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New Meeting Location
10/13/2010 (11:43 AM)
Beginning October 17, 2010, Emmanuel Chapel will be meeting at the Red Lion Colonial Hotel for Sunday worship. The address is 2301 Colonial Drive, Helena, Montana (map).
Sunday Morning Exhortation
05/12/2010 (10:56 AM)
Children belong in the worship of God. In the Bible, we find children participating in the life and worship of the people of God. I remind you of the words of 2 Chronicles 20:13 (which I read last week), “Meanwhile all Judah stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.”
Worship is not adults-only time. Children have a place in the assembly of the Lord–even if they don’t yet understand what is happening.
Now once we realize this, there are certain difficulties that arise. Babies cry. Small children have various needs. There will be distractions. There will be times when the children have to be taken out of the service. Having children in the worship service can be a lot of work at times–especially for parents.
For a parent, having your children with you in the service can be very challenging, and even trying. There might even be times when you think “I’m so busy with my children, that I don’t feel like I’m able to worship. I’m not able to closely follow the service and participate.”
But remember, participation in worship is not only about singing the songs, and being able to follow the sermon.
For the Christian parent, participation in a worship service is going to involve some new things. It’s going to mean taking your children out of the service (perhaps multiple times) for diapers, or for correction. It’s going to mean explaining things to your children from your seat so that they can better understand what is happening. It’s going to mean holding up a hymnal for your child, or teaching them to lift up their hands at the Gloria Patri, or teaching them to bow their heads for prayer.
Parents, you might not always be able to follow the worship service as closely as you might like. But don’t think that you are not participating in worship. This IS participation in worship. As you faithfully parent your children during the service, it is part of your spiritual sacrifice which the Lord is pleased to receive.
Sunday Morning Exhortation
03/25/2010 (11:01 AM)
In Psalm 27:4, King David says,
“One thing have I desired of the LORD, that I will seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.”
This is amazing! King David is saying in this inspired Psalm that the greatest desire of his heart is to be in the place of worship and in the presence of the Lord all the days of his life. He is saying, “I want to approach the Lord in worship every single day!”
This is what worship should be like for us. The “one thing” that all of us should desire is to dwell in the Lord’s house all of our lives. There is no greater thing than to be before the Lord in worship. It is a beautiful thing to come before him singing Psalms, offering prayers, and hearing his word in the Spirit-filled fellowship of his people. Is this the desire of your heart?
This is what we have come to do this morning. We have come here this morning to experience the ONE THING that King David sought after. We have come here to gaze by faith upon the beauty of the Lord.
May we all taste and see that the Lord is good!