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Don’t Just Be Passively Hospitable

In Romans 12:13, Paul points out that one effect of God’s mercy on his people is that they “seek to show hospitality.” Seek. Pursue. Chase after. They are not merely willing to be hospitable when someone comes to the door or asks for a favor. But they seek to show hospitality. They’re looking for and…

Communion

Come and join us this Lord’s Day as we remember the death of the Lord Jesus and the communion we have with Him and each other because of His death. The Lord’s Supper is an important part of worship because it expresses the infinite worth of Christ – perhaps as gloriously as anything that ever…

Church – a safe place???

            My wife called my attention to a couple of advertisements by churches for “Easter” (Resurrection Day) that invited people to come to their particular church and then emphasized that it was a “safe place for your family.” Is safety really an issue in deciding where you should go to church? Pastor Andrew shared with…

Rise Up and Come Away

“My Beloved spoke and said to me, Rise up, my love, my beautiful one and come away!” — Song of Solomon 2:10 Lo, I hear the voice of my Beloved! He speaks to me! He bids me “Rise up!” and well He may, for I have long enough been lying among the pots of worldliness.…

Summer Ministry Offering

March 22nd, 2009 Dear church family or friend of Springs of Grace,    Grace and peace from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  I cannot remember a time when the needs and opportunities before us as a church have ever been greater. The challenge of impacting the lives of those God has given us to love…

The Sorrow and Joy of the Seasoned Soul

It is not a sign of a seasoned Christian soul that steady joy is untinged with steady sorrow. Or to put it positively, the seasoned soul in Christ has a steady joy and a steady sorrow. They protect each other. Joy is protected from being flippant by steady sorrow. Sorrow is protected from being fatal…

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