Prelude: āLasst uns Erfreuen / Let Us Rejoiceā (Wayne Martz, Organ) Welcome / Announcements / Prayer with Lordās Prayer (Mary Lou Jarrell) Hymn: āAnd Can it Be, that I Should Gainā Apostlesā Creed (Lucy and Rand Jones) Special Music: āMan of Sorrowsā (Joy Sloan, Sarah Teel, Jay Davis, Eric Buchanan, Eric Jones, and Ken Posey) Reading of Scripture (Katie, Hendley, Mary Avnor, and Jay Parker) Children Sermon (Sally Key Bowden) Anthem: āBe Stillā (Jeanne and Wayne Martz | by Mary McDonald) Sermon: āHow to Handle Life Quakesā (Rev. Dr. P. Shane Green with Alex King) Hymn: āI Am Thine, O Lordā Benediction (Rev. Dr. P. Shane Green) Postlude: āVersoā (Wayne Martz, Organ | by D. Zipoli)
Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth is a spiritual guidebook explaining the twelve Spiritual Disciplines and how they can bring a person closer to God. The disciplines are divided into three groups, Inward, Outward, and Corporate. The twelve disciplines are meditation, prayer, fasting, study, simplicity, solitude, submission, service, confession, worship, guidance, and celebration. The discussion of each discipline is supported with Scriptures and scholarly quotes that help readers grow closer to God.
Prelude: āPrelude in Fā (Wayne Martz, Organ | by J. S. Bach) Welcome / Announcements / Prayer with Lordās Prayer (Logan Ogletree) Hymn: āPraise To The Lord The Almightyā Apostlesā Creed (Len, James, Emmie, and Eric Kilgore) Special Music: āBuild My Lifeā (Joy Sloan, Sarah Teel, Jay Davis, Eric Buchanan, Eric Jones, and Ken Posey) Reading of Scripture (Mansell Amos) Children Sermon (Caroline Green) Anthem: āYou Do Not Walk Aloneā (Wayne and Jeanne Martz | by Elaine Hagenberg) Sermon: āFaith and Life Disruptionsā (Rev. Dr. P. Shane Green with Tonya Badcock) Hymn: āImmortal Invisible God Only Wiseā Benediction (Rev. Dr. P. Shane Green) Postlude: āAuf Meinen Lieben Gott / In My Loving Lordā (Wayne Martz, Organ | by J. S. Bach)
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Waiting for the Lord is not just killing time.
Doubt has a negative effect on our confidence.
When God asks us to wait, we take it as an invitation that wants us to do something on our own. While we’re waiting and idle, it doesn’t mean that God is idle.
If you are waiting on God, you are watching for God.
In the midst of waiting, God becomes our sustenance.
Waiting makes us so vulnerable. It requires us to be dependent upon someone else.
Our faith and confidence in God is dependent upon our willingness to trust and wait on God.
Waiting reminds us that we are not the center, and there’s not a thing we can do about it.
Waiting reveals to others something about us. Waiting reveals to us something about God.
Unfortunately, we are convinced that our identity directly comes from what we do. In our relationship with God, there’s something about embracing and remembering who we are as children of God.
Rest assured in the time of waiting that the Lord your God is the everlasting God.
Waiting is not killing time. Waiting is looking around and looking for the God who spoke and creation leapt into existence.
Waiting is not sitting around and not doing anything. Waiting is the active anticipation of what’s next.
Carlos Whitaker: “The way to catch up to the voice of God is not speeding up but slowing down.”
God graciously makes His vitality available to our fallen world with only one condition: Wait on God.
To wait on God is to admit that we have no other help in ourselves or any other person or thing. Waiting on the Lord is a constant declaration of our confidence in Him.
Waiting on God is our confidence expectation in God.
Prelude: āCantabileā (Jeanne Martz, Flute & Wayne Martz, Harpsichord | by A. Besozzi) Welcome / Announcements / Prayer with Lordās Prayer (Logan Ogletree) Hymn: āO Thou Who This Mysterious Breadā Giving of Bibles to Third Graders Apostlesā Creed (Regan, Ashley, and Brad Coppedge) Sacrament of Baptism: Lucille Collier Ezell (Daughter of Clark and Collier Ezell) Reading of Scripture (Nancy, Christopher, Jack, and Brent Wright) Children Sermon (Caroline Green) Anthem: āBecause You Are Godās Chosen Onesā (Wayne and Jeanne Martz) Sermon: āLife Disruptionsā (Rev. Dr. P. Shane Green with Emily Trotter) Hymn: āFor the Bread Which You Have Brokenā Holy Communion Benediction (Rev. Dr. P. Shane Green) Postlude: āAyreā (Wayne Martz, Harpsichord & Jeanne Martz, Flute | by G. P. Telemann)
