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Thursday, June 22, 2023

Fit for the Service of the High King [Family Worship lesson in 2Timothy 2:20–22]

How does a believer who loves the Lord advance in usefulness to the Lord? 2Timothy 2:20–22 looks forward to the second serial reading of in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these three verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that by rejecting short-sighted cravings and pursuing instead righteousness, faith, love, and peace, believers crave the Lord from single-minded hearts that are thus prepared for every good work.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

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▫Midweek Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, May 8. 6:30p in the Chapel. (see the Prayer Meeting Folder) We will hear a sermon from Romans 14:1–9 then PRAY until just after 8 p.m.

▫Children’s Catechism for May 12. Q92 What does the fifth commandment teach us? To love and obey our parents and teachers. [CC 92 Simply Explained: “What Honoring Authorities Looks Like”]

▫Shorter Catechism for May 12. Q31 What is effectual calling? Effectual calling is the work of God’s Spirit, whereby, convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our wills, He doth persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the gospel. [WSC 31 Simply Explained: “The Call That Awakens Our Soul”]

▫Memory Verse for May 12, Matthew 8:17, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses.”

▫Session Meeting, Thursday, May 23, at 6p.m. in the Fellowship Hall

▫Monthly Men’s (and future men) Breakfast, May 25, 7a in the Fellowship Hall (Read chapter 9 of A Holy Vision for Family Life by William Gouge, beginning at the bottom of p136).