400 East Gregory Street

Mount Prospect, IL 60056

847.259.3090

www.christianlifechurch.org

Sermon Notes

Dr. Daryl Merrill Jr., Lead Pastor

Dr. Daryl Merrill Sr., Senior Executive Pastor

Rev. Fred Joob, Senior Associate Pastor

Rev. Harry Schmidt, Christian Life College President

Rev. LeAnn Riveness, Worship & Arts

Rev. Mike Bell, Youth Pastor

PASTORAL STAFF

June 29 & 30

June 29 & 30, 2013

Dr. Daryl Merrill Jr. Bible Blog

BABY DEDICATION

This Saturday, June 29th, Greg & Heather Dymond are dedicating their children Marissa, Blake, Luke & McKenna to the Lord.

4th OF JULY BREAKFAST

Come to church early NEXT Sunday, July 7th for our annual 4th of July Breakfast from 8:30-9:15AM. We will be serving eggs, pancakes, ham and fruit in the gym.

MEN OF VALOR HOMERS N’

HOTCAKES

Attention Men: On Saturday, July 13th, Men of Valor will be hosting Homers N’ Hotcakes! At 8AM, enjoy an all you can eat buffet and be chal-lenged by a message from Kelly Spencer. After breakfast, we will go outside and play 16” softball. Only $5 for men (Military Veterans eat FREE) and $3 for boys 10 and under. For safety reasons, softball is for ages 13 and older. Contact Mark with any questions at (847) 372-8678.

WOMEN’S BREAKFAST

Ladies, join us for breakfast on Satur-day, July 20th at 9AM at Old Country Buffet on Rand Road in Arlington Heights. Breakfast is on your own.

FRIDAY FOOD DAY

On Friday mornings between 9:30-10:30AM we get food donated from Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods and Costco. The food that is donated is just about to expire. We want to make sure anyone from CLC who could use extra food knows they are more than welcome to come to food day on Fri-days.

THANK YOU

Thank you to everyone who helped with VBS this past week! The kids had a really good time!

BAPTISM SERVICE &

CHURCH PICNIC We will be having a Baptism Service THIS Saturday & Sunday, June 29 & 30 during our regular weekend ser-vices. Immediately following the Sun-day worship service there will be a church picnic. We will provide the hamburgers, hot dogs & lemonade, please bring a side dish or dessert to share.

4TH OF JULY CHOIR

Choir practices for the 4th of July Choir are Sunday, June 30th at 6PM and Saturday, July 6th at 4PM. The 4th of July Choir Presentation will be during our regular weekend services NEXT WEEKEND on Sat-urday & Sunday, July 6th & 7th.

WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY

Ladies, join us for a Summer Bible Study on Tuesdays through August 12th at 9AM at Chris & Dawn McClure’s house. Please call Dawn McClure at 847-253-2490 for direc-tions and more information.

PRAYER MEETING

For July & August there will not be a formal Wednesday prayer service with the worship team and a mes-sage from Pastor Daryl, but the sanctuary will be open for prayer from 7-8PM. Everyone is welcome to come and pray.

Christian Life Church: Our Mission

Connect To God // Connect To People // Connect To Your Calling

Saturdays @ 6PM & Sundays @ 9:30AM To see a complete list of services and events, visit us on the web at www.christianlifechurch.org

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But John tried to deter him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?"

Jesus replied, "Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness." Then John consented.

Matthew 3:14-15 (NIV)

John’s Baptism was a baptism of repentance. Jesus requested a baptism of repentance. But why? Jesus was perfect. He knew no sin. 2 Corinthians 5:21 testifies, “For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.” Jesus is baptized with a baptism of re-pentance so that he could identify with us as the sacrifice for our sins.

Fast forward to Christian Baptism. In Christian Baptism we are identifying ourselves with Christ, His death, burial and resurrection as we go down into the water and then come up again. Romans 6:4 teaches us, “We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.”

Just as Jesus identified Himself with our sinfulness, we identify ourselves with the abundant life He gives us through the victory He won for us on the cross. He identifies with our weakness and we identify with His strength. What a wonderful picture of God’s love and power shown to us in baptism.

Baptism is an important step in our Christian walk. It is a require-ment for the obedient disciple. Acts 2:38, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” 1 Peter 3:21, “this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also--not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good con-science toward God.” We celebrate with those obedient to God fol-lowing Him in water baptism!