Sermon by Jon Ludovina for September 13, 2020.
Here is this week's sermon along with a digital worship guide that includes songs to sing, prayers, and scripture to read. Also, for those with children, please use our Kidtown and student guides as a resource to teach and lead your children each week.
Worship Guide
September 13, 2020
Use this guide as a script, and, if possible, ask for a volunteer, roommate, or virtual participant to read the parts aloud. There are links to the songs to play and sing along with or, sing them a cappella. We want this to be a helpful guide for you and your community to participate together in worshipping the Lord.
Pray
Have someone pray for your time together
Call to Worship - Scripture
Have one person read the confession below, and a different person read the scripture of assurance that follows:
Confession
Most merciful God, we confess
That we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed,
By what we have done, and by what we have left undone.
We have not loved you with our whole heart;
We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.
We are truly sorry and we humbly repent,
For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us;
That we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways,
To the glory of your Name. Amen.
Assurance
Psalm 103:8, 10-12
The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in loving kindness. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving kindness toward those who fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
Songs
Pray
Have someone pray aloud, asking for focus, and wisdom as we hear the Word being taught.
Sermon
Song
Benediction
Have someone read this aloud:
I will now read this scripture and prayer over us as we conclude:
Excerpts from Galatians 5
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.
You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free.
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
Lord help us walk in Your Spirit, forgiving one another, and seeking reconciliation. Lord give us the strength to repent, and root out any anger or frustration, that ultimately keeps us from You. Amen.