Pastor Chris Daukas, from our sister church in Peoria AZ, preached from Philippians 4:4-7. He reminded us that we are not to rejoice in all of our circumstances, but in all of our circumstances we are to rejoice in the Lord. We think deeply about how God has acted in our lives and His disposition toward us. We think about His nearness to us. We accept His invitation to come to Him with every situation we face.
Our lives are not our own. We belong to Christ and we devote ourselves to His purposes.
This week we're learning a new song to express our devotion to Christ. Listen above and come ready to sing with us.
MY LIFE IS AN OFFERING
Verse 1
This life is an altar
Where I want to offer
My soul and my mind and strength
Cleansed by Your mercy to live a life worthy
Of the One who called my name
Chorus
Jesus, be glorified
Jesus, be magnified
Let me be a pleasing sacrifice
Jesus, be glorified
Jesus, be magnified
Here at the altar
My life is an offering
Verse 2
How could I not love You?
You authored my rescue
Raised me up, from death to life
Your Spirit is in me, revealing Your glory
Oh, what joy as I give my life
Bridge
I choose to lose my life, Lord
And find it in You
Sovereign Grace Church has a rich and full community life. We want to make sure you are aware of the many ways God is regularly drawing us together outside of Sunday mornings. Take a look at the list below for the month of May.
You can also stay up to speed by syncing with our master calendar.
Every June we honor and pray for those graduating from High School. It's an important moment to mark a job well done and the start of a new and exciting season. We wouldn't want to miss it!
Fill out the form below so that we can get you more details and a gift:
The church office has collected a few items which were left behind on Sundays. If you believe you left an item at church, contact Anne and describe it. If we have it, she will get it to you.
Join us in fasting on the first Friday of every month in 2018. Church members who fast for all 12 Fridays will be invited to a year-end party to celebrate the answers to our prayers.
If fasting is new to you, here are some instructions.
Our prayer focus for May are the churches in the Western region of our denomination. These are the churches we partner with most closely to ordain pastors and plant churches.
On Thursday our Pastoral Team piles into a minivan and heads to Phoenix, AZ. They'll be spending three days with pastors from seven churches in the western United States for our denomination's Regional Assembly of Elders. In these meetings they'll be discussing, strategizing, and praying for our work to train pastors and plant churches. Keep them and their families in prayer this week.
On Sunday Paul shared how the Lord met him at our Men's Retreat:
Let me begin by mentioning that I attended the retreat because my wife encouraged me to go and assured me that she and our 5-month old daughter would be just fine. So a big thank you to her.
At the Men's Retreat I experienced the oneness of the body, seeing all the men from different churches dwelling with each other in unity. It reminded me of Psalm 133:1: "How good and pleasant it is for brothers to dwell in unity." We sang with passion. We prayed. We listened and learned. We competed against each other (with humility). We had fun.
Near the end of the retreat we were given the opportunity to speak about what God was laying on our hearts. Our fellow church member Miguel spoke about several things, but one thing he did say was "There is much hope in the Christian life!"
It filled me with joy being reminded that the Father sent His beloved Son to die and to redeem us from our sins so we will live at peace with Him forever, all because He loved us. Like we studied in Romans 8:32 "He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?" God is going to care for us all the way to the end.
I love being a part of a church with men who love God and are committed to their families and their church. Thank you to the men who I count as dear friends. Thank you to the rest of the church who sent us.