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Serving Together for Tomorrow: Day 3

Pray for us to have the courage of our convictions and to never be ashamed of the gospel.

by David Joynt on October 18, 2016


ROMANS 1:16-17

Pray for our denomination. At the recent General Assembly in Portland, Oregon, yesterday’s principles were rejected. A majority refused to affirm the first Great End of the Church, articulated in our Presbyterian Polity, the proclamation of the gospel for the salvation of human kind. Rev. Gale Watkins, of our own local Presbytery of Grand Canyon, spoke to the need for us to recommit to evangelism given our precipitous decline from 4.5 million members to 1.5 million. His pleas went unheard.

VPC must connect our service to witness in ways that reveal the truth of the gospel and the joy of the faith. Not to share our faith is to fail in the great commission and to abandon the Jesus of the N.T., who claimed to be “the way, the truth, and the life.”

What reasons have you seen for decline?

Pray for us to have the courage of our convictions and to never be ashamed of the gospel.

Family Focus: Share your favorite song or hymn. What does it say about Jesus?

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