In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus uses an idea which is common in the Old Testament, that there are really only two ways to live. He expresses this idea in a variety of ways, here are two examples. In the Beatitudes (Mt 5:1-11), there are those who are blessed by God and those who are not, then we meet people who will be rewarded by God and those who won’t (6:1-18).
In our passage today (6:19-24), Jesus uses three pictures to describe the “two ways” we can relate to wealth and possessions. It suggests four critically important questions. What will your answers be?
To help facilitate and encourage ‘households’ to meet together on Sunday around God’s word and to pray together for their own needs and for the needs of the body of Christ and our community, we have provided a suggested order of service that includes the Bible readings and links to some songs and a pre recorded Bible talk.
This week Steve Messer has recorded an audio and video message for us, so please follow the below suggested order of service for your convenience.
Suggested household worship for Sunday 5th April.
Click on Psalm 36:5-10 to open online Bible reading.
Prayer: Praise and confession
Sing along song as per YouTube link
Click on Psalm 57:1-5 to open online Bible reading; using it to pray for
each other | our church | our nation |our world
Watch Kid’s Talk with Colin Buchanan
Sing along song as per YouTube link
Click on Matthew 6:19-34 to open online Bible reading.
Then watch the below embedded YouTube video as Steve teaches from Matthew 6:19-24
Or listen to below embedded Audio from WPC website.
After the Message: Play Steve And The Mondolin again and sing along.
Pray in response to Matthew 6:19-24.
With God’s help what must we now do or not do?
Sing along song as per YouTube link
Read 2 Corinthians 13:14 together
Benediction: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all.