Am I Sinning Less?

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Update From Your Pastors

Dear Welling Church family,

It is hard to believe that we are heading into our 22nd Sunday of online only services, but hopefully it will be our last. As a leadership we are so thankful for the faithfulness of this church for staying with us during this difficult time. While we were not able to meet in-person, we were able to provide 21 live services that can still be rewatched on our youtube page.

One of the biggest struggles we have faced while our church building is closed is not being able to offer any kids or teen classes. We have tried our best to put out as much material online as possible for you to use at home with your own families. To date we have uploaded 21 toddler videos, 44 kids videos, and 23 teen videos! We were also able to post 18 Adventures online videos that teach all 18 key principles we want to teach our toddlers, primary, secondary, & College/uni age kids at our church.

In total our church went from having 0 Bible teaching videos online in March to 126 available. Over the next few weeks we will be transitioning to being both in-person and online. While not everything will be “normal,” we are striving to do our best to get our church back to providing all the ministries we did before the lockdown began. Over the next few Wednesday updates, we will be giving more details about what in-person looks like and what will be available for kids and teens. Till then and for the foreseeable future everything that has been online will continue to be that way, we pray it will still continue to be a great way to keep you connect to God and each other.

The Elders:
Tarl Reeves, Justin Rhoades & Joshua Bell

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Prayer Points

  1. Safety as we reopen our church building this month.

  2. Diana and her family as they are dealing with difficult situations.

  3. That God will bring us one new visiter each week to our church once we reopen.

 

Ministry Opportunity

We will be opening the church building for a special goodbye celebration for the Davis family 23 August at 5PM. We pray that you will be able to attend and show your support for this lovely family. We also would like to give them a personal gift as a thank you from our church for all the time they spent ministering in Welling. If you would like to contribute, you can do so by giving online through Welling Church. Please feel free to give any amount, but if possible, would you consider contributing £20 - £50 or more to be a blessing to them? Please do so by 16 August, so we can collect it in time for the goodbye celebration.

If you wish to contribute to the Davis family, please give via the church at:

Welling Church (HSBC)
Sort Code: 40-19-04 
Account Number: 02171236
Memo: Davis Family

 

Weekly Devotional

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Vital Signs of Saving Faith

Question 6: Am I sinning less?

As Paul says in Romans 6:1-14, the Christian has a new way of life. They are now dead to sin and alive to God. The one who is truly converted begins to hate the things he once loved and to love the things he once hated. 1 John 3 provides evidence that true Christians will not habitually practice sin.  

I. Sin Contradicts the Law of God (1 John 3:4) 

4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practises lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.

Romans 6:12, 13; Psalm 119:34, 35

II. Sin in Incompatible with the Work of Christ (1 John 3:5)

5 You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.

2 Cor. 5:21; Eph. 5:25-27

III. Habitual Sin Contradicts the Confession of Faith (1 John 3:6)

6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.

1 John 3:23, 24

IV. Habitual Sin is Evidence of Unrighteousness (1 John 3:7)

7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practises righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.

Romans 6:14

V. Practicing Sin Continues the Work of Satan (1 John 3:8)

8 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

John 8:44

VI. Sin Contradicts the Work of the Holy Spirit (1 John 3:9) 

9 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God.

John 3:5-8

Questions:

  1. Am I sinning less since professing Christ as my Lord and Saviour?

  2. How do I respond to sin in my life?

  3. Am I relying on the Holy Spirit in the fight against sin?