Maryville Church of Christ

Hymn Study

Sermon Series: A Heart God Desires

Sermon Title: (Part 8) A Heart of Friendship

Scripture Basis: 1 Samuel 18-23

Summary: How do we become people after God's own heart?  In this series, we are surveying the book of 1 Samuel to discover the type of heart God desires. In Part 8, we see that David is protected by the friendship of Jonathan.  Proverbs 17:17 shows that friends are born for times of adversity.  Friends are one of life's necessities.  The friend we need the most is the one who laid down his life for his friends.

Sermon Series: Sing with Joy!

Sermon Title: (Part 4) Ain't No Rock Gonna Cry in My Place

Scripture Basis: Luke 19:28-40

Summary:  All of creation cries out in praise to God, but humanity was uniquely made to offer worship to God.  Yet of all things in creation, only humanity resists this reality.  As Jesus enters Jerusalem, his critics try to prevent his disciple's joyful worship.  Jesus response shows that joyful worship will burst forth from those who recognize God, even from the rocks themselves.

Sermon Series: A Heart God Desires

Sermon Title: (Part 7) A Heart of Courage

Scripture Basis: 1 Samuel 17

Summary: How do we become people after God's own heart?  In this series, we are surveying the book of 1 Samuel to discover the type of heart God desires. In Part 7, we see the courageous heart of David as he confronts the Philistine warrior Goliath.  But David points us to his future descendant who will be the anointed king who would do for us what we cannot do for ourselves.

Sermon Series: Sing with Joy!

Sermon Title: (Part 3) Welcoming God's Presence

Scripture Basis: Psalm 22:3

Summary:  When we come to the worship assembly we bring many faces with us--the face of pain, death, disease, struggle.  Yet, praise is often most powerful when it is peppered with pain.  When we gather to worship, the one who suffered for us is in our midst and joins us in joyful praise.

Assembly led by the men of the Faulkner Fusion group.

Sermon Series: A Heart God Desires

Sermon Title: (Part 6) A Heart that Pursues God

Scripture Basis: 1 Samuel 16

Summary: How do we become people after God's own heart?  In this series, we are surveying the book of 1 Samuel to discover the type of heart God desires. In Part 6, God reveals that he does not judge according to appearance, but he looks at our hearts.  God desires a heart that genuinely pursues him.

Sermon Series: Sing with Joy!

Sermon Title: (Part 2) Passion for Worship

Scripture Basis: 2 Samuel 6:12-23

Summary:  God wants us to worship him in Spirit and truth.  To worship in Spirit, our innermost selves must be stirred and moved by the glory and majesty of God.  If we are to worship in Spirit, we must develop a spirit of worship.  David's example in 2 Samuel 6 teaches us that we don't have to be uptight or suppress how we feel when we worship God.  We have permission to express the full range of emotion to God in worship.

Sermon Series: Sing with Joy!

Sermon Title: (Part 1) Worship in Spirit

Scripture Basis: Psalm 33:1-9

Summary:  God wants us to worship him in Spirit and truth.  To worship in Spirit, our innermost selves must be stirred and moved by the glory and majesty of God.  If we are to worship in Spirit, we must develop a spirit of worship.  Psalm 33 teaches us to praise God with shouts of joyful, new songs before him.

Sermon Title: Heartfelt Worship

Scripture Basis: Psalm 66

Summary: The value of the heartspring of glorious praise to God.