Church Family,
This past Sunday we looked at Psalm 32 which centers around a clear point and counterpoint. First, it tells us “blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven.” There is a true and utterly unique joy that comes from receiving the forgiveness found in the work of Jesus Christ. By contrast we are told that “many are the sorrows of the wicked.” While it may at times seem appealing to live in unrepentant sin that is just a deception of sin itself. In reality it makes the sinner waste away and leads ultimately to death. As we reflect on this psalm this week let us consider if we recognize godly blessedness and the sorrow of sin or if we have fallen prey to sin’s lies and envy the unrepentant. Let us pray that God would open our eyes to the joy that is found in faithfully following Him.
Guest Preachers for July
As per usual we will have guest preachers covering all the sermons in the month of July. This allows for people from both inside and outside our church to have the joy of preaching and to gain a little more of the valuable experience that preaching provides. This also allows Bryan the benefit of sitting under the preaching of the word and frees him up to put in some hard work on things like planning future sermon series and, especially this year, preparing the church to take on new ministry efforts like running Christian Challenge on the ASU Polytech campus. We encourage you to be praying this month both for guest preachers we will have over the next few weeks and for our elders as they enter into an intensive period of planning.
Sunday Studies
We just wanted to take a second to remind you that while our Wednesday night ministries are on break for the Summer, our 9 a.m. Sunday Studies are ongoing. These classes are a great way to address important matters on a topical basis and to do so with a discussion-oriented approach that allows us to speak into each other’s lives in a unique way. If you’re not already in the habit of making it to these classes we would greatly encourage you to give them a shot.
Grace be with you,
Logan Murphy
Pastoral Intern