Beginning with Psalm 100
A psalm of thanksgiving.
1 Shout with joy to the LORD, O earth!
2 Worship the LORD with gladness.
Come before him, singing with joy.
3 Acknowledge that the LORD is God! He made us, and we are his.
We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise.
Give thanks to him and bless his name.
5 For the LORD is good. His unfailing love continues forever,
and his faithfulness continues to each generation.
Psalms 100:1-5 (NLT)
Our worship set
* Amazed
* Forever
* Change My Heart O God
* It Is Well With My Soul
Emily Shermer sang "All Creatures Of Our God and King" before the message.
We used "Have Thine Own Way" as our hymn of commitment.
The idea was to put songs out there that would help people focus on God's faithfulness - even in times of pain and devastation. I took a minute to introduce "It Is Well With My Soul" to the congregation, making the point again that songs are set to music, but the words are the conduit to the heart. Each generation has songs that speak their heart language, and we have 4 generations in worship.
We continued the "Mythbusters" series with a message on the myth that "God Owes Me".
11 As Jesus continued on toward Jerusalem, he reached the border between Galilee and Samaria. 12 As he entered a village there, ten lepers stood at a distance, 13 crying out, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"
14 He looked at them and said, "Go show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, their leprosy disappeared.
15 One of them, when he saw that he was healed, came back to Jesus, shouting, "Praise God, I'm healed!" 16 He fell face down on the ground at Jesus' feet, thanking him for what he had done. This man was a Samaritan.
17 Jesus asked, "Didn't I heal ten men? Where are the other nine? 18 Does only this foreigner return to give glory to God?" 19 And Jesus said to the man, "Stand up and go. Your faith has made you well."
Luke 17:11-19 (NLT)
I asked the congregation to live like the 10th leper.
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