Religion & Spirituality
Watch Video of this Week's Service on our YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3HF6v7mhcD9PEOUmTkdeQ?Twelfth Sunday after PentecostRomans 12:1 1I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.---------------View this week's Service Bulletin for reading and prayer texts:https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1l_aVP9YjSS_z2G2kuLCs0_St-SW2yTXR&export=download---------------Readings for the Day:Isaiah 51:1-6: Just as God had called Abraham and Sarah and given them many descendants, so now God offers comfort to Zion. God’s deliverance will come soon and will never end.Romans 12:1-8: In response to God’s merciful activity, we are to worship by living holistic, God-pleasing lives. Our values and viewpoints are not molded by the time in which we live but are transformed by the Spirit’s renewing work. God’s grace empowers different forms of service among Christians, but all forms of ministry function to build up the body of Christ.Matthew 16:13-20: At a climactic point in Jesus’ ministry, God reveals to Peter that Jesus is ‘the Messiah, the Son of the living God,’ and Jesus responds with the promise of a church that will overcome the very gates of Hades. ‘From Sunday & Seasons, copyright 2019 Augsburg Fortress’Questions To Ponder:1— How do you listen to God? (Isaiah 51:4)2— What are the best methods for helping people discover and cultivate their spiritual gifts? (Rom 12:1-8)3— How do you understand Jesus as the Messiah? (Matt 16:13-20)4—How do these texts speak to you today?Prayer: O God, with all your faithful followers of every age, we praise you, the rock of our life. Be our strong foundation and form us into the body of your Son, that we may gladly minister to all the world, through Jesus Christ. Amen.---------------Recorded by the staff and volunteers at St. Paul Lutheran Church - Borchers in Seymour, Indiana.http://www.stpaul-borchers.orgSubscribe to our podcast with weekly sermon, prayers and children's sermon recordings at http://podcast.stpaul-borchers.org/Office hours Monday, Wednesday and Friday morningsPhone 812-522-7364Office Email stpaullutheran@stpaul-borchers.orgFacebook Page https://www.facebook.com/stpaulborchers/--------------Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License, License #731062-ASome copyrighted element(s) used by permission of Augsburg Fortress.Texts are reprinted by permission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License Number: 36828