If your week has been anything like my week, than the last thing you are preparing for is the Lord's Day. Christmas can be the most busy time of the year. My wife was commenting the other day as we were headed off somewhere with the kids that Christmas can often be a "non-family" event if we aren't careful about what we commit to and where we spend our time. The same thing can happen for the Lord's Day.
We often come into church with last weeks burdens and the following weeks worries on our shoulders. So how do we prepare? Get your family together. Read a few passages on the Lord's Day. Genesis 2, Exodus 20 or Deuteronomy 5. Remember that it was God who gave us His Son Jesus that we might be brought up out of the bondage of sin just as Israel was to remember how God brought them up out of the "house of slavery" which was Egypt. Don't just read...pray. Use the means of grace that God has given us to get your heart prepared. Give thanks to the Lord in your prayer. Ask him to open your heart to hear His Word. Pray for the leadership of the church that they might be able to lead God's people into true worship in "spirit and in Truth".
Let the Lord's Day be a delight to you and to your family. I am looking forward to bringing God's Word tomorrow as we take a look at Jesus who is the Seed of the Woman and as we look at the faithfulness of God's servant Mary. Let's continue on this journey as we get closer to Christmas. See you on this Lord's Day.
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Preparing for the Lord's Day
Posted by Pastor Dan at 5:34 PM
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
It's funny but in order for my Lord's day/ Christmas to be a family event I would have to not be involved in the church on those days. In some ways I look forward to escaping them in order to be with my "church family". I know the Lord is in control and I can never know the final outcome of things but I often wonder.... Will I be the only one from my family who will be found in Christ when He returns?
You have to keep preaching the Gospel and pray that God would change hearts in the way we cannot. I know you are already doing this and would encourage you to keep the faith and keep preaching Christ brother.
Post a Comment