King Jehoshaphat was commended by the spiritual leaders of his day when, after setting his heart to seek God, he removed the Asheroth (idols) from the land (2 Chronicles 19:3). Pray that we will eagerly, publicly stand against and remove the wicked influences affecting this world, and affirm when it is being done.
There is, however, some good in you, for you have rid the land of the Asherah poles and have set your heart on seeking God. 2 Chronicles 19:3
In this time… I’m never sure if everything changes or if nothing changes.
We get confused as to what day, sometimes what month or season it is.
But in all this, God is with us.
Currently, OCC is not meeting in-person, but OCC is meeting on-line.
Whether you think the restrictions are good or not
This is what it looks like to live as one who is truly free.
We encourage you to take a few moments as you prepare to watch the video…
Here is the service for Sunday 9 May.
Brooke Nicolls leads us in worship.
Pastor Mike’s message is from 1 Peter 2
The PowerPoint show and study notes can be found on our sermon page.
OCCkids is meeting online at @9:30am
In this new way of being the church, we don’t practice giving by placing our offering in a basket as it is passed. OCCers are generous people. Thank you for your gifts.
You can find all the ways you can give here.
God tries our hearts and is delighted when He finds uprightness. Pray that all followers of Jesus will bring delight to God by living honestly and honourably before Him and each other.
I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you. 1 Chronicles 29:17
King David and his people rejoiced as they gave willingly for the construction of the temple. The Bible describes their hearts as wholly devoted to God (1 Chronicles 29:9). Pray that we today will experience joy as we wholeheartedly give toward God’s redemptive work.
The people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given freely and wholeheartedly to the Lord. David the king also rejoiced greatly. 1 Chronicles 29:9
During his old age, Solomon allowed his foreign wives to influence him to the point that “his heart was not wholly devoted to the Lord his God” (1 Kings 11:4). Pray that as the current generation of Christians grows older, they will not be influenced by the world and lose their devotion to Christ.
In Matthew 6:14-15 Jesus connects our willingness to forgive others with God’s willingness to forgive us. In order for followers of Jesus to experience the joy of being forgiven, pray that no one who has been hurt by another will harbour bitterness or resentment in their heart.
For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. Matthew 6:14-15
Greed can quickly take root in the heart. Pray that followers of Jesus, here and around the world, will not be lovers of money, but will work to lay up treasures in heaven.
But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people. 2 Timothy 3:1-5
It is impossible to experience clean hearts if we are harbouring sin and remaining unrepentant. Pray that OCCers will be quick to acknowledge their sins before the Lord and turn from what displeases Him
Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity.
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.”
And you forgave the guilt of my sin. Psalm 32:5
As hearts are revived and sense afresh the manifest presence of God, the joy of salvation is restored. Pray that God will send the kind of revival where Christians once again are excited about sharing the gospel, and the lost are eager to meet Jesus.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Psalm 51:12