New songs this Sunday!!

Preparing Your Heart for Worship - October 29, 2017

This Sunday, we continue our study of Romans 10 and shift our focus from man’s responsibility to call upon the Lord in repentance and belief from the heart to our great joy and privilege of sharing the good news of Jesus Christ with others.  

Singing Together as the Body of Christ

We’re singing a few new songs this week. Micah Miller will be leading our time of singing along with a few others. Be sure and be praying for him as he prepares this week to lead us in exalting Christ. 

10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)

As we begin our time together - we gather to bless the Lord - to worship His holy name. To sing about his excellent greatness. This is a great song to begin our time of worship with. It reminds us that every day is a new day and that no matter what the situation is in our lives, God’s goodness and mercy and kindness are ever present in our lives.

Forever Reign

As we continue singing together, this song (new to us) continues to celebrate God’s attributes and then turns to a great description of what our response to His goodness should be. Be sure and listen to this song a few times so we can all be ready to sing it together. 

Better Is One Day

Coming almost directly from Psalm 84, as we continue singing together, we’ll continue to declare our dependence on God and the desire we have to know Him more deeply.  

Breathe

This short song is a simple declaration of our daily dependence on the Holy Spirit in all of our life. 

The Solid Rock

As we prepare for our time in God’s Word together, what a joy it is to sing about Christ our hope. It truly is the sacrifice Jesus made on my behalf that is the foundation of my hope and joy and comfort and peace.  

Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery

This song isn’t new to us, but we haven’t sang it very much. As we sing together, let this song be a meditation on all that Christ has done for us. 

Sermon: Beautiful Feet, Romans 10:14-17

This passage of Scripture is a familiar one. While it doesn’t hold the “popularity” (for lack of a better term) of verse 9-10, it’s certainly a great passage that speaks of our assignment to take the Gospel to as many people as we can. 

Read through Romans 10:5-17 several times and pay close attention to verses 14-17. As you consider the passage, answer the following questions that come from verses 14-17:

  • who is the “they” referred to three times in verse 14?

  • what is the first thing we want the “they” to do? 

  • at the end of verse 14, what is “their” need?

  • there’s a new “they” in verse 15 - who is it?

  • what is this new “they” to do?

  • why do you think Paul uses the image of feet in this verse?

  • what does it mean to “obey the gospel?”

  • read the Isaiah quote in Isaiah 53:1. why do you thin Paul used this passage

  • what is the foundation of faith and hearing?

O Church Arise

As we consider the command of Scripture - we couldn’t think of a better song to conclude our time together with. The call of Romans 10:14-17 is to rise up, armor up, and step up to the challenge of sharing the good news of Christ with the world. That begins with those that God has placed in our lives - friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, and others that we have some sort of “connection” with. 

Be sure and continue to pray Colossians 4:2-4 daily and always be looking for the opportunities to share the gospel that the Lord brings to you.  

Be in prayer for:

• Micah Miller, Cody & Katelyn Western, Amy Pryor, and Ryan Halstead as they prepare to lead our time of singing together. 

• Pray that we all come together on Sunday with hearts prepared to engage in intense, focused exaltation of God. 

• Pray that we demonstrate holiness, unity, and love in both our personal lives as well as together as the Body.

• Pray for me as I prepare to preach God’s inspired, inerrant, sufficient, authoritative Word.

Rob