Home Worship

July 12, 2020

A Message from Pastor Mike

Call To Worship
​Come, let us worship the Lord our God, 
For the Lord is our God, and we are the Lord's people.
As we wait upon the Lord, let us open our ears,
That we might both hear and heed the word of the Lord.
As we wait upon the Lord, let us open our eyes,
That we might both see and perceive the will of the Lord.
As we wait upon the Lord, let us open our hearts.
That we might understand with our hearts and turn to the Lord for healing.

Opening Hymn
O For A Thousand Tongues TO Sing

Children's Moments
​with Mrs. Katie

Todays Message from
Rev. Michael Henderson
​"The Sower and The Seed"

Scripture
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. Whoever has ears, let them hear.”

“Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”

Morning Prayers- led by Beth Prosser

Closing Hymn- Before The Throne of God

BENEDICTION  
Today, O God, we have turned to you in search of direction for our lives, and you did not turn us away. You have opened our ears to your word, our eyes to your purpose, and our hearts to your presence. Now send us forth as people who hear with their ears, see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, that your word might bear fruit within us and through us.

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Scriptures for next week are: Genesis 28:10-19a; Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24; Romans 8:12-25; Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

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