How Deep the Father's Love for Us

I love Sundays in Trujillo.  It is a day full of worship.  I rise early to help set up at Cristo Rey.  Currently we are renting space and so we must set up the room for worship.  After set up, I attend our Sunday School and then there is a break to greet those arriving for the service.  We have church with alabanzas (singing praises to the Lord), palabras de Dios (reading of the Scripture), the sermon (same in Spanish as it is in English), and la cena del Señor (the Lord's Supper).  It is such a worshipful service and I enjoy the singing of the psalms, traditional hymns (familiar tunes, but Spanish words), and praise music.  The fellowship of the saints is a powerful reminder that each Sunday we get a small glimpse of what eternity may be like.  I often think of my churches back home as we worship.  Our service is a little over an hour and a half and so my family back home is worshiping at the same time also.  It is inspiring to think about how all over the world, Christians are gathering to worship our Lord and Savior.  In different tongues and forms, but albeit the same Lord.

After our service at Cristo Rey, I head home to finish preparing my contribution to our mission wide lunch and then head to the host's home.  We gather as a mission to fellowship together each Sunday.  It is good to see everyone (we are spread out among 3 churches) and enjoy this time together.  After lunch, we then have a time of worship in English.  We hear the word of God, sing and then take prayer requests, pray, and finish with a final song.  It is good to worship in your native tongue and is always a time of great encouragement and adoration of our Lord.  One of my recent favorites is How Deep the Father's Love for Us.  I think the melody and music are beautiful and the words are such a humbling reminder of God' grace and mercy to me, a sinner so undeserving.  I believe it was Jerry Bridges who said we should preach the gospel to ourselves each day.  This is a wonderful retelling of the gospel in song.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.



Finally, after our English worship, I head home to relax for a bit before heading off to my cell group meeting. We have several cell groups that meet in member's homes and sing, have a short bible study, pray, and a time of fellowship.  It is a great way to end the Lord's day.