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Our Trip to Concho Valley OPC
This last weekend I took some of my kids to the White Mountains. We went to celebrate with the saints of Concho Valley Orthodox Presbyterian Church their becoming a new church within our presbytery.
In a passage I preached on during a special service, the Bible says, “Rejoice with those who rejoice.” It is one of the ways we use our bodies as Christians, especially within the body of Christ.
So we travel, shake hands, hug, and sing. We praise God together.
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“Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?”
I saw the Salton Sea for the first time on my way home from presbytery yesterday. And since I only had one pair of shoes with me, I had to do some cleaning before church this morning. Also, I learned after we left the sea that the mud is probably toxic.
This is my former professor, W. Robert Godfrey, as drawn by my seven-year-old. Note the handsome striped tie. He’s giving a lecture on the ancient church, in case you can’t tell.
No school today and it was raining. So while the ground was easier to dig, the kids expanded our backyard rainbasin.
Ryan McGraw on Corporate Prayer: Why and How
Today, I read Ryan McGraw’s exegetical defense for corporate prayer and its necessity for preaching. He bases his argument on John 14:12–14 and a certain pattern in Acts. Pretty convincing. It should be read along with his other essay-booklet, How Should We Pray at Prayer Meetings, which gives good advice on the specificity of prayer requests, the focus of our prayer, avoiding vain repetition, and more.
With that, let me encourage members and friends of Covenant to attend our 9:00am prayer meeting each Sunday before worship.
