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I. Call to Worship: Psalm 70:4,5
II. Offering passage: Exodus 25:1,2 III. Scripture references: • Matt. 21:9 – ‘The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David; BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD; Hosanna in the highest!”’ • John 12:35,46 - “For a little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes … I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.” • John 6:65 – “And He was saying, “For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father.” • John 10:14,15 – “I am the good shepherd, and I knowMy own and My own know Me, even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.” • Acts 2:23,24 - “this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death. But God raised Him up again …” • Acts 4:12 – “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.” IV. Cross-references: • Matthew 21:33-46 • Acts 4:7-13 • I Peter 2:4-9 V. Quotes: • Matthew Henry - “In singing this psalm we must glorify God for his goodness, his goodness to us, and especially his goodness to us in Jesus Christ.”
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I. Call to Worship: Psalm 65:1-4
II. Offering passage: I Cor. 16:1,2 III. Scripture references: A. Psalm 66:18 - "If I regard wickedness in my heart, the Lord will not hear." B. Is. 59:2 – “But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.” C. Phil 1:22-24 – “But if I am to live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labour for me; and I do not know which to choose. But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better; yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.” IV. Quotes: A. Commentator paraphrasing our psalmist - ‘in my moment of crisis, I discovered I was a believer, a real believer, not just a nominal churchgoer and that faith I discover enabled me to verbalise my distraught emotions, not just to myself, but to God. I told Him exactly how I felt … in that situation, there was only one thing I could be with God, and that is honest, brutally honest … I tell you that I never realised it was possible to feel so much devotion to God until the day I realised He paid attention to me, deliberately turning his ear to my prayer. I love the LORD for He heard my voice’ B. Spurgeon - ‘personal love fostered by a personal experience of redemption is the theme of this psalm, and in it we see the redeemed answered when they pray, persevered in time of trouble, resting in their God, walking at large, sensible of their obligations, conscious that they are not their own but bought with a price, and joining all the ransomed company to sing hallelujahs unto God’ V. Homework A. Take an A4 and write at the top: “I love the LORD because …:” and just start listing away I. Call to Worship: Psalm 63:5-8
II. Offering passage: Philippians 4:18 III. Scripture references: A. 2 Kings 17:33 - ‘they feared the LORD but also served their own gods’ B. Prov. 3:5,6 – “Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.” C. John 11: 25,26 - “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?” IV. Quotes: A. ‘Jesus + Nothing = Everything’ - ‘An idol has such a controlling position in your heart that you can spend most of your passion and energy, your emotional and financial resources, on it without a second thought. . . .’ B. Spurgeon - ‘they are always ready to blaspheme. In our own case, by our own lukewarmness and the neglect of faithful gospel preaching, we have permitted the uprise and spread of modern doubt, and we are bound to confess it with deep sorrow of soul …’ V. Notes A. 2nd commandment - “You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. “You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.” B. 1st commandment – “You shall have no other gods before Me” Points of Interest - Psalm 11402 August 2015
I. Call to Worship: Psalm 63:1-4 II. Offering passage: 2 Corinthians 8:1-9 III. Cross-References: A. I Peter 2:9,10 B. Romans 8:31-39 IV. Scripture references: A. Ex. 19:5,6 – “Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine; and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” B. Rev. 5:9,10 – “And they *sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth.” C. Ex. 19:18,19 – “Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke because the Lord descended upon it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently. When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him with thunder.” D. Psalm 2:12 - “Do homage to the Son that He not become angry, and you perish in the way, For His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!” V. Quotes: A. Bono - ‘Abandonment, displacement, is the stuff of my favourite psalms. The Psalter may be a font of gospel music, but for me it's in his despair that the psalmist really reveals the nature of his special relationship with God. Honesty, even to the point of anger. 'How long, Lord? Wilt thou hide thyself forever?' (Psalm 89) or 'Answer me when I call' (Psalm 5).’ B. Spurgeon - ‘true poetry has here reached its climax: no human mind has ever been able to equal much less to excel, the grandeur of this Psalm. God is spoken of as leading forth His people from Egypt to Canaan and causing the whole earth to be moved at His coming. Things inanimate are represented as imitating the actions of living creatures when the LORD passes by.’ C. John Trapp - ‘… if the giving of the law had such dreadful effects, what should the breaking thereof have?’ D. Matthew Henry - ‘In singing this psalm we must acknowledge God’s power and goodness in what he did for Israel, applying it to the much greater work of wonder, our redemption by Christ, and encouraging ourselves and others to trust in God in the greatest straits.’ |
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