Islands Presbyterian Church

Islands Presbyterian Church We are a Christ-centered Presbyterian church on Johns Island that will uphold the Word of God and preach the love of Jesus Christ! D.

We gather to love the Lord our God with all our hearts, souls, minds, and strength. And to love our neighbor as ourselves. Wayne Bogue, M.Div., D.Min is our Pastor, and we are a group of conservative Reformed/Presbyterian believers in Jesus Christ who live on James and Johns Islands. We are excited to form a new Presbyterian congregation on James Island that will uphold the Word of God, and will p

reach and teach Christ as the only way of salvation and Lord of all. In His Gospel lies peace with God and with each other, our deepest joy and a new way of life. We seek to love God and love people, sharing the phenomenal Good News of what Christ has done:

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. (1 Peter 1:3, ESV)

Holy Scripture, the inspired Word of God, teaches us that salvation comes (as described by the Five Solas of the 16th century Protestant Reformation),

by grace alone
through faith alone
attested to by Scripture alone
in Christ alone
to the glory of God alone
If you are seeking a conservative Reformed Presbyterian community of believers, who want to remain faithful to God’s Word and His Son, Jesus Christ, and who have a burning desire to preach and teach the Gospel of Christ without hesitation or equivocation, we invite you to be a part of the exciting planning phase of this new congregation! Let’s see what our Great God will do! E-mail us for more information at: [email protected]

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08/09/2021

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6

Heavenly Father, my Lord and my God,
As I enter this new week, I confess my sins before you.
I read about Jesus, your Son, my Savior, Lord of lords, and yet I try to live apart from him.
In my pride, I think I can find the truth on my own.
In my stubbornness, I resist obeying his commandments.
In my blindness, I fail to see his grace and love saving me and others.
Have mercy on me, O Lord!
Forgive me, I humbly pray and restore me to life in Christ my Savior!

As I enter this new week, my Lord and My God,
May your strength be my strength,
May Christ be my peace,
May your vision be my ambition,
May your mercy be found in my heart and on my lips as I speak to others,
May my entire life reflect your salvation!

I am redeemed!
I am loved!
I have hope!
Because of Jesus, who is the Way, and the Truth, and the Life!

Amen

08/04/2021

Dear Heavenly Father,
Good morning and may your name be lifted up in praise and gratitude today!
I am grateful for my life, even during raging storms and fiery turmoil;
this is the life you have given me and you have promised to walk with me at every step!
In you alone I trust for my days and for my eternity.
In you alone I find true satisfaction of soul and the purest form of love.
In you alone may I attain salvation by the grace won for me in Jesus, your Son, on the cross.
In you alone may I anticipate a beautiful, glorified, eternal existence, filled with purpose and meaning!

Praise your most holy name!

Change my hard heart until I am filled with love for you and others,
desiring always to extend mercy and not condemnation,
remembering the great gift of grace that you have given me.

Help me (cause me!) not only to hear your word, but also to do your word,
not only to speak words of mercy, but also to act in mercy toward others;
not only to talk about forgiveness, but also actually to forgive those I believe have wronged me.
Let me not carry even a speck of a grudge in my heart, I pray.

To you, O God, be honor and glory forever and ever,
and may I savor this day and give you thanks, always!

Amen,

08/02/2021

Because there are two kingdoms in play in the world, we must consciously decide which one will be our home.

The kingdom of self and the Kingdom of God are vying for your heart; one will win. The kingdom of self is the world we see in the machinations, corruptions, self-centeredness, and failures. It wants you to believe that its way is the most important and effective way to live. It wants your allegiance.

For most folks, this is “normal life.” They can see no other way that makes sense. They have no other perspective. But some have a sense that a greater reality exists, or is at least possible, a better way of life.

This sense is God-implanted; a greater reality does indeed exist. This is the Kingdom of God. We’re not talking about churchy, religious kinds of things. We’re talking about life with and in Jesus Christ.

Read these powerful insights in Psalm 40:

I waited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and heard my cry.
2 He drew me up from the pit of destruction,
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps secure.
3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear,
and put their trust in the Lord.

Blessed is the man who makes
the Lord his trust,
who does not turn to the proud,
to those who go astray after a lie!

Here is the choice of which kingdom we will belong to: the one run by the proud who dangle lies to entice us to follow, or the Kingdom of the God who lifts us up and gives us life.

07/26/2021

Is your heart eager to follow the ways of God, or do you hesitate, procrastinate, and obey begrudgingly?

The state of my heart toward God is seen in my responses to his commandments.

When I read about what God wants from me, and the kind of person he wants me to be, do I respond with a glad heart and move quickly to obey him?

In our responses, our hearts are exposed. We will have either trusting, willing hearts or willful, mistrusting hearts.

King David wrote, “I hasten and do not delay to keep your commandments” (Psalm 119:60).

One reason we delay obedience is that it interferes with our own agenda. My plans are important to me, and I really don’t want God gumming up the works with his will and ways of living.

When I say, “Well, I could worship God, or I could __________ [fill in your favorite God-substitute].” “I could forgive and reach out, or I could hang on to this delicious grievance of mine that ­­­_____________ [fill in name of the offender] and I can ruminate on it a while longer.”

Our actions always reveal the state of our hearts.

Prayer

Heavenly Father,
You are glorious in majesty and wonderful in mercy!
Today, I need your mercy in order that I might see your glory.
My vision is dim, fogged by the desires and cares of this life.
My heart is strained under the burden of pain and offenses I will not let go.
My attitude is tainted in judgment of others, as though that is mine to do.

Give me a vision, heart, and attitude that are like those of Jesus Christ.
Give me a broader and farther vision of your glory and mercy, in my life and in others.’
Bless me with a heart that is tender and forgives because it knows how much you have
forgiven me.
Through your grace, transform my attitudes so that they see others out of mercy and
kindness, mindful of both my weakness and others.
And help me to exercise Christ-like compassion through this day.
Amen.

07/23/2021

Heavenly Father,
Be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you I lift my heart this morning.
Make my heart glad, for to you I lift up my soul.
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving;
you see my weaknesses and wrongdoings, yet you do not abandon me.
You wash me clean in the blood of Jesus and give me new hope, new life each morning.
I offer you my grateful heart and my entire life; I am at your disposal this and every morning.

As the world struggles and the hearts of people fade, I put my trust in you.
Keep me from lies and deceit; keep me from falling for false glories and empty ways of living.
Hold me in your powerful hand and keep my family in your secure grasp.

Grow us up into mature men and women in Christ.
Shape our hearts so that, more and more, they resemble the heart of Christ.

Give me a heart that listens to your words and the words of others around me.
Do not let me be so caught up in my own concerns that I miss either the beauty of this day or the hurts of others.

Give me a clear thinking mind and a life marked by mercy and goodness.

You are a great God and I lift my heart in praise and gratitude!

Amen.

07/20/2021

Dear friends,

This prayer was written by the reformer, Martin Luther in the 16th century. Although brief, it is sharply focused on the desire for God's people to be kept steadfast in God's grace and truth. Read it over and offer it to God this morning.

O Lord God, heavenly Father,
pour out your Holy Spirit on your faithful people.
Keep them steadfast in your grace and truth,
protect and comfort them in all temptation,
defend them against all enemies of your Word,
and bestow on Christ’s Church militant your saving peace;
through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen.

07/19/2021

Do you ever wonder if God is really in control? If all we look at is the state of the world, it could seem like a fair question. But we cannot limit our vision to what we can see and hear to know what is really happening. We must look to Jesus Christ.

I heard a Christian pastor recently state that not everything that happens in the world is in God’s control. He was trying to make himself and his people feel better about suffering on earth and God’s character.

It’s a struggle that many believers have had. If God is good and all powerful, then why is there suffering? Both can’t be true, they claim. That’s a very human, very limited perspective. Both, in fact, are true: God is good, God is in full control, and there is suffering in the world. Those are the facts. Here’s how the writer of Hebrews put it:

Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him (Hebrews 2:8)

He’s commenting on Psalm 8, a psalm he’s just quoted in Hebrews 2. Note the phrase, “nothing is outside of his control.”

Disclaimer: I am not going to resolve all of this here. But I can tell you that the Bible speaks pervasively and consistently about the sovereignty – omnipotence – and goodness of God here and now, and forever. We can trust God that he will accomplish his saving plan in its fullness.

I do know that if God is not actually in control, and if he has not granted this full control to his Son, Jesus, then we’re all in big trouble because all of those promises he made about heaven and eternal life and guaranteed salvation may not actually happen.

If some things are outside of Christ’s control, then he might be powerless to stop the evil at work. And if he’s unable to stop the powers that cause suffering, then he could lose the war with evil and all will be lost, or at least a stalemate is the best we can hope for.
But that is not the biblical witness! The scriptures teach that all things are in Jesus’ wheelhouse, and it’s not that he might win and save our sorry selves, but that he has already won the war on the cross and the empty grave!
His sovereignty and his goodness, found in Christ’s victory over death and the impartation of the Holy Spirit to us, is the guarantee of our salvation and of the restoration of all things in Christ.
You and I are not obligated to defend God in the face of the existence of suffering. We are obligated to worship him as almighty God, powerful to save, and the One who will make all things new.

07/16/2021

Colossians 1:17
And [Jesus Christ] is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

The moment we start to think that perhaps we should turn to some other source than Jesus for how to live, and how to be saved, we should come running back to this short verse (actually, to the entire first chapter of Colossians!).

Who would have more precise, accurate, wiser, more beautiful, truer ways to live this life and be ready for the next than Jesus? He pre-exists the entire universe! Through him everything (yes, everything!) was made (Col. 1:16).

But wait, there’s more! (No, this isn’t an informercial for Oxyclean.) He actually, at every moment of every day, every hour, every week . . . holds all things together – in himself!

Take time this morning to mull this over. Meditate on this verse. Praise him for his power and might, his gracious care of all things, including little old you and me. It’s a short verse, so don’t rush on by. Take a minute to read the entire chapter (hit the link above). And pray through it.

Lord Jesus Christ,
Forgive me for taking you for granted,
For failing to see you in your power and majesty,
For failing to honor you as I should.

You are great beyond measure and wonderful in your mercy and love.
Keep me in your providential care always, I pray.

Amen.

07/15/2021

Heavenly Father,

As I enter this new day, I lift my heart to you in gratitude and praise!
Whatever pain and weariness I feel is nothing compared to the glory you have promised.
Whatever other people do, whether good or bad, cannot enter my heart and interfere with your love for me.
I am safe. I am secure. I am loved by the Creator of the universe. I am saved by Jesus Christ. I am filled with the Holy Spirit.
I am blessed beyond my understanding!

Teach me, Lord, to be merciful to someone today,
to offer words of kindness and not rebuke,
to ponder thoughts of grace toward those who are troubled,
and may I live as a peacemaker with everyone I encounter, even those who dislike me.
Help me to respond to harshness with love.

In all things, I praise you and thank you for your providential care.

I am at your disposal, Lord. Do with me today as you will.

In the name of Jesus I pray.

Amen.

07/14/2021

20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. 22 And have mercy on those who doubt; 23 save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh. (The book of Jude)

Here we have more beautiful and concise guidance from God (through Jude, James’s brother) on how to live in this broken world. Take your time and take it in.

Our lives here are under construction. We’re Jesus’ building project. And we have been given the freedom to shape our days and ways of living. Now, free doesn’t mean without consequence. Our decisions matter; a small unhealthy decision today followed by a small unhealthy decision the next and the next, and so on, ends up with a mountain of unhealthiness. Decisions have outcomes. A path always leads somewhere.

Jude counsels us to make choices that build us up in faith, holy faith, by praying in the Holy Spirit. He tells us to keep ourselves in the love of Christ and wait. Wait for what? The mercy of Christ to be fulfilled in powerful, beautiful eternal life!

While we wait for mercy, we are to show mercy. On whom? On those who doubt. We are not to castigate them, revile them, or embarrass them. We are to show them mercy. Why, because 1) that’s what Jesus did for us, and 2) that’s what we are commanded to do for others.

This may well pull someone out of the fire, out a life that leads to death.

Of course, all of this is reflected in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus’ great message on how to live in his Kingdom. Check it out: Matthew 5-7.

07/13/2021

Thank you, Lord God, for waking me this morning to serve you for another day!
The beauty of the morning, the sun, the trees, the warmth and sky,
all witness to your grandeur and creative power!
I am glad to be alive and grateful for your ever-present love.

Today, I will see and hear how the nations rage,
How earthly rulers posture,
how self-interested people tell lies and strive for gain and power.
Do not let my heart be troubled, for I live in you, and you live in me.
I am safe and secure from the evil one, because you are with me.
Thank you, dear Father! Never leave me!

Today, I will move in a culture that does not, in large part, honor you or acknowledge your greatness.
They will scoff at those who call upon your Holy Name.
They will point to what is temporary and fading and will declare it to be true and right when it is not.
Renew my mind, dear Lord Jesus, with your Holy Word.
Give me a discerning mind.
Wash my heart clean and give me pure and good ways, your ways.

When I sin against you, Lord God, forgive me and bring me back to your path of eternal life.

Bless you, O Great God! Praise you, O Mighty Lord! In the name of Jesus, I pray.

Amen.

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