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.
Please see the Preparing for the Sermon post for suggestions in thinking more critically through the passage, meditating more intently on the text, and prayerfully seeking wisdom to deepen your understanding of the passage to be preached this Sunday.
Intentionally Act
- Read 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3
- How do these verses correct an incorrect understanding of the day of the Lord possibly held by the Thessalonians?
- How can the truths of these verses impact your daily life, thinking, or actions?
- How does awareness of the Lord’s coming judgment impact your urgency for missions/evangelism?
- How does the awareness of the Lord’s judgment impact how you deal with your sin and taking it seriously?
- Summarize the meaning of this passage in one sentence in 21 words or less.
- In preparation for Sunday, pray with hope in the coming of Christ and pray for urgency in your evangelism.
- 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; Mark Krystyniak: Elders' prayer & scripture reading; Bret Capranica: teaching.
Songs for Sunday
- Come Thou Almighty King (sheetmusic)
- The Sands of Time Are Sinking (sheetmusic)
- Your Will Be Done (sheetmusic)
- Immovable Our Hope Remains (sheetmusic)
- When We See Your Face (sheetmusic)
Lyrics
Lyrics Morning Gathering - ... by Summit Woods Baptist Church