September 3, 2017

Call to Worship:

God’s teachings are sweeter than honey.

Christ’s love is more precious than jewels.

The Spirit’s wisdom is mightier than the sword.

God’s guidance is the treasure we seek.

Sermon Message by Rev. Dr. Parrish L. Bridges

"Building People Up By Practicing Kindness"

Message Series:      Building Blocks to Great Relationships

LISTEN to the SERMON MESSAGE HERE

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Bible Texts: NIV (New International Version)

Old Testament: Psalm 16

1) Keep me safe, my God,

for in you I take refuge.

2) I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;

apart from you I have no good thing.”

3) I say of the holy people who are in the land,

“They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”

4) Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.

I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods

or take up their names on my lips.

5)   Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup;

you make my lot secure.

6) The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;

surely I have a delightful inheritance.

7) I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;

even at night my heart instructs me.

8) I keep my eyes always on the Lord.

With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

9) Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;

my body also will rest secure,

10) because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,

nor will you let your faithful10 Or holy one see decay.

11) You make known to me the path of life;

you will fill me with joy in your presence,

with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

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Bible Texts: NIV (New International Version)

New Testament: Hebrews 10:19-25

A Call to Persevere in Faith

19) Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20) by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21) and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22) let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. 23) Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24) And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25) not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.