Call to worship:
16 But may all who seek you
rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation
say continually, “Great is the Lord!”
17 As for me, I am poor and needy,
but the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
do not delay, O my God!Psalm 40:16-17
Gathering Video
Questions for reflection:
What “earworms” have you been having lately?
How do Peter’s words solidify who we are and how we’re called as God’s people?
In what ways can you more regularly live into your identity?
Corporate Prayer:
Our Father in Heaven,
We thank you for the story of salvation that centers on Your Son. We are amazed again at the endless grace of Jesus that grants forgiveness and freedom. May Your Spirit shape us to continually receive, share and show the love of God through everything we say and do.
In the name of Christ we pray, amen.
Notes//Quotes//Slides:
1 Peter 2:9-12 - Faith
Title: Earworm
[Verse 1]
Guilty running down the side of the egg
I'm in love with the past, and the things that they said
Guilty running down the side of my head
I get by on the promise of future excess
Guilty running, guilty running
I put my back in waiting for something
[Chorus]
I keep waiting for the shoe to drop
Microplastics in my lemonade
I keep waiting for my friend to call
And forgive me of my bad faith
Guilty running, guilty, I'm running out of time
- Hudson Freeman
5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; 6 and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”
(Exodus 19:6&7)
“They all make one family, a sort and species of people distinct from the common world, of another spirit, principle, and practice, which they could never be if they were not chosen in Christ to be such, and sanctified by His Spirit.”
- Matthew Henry
“26 For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, 29 so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. 30 And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, 31 so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
(1 Corinthians 1:26-31)
“The community that is created by the cross, is not just a warm family or aggregation of people giving one another emotional support. It is an alternate society with different habits, different customs, different loves. It is a foretaste of the heavenly city to come.”
- Timothy Keller