Hallow the Sabbath

Preached by Rev. G.W. Fisher on 07/24/11

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Exodus 34 - Moses Reacts pt. II

The continuation of a summer evening sermon series on the 34th chapter of the Book of Exodus.

Preached by Pastor GW Fisher on 08-29-2010

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Being Delighted & Satisfied with God in Worship. Preached by GW Fisher on 09/27/09

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The Vanity of All Idolatry - preached by GW Fisher on 09/20/09.

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Come, Bless the Lord (Psalm 134) preached by Pastoral Intern Jason Anspach on 07/12/09.

Psalm 134
A Song of Ascents.
1 Behold, bless the LORD,
All you servants of the LORD,
Who by night stand in the house of the LORD!
2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary,
And bless the LORD.

3 The LORD who made heaven and earth
Bless you from Zion!

No doubt, devotional feelings were habitual in the hearts of our first parents.  No doubt, they sent up, more formally, their morning and evening prayers; but more time is needed to daw off the thoughts from visible thigns, and to concentrate them on the great invisible Giver of existence.  Short snatches of time ar enot sufficient to perform this noblest of all duties in a proper manner. A whole day, at certain periods, was needed, so that there might be time for the contemplation of divine things, and for the full and free exercises of devotion.

- A.A. Alexander

Hebrews 10:25 - Be Here Now

Preached by Pastoral Intern Jason Anspach on 04/19/09

Hebrews 10:25

not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

Isaiah 40 - God Expects Me To Appreciate His Greatness & Supremacy

Preached by GW Fisher on 04/26/09

Isaiah 40

¹ Comfort, comfort my people,
says your God.

² Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and proclaim to her
that her hard service has been completed,
that her sin has been paid for,
that she has received from the LORD's hand
double for all her sins.

³ A voice of one calling:
"In the desert prepare
the way for the LORD ^[a] ;
make straight in the wilderness
a highway for our God. ^[b]

⁴ Every valley shall be raised up,
every mountain and hill made low;
the rough ground shall become level,
the rugged places a plain.

God hath made it our duty, by His institution, to set apart this day [the Sabbath] for special seeking of His grace and blessing.  From which we may argue, that He will be especially ready to confer His grace on those who thus seek it... The Sabbath day is an accepted time, a day of salvation, a time wherein God especially loves to be sought, and loves to be found...

- Jonathan Edwards

We need not detract from the excellency of private devotions, to magnify the public prayers of the church.  Both are necessary, and highly pleasing to God.  Yet it is no wrong to the private devotions of a particular saint, to give the precedency to the public prayers of the church.  God Himself tells us He "loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob," Ps. 87:2.  No doubt the prayers which the faithful put up to heaven from under their private roofs were very acceptable unto Him; but, if a sain'ts single voice in prayer be so sweet to God's ear, much more the church choir - His saints' prayers in consort together.  A father is glad to see any one of his children when he visits him, but much more when they come together: the greatest feast is when they all meet at his house.  The public praise of the church are teh emblem of heaven itself, where all the angels and saints make but one consort.

- William Gurnall