Please find below the notes from the Elder's Prayer this past Sunday. Psalm 65:1-8 Praise is due you, O God in Zion and to you shall vows be performed. O you who hear prayer, to you shall all flesh come. When iniquities prevail against me, you atone for our transgressions. Blessed is the one you choose to bring near, to dwell in your courts! We shall be s...
Keep Reading Please find below the notes from the Elder's Prayer this past Sunday. Regeneration Valley of Vision O God of the highest heaven, Occupy the throne of my heart, Take full possession and reign supreme, Lay low every rebel lust, Let no vile passion resist thy holy war; Manifest thy mighty power, And make me thine forever, Thou art worthy to be praised with my every ...
Keep Reading Please find below the notes from the Elder's Prayer this past Sunday. I will be using Psalm 139:13-16 as the basis of my prayer this morning... Psalm 139:13-16: For You formed my inward parts;You wove me in my mother's womb.I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;Wonderful are Your works,And my soul knows it very well.My frame was not hidden f...
Keep Reading Please find below the notes from the Elder's Prayer this past Sunday. Father, on the occasion of this earthly Father's Day, thank you for the father's you have given us, according to your providence and plan. In your sovereign plan, through great times and also challenging times for some, you have used these men to guide us and direct us, to the place we are today. For t...
Keep Reading Please find below the notes from the Elder's Prayer this past Sunday. Ps 103:8-14 Father God, thank you for giving us your word as it tells us what you are like. It tells of your kindness and love toward us. Your word tells us in Psalm 103 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always chide, nor will he keep his a...
Keep Reading Please find below the notes from the Elder's Prayer this past Sunday. Valley of Vision - A Puritan Prayer Living by Prayer O God of the Open EarTeach me to live by prayerAs well as by providence,For myself, soul, body, children, family, church;Give me a heart frameable to thy will;So might I live in prayer,And honour thee.Being kept from evil, known and unknown.Help me ...
Keep Reading Please find below the notes from the Elder's Prayer this past Sunday. (Ps 135:5-13) For I know that the Lord is great and that our Lord is above all gods. Whatever the Lord pleases, He does, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps. He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; who makes lightnings for the rain, who brings forth the wind from H...
Keep Reading Please find below the notes from the Elder's Prayer this past Sunday. True Religion - Valley of Vision LORD GOD ALMIGHTY,I ask not to be enrolled amongst the earthly great and rich,But to be numbered with the spiritually blessed.Make it my present, supreme, persevering concernTo obtain those blessings which are Spiritual in their nature, Eternal in their continuance, Sa...
Keep Reading Please find below the notes from the Elder's Prayer this past Sunday. This morning I'll be looking to Lamentations 3:22 23 as the basis for my prayer this morning. "the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;His mercies never come to an end;They are new every morning;Great is Your faithfulness." Lord, we come to You at the beginning of this new year with confidence in...
Keep Reading Please find below the notes from the Elder's Prayer this past Sunday. Dear Lord, once again we thank You for the opportunity to meet together this morning We are humbled again today to clearly see Your hand at work in someone's life in this public profession of faith I'm also mindful, of Psalm 46 this morning, from which our first song to You was taken You are our Refu...
Keep Reading Please find below the notes from the Elder's Prayer this past Sunday. For the past number of weeks, Pastor Bret has been delivering messages having to do with the providence of God. In particular as it pertains to Joseph in the book of Genesis. In some sense, every message we receive has to do with God's providence as it is written all over the pages of the scriptures an...
Keep Reading Please find below the notes from the Elder's Prayer this past Sunday. Good morning... Recently, I have been especially mindful of folks in our Body that are experiencing various kinds of trials. While trials are very real and challenging and even heart wrenching, it is important to understand them in light of God's word.... one helpful passage of scripture is: Jas 1:2-...
Keep Reading Please find below the notes from the Elder's Prayer this past Sunday. What a true and beautiful song we just sang... In days of peace and days of rest In times of loss and loneliness Through rich and poor, your word is true That all my ways are know to You No trial has come beyond Your hand No step I walk beyond Your plan The path is dark outside my view Still all...
Keep Reading Please find below the notes from the Elder's Prayer this past Sunday. The Apostle Paul was so very faithful in caring for and praying for those who the Lord put under his charge. He understood that their spiritual growth and condition were primary. This morning, I would like to look briefly at a passage where Paul tells the brethren how he is praying for them and then wo...
Keep Reading Please find below the notes from the Elder's Prayer this past Sunday. I have really come to appreciate the time and effort that Dawson and the music team put into the selection of the songs we sing. They are careful to assure that they are scripturally accurate and helpful to our souls The first song we sang today, God is for Us, is one that I dearly love and brings joy ...
Keep Reading Please find below the notes from the Elder's Prayer this past Sunday. Read and pray through a Psalm of ThanksgivingPsalm 95:1-6 1 Come, let's sing for joy to the LORD, Let's shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation. 2 Let's come before His presence with a song of thanksgiving, Let's shout joyfully to Him in songs [with instruments.] 3 For the LORD is a great God And...
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