We are planning some casual, back yard get-togethers on Sunday, August 23 starting at 6:30 pm. These will be outdoor, physically distanced opportunities for you to visit with others from OCC. There will be wrapped frozen treats available (ice cream bars and frozen fruit bars) as well as bottled water and juice boxes. Feel free to bring your own coffee or tea. This will be a mystery get-together - you won't know who
Jesus used scripture in resisting the devil. Pray that we would be so rooted and grounded in the scriptures that we too can use it as we resist the devil and his dark schemes. 4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” 7 Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the
Pray that every believer (in OCC, Orillia, our world) would remember that our struggle is not against flesh and blood (people) but against spiritual powers. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Ephesians 6:12
Paul tells how Jesus sent him to the Gentiles so that their eyes would be opened, and they would turn from darkness to light. Pray that we would understand our role in partnering with God to help others turn from darkness to light. I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them to open their eyes and turn them from darkness
Pray that as followers of Jesus we will live lives that children of the light... demonstrating goodness, righteousness and truth. For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) Ephesians 5:8-9
Lift up before the Lord someone you know who is walking in spiritual darkness. Pray that they will be drawn to the light of Jesus to be transformed. When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12
Pray that we will practice living in the truth in such a way that those who are in the dark, will see the light of Jesus. the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned. Matthew 4:16 quoting Isaiah 9:2
welcome We are glad you are here… We trust and pray that as you read and listen that you will be blessed. Take a few minutes as you prepare to watch the video to be still to be aware of the presence of the Lord with you to prepare your heart to listen and receive Read Psalm 93 as you enter into worship worship and message Today, the Jarvis' lead
Paul's prayer for the church in Rome - living in a dark time - is that even in the midst of the darkness they would "put on the armour of light." Pray that as OCCers we would clothe ourselves with God's righteousness. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armour of light. Romans 13:12
Jesus, in John's gospel, is called the light of the world. We are living in a world that, in many senses, is becoming increasingly dark. Pray that as God's people (individually, as OCC, as the church in Orillia and as the church around the world) that we would be people who live in the light of the gospel. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people
