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YOUR STORY, Elder-led Prayer, Marriage & US Supreme Court (Pastoral Emphasis for 4/26)

In preparation for week 4 of our Romans Bible Study series, read Romans 6-8 as we look at Sanctification & Righteousness Defended. Join us again on Wednesday at 7pm.

There is still time to submit YOUR STORY. We want to collect all YOUR STORIES into a scrapbook to be OUR STORY to leave as memorial stones for future generations to know GOD'S STORY of His faithfulness towards this church. Fill out & submit the YOUR STORY questionnaire online.

The next Elder-led Prayer will be held on Tuesday, April 28th, from 6-7pm. Everyone is invited to join us as we focus on specific prayer needs. If you are not able to attend but have prayer requests, you can submit them online.

We are glad to be worshipping today with our sister church, New Life Ministries of Apex (NLM). Pastor Daryl Cody came up and encouraged us from 1 Thess. 5:16-18 to rejoice, continue to pray to God (as our right as His children), and give thanks in all circumstances.

Minister Amekuedi will be preaching at NLM next Sunday for their morning service. I'm sure she would appreciate your prayers.

On Tuesday, the US Supreme Court is going to hear a fight over gay marriage. The case being argued on Tuesday will consider these two questions:

  1. Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to license a marriage between two people of the same sex?
  2. Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out of state? 

As Christians we know that it is not even possible for any government to actually redefine what God has defined from eternity. Ultimately marriage is about the union between Christ and His bride, the church, based on the creation of man and woman (Eph. 5:22-31). Without a Christian vision of marriage, we have no Christian vision of the Gospel.

We need to pray. Here's how we can pray:

  • Pray that the Supreme Court gets this right and stays within the limits of its authority—recognizing that the state did not create the family, and cannot recreate it. 
  • Pray that Jesus would overcome the chaos of adultery, abandonment, and divorce that the church has allowed in our own marriages and families. 
  • Pray that, regardless of whether our land’s highest court recognizes God's definition of marriage or not, we will hold steadfast.

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