First United Reformed Church of Oak Lawn

                                  

Preparing for Corporate Worship  -  Sunday, July 13, 2025 
Services at 9:30 AM and 5:00 PM

Dear Friends,

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Good day to each of you. I pray your week has gone well. It seems the Lord is bringing us much needed rain. We are dependent on Him for every blessing, so all praise to our God.

As you know I teach the men of that church in Kenya. Well this week the son of my interpreter took ill and medications at the local hospital could not save him. This young boy died and his parents are grieving. Please pray for Steve and his wife and the congregation there.

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-MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE
Sunday morning we will begin our series "Chronicles of Christ: The Bible in 66 Sermons; #1 Genesis." Genesis is an amazing book and lays all the groundwork for the other 65 books of God's Revelation.   I  pray this first sermon will be a blessing for all. 

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Scripture Reading: Genesis 1.1; 17.7; 50.20

 Text: Genesis 3.15

Message:  “The Bible in 66 Sermons: #1 - Genesis”
 

Theme: We marvel at God’s amazing salvation plan begun in creation and sustained in covenant

1. Genesis in its context

 

2. Genesis in its Christ-centered focus

 

3. Genesis and its covenant applications

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EVENING WORSHIP SERVICE
In the evening we see Jesus Christ as our worship leader on the Lord's day from Psalm 22.22-24 and Lord's day 38. This is an incredibly helpful text and really presses home the value and significance of each Sunday worship service. Come hear the blessings of living out the fourth commandment!
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Responsive Reading of Psalm 22.1-21
Scripture Reading: Psalm 22.22-24

Catechism Reading: Lord’s Day 38

Text: Psalm 22.22-24

Sermon:      “Jesus the Worship Leader Every Sunday”                                           
 

Theme: The worship leader each Sunday is the resurrected Jesus Christ

Each Sunday in corporate worship He…
 

1. …tells us God’s Name

 

2. …directs us to lift praise to God

 

3. …teaches us that just as God remembered Him, so He has not forgotten us!

                                          

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Let's join in prayer between now and Sunday that the upcoming Lord's day would be a spiritual blessing for us, richly feeding us with bread from heaven.

As the Lord continues to strengthen our faith in the truth of His Word we have more and more reason for heart-felt joy and more to tell our neighbors who live nearby but who are far from Jesus Christ. The Lord IS coming again and when He returns there will not be one moment more for them to repent and believe - today is the day of salvation! Let's come to His house on Sunday to be further instructed in these vital things.

I hope we can see one another in church Sunday.  In either case, let's keep praying for one another in these challenging days.

So we have important and helpful truths to fill our hearts this Lord's day. Pray with me that our God would be very kind to us and grant us what we need.

Please pray for one another and for our gathering to celebrate the salvation given to us by Jesus Christ. May the Lord bless and care for each of you and your family members.

Please pray that all would be done to the glory of the Lord and for our good. Pray for strength 

May our kind and strong God bless and keep each of you toward the Lord's day upcoming.

 Please pray that each ear will be open, all hearts soft to receive, and our hands and feet and mouths ready to respond to all our God tells us. 

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Would you all commit to pray for the peace of the Lord to calm the hearts of those who are facing some turmoil and challenge right now? As we know, the enemy is ever busy trying to draw our attention away from the joy of the Lord in the salvation Jesus has won for us. Pray that Jesus would increase in all things in our minds and hearts!

May you have a fruitful day and a joy about returning to the house of the Lord!

It will be a blessing to see you in church. Let's pray that the Lord is glorified in our gathering together and we each are edified in Christian truth​

May each of you know His great mercy!

 

May the Lord receive the honor and glory from everything we do.
 

May the Lord richly bless each of you as you prepare for the Lord's day.

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Please be much in prayer for worship on the Lord's day 
 

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There is no better place to be on Sunday!

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Pastor Harold Miller