WEEKLY BULLETIN
July 12, 2020
Prelude
Announcements
Worship Songs
The Lion and the Lamb
Build My Life
Come Right Now
Crown Him With Many Crowns
Prayer
Sermon
James 2:1-9
Favorites and Favoritism
Benediction
Announcements
Annual Meeting
- Nova's 2020 Annual Meeting will be held on the Nova field today, Sunday, July 12th, at 11:15 a.m. following the worship service.
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
The Lion and the Lamb
Verse 1
He’s coming on the clouds
Kings and kingdoms will bow down
And every chain will break
As broken hearts declare His praise
For who can stop the Lord Almighty
Chorus
Our God is the Lion, the Lion of Judah
He’s roaring with power and fighting our battles
And every knee will bow before Him
Our God is the Lamb, the Lamb that was slain
For the sins of the world, His blood breaks the chains
And every knee will bow before the Lion and the Lamb
Every knee will bow before Him
Verse 2
So open up the gates
Make way before the King of kings
The God who comes to save
Is here to set the captives free
For who can stop the Lord Almighty
Bridge
Who can stop the Lord Almighty
Who can stop the Lord Almighty
Who can stop the Lord Almighty, who can stop the Lord
Nothing stops the Lord Almighty
Nothing stops the Lord Almighty
No one stops the Lord Almighty, no one stops the Lord
Build My Life
Verse 1
Worthy of every song we could ever sing
Worthy of all the praise we could ever bring
Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe
We live for You
Verse 2
Jesus the name above every other name
Jesus the only one who could ever save
Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe
We live for You, we live for You
Chorus
Holy, there is no one like You
There is none beside You
Open up my eyes in wonder
Show me who You are
And fill me with Your heart
And lead me in Your love to those around me
Bridge
I will build my life upon Your love, it is a firm foundation
I will put my trust in You alone, and I will not be shaken
Come Right Now
Verse 1
Lord, we ask that You would come right now
Jesus, come and heal us now
Spirit, come and fill us now
For we love You, we love You, we love You
Verse 2
Lord, I ask that You would come right now
Jesus, come and heal me now
Spirit, come and fill me now
For I love You, I love You, I love You
Bridge
For we love You, we love You, we love You
For we love You, we love You, we love You
Crown Him With Many Crowns
Verse 1
Crown Him with many crowns,
The Lamb upon His throne.
Hark! how the heavenly anthem drowns
all music but its own.
Awake, my soul, and sing
of Him who died for thee,
And hail Him as thy matchless king through all eternity.
Verse 2
Crown him the Lord of life
who triumphed o’er the grave,
And rose victorious to the strife
for those He came to save.
His glories now we sing
who died and rose on high,
Who died eternal life to bring,
and lives that death may die.
Verse 3
Crown Him the Lord of heaven,
One with the Father known,
One with the Spirit through Him giv’n
from yonder glorious throne.
To Thee be endless praise,
For Thou for us hast died.
Be Thou, O Lord, through endless days
adored and magnified.
SERMON NOTES
Favorites and Favoritism
Steadfast – Part 7
July 12th 2020
1 My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism. 2 Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in. 3 If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” 4 have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? 7 Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong?
8 If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right. 9 But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.
James 2:1-9
Context and Command
• Cultural context
• Command
If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right. But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.
James 2:8-9
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
Matthew 7:12
What does God think of us?
For God does not show favoritism.
Romans 2:11
• We are equal in our sin.
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Romans 3:23
• We are equal in salvation.
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.
Ephesians 2:8-9
• We are equal in worth.
For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Psalm 139:13
So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
Genesis 1:27
You were bought at a price…
1 Corinthians 7:23a
For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.
2 Corinthians 5:14
How can we overcome favoritism?
• Don’t let your preferences become your prejudices.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus.
Philippians 2:3-5