“Paraphrase of 'Enter his gates with thanksgiving; come before his courts with praise; give thanks and bless his name.'”
Bright Star & St. James Sunday service featured worship, congregational announcements, community outreach initiatives, and a sermon titled "Walk it Out" (2 Cor. 5:6–8) emphasizing walking by faith not by sight. Leaders promoted regular prayer calls, a capital campaign/tabernacle project, back-to-school resource events, grief support, and the Prayer Around the Schools (PATS) initiative calling 1,000 houses of worship to cover schools in monthly prayer. The service included altar invitations, a call to tithing/giving, and recognition of Mother Lillian Hall with an annual Church Mother's Day observance.
“Enter his gate with thanksgiving, and we enter into his court with praise.”
A Sunday worship service focused on God's faithfulness and timely interventions, the importance of prayer, guidance and thanksgiving, with teaching from the Psalms about faith, holiness and confident supplication. Practical calls include repentance, persistent prayer and meditation, wholehearted worship, generosity, and readiness to follow God's guidance.
“Enter his gate with thanksgiving in my heart. I will enter his court.”
A Sunday worship service combining extended praise, intercessory prayer, pastoral announcements and a Bible message focused on Psalm 23 (and related Psalms). The preacher uses the metaphor of sheep and shepherd to call believers to know God personally, trust his provision, embrace holiness, receive more of Christ’s gifts (forgiveness, love, power) and then give those gifts away. Service elements include offerings, baby dedications, ministry updates and a charge to be doers of the Word.
“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.”
A pastoral message using an airline/flight metaphor to warn against jealousy, “crab theory,” and low self-esteem while urging listeners to pay the price for spiritual and personal growth, honor leadership, support one another, and cultivate right behavior while waiting on God.
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