Faith’s Review and Reflection
With the Anniversary coming up we took a week to set our thinking regarding the theme and talk about Biblical principles for reflection and review.
Our theme for the anniversary is taken from John Newton’s text, ‘Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.”
This message shares the background and setting of it to set us up to think and reflect on the anniversary. That famous line in “Amazing Grace,” modeled from 1 Chronicles 17 was presented to Newton’s congregation in 1773 and speaks of David’s past, present, and future. It also sets the tone and vision for this anniversary celebration. We seek to declare God’s works from one generation to another (Psalm 145:1-4), and look back to learn and gain encouragement and endurance so we can look forward with unity and hope.