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The Lord’s Day Evening August 16, 2015 Six O’clock

Until that Day, FILL us with hope that we might overflow with hope for one another. May we be lovers, not fixers, in our world of relationships; a people who know how to weep with those who are grieving, and dance with those who are coming alive to your grace. So very Amen we pray, in Jesus’ bold and beautiful name. (Scotty Smith)

Welcome and Announcements

Call to Worship ............................................................. Romans 5:8-11

Prelude

MINISTER: [B]ut God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. P E O P L E : S i n c e , t h e ref o r e , w e h a v e n o w b e e n j u s t i f i e d b y h i s b l oo d, m u c h m o r e shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. MINISTER: For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. A L L : M o r e t h a n t h a t , w e al s o r e jo i c e i n G o d t h r o u g h ou r L o r d J e s u s C h r i s t , through whom we have now received reconciliation.

And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die (Rom 5:5-7). Dear heavenly Father, of all the ways you are revealed in the book of Romans, none is more precious to me than the title, “the God of hope.” Oh, the centering and settling, the peace and joy, the consolation and comfort that come to us because of the hope with which you intend to fill us through the gospel.

Invocation ......................................................... Dr. Sean Michael Lucas Hymn 460 ...................................................................Amazing Grace!

You give hope, not hype, blessed assurance, not empty rhetoric. There’s no “bait and switch” with you, just promise and delivery, no “house of cards,” but a household of faith. And, Father, we know this to be true because at just the right time, you sent Jesus for us— the sinless One for ungodly rebels, fools and idolaters like me; your omnipotent Son for powerless wannabe self-saviors like me; the Author of life for men and women, like me, dead in our sins and trespasses. We praise, bless and adore you.

RUF Report/Grace Moment............................................ Rev. Ben Shaw

The hope you give will never disappoint us or put us to shame. In fact, the hope you give leads to the elimination of all shame. You have flooded these guilt laden, shame paralyzed hearts of ours with your irrepressible, transforming love. Grant us flippers and snorkels to swim around in the hyper-abundance of the love and hope you have lavished on us in Jesus!

Scripture Reading.......................................................... Luke 10:25-37

And just as you sent Jesus the first time at the right time, so we trust you to send him the second time, at the perfect moment; to bring to completion the good work you have begun in us and in your whole cosmos—to make all things new, to put all things right, to make everything sad become untrue.

Songbook 39 ................................................................ In Christ Alone Prayer of Illumination

Sermon ............................................................. Dr. Sean Michael Lucas “Like a Good Neighbor” Hymn 644 ............................................ May the Mind of Christ My Savior Benediction Postlude

SERMON NOTES 1.

Good life (25-27)

2.

Good neighbor (28-37)

3.

A.

Motivation

B.

Revolution

Good Savior

August 16, 2015 6:00 p.m. Presbyterian Church in America Hattiesburg, Mississippi