the beauty of the heart of christ
Highland,
Entering 2025, let’s confidently display the “beauty of the heart of Christ” – as we sang Sunday. With our hearts ever-humbled, let us lift high the holy name of Jesus together - in everything that we do.
As I laid before you Sunday, this passage serves as a navigational tool that directs us toward going deeper. Here’s the passage that we reflected upon Sunday:
“I want their {our} hearts to be encouraged and joined together in love, so that they {we} may have all the riches of assured understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery — Christ. All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Him. I am saying this so that no one will deceive you {us} with persuasive arguments. For I may be absent in body, but I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see how well ordered you {we} are and the strength of your {our} faith in Christ. Therefore, as you {we} have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, overflowing with gratitude” (Colossians 2:2-7).
spent new year’s morning with Spurgeon
Overflowing with gratitude, even through the mess, let our hearts be knit together, Highland, as a banner that boldly displays the beauty (‘all the riches’; ‘treasures of wisdom’) of the heart of Christ. As I welcomed 2025 the morning of January 1st, I grabbed a book off of our bookshelf. I was up before anyone else and, with anticipation in my heart, wanted to start the year with our Lord! I grabbed a book by Charles Spurgeon; an author I read seasonally. It’s a collection of his written prayers. From the first sentence, I was celebrating the beauty of the heart of Christ, while, in my spirit, thanking the Lord for directing my steps to grab this book! Tempted to type the entire first chapter, I will just offer you this line:
“Lord Jesus, take from us now everything that would hinder the closest communion with God. Any wish or desire that might hamper us in prayer, remove, we pray Thee. Any memory of either sorrow or care that might hinder the fixing of our affection wholly on our God, take it away now. What have we to do with idols any more? Thou hast seen us and observed us. Thou knoweest where the difficulty lies. Help us against it, and may we now come boldly, not into the Holy place alone, but into the Holiest of all, where we should not dare to come if our great Lord had not rent the veil, sprinkled the mercy seat with His own blood, and bidden us enter.”
Wow! In our celebration of Jesus, let’s ask that the life of Highland put on display the beauty of the heart of Christ! I love you, Highland. Honored to serve you entering this new year. I continually ask the Lord to help me serve you, for His name, honorably. May this song above capture the essence of 2025 for us, Highland.
Our Current Series
this sunday
This Sunday, we pick up with our series through Matthew. David did such a tremendous job working through the first two chapters of Matthew through December! He put us on the scene of the birth of Christ. We felt what it was like to deal with the mess of human-sin during the dawn of redeeming grace. All of his sermons are now available on our website. Simply check out our audio page. We now pick up the series in chapter three. Join us as we continue to journey through the Gospel of Matthew together. I will also be facilitating corporate worship this Sunday — how I enjoy having the chance to worship with you, Highland.
Coffee & Conversation
our SUNDAY MORNING SCHEDULE
8am: Doors open
8:30–10:00: Coffee & Conversation & Devotion in our Dining Facility
10am: Sunday Morning Service in our sanctuary (which is our gym).
kingdom sports update
More information is available about Kingdom Sports on our site. Check it out by hovering over the “Kingdom Sports” tab. One key piece of information is how you can volunteer. Click the button below so sign up. This is going to be a lot of fun, Highland! Grateful for you, Wright Family!
Mailing Address Update
Our P.O. Box is now closed. Please send all mail to 3408 5th Ave. Columbus, GA. 31904
I love you,
Rob