Morning Worship
The Pott's are taking the Long Weekend off and we want to bless them in that break!
Worship team members Tony Mohr and Debbie Wagler agreed to offer us with four songs of worship recorded from their homes. Please worship along with them and our collective voices will carry to the Lord as a sweet smelling offering.
Psalm 100
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
2 Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5 For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
Relentless - https://youtu.be/ruvxvcO_us4
10,000 Reasons & Be Unto Your Name - https://youtu.be/CVlrSEasCrk
The Blessing - https://youtu.be/ZTa8RuSd1Pw
Sermon Overview
What does all this waiting around for things to go back to ‘normal’ bring about in our lives?
If you’re feeling frustrated by this uncertain season that lasts longer than you anticipated, you’re not alone.
How about hundreds of years?
That’s how long the Israelites waited for God to deliver them from a life of hard labour and servitude.
In this message on waiting in the time of Covid, we learn 3 problems of waiting, and 3 truths that God has for us in this season of waiting.
Guided Prayer
Psalm 13:6 ESV “I will sing to the LORD, because he has dealt bountifully with me.”
God has been faithful to me. my body
God has been faithful to me. my mind
God has been faithful to me. my heart
God has been faithful to me. my soul
God has been faithful to me. my hurts
God has been faithful to me. my doubts
God has been faithful to me. my faults and failures
God has been faithful to me. my gifts
God has been faithful to me. my purpose
God has been faithful to me. my redemption and salvation
God, thank you for you have been faithful to me. Help me to remember your faithfulness in these uncertain times. Amen.
Discussion Questions
1. Israel were asked to wait until Moses came down from the mountain, they didn't know that it would be 40 days. Would it have been easier on them if they had known it would be 40 days? Why is it so hard for us to live with a promise but not knowing when?
2. We explored some of the problems of waiting in the inbetween, namely, fear, doubt, and desires. What might you be dealing with in this time? In recognition that God is gracious with our human frailty, what would it take for you to offer God our fears, our doubts, and our appetites?
3. The call of this and last weeks messages has been to prayer. In addition to praying as a way of maintaining relationship and communication with God in this critical time of waiting, what else can you pray for this week? Who may be having even more trouble than you with the WAITING of Covid?
