Preparing for Worship
 
July 12, 2026
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WHAT TO PRAY THIS WEEK
Speaker: Patrick Belshe

Pray for those who will lead in worship:
Garold Syring
Patrick Belshe
Pray that the Holy Spirit will move in our corporate gatherings, leading us to exalt Jesus Christ.
Pray that CCC will grow in Christ-exalting, Kingdom advancing ministry in 2026.
Pray that God will move on us to be more evangelistic and, through our obedience in sharing the Gospel, will save many.
Pray that we will become a house of prayer.
Pray that we will pursue lost people as Jesus did (Luke 19:10)
 
Patrick’s sermon for this Sunday is entitled: “The Mark of Mercy” using Luke 7:39-43 as the text.
 
39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.” 40 And Jesus answering said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he answered, “Say it, Teacher.”
41 “A certain moneylender had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 When they could not pay, he cancelled the debt of both. Now which of them will love him more?” 43 Simon answered, “The one, I suppose, for whom he cancelled the larger debt.” And he said to him, “You have judged rightly.”
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
 
Beauty in Worship
BE A TEMPLE
The temple location is always important. Solomon’s temple was erected on the historic site of Oman’s threshing floor, (1 Chronicles 21). The Corinthian temples were located in prominent sites where they could be seen by all in the city. When the populace went about their daily routine, they could not help seeing the temple and being reminded of its function. It was there as an object of remembrance. Christian, consider your strategic location in the neighborhood, office, job, school, etc. god has placed you, His temple, in just the place He wants to shed His light, His beauty. Temples of God are not located by accident, but by sovereign design-consider your location.
Ronald Allen and Gordon Borror, Worship: Rediscovering the Missing Jewel (Portland, OR: Multnomah Press, 1977), Page 105

This Sunday's Music As we prepare for corporate worship, meditate on the lyrics from some of our songs of worship. Listen to them using the YouTube links near the bottom of the page.

Pre-worship
‘Are You Washed in the Blood’
‘He Keeps Me Singing’
‘Blessed Redeemer’
‘Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross’
Listen to the songs on our website under the menu heading ‘Preparation for Worship.’
 
Are You Washed In The Blood
Verse 1
Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing power
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb
Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb
Chorus
Are you washed in the blood
In the soul cleansing blood of the Lamb
Are your garments spotless are they white as snow
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb
Verse 2
Are you walking daily by the Savior's side
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb
Do you rest each moment in the Crucified
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb
Verse 3
When the Bridegroom cometh will your robes be white
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb
Will your soul be ready for the mansions bright
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb
Verse 4
Lay aside the garments that are stained with sin
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb
There's a fountain flowing for the soul unclean
O be washed in the blood of the Lamb
CCLI Song # 21105 Elisha Albright Hoffman © Words: Public Domain; Music: Public Domain For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI License # 2473598
 
He Keeps Me Singing
Chorus
Jesus Jesus Jesus
Sweetest name I know
Fills my ev'ry longing
Keeps me singing as I go
Verse 1
There's within my heart a melody
Jesus whispers sweet and low
Fear not I am with thee peace be still
In all of life's ebb and flow
Verse 2
All my life was wrecked by sin and strife
Discord filled my heart with pain
Jesus swept across the broken strings
Stirred the slumb'ring chords again
Verse 3
Feasting on the riches of His grace
Resting 'neath His shelt'ring wing
Always looking on His smiling face
That is why I shout and sing
Verse 4
Though sometimes He leads through waters deep
Trials fall across the way
Though sometimes the path seems rough and steep
See His footprints all the way
Verse 5
Soon He's coming back to welcome me
Far beyond the starry sky
I shall wing my flight to worlds unknown
I shall reign with Him on high
CCLI Song # 27855 Luther Burgess Bridgers © Words: Public Domain; Music: Public Domain For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI License # 2473598
 Blessed RedeemerVerse 1Up Calvry's mountain one dreadful mornWalked Christ my Savior weary and wornFacing for sinners death on a crossThat He might save them from endless lossChorusBlessed Redeemer Precious RedeemerSeems now I see Him on Calvary's treeWounded and bleeding for sinners pleadingBlind and unheedingDying for meVerse 2Father forgive them my Savior prayedEv'n while His lifeblood flowed fast awayPraying for sinners while in such woeNo one but Jesus ever loved soVerse 3Oh how I love Him Savior and FriendHow can my praises ever find endThrough years unnumbered on Heaven's shoreMy song shall praise Him forevermoreCCLI Song # 7084803 Avis Marguerite Burgeson Christiansen | Bernie Herms | Harry Dixon Loes | Mark Hall © 2009 Be Essential Songs; My Refuge Music; G650 Music; Pure Note Music; Songs of Universal, Inc. For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI License # 2473598 
Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross
Verse 1
Jesus keep me near the cross
There a precious fountain
Free to all a healing stream
Flows from Calv'ry's mountain
Chorus
In the cross in the cross
Be my glory ever
Till my raptured soul shall find
Rest beyond the river
Verse 2
Near the cross a trembling soul
Love and mercy found me
There the Bright and Morning Star
Sheds its beams around me
Verse 3
Near the cross O Lamb of God
Bring its scenes before me
Help me walk from day to day
With its shadows o'er me
Verse 4
Near the cross I'll watch and wait
Hoping trusting ever
Till I reach the golden strand
Just beyond the river
 
CCLI Song # 36736 Fanny Jane Crosby | William Howard Doane © Words: Public Domain; Music: Public Domain For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI License # 2473598