Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 (Abram and Sarai get new names.)
Psalm 22:23-31 (A plea for deliverance turns into a song of praise.)
Romans 4:13-25 (Abe's faith is reckoned as righteousness.)
Mark 8:31-38 (If any want to become my followers....)
Sunday Bulletin Service Theme: "Always Close"
Hymns: #24 The God of Abraham Praise; #438 When Peace Like a River; #75 Lord, Make Me More Holy.
Sermon Title: The Way of Trust
The Psalm for the first Sunday of Lent was 25, the fourth verse reads:
Make me to know your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths.
Note the plural, "ways" not way; "paths" not path. Our scriptures teach us that God has been making paths in the wilderness for us ever since we were made. Our experience teaches us too: how often I have spoken with someone who was able to look back and remember a time when God made a way out of no way. After losing the job that he thought would evolve into a lifetime career; after losing the husband with whom she thought she would grow old; after being forced out of a home they thought they would never leave... years, or sometimes just months later, he and she and they have said, "I see now that God was gently leading us, all along."
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