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Prayer for Trunk or Treat – Day 6: but deliver us from evil
Are you counting down to the Trunk-or-Treat? One more day! Thank you for your faithfulness in prayers. Jesus said if we have faith as a grain of mustard seed, we can move mountains. Nothing is impossible with God. (Matt 17:20) Let’s contiue to pray in faith. but deliver us from evil: “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call upon the…
Prayer for Trunk or Treat – Day 5: And lead us not into temptation
And lead us not into temptation, “Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (Matt 26:41) Our merciful Father, though we are flawed and sinful people, we thank You that now through Christ we are now a new creation and a chosen people. We thank You for the Holy Spirit working in us daily to regenerate us as we seek You. We confess that in our present time,…
Prayer for Trunk or Treat – Day 3: Give us this day our daily bread.
Give us this day our daily bread. “He who did not spare his Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?” (Romans 8:32). Our Jehovah-Jireh, the Lord Who provides, You provided Abraham a ram for a sacrifice so his son Isaac was spared. Yet for our salvation sake, You did not spare your firstborn Son. Rather, because of your love toward us, You gave beloved Son up as…
Prayer for Trunk or Treat – Day 2: Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:9) Our infinite Father, your way is holy and wise. Because You are able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, (Eph 3:20) we lift up Cornerstone and the Trunk-or-Treat into Your hands. Let us seek Your will together and walk…
Prayer for Trunk or Treat – Day 1: Thy Kingdom Come
The annual Trunk-or-Treat outreach event is upon us. To prepare for this event, the Outreach Team is inviting everyone to join in intercessory prayers for the next 8 days leading up to the event on 10/26 at 12-2pm. If you are called to fast, please do so. Please be on the look out for the daily prayer email starting tomorrow, 10/19. It is a great opportunity to fill the role of our calling as a royal priesthood by offering our intercessory prayers on behalf of Cornerstone, Westford and the…
Christmas Eve Lesson #4: Why do we sing Joy to the World after Silent Night?
Tonight we are singing two songs in closing, Silent Night followed by Joy to the World. It’s pretty typical for churches to sing these one after the other on Christmas Eve, but why do we that? Let’s start with Silent Night. What’s it about? It tells us of the birth of the Savior by recounting three miracles. The first miracle is the birth of a child to a virgin girl. Verse one says, “Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child.” “Yon”…
Christmas Eve Lesson #3: Why “I Heard the Bells” rings true today.
Christianity Today recently published an article on the Christmas carol “I Heard the Bells.” As I read it I learned that the great American poet Henry Wadworth Longfellow wrote this song as a poem during the Civil War, “the bloodiest war in American history.” The lyrics reflect this terrible time: “And in despair I bowed my head; ‘There is no peace on earth,’ I said; ‘For hate is strong, And mocks the song Of peace on earth, good will to…
Christmas Eve Lesson #2: What does Emmanuel (or Immanuel) mean?
For the remaining lessons I’m going to introduce the songs we are about to sing. We are about to sing the Christmas Hymn O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. This is a beautiful and powerful hymn with the chorus, “Rejoice! Rejoice! Emman-u-el… shall come to thee, O Isra—el.” Now we’re not telling Emmanuel to rejoice but we’re telling God’s people to rejoice because God has come to them. The chorus itself makes a lot more sense if you know what the…
Christmas Eve Lesson #1: Do we worship baby Jesus?
Welcome to our lessons and carols Christmas Eve service. My name is Jonathan Romig and I am the Pastor of this church. We’ve just opened our time by singing O Come, All Ye Faithful. I think this is a great Christmas carol to open with because it’s invitation to us to come and worship Christ Jesus. But who is the Jesus we’ve come to worship? I once saw a scene in a movie that I thought made a really great…
Thankful for Every Square Inch
Psalms 136:4-9 “to him who alone does great wonders, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him who by understanding made the heavens, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him who spread out the earth above the waters, for his steadfast love endures forever; to him who made the great lights, for his steadfast love endures forever; the sun to rule over the day, for his steadfast love endures forever; the moon and stars to rule over the night,…
Advent Reading Christmas Eve: The Glorious Christ
Please enjoy Cornerstone Congregational Church’s reading for Advent on Christmas Eve, the Christ candle. Thank you Kathy Harwood for writing this reflection. For more advent readings click here.
Advent Reading Week 4: Love in Action
Please enjoy Cornerstone Congregational Church’s reading for the fourth week of Advent, the love candle. Thank you Kathy Harwood for writing this reflection. For other Cornerstone Christmas Advent Readings click here.