For Lord’s Day April 21, 2013 Dear Saints, As Elder Huffmaster’s Sabbath class is taking us through John MacArthur’s book on worry, Anxious for Nothing, and as I will be preaching this Lord’s Day evening on one of the book’s main texts we regularly revisit during his class, Matthew 6:31-34, I would like to encourage […]
For Lord’s Day, April 21, 2013 Dear Saints, In my personal devotions this morning, something stood out to me I’ve found beneficial to meditate on today that I hope you too will find meaningful. In John 6:38, Jesus says, “For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of […]
For Lord’s Day April 14, 2013. Dear Saints, In preparation study for sermons the next few weeks on the heart of the fourth commandment, I was very challenged by Chuck Baynard’s commentary on the Westminster Larger Catechism regarding its sections guiding our present evening sermons. It’s one of those kind of readings where I am […]
For Lord’s Day, April 7, 2013 Dear Saints, As we prepare to partake of the Lord’s Supper tomorrow evening, I want to challenge us to check and prepare our disposition with this comment from Geerhardus Vos (father of J.G. whose Commentary on the Westminster Larger Catechism you’ll often hear me quoting): “Jeremiah complains [2.9-11] that […]
For Lord’s Day, March 31, 2013 Dear Saints, Last week in the evening, we considered the second part of the Westminster Larger Catechism Q&A 117 about preparing for the Lord’s Day to properly sanctify it and the Lord in our hearts. This week in the evening, we will look at Q&A 118 and the responsibility […]
For Lord’s Day, March 24, 2013 Dear Saints, During this Wednesday Night’s study on Revelation 8:1-6, entitled “Pray without Ceasing”, we saw a vivid vision of Christ’s mediatorial role in receiving and answering our prayers, and a great encouragement to be prayer warriors. God executes His eternal decrees by Jesus Christ and through the prayers […]
For Lord’s Day, March 17, 2013 Dear Saints, For this week’s devotion, I’d like to share one of a number of Pastor Jeff Stivason’s emails to his congregation this week preparing them for the Lord’s Supper. His message equally prepares them for celebrating the Lord’s Day more broadly, which is the focus of our evening […]