you deepen your repentance, the more room you have in your heart for the rivers of living water. The more you know that you are stained to the bone with selfish impulses, the more you see how you hold out
against the will of the Lord, then the more you will go to Christ as a thirsty center, who finds deeper cleansing, more life, and greater joy through the spirit.
– C. John Miller, Repentance (CLC Publications, 2009 p. 47)
The Call To Worship
The Revelation of Jesus Christ 4.8-11
And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say,
"Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD God, the Almighty,
who was and who is and who is to come."
And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and will worship Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
"Worthy are You, our Lord and our God,
to receive glory and honor and power;
for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created."
(Prayer)
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