This Sunday we're going to start with some energetic songs that remind us of God's faithfulness: "Forever" and "Unchanging." This will help set the tone for the morning, as we prepare to hear from Jesus on how we are to ask for things in prayer, knowing that God is perfectly faithful, and always gives good gifts to his people.
Pastor Todd will come do his usual prayer and welcome segment, and give us a few seconds to say hi to people, and greet visitors (possibly weirding them out if you do the holy kiss thing, but hopefully making them feel welcome!).
Then we'll keep singing and exploring the theme of trusting God's faithfulness with the songs "It Is Well With My Soul" and "We Trust Your Will." This is one of those areas in life that is really easy for us to say we trust God, but in our gut we still fear so much of the reality of life that we effectively stifle our belief and trust. Hopefully as we constantly remind ourselves of the faithfulness of the God we serve, we'll learn to implement it more consistently in our lives.
Pastor Todd will then come and preach to us from Matthew 7:7-12, so read up and prepare for the Holy Spirit to further teach these truths to us as we submit to the power and authority of His Word.
We'll have a few songs after the sermon that will help us respond to the message, and connect our minds and our hearts so the truth will sink in more deeply: "Change My Heart" reminds us that God is the shaper of our lives, and he is molding and shaping each of us for a specific purpose, and how we need to trust and submit to that. "From The Inside Out" is our prayer to God to consume us as we give over control of our lives to Him, and reminds us yet again of His faithfulness; that though we fail 1,000 times, His mercy remains, and will remain until we are perfected in His presence!
That's what's going on; happy preparation!
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