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Southview Baptist Church
Letters to the Church | The Gospel — God’s Invitation to Truly Worship
This week, Pastor Nathan Wakefield continues our Letters to the Church series. In Romans 12:1-8, we learn that worship is not really what we do with our voices alone, but how we offer our very person to the service of our Lord. Video of the worship service is available beginning Sunday at 9:30 AM at https://southviewbaptist.org/live.
Locations & Times
Southview Baptist Church
3434 S 13th St, Lincoln, NE 68502, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
1. Worship — True worship involves the giving of oneself completely for the use of God (12:1-2).
• Worship is the natural outpouring of understanding God’s mercy.
• Worship involves offering ourselves as living sacrifices.
• Worship involves transformation.
Action: Ask yourself, “Am I viewing my life — my time, body, mind, and choices — as a living sacrifice to God?”
• Worship is the natural outpouring of understanding God’s mercy.
• Worship involves offering ourselves as living sacrifices.
• Worship involves transformation.
Action: Ask yourself, “Am I viewing my life — my time, body, mind, and choices — as a living sacrifice to God?”
2. Accurate — Hence true worship demands that we have an accurate understanding of who God has made us (12:3-5).
• We must not overplay our gifting.
• We must not underplay our gifting.
• We have a responsibility to each other to be accurate and willing.
Action: Have I taken honest stock of how God has gifted me — and am I using those gifts as an act of worship?
• We must not overplay our gifting.
• We must not underplay our gifting.
• We have a responsibility to each other to be accurate and willing.
Action: Have I taken honest stock of how God has gifted me — and am I using those gifts as an act of worship?
3. Utilization — Worship is realized when individuals use the gifts that God has given them (12:6-8).
• God gives different gifts for use in His Church.
• Those gifts come with a responsibility to use them.
• Using the gifts may require you to step outside of your comfort zone.
Action: Make a plan to use your gift by talking to a ministry leader today.
• God gives different gifts for use in His Church.
• Those gifts come with a responsibility to use them.
• Using the gifts may require you to step outside of your comfort zone.
Action: Make a plan to use your gift by talking to a ministry leader today.
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Listen to the sermon and find out more about Southview by visiting our website. Sermons are normally posted on the following Monday and are available via the website or whichever app you enjoy listening to podcasts on, such as: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Pocket Casts, and many more.
https://southviewbaptist.org/podcastWatch the Worship Service
In addition to the audio for this sermon, we livestream our service beginning at 9:30 AM on Sundays, and it is available for replay anytime at the conclusion of the service.
https://southviewbaptist.org/live