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SERMON GUIDE
Order of Service
Welcome - Pastor Jason & Andrea
Worship - House of the Lord
Scripture Reading - James 1:5-11 (please stand)
Sermon - Pastor Jason
Communion
Worship - Worthy
Worship - Gone
Dismissal - Pastor Joe
Passage for the day
James 1:5-11
5If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. 6But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. 7Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do. 9 Believers who are poor have something to boast about, for God has honored them. 10And those who are rich should boast that God has humbled them. They will fade away like a little flower in the field. 11The hot sun rises and the grass withers; the little flower droops and falls, and its beauty fades away. In the same way, the rich will fade away with all of their achievements.
Congregational Prayer
Oh Lord, there's so much I don’t know,
but you know it all.
So I come to you now,
and ask for wisdom from above.
I bring to you the broken pieces of my expectations,
my hopes and dreams worn thin,
I’m at a loss, not knowing why or what good
could possibly come from this trial.
What I want so badly still has not come to pass.
In my mind you are sovereign,
but in my heart I often feel
confused, abandoned, and alone,
as if you do not care to let my hopes collapse.
Still, I know my heart deceives me.
You are sovereign even over my sorrow.
You are always faithful, always working,
even when, especially when, I can not see it at the time.
So let this pain do its work.
Let it tutor me.
Use this trial to reveal
the undetected wounds and emotions that control my life
Give me the grace to trust,
and the patience to endure
As you are shaping my life and my circumstances
to make me more like your son Jesus.
Not my will, oh Lord,
not my dreams,
not my plans,
but yours be done.
Amen.
CONNECT
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CARE
If you or a loved one is in need of prayer or care, we would love to help! Simply open the Hope City Church Louisville app, click on "Pastoral Care" or "Prayer Request" and fill out the form so that we can know how we can help. Or go to https://app.textinchurch.com/groups/webform/MjYxMDg4 and send us your prayer request.
GIVE
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