January 2, 2016 - Church at Worship

Sermon: “Altar Ego”  - by Gilda Roddy

Pastoral Welcome: Roy Ice

Scripture Reading: Colossians 3:12–17, TNIV

Children's Feature: Filip Milosavljevic

Sermon Notes: 

 In the beginning God created… (Genesis 1:1)Two days into the new year and I wonder how many of us feel a nerve-racking challenge and a wish for a do over? The opportunities of the new year that require us to be genuine and commanding can instead cause us to feel powerless with anxiety of anticipating the hurdles that lay ahead of us.God calls us today to stand before the Creator and embrace who He created us to be. Through Christ, we can die to self and flourish in our altar ego. In dying to the self-life, we discover an abundant life by depending on God, who provides much more than we can imagine. By dying to our earthly ways, we exit the darkness and enter into the light, and there is where we experience times of refreshing and life to the full – in God’s presence!

Gilda Roddy

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