Evening Prayer in Distress [Family Worship lesson in Psalm 141]

How should we pray when we are in danger of sinning? Psalm 141 looks forward to the opening portion of morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these ten verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that we should pray against our sin as those who come to God smelling like the worthiness of Christ, confident that He will finish the work of making us to be like Christ. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Climax of Blessedness in Christ [Family Worship lesson in Psalm 134]

How does the worship of the church climax? Psalm 134 looks forward to the opening portion of morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these three verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the worship of the church climaxes in the evening worship, in heaven itself, and especially in the Lord Jesus Christ. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Jesus's Urgent Message to Every Church [Family Worship lesson in Revelation 1:19–2:7]

What is Jesus looking for in a church? Revelation 1:19–2:7 looks forward to the hearing of God’s Word, publicly read, in the holy assembly on the coming Lord’s Day. In these nine verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that Jesus knows our works, and wants us to persist in loving Him by them. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Creational Church Calendar [2024.12.08 Evening Sermon in Numbers 28:1–10]

We were created and redeemed to come to God through Christ, which we are to do especially morning and evening, day by day, and week by week on the Lord's Day

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The Creational Church Calendar [Family Worship lesson in Numbers 28:1–10]

What does a new age in redemptive history call for? Numbers 28:1–10 looks forward to the hearing of God’s Word, publicly read, in the holy assembly on the coming Lord’s Day. In these ten verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that we must keep worshiping morning and evening every day, and Sabbath by Sabbath, until redemption has been fulfilled, and the new creation comes.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Recovering Biblical Families [2024 Reformation Conference Session #1 in Deuteronomy 6:4–9]

Families are God's original plan for humanity, for the church, and for society. He calls them to family worship, morning and evening, and to have His Word as their primary fellowship and identity.

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The Urgency of Drawing Near to God Via His Means [Family Worship lesson in Psalm 119:145–152]

How do we combat the nearness of the wicked? Psalm 119:145–152 looks forward to opening portion of morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these eight verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that we are to seek the nearness of the Lord by prayer and the ministry of the Word. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Lord Who Makes Himself Known As the Continual Hearer and Answerer of Prayer [2023.01.22 Evening Sermon in Exodus 30:1–10]

God not only meets with His people to speak with them, but also even to hear them.

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Prayers Set before God as Incense, and Going Up Morning and Evening, and Continually [Family Worship lesson in Exodus 30:1–10]

What does God highlight by putting the instructions for the incense altar at this point in Exodus? Exodus 30:1–10 looks forward to the p.m. sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these ten verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that God does not only meet with His people to speak with them, but also even to hear them. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)