Worship Preparation - July 21, 2024
Read the sermon text: John 13:34-35; Hebrews 10:24-25
Read the sermon summary: We hear it every Sunday at church: We exist to love God’s glory, love God’s people, and love God’s world. For the next two Sundays we will be considering in more detail what it means for us to love God’s people and love God’s world. In addition to considering these two passages of scripture, we’ll delve into what this practically looks like in our particular situation and approach. We’ll see that our love for one another is a distinguishing mark of being a disciple of Jesus. Consider the following questions in preparation of the sermon: How can Christians loving one another be a distinguishing mark of following Jesus if other people in other groups and religions display love to each other? What examples of Christian love can you recall from the book of Acts… what did it look like? What are some implications from the command to “consider how to stir one another up to love and good deeds?”
Read the following song lyrics in relation to the sermon:
Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me
What gift of grace is Jesus my redeemer
There is no more for heaven now to give
He is my joy my righteousness and freedom
My steadfast love my deep and boundless peace
To this I hold my hope is only Jesus
For my life is wholly bound to his
Oh how strange and divine I can sing all is mine
Yet not I but through Christ in me
The night is dark but I am not forsaken
For by my side the Saviour he will stay
I labour on in weakness and rejoicing
For in my need his power is displayed
To this I hold my Shepherd will defend me
Through the deepest valley he will lead
Oh the night has been won and I shall overcome
Yet not I but through Christ in me
No fate I dread I know I am forgiven
The future sure the price it has been paid
For Jesus bled and suffered for my pardon
And he was raised to overthrow the grave
To this I hold my sin has been defeated
Jesus now and ever is my plea
Oh the chains are released I can sing I am free
Yet not I but through Christ in me
With every breath I long to follow Jesus
For he has said that he will bring me home
And day by day I know he will renew me
Until I stand with joy before the throne
To this I hold my hope is only Jesus
All the glory evermore to him
When the race is complete still my lips shall repeat
Yet not I but through Christ in me
When the race is complete still my lips shall repeat
Yet not I but through Christ in me
Yet not I but through Christ in me
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