Sunday Link-UP – 09October2022

CALL TO WORSHIP 

• OPENING CHORUSES

1. 1. 1. We Have Come Into His House
      2. He is Here
      3. Reach Out and Touch

• OPENING PRAYER

WELCOME

• The theme for this week is the faithful response of salvation.  
• The reading from the featured Psalm for today is from …

Psalm 66:1-4,5-7,8-12

Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!  ² Sing out the honor of His name;  Make His praise glorious.  ³ Say to God, “How awesome are Your works!  Through the greatness of Your power Your enemies shall submit themselves to You.  ⁴ All the earth shall worship You And sing praises to You;  They shall sing praises to Your name.” Selah       ⁵ Come and see the works of God; He is awesome in His doing toward the sons of men.  ⁶ He turned the sea into dry land; They went through the river on foot.  There we will rejoice in Him.  ⁷ He rules by His power forever;  His eyes observe the nations;  Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah   ⁸ Oh, bless our God, you peoples!  And make the voice of His praise to be heard, ⁹ Who keeps our soul among the living, And does not allow our feet to [a]be moved.  ¹⁰ For You, O God, have tested us;  You have refined us as silver is refined. ¹¹ You brought us into the net; You laid affliction on our backs.  ¹² You have caused men to ride over our heads;  We went through fire and through water; But You brought us out to [b]rich fulfillment.  

OPENING SONGS  

This is Your House

Arise

Thank You, Lord

Creator King

SCRIPTURE READING

2 Timothy 2:8-10,11-15 (NKJV)   

⁸ Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel, ⁹ for which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained. ¹⁰ Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the ^[a]elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. 

¹¹ This is a faithful saying:   For if we died with Him, We shall also live with Him.    ¹² If we endure, We shall also reign with Him.  If we deny Him, He also will deny us.   ¹³ If we are faithless, He remains faithful;  He cannot deny Himself.   

¹⁴ Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to ^[b]strive about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers. ¹⁵ Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.  

SPEAKING OF LIFE   

I Need Thee Every Hour

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CALL TO FELLOWSHIP

Interactive Sermon

• Luke 17:11-14,15-19 (NKJV)   

  ¹¹ Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.  ¹² Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off.  ¹³ And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”  

  ¹⁴ So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.  

  ¹⁵ And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, ¹⁶ and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks.  And he was a Samaritan.

  ¹⁷ So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed?  But where are the nine?  ¹⁸ Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?”  ¹⁹ And He said to him, “Arise, go your way.  Your faith has made you well.”  

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. What about the passage stands out for you?
2. What about the phrase, “as He went” in Luke 17:11?
3. What about the location of Jesus and the lepers in Luke 17:11?  Where are they?
4. What do you think about the miracle in Luke 17:14?  Anything strange?
5. What do you take away from the miracle?
6. What is outstanding about Luke 17:15?  Why do you think nine of the lepers did not return to Christ?
7. Do you see a link between Luke 17:15 and Luke 17:16?  If yes, what link do you see?
8. What do you find strange, or interesting, about Luke 17:18?  What about the fact that the one leper who returned was a foreigner?  (Think typology)
9.  What do you think about Luke 17:19?
10. What about last sentence in Luke 17:19?
11. How do you understand the last sentence, based on what was said about faith in our discussion last week?
12. What are the main takeaways for you?
13. Whom do you identify with?
14. What about the leper who returned?  Whom do you think he represents?
15. What about the other nine lepers?  Whom do you think they represent?
16. What about application?  Is there any insight on anything in the story that could be applied to our situations today?

SONG OF RESPONSE

Thank You, Lord

CLOSING (& OFFERTORY) SONG

Throne of Praise

CLOSING PRAYER (including Prayer of Thanks for Offering)  

CLOSING COMMENTS

• Thanks for joining us.
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BENEDICTION

Numbers 6:24-26

• ²⁶ “The Lord bless you and keep you. 
• ²⁵ The Lord make His face shine upon you … and be gracious to you.   
• ²⁶ The Lord lift up His countenance upon you … and give you peace.” 

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ANNOUNCEMENTS      

Given our upcoming convention … I really believe we need to put together a course for new believers … I was hoping to start a DISCIPLESHIP PROGRAM today … but it may have to be tomorrow.