We're a Gospel-centered church fellowship in Columbia, Missouri, proclaiming salvation through Jesus Christ and following Him together as a community of believers. Our emphases are sound Bible teaching, joyful worship, hearty fellowship, and ongoing evangelism.
Isaiah 44:3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.
This wonderful promise was fulfilled at Pentecost and applies throughout the New Covenant era. It should give particular encouragement to praying believers, needy believers, and unbelievers.
Eph. 5:22-24 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body. But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.
1. The submission command and its broad scope.
2. Things the command does *not* mean:
Women are inferior to men.
Women must submit to all males.
A wife must always agree with her husband.
A wife must endure physical abuse.
A wife must disobey God.
3. Encouragements in obeying the command:
By submitting to your husband, you’re actually submitting to the Lord.
Your husband’s headship is God’s design from Creation.
Your husband, if he’s at all Christ-like, will be sacrificially loving you.
4. Thoughts for unmarried women: affirmation and caution.
"... but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;" Eph. 5:18c-19
This is the most important Bible verse on Christian singing, and it teaches the following truths:
1. Power for our singing: “the Spirit”
2. Companions in our singing: “speaking to one another”
3. Variety in our singing: “psalms and hymns and spiritual songs”
4. Musicality in our singing: “singing and making melody”