Come, Let Us Sing

God, you answer our prayers, you forgive our mistakes, and you set us on the right path,

So we sing your praises.

You fill our lives with joy, inviting us into a community of love, a community of people guided by your love,

So we sing your praises.

Your amazing works are all around us! In the beauty of nature, the birds singing, the sun shining, the wind blowing. In the gift of companionship, the smile of an infant, the comfort of a friend, the touch of a lover. Your love surrounds us,

So we sing your praises.

Your creation is a wondrous thing! Ecosystems maintain balance, weather patterns nourish life, and new growth finds its way through after a disaster. The earth is alive with your wondrous majesty.

So all creation sings your praises!

SERMON: “Mountaintops”

Epistle: 2 Corinthians 3: 12 – 4:2 (NIV)
Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away. But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.