Good morning and welcome to Harding Street Church of Christ. We are so glad you chose to worship with us today and I hope that something that you hear today uplifts you and grows your relationship with God. We have finally gotten a little more Fall feeling weather here in Arkansas, and I can feel those holiday feelings starting to appear. I personally always look forward to this time of year to see family and spend time together as we celebrate all the holidays. We’ve also been blessed with some much needed rain! I hope you were able to enjoy some of the rainy days we have had in the last few days, and look forward to the rain we have in the forecast this coming week.
This week the Bible verse I focused on was Romans 12:1, “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.” We have to ask ourselves constantly, are we presenting ourselves in a way that is a pleasing living sacrifice to God? Are we presenting ourselves in a way that God will look down on us and find joy in His children? If we aren’t we need to make a change within ourselves. We must live every day working towards being better reflections of God, showing God’s nature through our lives.
Speaking on God’s nature, we are beginning a new lesson series on Sunday mornings titled, “The Nature of God.” Through this series I hope we can grow a better understanding of who God is and how we can better serve Him. This week we will start the series by looking at the Holiness of God. In the coming weeks we will look at other aspects of God’s nature such as the love of God, the mercy of God, the justice of God, and a few others. I hope that you will join us every Sunday morning to hear these lessons so we can grow to be better Christians and learn to live in accordance with God’s will. We are also starting a new series on Sunday evening titled, “The Seven I Am Statements of Jesus.” Tonight we will look at the first lesson where Jesus claims that he is the Bread of Life. I hope you will also make an effort to join us on Sunday evenings to hear some lessons about our Savior.
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