Suggested Worship Order for April 19, 2020
(The activities and order are up to you!)
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Open with a simple prayer of thanksgiving for daily divine mercies, acknowledging God’s mighty faithfulness, asking for His forgiveness and for His blessing as you gather.
Read a passage of Scripture. Consider Psalm 138.
Sing a familiar hymn or song. Today you are invited to listen to or sing along with the musicians.
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Just to help you know where the preacher is going, here is the outline!
Perplexity and Provision
Luke 9:7-17
- The Great Perplexity, vv. 7-9.
- A Distressed Interest.
- A Divided Opinion.
- The Gracious Reception, vv. 10-11.
- A Withdrawal.
- A Glad Welcome.
- The Generous Provision, vv. 12-17.
- Running on Empty, vv. 12-14a.
- The “Sensible” Proposal, v. 12.
- The Stunning Directive, v. 13a.
- The Stunted Reply, v. 13b.
- Filling the Empty, vv. 14b-17.
- The Active Sovereign, v. 14b.
- The Almighty Supplier, vv. 15-16.
- The All-Sufficient Satisfier, v. 17.
- Running on Empty, vv. 12-14a.
Sing a song when the sermon is over. Some suggestions: Some suggestions: Jesus, Thy Name I Love, Hymnbook #546; My Jesus, I Love Thee, Hymnbook #547; You Are My All in All, Songbook #154.
Spend time in discussion or reflection on what you heard.
Possible Discussion Questions
- How would you summarize the main lesson of this passage?
- What effect did the ministry of Jesus and the mission of His disciples have on Herod?
- What was the public opinion about who Jesus was? What are the opinions about Jesus that people have today?
- What did Jesus do after the apostles returned and gave a report of what they had done?
What was His likely purpose? - How did Jesus respond to the crowds? What does this reveal about Him?
- What is Jesus’ purpose in telling His apostles to give the crowd something to eat?
- How do they respond to His directive?
- How does Jesus “answer” their confession of lack in verse 14?
- What do Jesus’ acts in verses 14-17 teach us about Him?
- What part do the disciples have in the miraculous feeding?
- What in this account made the greatest impression on you? What was most encouraging or
helpful to you? - What, if anything, are you challenged to do on account of this passage?
Close with prayer, thanking God for His Word, asking Him to help you to understand, hold on to, and faithfully apply what you have heard.
Good idea to have some oil and flour in your cupboard that Christ can use to provide for others in need… We want to be faithful servants and waiters to meet the needs of the unsaved.
It appears that Christ used existing fish/bread to multiply. You can’t make Ed Webster’s sourdough pancakes without some starter that originated from his mothers kitchen. Better to keep your own sourdough starter so it can be multiplied.
Glad I don’t see blue lights and slinky singers in your church service. We have to many pretend churches. What happened to that forsaking assembling together? So we obey Caesar in this “crisis” rather than Book of Hebrews? Or do we follow Romans 13 while Caesar arrests church goers who assemble in their cars? Jails are emptying but plenty of room for Christians who defy governors orders if one dares to not COMPLY . Umm?
Seems like executive orders that contradict Gods word and that little thing in the constitution called the first amendment are to be obeyed rather than assembling together to worship God..
Oh, I know balancing legitimate state interest (health) trumps any right to assemble, Okay, I will yield to Michigan’s governor for guidelines.
Yep, there is a test coming, brace for it.