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“Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised!”
Whether you are planning a vacation to our beautiful mountain community, live here full or part-time, or are just visiting the site – please know that a warm welcome, friendly people and the love of Jesus will always await you at Grace Community Church.
We are a non-denominational church and as well as our regular services, we offer Women’s Bible studies, Men’s activities, Youth meetings and a variety of seasonal events and outreach opportunities. A nursery and Children’s Church are available on Sundays as well as activities on Wednesdays.
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Pastors Steve & Joyce Doerter
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This sermon reminds us that God has given us HIS righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ. If we have received Christ as Savior, though we may not yet see all the changes we would like to see in our behavior, the gift of righteousness is still ours. It is no longer based on our performance but on God’s free gift. As we begin to see ourselves as God now sees us – His righteousness becomes our experience. God, “made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him”.
This review contains sixteen mini-sermons of each of the messages in the “Your Identity In Christ” series.
Often when something arises that poses a threat to us in some way, we have a tendency to react rather than respond. Our “knee-jerk” reactions usually bring regret rather than resolution. “Holding Your Peace” builds on a previous message entitled, “The Battle Is The Lord’s”. We continue to examine what it means to wait inwardly on the Lord and allow Him to fight our battles by learning to ‘hold our peace’. Moses told the children of Israel, ‘Do not be afraid, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord’. What great advice for us today!
This sermon examines the practical application of turning our battles over to God and allowing Him to fight them for us. A graphic illustration of this is found in the story of Jehoshaphat in 2 Chronicles. He is faced with a seemingly invincible enemy army. He didn’t know what to do, but as he sought the Lord, Jehoshaphat is told that the battle he is to fight is not his, but God’s. Jehoshaphat believed God and sent the praise team out ahead of the troops. The enemy army turned on itself and was completely destroyed. The Bible tells us to be anxious for nothing and to cast all our cares upon Jesus. When you don’t know what to do, do what Jehoshaphat did - seek the Lord and allow Him to fight your battles.
The Apostle Peter said that as living stones, we should offer up spiritual sacrifices. Paul said in Romans that we should present our bodies as a living sacrifice. A sacrifice will always cost you something. When you apply these verses to the topic of praise and worship, you realize that tradition can create a comfort zone for worship that keeps us from abandonment and giving our all. In examining King David, a man known for his heart after God, he worshiped the Lord with all of his might. He abandoned himself in praise before the Lord and later stated he would behave even more undignified than this. Like David, we should let our heart for God be manifested in our praise and worship and cultivate a greater sense of freedom knowing that we are worshiping before an audience of One!