First Presbyterian Church Of Baton Rouge

Waiting on the Lord in prayer opens up space in us for relationship. When we discover how Jesus waited on his Father for guidance and strength, we realize how our own prayers get taken up in his life. The man for all men and women includes us in his prayers. He prays with us. Wait for my Father. Be strong. Take courage. Wait for my Father.

God is calling to us. He wants to be known. He makes himself available, but he is not a cheap date. He doesn’t give his beauty away for free; he doesn’t let us treat his treasure like trash. No, he graciously gives himself to us but he requires that we seek him. We wants us to press upwards toward him. He wants us to consecrate some time in honor of him. He wants us to stretch our minds to know him. He wants to capture our hearts as we contemplate him in his Word. If you seek him, he promises he will give himself to be found. So over the next six weeks, let’s journey toward Jesus through these passages and prayers. I promise that they will lead you to love him more than ever before for the way to life that he has made for you. Quest upward, beloved!

First Presbyterian Church Baton Rouge is a church passionately committed to Christ Jesus our Lord and ardently engaged in studying the Scriptures. We love reaching out to our city and world with the love of Jesus. You'll see a church ready to welcome new faces. You'll see a church with a vision to go Deeper into Christ and Further into the World.

“The LORD is my portion and my cup.” What do you get when you come to the Supper, you compromised, double-hearted, double-minded, befouled cur? The Triune God of grace himself is your portion. One drop would be beyond an eternity of deserving, but he pours in the unending wine of his presence. The cup overflows. The cup of salvation. Christ drank down the dregs of my sin and passed back the chalice filled with his precious blood, the wine of everlasting life.

First Presbyterian Church Baton Rouge is a church passionately committed to Christ Jesus our Lord and ardently engaged in studying the Scriptures. We love reaching out to our city and world with the love of Jesus. You'll see a church ready to welcome new faces. You'll see a church with a vision to go Deeper into Christ and Further into the World.

God does not usually act with the magic we longed for as children. But he does act: To end the deep loneliness we feel. To heal us from within. To turn our hearts from bitterness to love. To give us hope in the face of death that we can live eternally.

We are called to prepare room in our hearts for Christ. To set loose our songs in praise. To choke off the sins that entangle us. To dig up the thorns that pierce people in our society and relationships. To speak sharply to the sorrow that wants to swallow us as we bid our hearts rejoice in the one who alone is the source of abiding joy. We do all these things as we lift up our voices and sing with our hearts “Joy to the World.” Worship is a kind of defiance. We defy the way things are in the world by singing the praises of our present and active savior. We look at the world that could make us despair and nevertheless sing a joyful song. We mock the evil one as we extol the excellencies of our reigning king. Taking up our instruments and raising our voices, we herald Christ’s arrival in the present moment. Worship alone sweeps us up into the one great story of Jesus, of all he has done to save us and all he will do to set the world right.