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Service Notes

Show Adoption Announcement Video

Gift to Wyatt Mize / Bible

Have parents sign the Dedication Form

Ask Jeff Mize and Greg to pray with the family

Call to Worship

Today is Orange Sunday: A time we recognize the great influence for good when the ministry in our homes and the message of the Gospel collide.

As we gather today on Orange Sunday, our invite you to respond to God’s call to worship Him today

Lyrics to song Always Enough

His love is peace to the broken

Faith for the widow

Hope for the orphan

Strength for the weak

His love is the anthem of nations

Rings out through the ages

And He is always enough

Bible Reading

Tonight we will have Wayne Naugle with us with Families4families.

He will explain the Banner Church Model and how to is a way for everyone of us to live in obedience to care for the fatherless.

I want us to look Psalm 10, as we hear a prayer for the Fatherless.

Psalm starts with a lament, but not for the condition of the Psalmist but on behalf of the afflicted.

The Psalm gives way to praise and confidence in God’s vindication of the faithful.

In spite of all the disorder in the world dominated by the wicked, the LORD is still the king.

He is still a father to the fatherless.

God’s care for the fatherless is a theme throughout Scripture

He’s showing himself from the very beginning in the law as a defender and a protector of the fatherless.

Exodus 22:22 “22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.”

In the recounting of the law we see it in Deut 10:17-18 “17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward: 18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.”

The picture is God, our God, shows His majesty and His might by caring for the fatherless.

Then in the prophets we see God tells His people that true worship leads to justice for the fatherless and care for the fatherless.

Isaiah 1:16-17 “16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.”

Then talking about worship in the context of the people of God.

God Jeremiah 7:5-7 “5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; 6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: 7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.”

IT WAS NEVER GOD'S INTENT FOR CHILDREN TO BE WITHOUT A FAMILY

God is the Father to the fatherless.

Psalm 68:5 “5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.”

Psalm 68:6 “6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.”

It’s all over the place; the Law, the Prophets, the Psalms.

God has chosen to care for the fatherless.

As I read the passage I want you to circle the word “fatherless” in vs. 14 & 18

14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

In the book of Luke we have seen as God said, “I see you where you are, and I’m coming after you!”

Our involvement in foster care, adoption and family support services are uniquely difficult and yet beautiful echoes of that same declaration.

Pastoral Prayer

Help us not to be ignorant of, certainly intentionally turning a deaf ear to their cries.

God help us to hear what you hear and act as you would have us act, in a way that reflects your character.

We pray for the growth of foster care ministries and adoption care ministries in and through your church.

Help us understand the Gospel implications of today’s passage.

Sermon Introduction

Last week we were in NYC

Elly Canavan is one of the kids in our church family who grew in the hearts of a mother before we ever met them.

Elly Canavan kept wanting Carsen to play hide-and-seek.

No matter where you were standing in the room, you could see her.

This is a favorite game for children or peek-a-boo

Psalm 10, speaks to the feeling of living in a world where you believe God is hidden.

Overview of the next 25 minutes

Today we will look at Psalm and God’s heart for the fatherless

We will then look at the implications to us personally, as families, and as a church

We will end in prayer for the unborn, the fatherless, and that we as a church will live out the Gospel in this community.

Before we end with singing - I will share three we as a church desire to provide support for the ministry of your family.

We have asked and answered the question today?

Do you feel the world is broken?

A proper conversation concerning the power of the Gospel includes the reality of sin

This week the largest church in our city took a stand to call darkness light.

We are called to be salt and light in our world.

We are not called to help people find comfort in darkness.

The world wants to redefine a family.

Because in the family is so much potential for the Gospel to be taught.

The faithful must live in a world that act as if there is no god.

The psalm begins with an immediate lamentation of God’s hiddenness.

There are times that peoples godless actions make us believe our God is hidden.

There are times that God seems far off.

Psalm 10:1 “1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?”

The immediate trouble is one thing, but God’s perceived failure to intervene is a greater problem to the psalmist.

Description of a world where God seems to hide Himself

Please, look down and follow along with me as we walk from v.2. to v.9

In their pride they pursue and persecute the poor and vulnerable - their desire is above that of those are given to care for v. 2

The wicked boast about their hearts desire and teach that covetous is not only acceptable but a right.

v.3

God is not in their thoughts.

In their pride they believe they are as God.

v.4

The judgement of God is not in their mind it is far out of their sight.

They puff at those who oppose them.

They believe they answer to no one.

v.5

They are committed to their selfish lifestyle and say they will not be moved.

v.6

Their mouths are full of cursing, deceit, fraud, vanity, and mischief.

v. 7

There is evil all throughout the village hidden behind the doors of many homes.

v.8

In secret places they murder the innocent.

v.8

They lie in wait looking to kidnap the vulnerable.

v.9