Prepare your heart for our Sunday Morning Gathering by looking through these suggestions that will assist you in making the most of our time together.
You will find tangible suggestions for putting scripture to action in your personal life and in our corporate body, links to the songs we will sing, and lyrics for you to prepare for our corporate singing.
Sermon Text for Sunday: Revelation 11:15-19
Critically Think
- Read Revelation 15-19.
- What is the 7th angel sounding? What has been the context leading up to this angel in John’s vision?
- What transfer of power is described in verse 15? Which kingdom has replaced which? Who rules each kingdom? What marks the new kingdom?
- How do the elders respond to the angel’s trumpet and the heavenly host’s announcement of God’s established kingdom?
- What three “times” come once God has asserted His rule and unleashed His wrath?
- What three things happen in verse 19? How is verse 19 connected to verses 15-18?
Prayerfully Meditate
- What do we know from Scripture about the kingdom of the world?
- What do we know from Scripture about the kingdom of God?
- Read Psalm 2. How does this psalm anticipate the future John is witnessing here in Revelation 11?
- Throughout Revelation and Scripture (especially the Old Testament), what has the temple, the ark of the covenant, and great storms with earthquakes signified?
- What is the significance of God’s heavenly temple being opened so that the ark is able to be seen?
Intentionally Act
- If this passage is a future praise of God’s future acts, how would it have equipped the churches John was writing to back in the 1st century, and how does it shape our lives today?
- Whether small or great, God will reward all of those who fear His name. How can this encourage you with the calling God has entrusted you with today?
- What are specific things you can praise God "our Lord" and Jesus "His Christ" for from this passage?
- Click the links below to find the lyrics and recordings of the songs planned for our gathering this Sunday; practice the songs, study the lyrics and sing together.
- Pray for those leading our corporate gathering this week and for the Holy Spirit’s work as the Word of God is further explained and applied: Dawson Bryant: music; Dalton Vansell: elder prayer & scripture reading; Bret Capranica: teaching; Terry Engling: Lord's Supper.
Songs for Sunday
Morning Gathering
- Come Praise and Glorify (sheetmusic)
- Rejoice the Lord is King (sheetmusic)
- Your Words are Wonderful (sheetmusic)
- O Sacred Head, Now Wounded (sheetmusic)
- My Faith Has Found a Resting Place (sheetmusic)
Evening Gathering
Lyrics
Lyrics Morning Gathering - ... by Summit Woods Baptist Church