Emotional and Physical Margin
2 Corinthians 5:14-17 (and others)
Part of MARGIN—Making Room for What Matters Most
May 10, 2021

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EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL MARGIN
2 Corinthians 5:14-17 (and others) | 05.09.2021


EMOTIONAL MARGIN

  1. Cultivate

    supports. (Acts 2:42-47)

  2. relationships. (Romans 12:16-18)

  3. one another. (Philippians 2:3-4)

  4. . (Psalm 127:2)

  5. Create appropriate

    . (Matthew 5:37)

  6. Give

    . (Colossians 3:15-17)

PHYSICAL MARGIN
1. Take personal

.

  1. more, and better. (Proverbs 3:24)

  2. Eat to

    , don’t live to . (Proverbs 25:27-28)

  3. Exercise for the

    . (Romans 12:16-18)

MARGIN
“The LOVE of

COMPELS me.

How do you fill in that blank?

PASSAGE

2 Corinthians 5:14-17
14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. 16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

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SONGS

Great Things

Verse 1
Come let us worship our King
Come let us bow at His feet
He has done great things
See what our Savior has done
See how His love overcomes
He has done great things
He has done great things

Chorus
O Hero of Heaven
You conquered the grave
You free every captive
and break every chain
O God

You have done great things
We dance in Your freedom
awake and alive
O Jesus our Savior
Your name lifted high
O God
You have done great things

Verse 2
You’ve been faithful
through every storm
You’ll be faithful forevermore
You have done great things
And I know You will do it again
For Your promise
is yes and amen
You will do great things
God You do great things

Bridge
Hallelujah God above it all
Hallelujah God unshakable
Hallelujah You have done great things [X2]
You’ve done great things

CCLI Song # 7111321

Waiting Here For You

Verse 1
If faith can move the mountains
Let the mountains move
We come with expectation
Waiting here for You
Waiting here for You

Verse 2
You’re the Lord of all creation
And still You know my heart
The Author of salvation
You’ve loved us from the start

Chorus
Waiting here for You
with our hands
Lifted high in praise
And it’s You we adore
Singing alleluia

Verse 3
You are everything
You’ve promised
Your faithfulness is true
We’re desperate for
Your presence
All we need is You

Bridge
(Singing) alleluia alleluia

CCLI Song # 5925663

We Exalt Thee

Verse 1
For Thou oh Lord
art high above all the earth
Thou art exalted
far above all gods

Chorus
We exalt Thee
We exalt Thee
We exalt Thee oh Lord

CCLI Song # 17803

PRAYER

“A Liturgy for Changing Diapers”

Heavenly Father,

In such menial moments as this – the changing of a diaper –
I would remember this truth:
My unseen labors are not lost, for it is these repeated acts of small sacrifice that – like bright, ragged patches – are slowly being sewn into a quilt of lovingkindness that swaddles this child.

I am not just changing a diaper.
By love and service
I am tending a budding heart that,
Rooted early in such grace-filled devotion, might one day be more readily-inclined to bow to your compassionate conviction – knowing itself then as both a receptacle and reservoir of heavenly grace.

So this little act of diapering –
Though in form sometimes felt as base drudgery – might be better described as one of ten thousand acts by which I am actively creating a culture of compassionate service and selfless love to shape the life of this family and this beloved child.

So take this unremarkable act of necessary service, O Christ, and in your economy let it be multiplied into that greater outworking of worship and of faith,
A true investment in the incremental advancement of your kingdom across generations.

Open my eyes that I might see this act for what it is from the fixed vantage of eternity, O Lord –

How the changing of a diaper might sit upstream of the changing of a heart;
How the changing of a heart might sit upstream of the changing of the world

Amen.

By Douglas McKelvey – Every Moment Holy, Vol. 1

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