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I. Call to Worship: Psalm 32:10,11
II. Offering passage: 1 Corinthians 16:2 III. Scripture references: A. Prov. 20:6 – “Many a man proclaims his own loyalty, But who can find a trustworthy man?” B. I Chron. 28:9 (NKJV) - “serve (God) with a loyal heart and with a willing mind” C. Prov. 26:5 - “Answer a fool as his folly deserves, That he not be wise in his own eyes.” D. Ex. 20:5 – “I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God’ E. Is. 1:18 – “Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the LORD, “Though your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white as snow …” F. Is. 53:5 – “But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him” G. Is. 53:6 – “But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him” H. Is. 53:12 – “Yet He Himself bore the sin of many, And interceded for the transgressors” I. 2 Peter 3:15,16 - “… just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction” IV. Cross-references A. Matthew 10:34-38 B. 2 Corinthians 12:19 C. I Corinthians 2:1-5 V. Quotes: A. Paul Tripp - ‘your whole life is premarital counselling … everything you face today is premarital preparation – living now with then in view’
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I. Call to Worship: Psalm 22:22
II. Offering passage: Philippians 4:18 III. Scripture references: • I Thess. 2:4 – “but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who examines our hearts.” • Ps. 37:5 – “Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it” • Prov. 16:3 – “Commit your works to the LORD And your plans will be established.” • 2 Cor. 3:5 – “Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God” • Prov. 26:5 – “Answer a fool as his folly deserves, That he not be wise in his own eyes.” • Ps. 20:7 – “Some boast in chariots and some in horses, But we will boast in the name of the LORD, our God.” • Ps. 34:2 – “My soul will make its boast in the LORD; The humble will hear it and rejoice.” • Gal. 6:14 – “But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.” • Ps. 115:1 – “Not to us, O LORD, not to us, But to Your name give glory Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth” IV. Cross-references • Jeremiah 9:23,24 • Romans 15:17,18 V. Quotes: • John MacArthur – (Paul) ‘focused on excellence rather than success; on the quality of his ministry rather than its size; on the depth of his ministry rather than its breadth’ I. Call to Worship: Psalm 19:7-11
II. Offering passage: Matt. 6:19-21, 24 III. Cross-references: A. I Peter 2:19-23 B. 2 Corinthians 1:12 C. 2 Corinthians 2:17 IV. Notes: A. ‘meekness’ refers to the humble and gentle attitude that produces a patient endurance of offenses B. ‘gentleness’ refers to those who graciously refuse to insist on their legal rights |
Ray ClancyPoints of Interest Weekly Blog Archives
March 2017
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