SONGS WE SANG

Jesus Paid It All by Kings (MHM)

Heart Of Worship by Matt Redman

Love Song by Jason Morant

King Of My Heart by John Mark McMillan

TEXT

Philippians 2:1-4 MSG

Philippians 2:1-4 NIV

 

TAKEAWAYS

1 Surrender to Everyone

2 Pray for the person that annoys you

3 Go home, and let all your relatives off the potter's wheel. You are not the potter. - Joyce Meyeer

4 Listen through your screams to the wind still whispering: Don't give up -- Surrender! - Eric Ganther

BENEDICTION

By Rachel Held Evans, who recently passed away and we will miss.

God, go with us. Help us to be an honor to the church.

Give us the grace to follow Christ’s word,
to be clear in our task and careful in our speech.

Give us open hands and joyful hearts.

Let Christ be on our lips.

May our lives reflect a love of truth and compassion.

Let no one come to us and go away sad.

May we offer hope to the poor,
and solace to the disheartened.

Let us so walk before God’s people,
that those who follow us might come into his kingdom.

Let us sow loving seeds, words that are quick with life,
that faith may be the harvest in people’s hearts.

In word and in example let your light shine
in the dark like the morning star.

Do not allow the wealth of the world or its enchantment
flatter us into silence as to your truth.

Do not permit the powerful, or judges,
or our dearest friends
to keep us from professing what is right.
Amen.

PRACTICE

In forgetting ourselves long enough to lend a helping hand (see the Message link above), consider this practice:

Pause ... when an interaction or situation causes something to rise up in you

Consider ... is this of weight or is this me just wanting people to be more like me?

Confess ... should the Holy Spirit show us we are keeping others at a distance because of superficial things

Surrender ... to our (God's) love of the person leading to an important conversation or letting it go.

RESOURCE

• During Recognition Of Souls, our friend Maggie lead us in a reading of the poem "To My Mother" by Wendell Berry. You can read that poem here.
• Rachel Held Evan's recently passed. Her book Searching For Sunday has been important to quite a few of us. Dig into her writings here.