Commerce Community Church

Today we celebrate Jesus, He Shall Be! It is Joy Sunday so first of all, "He shall be our Joy!" Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2

He is the propitiation for our sins: Let's examine the word "propitiation." This word is a strong word, a powerful word. It is sobering. Jesus became the atonement for our sins. It was an awesome act of God to show His love to us in such a personal way.

Today let us go back into time "before" the cry of the prophet and see who Jesus was, how did He come into being. We hear Jesus giving the information to His disciples in John 16: 28; "I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world."

Because of the attacks of the enemy, Christianity perhaps has forgotten the power of our God. He has given us His strength to "Triumph in His Praise." As we praise and glorify our God we are reminded, "His mercy endures forever!"

"Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise Him all creatures here below; praise Him above, ye Heavenly Host; praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost, Amen!" What does all this mean to us? Let us enlarge our hearts to seeing His glory in our lives, that a "Doxology of Adoration" will rise not just from our lips, but from the depth of our hearts unto the Eternal God Jehovah!

Lesson 2 Kings 10:15-20, 25-31 It is good to be zealously affected always is a good thing. Gal. 4:18a

As believers in our Saviour we must be alert in the time of distress and fight against the threats of the evil one. These are things we know, but the hour is upon us to put into practice the Spirit of God. "In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and He did hear my voice out of His temple, and my cry did enter into His ears." 2 Samuel 22:7

As the elements are raised, it is a holy moment, a sacred response as His people consider the great gift God has given to the body of believers. It is good to pause today as we respond to Jesus command, "This Do In Remembrance of Me!"

The message is about ourselves. It is about approving ourselves as a faithful and dedicated believer in our witness which is our ministry unto the Lord and unto those we come in contact with each day.

We welcome our missionary from Mexico, Dr. Greg Wood. Members of the Commerce family have visited this ministry in Mexico several times. His daughter, Alma, who has assisted him since her youth, is with us today. She also has a great ministry. We continue to remember the Mexico orphanage in Padilla, Mexico, which Commerce Community has been honored to support!

All Powerful Father who reigns over this people, we come in thanksgiving to worship and praise You for all Your goodness unto us! We thank You for the confidence You have given us in eternal life by sending Jesus to cover us with His precious blood. He has sent the power of the Holy Ghost to guide us along this journey on earth! As thankfulness arises in our heart may our confidence in You be stre...

Ps. 89:7-9 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him. O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. Lam 3:24-26 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. The LO...

God's desire is - that we might "feel" Him. It is one thing to say we love Jesus, another thing to serve Him, and yet another thing to follow Him - so close that we "feel" Him! Christianity must rise to the occasion. Our witness for Jesus must be strong, and full of the power of our salvation! It is not enough to be a good person. The heart of God is calling for His people to draw near.

“How Excellent is Thy Name O Lord our God!” Today we consider the Power of the Name of Jesus! It is an Excellent Power of Love and Mercy which He has bestowed upon His people. His Name is full of Glory, so such that our vocabulary cannot express in words, His powerful Greatness!

The forever question that is asked: How do we know there is a God? The answer to that question is found in John 1:1-5 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in d...

The blessing of inheritance arrives to the believer as Christ fulfills the Father's will at Calvary. Just to meditate upon the blessings that encompasses our life as a Christian is overwhelming and then to see the "promised blessings" in scripture is, well it's just overpowering!

My soul shall be joyful in the Lord. There is hope and strength in the song of the Lord. There is encouragement, and most of all a joy that will fill our spirit, our soul, and speak a peace that passes all understanding in the midst of the turmoil a peace that passes all understanding.

These truly are the days of Elijah, where we must declare the Word of the Lord to the conflict of the enemy. He is warring for our peace and our soul, but we are as God has said: "More than conquerors!" What are the weapons that can pull down the strong holds? The Apostle Paul writes to Timothy and admonishes him to "Fight the 'Good Fight of Faith' - and to "Lay up in store a good foundation again...

“For it became God, to make the Captain of our Salvation perfect through Jesus Sufferings,” Not only do we have a Captain, we have a Great High Priest, a Good Shepherd, a Chief Shepherd and a Bishop of our soul! Jesus is all in all! No matter the Invasion of the enemy, Jesus is beside us and He dwells in us! While our world is experiencing an Invasion from Hell, God is Greater and as we read in Sc...

Eph. 6:12; "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." The Word of the Lord is our strength as we are in the battles of our day! Our weapons of warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God and thru our trust in Him, we can pull down the strong holds! Let me...

Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. I Peter 2:24

There is no name higher to use. This question ran through my mind, " how mighty is almighty?" Has Christianity forgot the Great God we serve who loves us and sent His Son to redeem us? He is mighty and afforded the name "Almighty God!"

How blessed we are to have the freedom that God has given to this country. The freedom that many have given their lives for in the past and even today. As we celebrate this important event in our country, may our hearts be filled with thanksgiving. July 4 is a day of celebration for liberty...but the greatest liberty is to be free of the bondage of sin, and to know the grace and mercy of our faith...

Lev. 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

Psa 18:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. Psa 18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and th...