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Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Comfort As Sure and Strong As Our God and His Word [Family Worship lesson in Isaiah 40:1–11]

What hope can there be for a people under the judgment of God? Isaiah 40:1–11 prepares us for the first serial reading in public worship on the Lord’s Day. In these eleven verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the only hope for a people under God’s judgment is the good news of God Himself. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

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CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

▫Midweek Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, October 9. 6:30p in the Chapel. (see the Prayer Meeting Folder) We will hear a sermon from Proverbs 4:1–9 then PRAY until around 8:15 p.m.

▫Session Meeting, Thursday, October 10, at 6p.m. in the Fellowship Hall

▫Children’s Catechism for October 13. Q114 What is the third petition? Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven [CC 114 Simply Explained: “The Third Petition”]

▫Shorter Catechism for October 13. Q53 Which is the third commandment? The third commandment is, Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His Name in vain. [WSC 53 Simply Explained: “The Importance of Worship Demeanor” and “Which Is the Third Commandment”]

▫Memory Verse for October 13, Matthew 12:19–21, “He will not quarrel nor cry out, nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets. A bruised reed He will not break, and smoking flax He will not quench, till He sends forth justice to victory; and in His Name Gentiles will trust.”

▫HCCFS School Campout, Friday–Saturday, October 18–19. All are welcome to a (big!) campfire dinner, fellowship, a (big!) extended-family worship, to stay the night (as desired), and to have breakfast and worship again in the morning. The Johnstons are co-hosting this with the school and will have more information.

▫Monthly Men’s (and future men) Breakfast, Saturday, October 26, 7a in the Fellowship Hall (Read chapter 11 of A Holy Vision for Family Life by William Gouge).