Bible Verses for Sunday Service May 15, 2022
Mark 10:45
Hosea 10:12
Sow for yourselves righteousness;
reap steadfast love;
break up your fallow ground,
for it is the time to seek the Lord,
that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
Announcements:
Pastor informed us of an announcement not in the Bulletin, that the Ladies’ Bible Study would not meet as scheduled this Tuesday. Steve took over and ran through the rest of the announcements. La Vie’s Baby Bottle campaign has started. The funds are targeted for a new, bigger building and to improve programs La Vie offers to assist women with unplanned pregnancies. Besides putting funds into the bottle, you can also give on line by clicking here. Dillon Zabel will be adopted on Tuesday. You can attend the ceremony at 3:30 at the Courthouse. Later you can attend a party held at Magic City Air Soft, 2839 Drury Lane. Please let Natasha know if you plan on attending. Langdon Smith graduates from Shepherd High School on May 22 at 11 AM with a reception for him held at 6005 Pleasant Hollow Trail between 2-5 PM. Mae Lindstrom’s wedding will be held in Williston, ND on May 28th. If you plan on attending, please see the invitation on the bulletin board, and RSVP if you plan to attend. Our ministry focus for children is now focused on Vacation Bible School. This year’s theme is “Zoomerang,” and is slated to run between June 6 through the 10th. If you can help with VBS, please attend a Workers’ Meeting on May 25 at 6:30PM.
Sermon:
Today Pastor continued in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus’ proclamation of the arrival of the Kingdom of God with a message titled “The Fourth R – Relationships” on Matthew 7:1-6, 12 where Jesus admonishes against judging others and providing unsolicited advice. Pastor addressed this topic in three ways. To firstly provide context on the importance of Jesus instruction, Pastor asked us to consider Job and his friends. At first those friends just sat in silence with Job, but then they started to offer advice that was not relevant nor well-received. So Jesus desires us to not just get along with others, but to really help them too.
Firstly, Pastor explained Jesus want us to look at who needs the help. In considering that person it is futile to be judgmental. Instead, we should be self judgmental, the log in our own eye.
Second, Pastor advised us to consider the person who does not want help. In other words, look at Jesus’s concern over us inflicting our ideas, our solutions, our pearls on the other person. We need to consider a person’s inability to utilize what we have to offer. We need to do this because no one wants to experience that other person’s animosity. The key in this is our sensitivity. Pastor illustrated this by reminding us that the latch on the heart of an unbeliever is on the inside. No one can force there way in. We have to be invited.
Lastly, Pastor reminded us that Jesus tied this all together in the positive version fo the “Golden Rule.” We should do for others as we wish they do for us, as this summarizes all of the Old Testament writings truly understood. So let’s all do our best, assisted by the Holy Spirit to put this into practice in our lives.
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