Begin With Prayer
Prelude
Greeting
Opening Song
Welcome
Invocation
Worship In Song
Call To Worship
Let us worship God.
He is our refuge and our fortress,
our God, in whom we trust.
Let us confess with our mouths, “Jesus is Lord,”
and believe in our hearts that God raised him from the dead.
Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Let us call upon our true God, believing him in our hearts,
confessing him with our mouths, worshiping him in spirit and in truth. —Based on Psalm 91:2; Romans 10:9, 13
Pastoral Prayer
Offering
Choir Anthem - “I Know”
Soloist - Micah Barribal
Scripture Reading
One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
2 He said to them, “When you pray, say:
“‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come.
3 Give us each day our daily bread.
4 Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.
And lead us not into temptation.’”5 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; 6 a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ 7 And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.
9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? —Luke 11:1-12
34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? —Romans 8:34-35
Message: Pastor Doug McHenry
Place your own notes here:
“I will bless you; I will make your name great. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” —Genesis 12:2-3
What does it look like to bless people?
Begin with Prayer
“God, how do you want me to use my time today?”
“Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness.” —Luke 4:1
“One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.” —Luke 6:12
Remember…Jesus is praying for us
“Christ Jesus, who died –more than that, who was raised to life – is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.” —Romans 8:34
Remember…Jesus teaches us to be persistent and confident in prayer.
“Ask and it will be given to you…knock and the door will be opened.” —Luke 11:9,10
Remember…The Holy Spirit is at work.
Action Step
Pray for 5 people in your life, 5 minutes per day for 5 weeks.
“Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.” —The Lord’s Prayer
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