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Monday, June 05, 2023

The Blessedness of Treasuring Christ over Crowns or Crowds [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 5:1–12]

What does the blessed life look like? Matthew 5:1–12 looks forward to the opening portion of morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these twelve verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the whole of the Christian’s blessedness is not from himself but in and from Christ. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

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CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

▫Midweek Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, May 1. 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 5. Q91 What is the fifth commandment? The fifth commandment is, Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. [CC 91 Simply Explained: “Why the 5th Commandment Is 5th”]

▫Shorter Catechism for May 5. Q30 How doth the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ? The Spirit applieth to us the redemption purchased by Christ, by working faith in us, and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling. [WSC 30 Simply Explained: “The Spirit Brings Us into Christ”]

▫Memory Verse for May 5, Matthew 7:19, Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

▫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).