This week we will continue our look at overcoming, which by definition involves something painful. (Enduring something wonderful would be called enjoyment.) Overcoming always results in resumption of forward progress and with Christian overcoming, it also grows our faith, exhibits grace, and offers forgiveness. Overcoming doesn’t always take away the pain of the memory or […]
Chapel Worship Guide for Sunday 9 AM, August 18, 2013 The Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell Worship this morning is provided by the First Presbyterian Church of Libertyville Prelude Welcome—Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park Worship in Song: God Himself is With Us (Hymn 375) Scripture Reading (Old Testament) Exodus 3-4 (selected verses) Scripture Reading […]
“I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you” (John 15:15). By way of hitting the “pause button” for a take-away from this week’s look at Overcoming, let’s go […]
One of the principles of Kingdom vision we talked about yesterday involves expectations. Jesus expected suffering. But He wasn’t a fatalist. How did He avoid fatalism while still being realistic? The Miriam-Webster Dictionary defines fatalism as “a doctrine that events […]
Yesterday we recalled that Jesus overcame the world (John 16:33). He sure didn’t do it the world’s way. His way reflected Kingdom vision and despite temptations, Jesus set before us the way of the Cross. In the temptations of Jesus recorded in Matthew 4, we see several kinds of suffering and temptations to deal with it […]
Are you facing injustice? Adversity? Anger? Sadness? Disillusionment? Prejudice? Persecution? Frustration? Disenfranchisement? Are you tired of being misunderstood? Put down? Unappreciated? Pigeon-holed? Unwelcome? Judged? Are you waking up every day and looking in the mirror at an illness that threatens to rob you of all joy the same way it robs you of energy and […]
I’m glad you all like the hymn series we’ve been doing lately. They minister to my soul as well. It also helps me to see how many Overcomers have been in this world. It’s kind of like what God says about our Christian faith: Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great […]
Chapel Worship Guide for Sunday 9 AM—August 11, 2013 The Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell Worship today is provided by First Presbyterian Church of Libertyville Instrumental Prelude— Welcome—Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park Worship in Song— Morning Has Broken (Hymn 553) Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (Hymn 25) Scripture Reading (New Testament): Luke 1: Luke […]
The hymn “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee” is actually a well-known classical composition by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) arranged with hymn lyrics. The lyrics were written in 1907 by Henry J. van Dyke. About the lyrics, he wrote: These verses are simple expressions of common Christian feelings and desires in this present time—hymns of today […]
If we’re going to talk about overcomers, let’s not forget William Walford who penned “Sweet Hour of Prayer”. Christianity.com records his story this way: William Walford was blind, but this did not make him worthless. On the contrary, as he sat by the fire in his English home in the mid-nineteenth century, his hands kept […]
