Family Worship

At Pentecost, Jesus poured out the Holy Spirit from heaven, and baptism is one of the pictures God gives to help us understand that gift.

Father, Son and Spirit work together at Pentecost to bring others into their eternal, joyful life of love.

The Spirit-inspired Scriptures give needed clarity about God's ongoing work.

Pentecost signals the great scope and power of the Spirit's transformation.

Pentecost season teaches us power of long and steady, slow but sure transformation by Word and Spirit.

Jesus models embodied lessons through which we tangibly experience his resurrection and ascension.

Jesus' forgiveness and commissioning of Peter are a picture of resurrection life making all things new.

Rest in Christ's resurrection involves receiving God’s provision to meet our needs as we simply hear and obey him.

We daily choose between true joy by trusting in Christ's resurrection or inevitably being let down by placing our highest trust in rival pretenders.

Sometimes what can be hard to understand or accept as spoken words becomes much clearer when we experience Jesus provide for a very physical need.

Jesus' resurrection brings a new creation in which Sabbath peace comes not only at the end, but also at the beginning.

Lead your family into obeying the resurrected Jesus’ central command to his followers—“Rejoice!”

Easter season teaches us the discipline of celebration.

Surrender to God's will in Holy Week is the path to celebrating God's victory on Easter.

Sing Psalm 32 as a family to fill your minds and hearts with its truth as we round out the season of Lent.

Jesus defeats Satan's final wilderness temptation and now leads us into his victory.

Scripture Reading Matthew 4:1-2, 5-7 Big Idea (For Parents) The sequence of wilderness temptations during Jesus’ 40-day fast is patterned after that of Israel in its Exodus from Egypt. After Israel’s baptism in the Red Sea (Exodus 14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-2; cf. Matthew 3:13-17), they immediately faced a hunger temptation, which they failed by sinful grumbling (Exodus 16:2; cf. Matthew 4:1-4). Having nevertheless received bread from heaven (Exodus 16:4), the people next experie

Scripture Reading Matthew 4:1-4 Big Idea (For Parents) Jesus was fully tempted as we are so that he alone might defeat temptation for us. Having done so, he now empowers us by his Spirit to progressively do the same. Thus, because he is our Savior, he is also now our example. “Wilderness” situations in life involve intentional fasting from—or divine removal of—some of God’s good gifts. These situations test us and mature us into those who, like Jesus, walk in victory over t

Scripture Reading Isaiah 58:1-7 Big Idea (For Parents) Isaiah here describes God’s intention for Israel’s one regular divinely-appointed Old Testament fast, the Day of Atonement. That season began with the “Feast of Trumpets” (Leviticus 23:24-25; cf. Isaiah 58:1) followed by the Day of Atonement ten days later (Leviticus 23:27). God told the Israelites to “afflict yourselves” on that day (Leviticus 23:27) so that their sincere self-examination would foster the confession, rep

Scripture Reading Matthew 6:1, 16-18 Big Idea (For Parents) Jesus assumes that his people will fast as a spiritual discipline and therefore instructs them how to do it rightly. Our church does not require observance of Lenten fasts or other aspects of the church calendar, but it does recommend biblically-aligned fasting as a valuable means given by God to further his redemptive purpose. The one regular divinely-appointed Old Testament fast was that of the Day of Atonement