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We have launched our redesigned website! Please bear with us as we continue to work on it. This is a link to our new Sunday Worship Resources page. Here you can download PDF copies of the song lyrics and readings. (You can find our redesigned website at the same URL as before - shbcspokane.org)

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God is at work in our lives and in our world. Come join us Sunday at 10 a.m., online or in person, to hear testimonies of His work at home and abroad. We hope to meet you!

Song Lyrics for June 30, 2024 Sunday Worship Download PDF SS_06-30-2024 Song Lyrics Cornerstone My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness I dare not trust the sweetest frame But wholly trust in Jesus name   Christ alone; cornerstone Weak made strong; in the Savior’s love Through the storm, He is Lord Lord of all...

Join us this Sunday at 10 a.m., online or in person, as we continue our journey through the Gospel of Mark. Lawrence Hudson will be preaching on Mark 7:31-37. Try reading through the passage before Sunday to prepare your heart to receive God's message to you through Lawrence.

Song Lyrics and Readings for June 23, 2024 Sunday Worship Download PDF SS_06-23-2024 Song Lyrics and Readings Call to Worship Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits, Who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit,....

We look forward to joining with you in worship this Sunday either in person or online. May the joy of the Lord be your strength!

Song Lyrics and Readings for June 16, 2024 Sunday Worship Download PDF SS_06-16-2024 Song Lyrics and Readings Call to Worship We will give thanks to you, O Lord, with our whole heart; We will tell of all your wonderful deeds. We will be glad and exult in you; We will sing praise to your name, O Most High. O, magnify the Lord with me. Let […]

What have you enjoyed most in our ongoing series through the Gospel of Mark? Leave a comment below.

Song Lyrics for June 9, 2024 Sunday Worship Download PDF SS_06-09-2024 Song Lyrics Call to Worship This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Save us, we pray, O LORD! O LORD, we pray, give us success! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD! We bless You from the house […]

Lord, You have called me to live in grace. But I in my sinful flesh want to live according to the law, because I can control that and because I can make my own law. I am uncomfortable with grace because I cannot understand it, I cannot fathom it. I want to live in a commodity and service economy. I serve You so You provide the commodity of salvation and relationship. This is NOT living “in the grace of Christ.”
Forgive me for this. Help me, by Your Spirit, to live in the grace of Christ today and to love others by the grace of Christ.

Imagine how different your day will be today if you focus on thankfulness instead of your troubles? To be sure, God cares about your troubles. But this is about your attitude and concern. Imagine it...

The first Sunday of each month, we celebrate communion together at SHBC. Join us online or in person for our Sunday worship. You are welcome here...

Song Lyrics and Readings for June 2, 2024 Sunday Worship Download PDF SS_06-02-2024 Song Lyrics and Readings Call to Worship Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever! Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.” Let the house of Aaron say, “His steadfast love endures forever.” Let those who fear t...

Life on the new earth in the new Jerusalem is the life you have always wanted—without the tears, death, mourning, crying, and pain that make life miserable (Rev. 21:4). This is possible because it is life in “the unfiltered presence of God.” At last, “God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God” (v. 3).
From
“Risen” by
Steven D. Mathewson

We do not serve the third or fifth greatest being in the universe. We do not serve one whose supremacy will end when he retires or when a greater being appears on the scene. Thanks to the resurrection, the Lord we serve is supreme over all. In him, all things hold together (Col. 1:17)—your cardiovascular system, the water cycle, the institution of marriage, and everything else we depend on for life. Like the sun at the center of the solar system, the glory of the risen Lord holds together all the aspects of our life, which revolve around it!
From
“Risen” by
Steven D. Mathewson

Pastor John returns to the pulpit this Sunday as we continue our study in the Gospel of Mark. We look forward to joining with you, either in person or online.

Song Lyrics and Readings for May 26, 2024 Sunday Worship Download PDF SS_05-26-2024 Song Lyrics and Readings Call to Worship Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before Him with thanksgiving and extol Him with music and song. Indescribable From the highest of heights to the depths of the […]

You and I will be raised one day. That is for sure. Whether we are raised to life in God’s presence or raised to face God’s judgment depends on our response to God’s Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, in this life. No wonder we stand fast in the gospel. No wonder we approach the task of proclaiming the gospel with a sense of urgency. People’s eternal destinies are at stake.
From
“Risen” by
Steven D. Mathewson

The resurrected Christ is the one who will bring this justice. We long for his judgment because it will bring peace and restore our relationships to what God designed them to be. The peace justice brings is more than the absence of war. “It means complete reconciliation, a state of the fullest flourishing in every dimension—physical, emotional, social, and spiritual—because all relationships are right, perfect, and filled with joy.”
From
“Risen” by
Steven D. Mathewson

We can assume that what Jesus taught about the kingdom of God between his resurrection and ascension shows up in the teaching of the apostles in the New Testament. We learn much about the kingdom of God in the New Testament letters. We learn that the kingdom is a matter of “righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit” (Rom. 14:17). We also learn that even though the kingdom of God involves suffering (2 Thess. 1:5; Rev. 1:9), it is a matter of power (1 Cor. 4:20), it cannot be shaken (Heb. 12:28), and it is eternal (2 Pet. 1:11; Rev. 11:15).
From
“Risen” by
Steven D. Mathewson

Join us, in person or online, for our Sunday service, 10 a.m. We have the joy of 2 baptisms this week, along with a baby/family dedication!

Song Lyrics and Readings for May 19, 2024 Sunday Worship Download PDF SS_05-19-2024 Song Lyrics and Readings Call to Worship We have gathered to praise our gracious God Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! Let us worship God, our light and our salvation. The Lord is the stronghold of our lives. We desire to live in God’s house and to seek God in Hi...

This promise is especially significant for two reasons. First, it provides encouragement for carrying out Jesus’s mission. No matter how difficult their task, Jesus’s followers can count on the presence of their crucified and risen Lord. Second, the promise of Jesus’s presence advances a key theme in the developing story of the Bible: the presence of God.
From
“Risen” by
Steven D. Mathewson

When we, as Jesus’s followers, go to “make disciples of all nations”—the main command in Jesus’s commission—by leading them to Christ (signified by “baptizing”) and building them up in Christ (signified by “teaching them to observe” what Jesus taught), we do so with the full authority of Christ behind us!
From
“Risen” by
Steven D. Mathewson

The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.”
Matthew 28:5-6
Remember that Jesus “has risen, just as he said” when you wonder if he is really with you as he promised (Matt. 28:6). Remember that Jesus “has risen just as he said” when you doubt his promise that God will take care of your needs for food and clothing if you seek first his kingdom (Matt. 6:31–33). Remember that Jesus “has risen, just as he said” when you question the reality of his coming “with power and great glory” (Matt. 24:29–31). Because Jesus rose from death just as he said, we can trust all of his words and his promises.
From
“Risen” by
Steven D. Mathewson

“For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.” (Romans 14:9)
Because of Jesus’s resurrection, I can rejoice and have confidence about my future life after I die. I take to heart what the apostle Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 13:12: “For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.”
From
“Risen” by
Steven D. Mathewson

Whenever I am tempted to wonder if I have given my life to a lost cause, I remember how the resurrection of Jesus Christ put his glory and honor on display. That is why my faith and my hope are in God!
From
“Risen” by
Steven D. Mathewson

The need for new birth is so desperate that it can only happen through the work of the Holy Spirit (Ezek. 36:27; John 3:5–8) and through the word of truth—the gospel of Jesus Christ (James 1:18; 1 Pet. 1:18–23). The need for new birth is so desperate that it took the resurrection of Jesus Christ to make it possible.
From
“Risen” by
Steven D. Mathewson

Hebrews 13:20 makes it clear that “The God of peace . . . through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep.” Jesus lives, then, to serve as “the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls” (1 Pet. 2:25). Even more, Jesus, the Lamb, will serve as our shepherd in our eternal home (Rev. 7:17). As our shepherd, he will remove sorrow and will lead us to springs of living water.
From
“Risen” by
Steven D. Mathewson

Brian Napora returns to the pulpit this Sunday with a special Mother's Day message. Join us in person or online. We look forward to worshiping with you!

Song Lyrics and Readings for May 12, 2024 Sunday Worship Download PDF SS_05-12-2024 Song Lyrics and Readings Call to Worship Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before Him with thanksgiving and extol Him with music and song. Our God Water You turned into wine, Opened the eyes of […]

If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, be encouraged that Jesus, for whose return you wait, is not coming to pour out wrath upon you. Rather, because he “has already suffered the end-time wrath for his people at the cross,”the risen Christ will return to rescue us from that wrath and to enjoy the Lord’s presence forever (1 Thess. 4:17).
From
“Risen” by
Steven D. Mathewson

We are not to live like we used to live, because we are no longer the earthly people we used to be. We are to kill the old ways of life, which spring up like weeds. We can and must do this because we have been raised with Christ—the one who was raised through the power of God from death.
From
“Risen” by
Steven D. Mathewson

The fact that the resurrected Christ will one day be fully revealed is our cause for encouragement when we face discouraging, hopeless patches of life. To use a line from Tolkien’s The Return of the King, “everything sad is going to come untrue.” Think about that. Anxiety, depression, fear, persecution, suffering, and decay will all come untrue when Christ returns. The apostle John says as much when he writes: “Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2).
From
“Risen” by
Steven D. Mathewson

The resurrection of Jesus Christ changes everything! The reality of our future resurrection as followers of Christ has been pulled back into the present and has reoriented our desires. Gerry Breshears says, “As a regenerate person, what I deeply want to do is godly. While doing what is godly may not always be my strongest desire, it is my deepest one (Gal. 5:16–17).”
From
“Risen” by
Steven D. Mathewson

We crave experiences and knowledge. We want our lives to make a difference. We want to live life to its fullest. Unfortunately, we sometimes look for fullness in all the wrong places. True fullness is tied to the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
In Colossians 2, the apostle Paul calls on Christians to be faithful to Christ Jesus as Lord (vv. 6–7) and not let anyone take them “captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elementary spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ” (v. 8). The reason, according to verses 9–12, is that true “fullness” is available only through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
From
“Risen” by
Steven D. Mathewson

Paul’s longing is to know Christ, experiencing the power of Christ’s resurrection even as he shares in Christ’s suffering in the daily events of life. Paul is not some kind of ma*****st, one who derives pleasure from pain or mistreatment. But he understands that both the suffering and the resurrection of Jesus give shape to the way we experience the Christian life. Above all, Paul wants to face his present sufferings with resurrection power.
From
“Risen” by
Steven D. Mathewson

Grace and mercy are two sides of the same coin. Grace is God giving me what I don’t deserve. Mercy is God not giving me what I do deserve.
Now God’s mercy and grace do not stop with the cross of Christ. They are also expressed through Christ’s resurrection. Ephesians 2:6–7 makes it clear God has raised us with Christ and has seated us in the heavenly realms so that we can experience future grace.
From
“Risen” by
Steven D. Mathewson