Worship Focus 

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 Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church February 26, 2012
 
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How have you been met by God when you were powerless by things beyond your control?

 

How have you have been empowered by God's Grace when you have been humiliated by others or by circumstances?

 

Who are people you have been brought into community with through your faith in Christ, who you would otherwise not likely to have met, and how has God worked through those relationships?

 

 

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To Jarius' House: Convergent Christ

The Rev. Matt Gough, preaching

Friends,
   
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As the season of Lent begins, you may only associate it with the practice of fasting from something until Easter. The purpose of the season is actually to be a time of preparation, self-reflection, and prayer. We examine ourselves to see if there are places where we have yet to be met by God's Grace in Jesus Christ. Worship is where we open up to God and encounter Christ. I hope you will join us this Sunday! Also, please note that this Wednesday, February 22, we celebrate Ash Wednesday -- a service of preparation for this great season of the year. Join us at 7:30 p.m. in the sanctuary.

 

In Christ, 
Matt

Theme for the Day
  

At the very core of our faith is vulnerability. At some point in our journey we meet Christ, and with humility, admit our need for God and God's Grace. Some may turn to God only when they suddenly find themselves powerless while, for others, reaching for God may be a brave and risky act. In the face of our own need, and before God, we are all equal. It's on this level road, that Christ meets us and walks with us towards wholeness and new life.

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Scripture passages
  

Luke 8:40-56

 

Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him. Just then there came a man named Jairus, a leader of the synagogue. He fell at Jesus' feet and begged him to come to his house, for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, who was dying. As he went, the crowds pressed in on him. Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years; and though she had spent all she had on physicians, no one could cure her. She came up behind him and touched the fringe of his clothes, and immediately her hemorrhage stopped. Then Jesus asked, "Who touched me?" When all denied it, Peter said, "Master, the crowds surround you and press in on you." But Jesus said, "Someone touched me; for I noticed that power had gone out from me." When the woman saw that she could not remain hidden, she came trembling; and falling down before him, she declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed. He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace." While he was still speaking, someone came from the leader's house to say, "Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the teacher any longer." When Jesus heard this, he replied, "Do not fear. Only believe, and she will be saved." When he came to the house, he did not allow anyone to enter with him, except Peter, John, and James, and the child's father and mother. They were all weeping and wailing for her; but he said, "Do not weep; for she is not dead but sleeping." And they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. But he took her by the hand and called out, "Child, get up!" Her spirit returned, and she got up at once. Then he directed them to give her something to eat. Her parents were astounded; but he ordered them to tell no one what had happened.

 

Isaiah 40:28-31

   

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and strengthens the powerless. Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall exhausted; but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.