Morton Christian Church

Morton Christian Church KNOW Jesus--- LIVE Jesus---SHARE Jesus At MCC, you will find real, caring people who are excited to welcome you into the family. to 10:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

A typical Sunday worship gathering will include prayer, worship songs that are a mixture of contemporary songs and classic hymns, a time to remember Jesus' death through communion, a challenging biblical message, and other elements of worship that are intended to refocus our attention on God. Some people wear suits, while others dress more casually. We are normal people who fall down and pick each

other up. You can expect a loving environment where you will be welcomed as family, no matter where you're from or who you are. Please join us for Sunday morning classes as well. They are for the whole family and meet from 9:15 a.m. For more information on specific classes, visit our adult ministry page at www.mortoncc.org

Following the class, we all head downstairs for a time to connect and talk while enjoying free coffee and donuts. We meet together every Sunday morning from 10:30 a.m. for a time of worship, prayer, teaching, and celebrating the Lord's Supper. Childcare for both infants and toddlers is offered during this time. If you have any questions, feel free to check us out on a Sunday or stop by our office. You can call us at (309) 266-7410 or email us at [email protected]. There are many intellectual and theological phrases that could be used to describe Morton Christian Church. Words such as: independent, non-denominational, and autonomous to name a few. Although they might be accurate in their descriptions, they can be confusing as well. A better description would be that Morton Christian Church is a community of believers in God who look to the Bible for instruction on how to live life with God, with His church and with the community around us. Life in the “church” that is focused on worship, study, and service will provide the framework for our personal spiritual growth, interaction and survival in the culture we live in today. Below are some key references to scripture from which we receive our identity. We Believe ...

… that Jesus Christ is the one and only Son of God who died for our sins and arose from the dead. (1 Corinthians 15:1-8)

… that the Bible is the inspired word of God. (2 Timothy 3:16)

… that every person has worth as a creation of God, but that all have sinned and fallen short of what God desires for us. (Romans 3:23)

… that forgiveness of sin and the promise of eternal life are available to those who trust in God and his son Jesus as Savior and Lord. (John 3:16)

… that those desiring to accept Jesus as Savior and Lord should turn to God, confess him as Lord, and be immersed in baptism. (Romans 10:9–10, Acts 2:38, Galatians 3:26-27)

… that the church is the body of Christ on earth. It is empowered by the Holy Spirit and exists to save the lost and strengthen the saved. (Ephesians 4:1-6, 11-16)

… that Jesus will one day return and reign forever as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)

09/06/2026

⛰️ THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT

🙏 Daily Dependence. Pure Motivations. Complete Trust.

👑Seek First His Kingdom

“Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”
Matt. 6:33

These words were spoken by Jesus toward the end of the Sermon on the Mount, urging those listening to put God’s priorities at the very center of their lives.

Notice the promise here:

👑 His Kingdom
🙏 His righteousness
🍞 And all these things—food, shelter, clothing

All promised to those who seek God.

These words are for you and for me also! ❤️

When we seek God first, He promises to handle all the physical needs of our lives.

But what if Jesus is not limiting this promise to just those topics covered during His sermon?

I believe that is the case here. This statement is made as a primary objective—“Seek first.”

It’s of the highest priority—to be done before anything else.

Did you notice the words “as well?”

These two little words indicate that His Kingdom and His righteousness are also given!

I’m reminded of Jesus’ words from elsewhere in the Scriptures:

✨ Seek and you will find…
🚪 Knock and the door will be opened…
✝️ Confess with your mouth… and you will be saved…

I believe that this promise is an all-encompassing statement which accounts for all of God’s promises throughout the history of mankind.

So, I urge you:

Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. Put Him first today and every day. 🙌

🙏 Pray with me

Lord God, You are all-knowing, all-powerful, and in all places. There is none above You in Heaven or on earth.

Praise, honor, and glory are Yours alone. Help me to put Your Kingdom first today.

Be Lord of all I am and all I do. Guide my choices, my time, and my heart in all things.

In Jesus’ name, Amen. ❤️

09/05/2026

⛰️ THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT

🙏 Daily Dependence. Pure Motivations. Complete Trust.

🕊️Let Go of Worry

“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap… yet your heavenly Father feeds them.”
Matt. 6:26

As human beings, we all need food and drink for our bodily sustenance. We all need shelter and a place to live. We all need clothing to cover our bodies and protect us from the elements.

But Jesus tells us in Matt. 6:25-34 that we need not worry about these things.

Why?

Because worry doesn’t change our circumstances.

But looking at God’s creation changes everything. 🌿🐦

Jesus says—if God takes care of tiny birds and short-lived flowers, how much more does He value and take care of you and me? ❤️

On Wednesday, we covered God’s provision and discovered how much He desires to be our Provider.

Our part is to trust Him—and trust in His promises. 🙏

Today I ask:

💭 What things are you worrying about?

Stop worrying, and start trusting God’s active care today. 🕊️

🙏 Pray with me

Father God, I thank You for this reminder today of Your great desire to provide for all my needs.

Help me, Lord, to trust in You—and remind me of Your deep love for me when I am feeling anxious.

Take away my worry today and replace it with Your peace.

In Jesus’ name, Amen. ❤️

09/04/2026

⛰️ THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT

🙏 Daily Dependence. Pure Motivations. Complete Trust.

❤️Choose Your Master

“…You cannot serve both God and money.”
Matt. 6:24

Today’s verse is the closing sentence of Jesus’ teaching about storing up our treasures in Heaven.

In this teaching, Jesus makes it abundantly clear that anything—apart from God—that holds a place in our heart is subject to corruption:

“where moth and rust destroy…”
Matt. 6:19

These things:

💰 Money
🏠 Possessions
💼 Career
⭐ Fame
👑 Power
❤️ Relationships…

This list is literally endless…

It can include anything that can occupy space in our hearts, that can become the things we worship, that can become the gods we serve with our very lives.

But these very same things are susceptible to corruption because they are worldly things. And in this world, everything can be corrupted.

⚠️ So, here’s the danger: Your heart follows what you treasure most.

We must constantly be on guard against allowing things to take a place above God in our hearts.

Remember: In the world, moth and rust destroy. And the part of you and me that is in danger of this worldly corruption is our very souls.

So I ask:

💭 Is money, comfort, success, or some other thing competing with God for first place in your life?

If so, get on your knees. 🙏

Pray that God would give you the wisdom and strength to choose Him as your true Master.

🙏 Pray with me

Father God, help me today to keep You rightly above all other things in my life. Give me now the wisdom and strength to recognize that You are the true Master of my life.

Take first place in my heart. Assume Lordship over my time, my resources, my relationships, and all other aspects of my life.

In Jesus’ name, Amen. ❤️

09/04/2026

⛰️ THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT

🙏 Daily Dependence. Pure Motivations. Complete Trust.

🍞Daily Bread = Daily Provision

“Give us today our daily bread.”
Matt. 6:11

In today’s verse, Jesus is harkening back to when the Israelites were in the wilderness with nothing to eat—when God provided them daily manna to teach them to trust in His provision.

Matt. 6:11, likewise, teaches us to trust Him for what we need—one day at a time. Just as with the Israelites. 🙏

God does this to keep us humble and to remind us that…

🌬️ Every breath
🍞 Every meal
❤️ Every provision…

Comes directly from His hand.

So I ask:

💭 What worry about tomorrow is keeping you from trusting God with today?

🙏 Pray with me

Lord God, I thank You that You are the source of all my provision—and I thank You for providing for me today.

Help me to always remember from where my provision comes—and help me trust You with the provision for all my days, free from fear.

In Jesus’ name, Amen. ❤️

09/02/2026

⛰️ THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT

🙏 Daily Dependence. Pure Motivations. Complete Trust.

Alone with God Prayer

“When you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen.” Matt. 6:6

Again—Jesus is warning us against a “public performance.”

God does not desire—or need—a public performance. He’s not impressed by:

✨ Our fancy words
✨ Our extensive vocabulary
✨ Our exaggerated expressions and emotions…

These are all representative of empty words and empty actions—which seek the approval of men, rather than to bring glory and honor to God.

You see, God values a real, honest conversation behind closed doors… ❤️

🙏 He desires for us to bring Him the unfiltered and undiluted concerns of our hearts.
🙏 He desires for those who love Him and call on His name to trust in Him for everything in faith.

Jesus, being fully God and fully human, understands our “human nature.”

He gets it that people may sometimes “put on a show”—to gain the approval of others.

Here’s a question to ponder:

💭 How does your prayer life change when nobody else but God is listening?

Now, take time each day to be alone with God—as you share your most heartfelt thoughts, concerns, and requests of Him.

🙏 Pray with me

Father God, help me to always seek to glorify You. Teach me to quiet my soul and talk to You honestly, in love.

Create in me a desire to set aside alone time—that I may seek You in prayer during the private moments of my days.

In Jesus’ name, Amen. ❤️

08/31/2026

⛰️ THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT

🙏 Daily Dependence. Pure Motivations. Complete Trust.

This week, we invite you to join us on a journey through the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew 6. We pray it will help us all to focus our hearts in daily dependence, pure motivations, and complete trust in God’s provision. ❤️

❤️ Monday: Check Your Motives

“Be careful not to practice your
righteousness in front of others to be seen by them…” Matt. 6:1

Here, Matthew records Jesus’ warning against performing good deeds just to be seen and recognized by people.

When we seek to be seen and recognized by people for the “good deeds” we do, our motivation is not focused on God, but on what others might think of us.

Jesus goes on to say (in verses 2-4) that because of this misplaced motivation, there is no reward from God in heaven. This is because our reward—which is fleeting and ultimately dissatisfying—has already been received here on earth.

In other words:

✨ True righteousness is marked by spiritual acts which flow from a deep love for, and a sincere desire to honor God. Not from a desire to inflate our own ego.

Ask yourself today:

💭 Am I doing good things to be noticed and rewarded by others—or am I truly motivated by a real love for God?

🙏 Pray with me

Lord God in Heaven, who deserves all glory and honor, I ask You today to cleanse my heart and make it pure.

Help me serve You from a place of deep love, which desires to honor Your name alone—and does not seek after the praise of others.

In Jesus’ name, Amen. ❤️

08/29/2026

🙌 A FINAL GLIMPSE OF GLORY

Today, prayerfully read the next references, pausing to praise God when the text points out something about our great God. 🙏✨

“And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had been victorious over the beast and his image and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, holding harps of God. And they sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,
’Great and marvelous are Your works,
O Lord God, the Almighty;
Righteous and true are Your ways,
King of the nations!
‘Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify Your name?
For You alone are holy;
For all the nations will come and worship before You,
For Your righteous acts have been revealed.’”

— Revelation 15:2-4

🙌 Great and marvelous are Your works!

“After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying,
‘Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God; because His judgments are true and righteous; for He has judged the great harlot who was corrupting the earth with her immorality, and He has avenged the blood of His bond-servants on her.’ And a second time they said, ‘Hallelujah! Her smoke rises up forever and ever.’ And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, ‘Amen. Hallelujah!’ And a voice came from the throne, saying,
‘Give praise to our God, all you His bond-servants, you who fear Him, the small and the great.’ Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying,
‘Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready.’ It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.”

— Revelation 19:1-8

What a glimpse of the praise that fills heaven! ❤️

Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. 👑🙌

Today, let’s join that praise here on earth.

🙏 Praise Him for His great and marvelous works.
❤️ Praise Him because He alone is holy.
⚖️ Praise Him because His ways and judgments are righteous and true.
👑 Praise Him because He reigns.
🙌 Praise Him because salvation, glory, and power belong to our God!

Praise be to our awesome God! 🙌❤️

08/28/2026

🙌 KEEP THE PRAISE COMING!

And they sang a new song, saying,
“Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
“You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth.”
Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice,
“Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.” And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying,
“To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever.” And the four living creatures kept saying, “Amen.” And the elders fell down and worshiped.

— Revelation 5:9-14

🙌 And the praise continues…

“After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands; and they cry out with a loud voice, saying,
‘Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.’ And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying,
‘Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen.’”

— Revelation 7:9-12

“Then the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying,
‘The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.’ And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, saying,
‘We give You thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign. And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.’”

— Revelation 11:15-18

Today, praise God for:

🙌 Making it possible for all who believe in Jesus to be a part of the great number of those who will praise Him in heaven.

👑 The fact that our Lord Jesus reigns forever.

❤️ The reward that awaits those who honored His name on earth.

Keep the praise coming! 🙏🙌

Address

1001 S 4th Avenue
Morton, IL
61550

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Sunday 9:15am - 10am
10:30am - 11:45am

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