WEEKLY BULLETIN
August 9, 2020
Prelude
Announcements
Worship Songs
I Stand Amaze in the Presence
Let Us Adore
Create in Me a Clean Heart
Grace Alone
Prayer
NovaKids Meet Teachers
Sermon
James 3:13-18
Following
Benediction
Announcements
Children's Ministry
- NovaKids (grades 1-5 in the Fall) will be meeting during the service. Please check in ahead of time at the NovaKids tent. Children will stay with their family until after the worship songs when they will be dismissed to meet their teachers. For more information, please visit our Children's Ministry page.
Giving
- If you would like to give tithes, offerings, or to the Open Campaign, please use the drop box located under the Information Tent.
- If you are in your car, please turn your hazard lights on and an usher will help you.
- Visit novachurch.org/giving for online giving.
Prayer
- At the end of the worship service, Prayer Team members (light blue vests) are available in front of the platform.
- If you are in your car and would like prayer, please turn your hazard lights on at the end of the worship service.
- You can always email prayer requests to prayer@novachurch.org and they will be sent out to the prayer team.
WORSHIP SONGS
I Stand Amazed in the Presence
I stand amazed in the presence
Of Jesus the Nazarene
And wonder how He could love me
A sinner condemned unclean
How marvelous how wonderful
And my song shall ever be
How marvelous how wonderful
Is my Savior's love for me
He took my sins and my sorrows
He made them His very own
He bore the burden to Calvary
And suffered and died alone
How marvelous how wonderful
And my song shall ever be
How marvelous how wonderful
Is my Savior's love for me
When with the ransomed in glory
His face I at last shall see
It will be my joy through the ages
To sing of His love for me
How marvelous how wonderful
And my song shall ever be
How marvelous how wonderful
Is my Savior's love, is my Savior's love, is my Savior's love… for me
Let Us Adore
Let us adore the ever-living God
And render praise unto Him
Who spread out the heavens
And established the earth
And Whose glory is revealed in the heavens above
And Whose greatness is manifest throughout all the earth
He is our God, there is none else
Let us adore the ever-living God
And render praise unto Him
Who spread out the heavens
And established the earth
And Whose glory is revealed in the heavens above
And Whose greatness is manifest throughout all the earth
He is our God, there is none else
He is our God, there is none else
He is our God, there is none else
Create in Me a Clean Heart
Create in me a clean heart, O God
And renew a right spirit within me
Create in me a clean heart, O God
And renew a right spirit within me
Create in me a clean heart, O God
And renew a right spirit within me
Create in me a clean heart, O God
And renew a right spirit within me
Cast me not away from Thy presence, O Lord
Take not Thy Holy Spirit from me
Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation
And renew a right spirit within me
Create in me a clean heart, O God
And renew a right spirit within me
Create in me a clean heart, O God
And renew a right spirit within me
Cast me not away from Thy presence, O Lord
Take not Thy Holy Spirit from me
Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation
And renew a right spirit within me
Grace Alone
I was an orphan lost at the fall
Running away when I’d hear You call
But Father, You worked Your will
I had no righteousness of my own
I had no right to draw near Your throne
But Father, You loved me still
And in love before You laid the world’s foundation
You predestined to adopt me as Your own
You have raised me up so high above my station
I’m a child of God by grace and grace alone
You left Your home to seek out the lost
You knew the great and terrible cost
But Jesus, Your face was set
I worked my fingers down to the bone
But nothing I did could ever atone
But Jesus, You paid my debt
By Your blood I have redemption and salvation
Lord, You died that I might reap what You have sown
And You rose that I might be a new creation
I am born again by grace and grace alone
I was in darkness all of my life
I never knew the day from the night
But Spirit, You made me see
I swore I knew the way on my own
Head full of rocks a heart made of stone
But Spirit, You moved in me
And at Your touch my sleeping spirit was awakened
On my darkened heart the light of Christ has shone
Called into a kingdom that cannot be shaken
Heaven’s citizen by grace and grace alone
I will run the race by grace and grace alone
I will reach the end by grace and grace alone
SERMON NOTES
The Power of Words
Steadfast – Part 11
August 9th 2020
13 Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. 18 And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
James 3:13-18
1. Context:
a. Audience: Jewish Christians scattered on account of persecution
b. Purpose: To produce steadfastness through wisdom
c. Priority: Establishing wise leadership
2. Exegesis: How to Identify Wise Leaders
a. Look to a Leaders Life (vs 13)
i. Mind the Gap (vs 14-16)
ii. Watch for Peace (vs 17, 18)
"But we proved to be gentle among you, as a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children. “ 1Thes 2:7
3. Applications
a. Choose Leaders Wisely
b. Choose to Lead Wisely
Suggested Exercises for the Week:
1. Take a day to hold your tongue (not literally!). When you are tempted to offer your opinion throughout the day, instead take time to evaluate the necessity of your response: does it bring peace? Is it helpful? Is it loving? Prayerfully bring your responses before God before reacting.
2. Memorize James 3:18, emphasizing the priority of good behavior in life rather than the constant chatter we offer.