08/29/2026
FAIRMONT GRACE CHURCH
August 30, 2026
“There is a point where God and men must meet, whether in grace or judgment and that point is where both are revealed as they are.”
– Scott Richardson
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CALL TO WORSHIP
(Tune # 186: The Church’s One Foundation)
The Rock that stands forever, Is Christ, my Righteousness!
In Him I stand un-fearing, In everlasting bliss!
Christ is my boast and glory—All wrath for me is o'er;
The judgment of the sinner: It frightens me no more.
There is no condemnation, There is no hell for me!
The torment and the fire—My eyes shall never see!
For me there is no sentence, For me there is no sting,
For Christ, my Lord, who saved me, Will shield me with His wing!
No angel nor a devil, No danger, fear, nor fight,
No foe, no tribulation, No throne, nor pow'r, nor might,
No height, no depth, no creature, That has been or can be,
Can pluck me from Thy bosom—Can sever me from Thee!
My heart leaps up with gladness—Grief cannot linger there!
Her voice sings high in glory, Bathed in the sunshine fair!
The Fountain of my singing, Is Jesus there above,
The Sun that shines upon me, Is Jesus and His Love!
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ABUNDANCE OF GRACE – Romans 5:17
What an abundance of grace Jesus Christ must have to raise dead sinners to life. The grace that is needed to keep His sheep from falling away! How much grace is required to keep a sinner believing on Christ and following His Savior through this wicked world. But Christ not only has grace abundant enough for one sinner, His grace is enough to keep a multitude of sinners from falling away. And no matter how much grace Jesus Christ gives to each of His sheep, no matter how much each of them need, the supply is never less. Christ is always full of abundant grace. Christ giveth and He giveth and He giveth more grace! And He will continue to do so until each one is brought home to heaven! – LC
His love has no limit; His grace has no measure.
His pow'r has no boundary known unto men.
For out of His infinite riches in Jesus,
He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again!
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SIMPLE, SILENT, UNASSUMING WORSHIP
“And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the l***r, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.” Mark 14:3
I find it wonderful how our Lord expresses this woman’s simple, yet focused act of worship in these verses here in Mark’s gospel. How different is this real worship as compared to today’s ‘contemporary’ style. How low key and unassuming and peaceful is this woman’s utter devotion to the Lord of Glory. I also noticed the Lord’s phrase in verse 9 . . . “this also that she hath DONE shall be spoken of . . .” she did not say a word, did not make a bunch of noise ‘praising Jesus,’ but simply, and with full understanding worshipped Him! May this be said of us here today. Not a lot of stuff was going on in that place; not a lot of music or pageantry or play acting but the ‘doing’ from the heart which truly shows itself in humble adoration for the One who called us and washed us in His own blood.
– Pastor Drew Dietz
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LET US GO INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD
“I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.” – Psalm 122:1
What defines a true house of the Lord? It is a house where the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ is declared - God, Man, Mediator, Savior! It is a house where the Word of Christ is declared - every word that has proceeded out of the mouth of God. It is a house where the Spirit of Christ dwells - in truth. It is a house where the glory of Christ dwells - in power. It is a house where the people of Christ dwell - in love. It is a house where Christ is ALL and in all. That is a house that all of God’s people are glad to go to. May that be THIS house today!
– Pastor Gabe Stalnaker
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GRACE ONLY, GRACE ALWAYS, AND GRACE ALL THE WAY
When Paul says, “By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast,” he means for us to understand that salvation is, in its entirety, the result of and the work of God’s free grace in Christ. In its commencement, in its continuance, and in its consummation, salvation is by grace alone. It is not in any sense, or at any time, to be attributed to human works. God was not moved to bestow his grace upon us by anything he saw meritorious or attractive in us, and there is nothing in our hearts or conduct which can move him to take his grace away.
– Don Fortner
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Although I am a sinner, yet I despair not; for Christ, who is my Redeemer and my righteousness, liveth. In Him I have no sin, no fear, no sting of conscience, and no fear of judgment; for in Him there is no condemnation. I am indeed a sinner as touching this present life; but I have a righteousness of God which is above this life, who is Christ my Lord. In Him I rejoice! – Martin Luther