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 Genesis 45 again.
- Reflect on the times that God used challenging circumstances to conform you to be more like Christ.
- Write out a few ways that the story of Joseph can help you trust God even when challenges arise in life.
- Confess the times your heart and mind are prone to doubt God’s sovereignty even over evil.
- Pray trusting in the Lord’s faithfulness and sovereignty even over evil.
- 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: Joel Conrad: music; Mark Krystyniak: Elders' prayer & scripture reading; Bret Capranica: teaching.
Songs for Sunday
- Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing (sheetmusic)
- O Great God (sheetmusic)
- Christ the Sure and Steady Anchor (sheetmusic)
- My Redeemer's Love (sheetmusic)
- Yet Not I But Through Christ in Me (sheetmusic)
Lyrics
Lyrics Morning Gathering - August 15, 2021 by Summit Woods Baptist Church on Scribd