Covenant-Faithfulness

Turn to 1 Samuel 20

Intro:

(Q) How many of you here are to-do list people and you try to put things together in order to prioritize what you have to do?

(Q) ANYONE ELSE LOVE LIST SO MUCH YOU ADD COMPLETED ITEMS AFTER the FACT??

LISTS ARE HELPFUL W/ PRIORITIES.... “IF I DON’T DO ANYTHING ELSE I NEED to....BLANK…BEFORE I DO ANYTHING ELSE, I NEED to…BLANK...

WE DON’T WANT to GET to END of DAY/WEEK & REALIZE WE GOT A LOT DONE…BUT MISSED the THING WE NEEDED to DO MOST...

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CONSIDER HOW THIS APPLIES to the CHRISTIAN LIFE...

CAN BE EASY....DO a GAZILLION THINGS or GOD… BUT MISS the MAIN THING...

PHARISEES: TITHE on ALL the SPICES…BUT MISSED the WHOLE POINT…SAW LOTS of TREES…BUT MISSED the FOREST!

Challenge w/ BELIEVER’S LIST of PRIORITIES:

God first.

Others second.

Myself last.

WE CAN GET THROUGH LIFE & HAVE A LOT ACCOMPLISHED…BUT IF WE’VE MISSED PUTTING GOD FIRST…IF WE’VE MISSED PUTTING OTHERS SECOND…AND WE’VE INSTEAD PUT OURSELVES @ TOP…WE’VE TOTALLY MISSED IT...

AS BELIEVERS…WE KNOW WE’VE ENTERED INTO COVENANT W/ GOD… && GOD WILL BE FAITHFUL to US…BUT WILL WE BE FAITHFUL to HIM?

(T) I want you to CONSIDER THESE THINGS as we dive into our text today.

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Recap:

Last week:

GOD PRESERVES HIS PEOPLE UNTIL HE’S DONE W/ THEM...

DAVID, YOU WON’T DIE UNTIL YOU BECOME KING.

GOD SPARED DAVID, FROM SAUL’S SPEAR

GOD USED JONATHAN

GOD USED MICHAL

GOD INTERVENED W/ SOVEREIGN HAND…OVERWHELMING HUMAN FREE-AGENCY

CANCER, COVID, CAR ACCIDENTS, HEART FAILURE, ETC.....AREN’T SOVEREIGN.

HAVE to GO THROUGH GOD FIRST… && UNTIL HE’S DONE W/ US, WE’RE SECURE.

Left off:

SAUL SENDS 3 COMPANIES of MESSENGERS to TAKE DAVID & THEY ALL END UP PROPHESYING.

FINALLY SAUL GOES.... && SAUL ENDS UP STRIPPED & PROPHESYING ALL DAY & NIGHT…PUBLIC SPECTACLE

(T) So, DAVID’S LIFE had been SPARED ONCE AGAIN, and this is where our TEXT PICKS UP TODAY, if you want to begin by looking with me at 1 Samuel CH. 20 VS. 1...., this morning. The text says,

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Text:

Setting/Inciting Incident: “Jonathan & David Reunited” (v1-4)

1 Samuel 20:1–42 (ESV)

1 Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah and came and said before Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my guilt? And what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?” 2 And he said to him, “Far from it! You shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small without disclosing it to me. And why should my father hide this from me? It is not so.”

3 But David vowed again, saying, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thinks, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.” 4 Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you say, I will do for you.”

DAVID ESCAPES WHILE SAUL’S NAKED & PROPHESYING in RAMAH....

DAVID RUNS (to GIBEAH?) to JONATHAN

BROTHER in LAW & FRIEND

HAD COVENANT TOGETHER.

JONATHAN REASSURES DAVID IF SAUL’S DETERMINED HARM THAT HE’LL FIND OUT...

DAVID POINTS OUT: SAUL LIKES JONATHAN WILL PROBABLY KEEP it SECRET...

(T) So, DAVID PRESUMES that SAUL WON’T BE MAKING THIS MISTAKE AGAIN.... and JONATHAN is now READY to HEAR DAVID’S PLAN to decipher what they should do next. And David goes on to say in verse 5,

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Rising Action: “David’s Concern” (v5-11)

5 David said to Jonathan, “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit at table with the king. But let me go, that I may hide myself in the field till the third day at evening. 6 If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethlehem his city, for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the clan.’

7 If he says, ‘Good!’ it will be well with your servant, but if he is angry, then know that harm is determined by him. 8 Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the Lord with you. But if there is guilt in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?”

9 And Jonathan said, “Far be it from you! If I knew that it was determined by my father that harm should come to you, would I not tell you?” 10 Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you roughly?”

11 And Jonathan said to David, “Come, let us go out into the field.” So they both went out into the field.

SPECIAL FEAST WOULD ACCOMPANY NEW MOON...

KING & ALL SERVANTS WOULD GATHER, SACRIFICIAL FEAST…

SAUL WOULD HAVE EXPECTED DAVID:

COURT MUSICIAN,

MILITARY FIGURE....

SON IN LAW....

DAVID M.I.A. WOULD BE SUSPECT.

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DAVID DETERMINES: “TELL HIM I WENT HOME FOR a BIG SACRIFICE W/ FAMILY”

IF SAUL UNDERSTANDS, THEN DAVID’S SAFE.

IF SAUL = ANGRY…THEN DAVID = IN TROUBLE.

(Q) DOESN’T it AMAZE YOU,, DAVID GIVES SAUL ANOTHER CHANCE???

I THINK SAUL’S INTENTIONS HAVE BEEN CLEAR!

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DAVID APPEALS to JONATHAN on BASIS of COVENANT...

DAVID’S SECURITY = in GOD’S HANDS...

BUT, NATURALLY, THERE’S THIS COVENANTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN DAVID & JONATHAN…GAVE DAVID CONFIDENCE to RUN to JONATHAN DURING HIS TRIAL.

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DID YOU NOTICE…DAVID REFERS to HIMSELF as JONATHAN’S SERVANT???

DAVID is HUMBLE…HEART AFTER GOD...

“THERE’S A GOD in ISRAEL…MORE THAN THERE’S A DAVID in ISRAEL”

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HUMBLING WAY to LOOK to SELF: “SERVANT”

SCRIPTURE TEACHES US: LOOK to INTERESTS of OTHERS ABOVE OUR OWN…BE SELFLESS...

IF WE AREN’T CAREFUL, WE CAN OFTEN DESIRE to BE SERVED OVER & ABOVE OUR SERVICE to OTHERS...

FOOTBALL GAME FRIDAY: MAN SAYS, (REGARDING WAITING in LINE??)

“I WOULDN’T EVEN DO THAT FOR MYSELF” IMPLICATION: “I’M MOST IMPORTANT/ME FIRST”

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DAVID HUMBLES HIMSELF

RECOUNTS COVENANT

ASKS IF HE DESERVES DEATH...

“FOR IF I SHOULD DIE, IF I’M GUILTY....KILL ME.”

(T) And so, they’ve DETERMINED the CONDITIONS of this PLAN, and now we’ll see what they plan next, if you look with me at verse 12. It says,

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More Tension: “Jonathan’s Covenant with the House of David” (v12-17)

12 And Jonathan said to David, “The Lord, the God of Israel, be witness! When I have sounded out my father, about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if he is well disposed toward David, shall I not then send and disclose it to you?

13 But should it please my father to do you harm, the Lord do so to Jonathan and more also if I do not disclose it to you and send you away, that you may go in safety. May the Lord be with you, as he has been with my father.

14 If I am still alive, show me the steadfast love of the Lord, that I may not die; 15 and do not cut off your steadfast love from my house forever, when the Lord cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.”

16 And Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the Lord take vengeance on David’s enemies.” 17 And Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

JONATHAN…W/ GOD AS WITNESS…WILL TELL DAVID...

JONATHAN’S REQUEST: “SHOW ME STEADFAST LOVE of THE LORD” && BE GOOD to MY DESCENDANTS”

JONATHAN KNOWS GOD’S GOT SOMETHING BIG for DAVID’S FUTURE… && GOD WOULD ESTABLISH HIM.

DAVID & JONATHAN’S LOVE for ONE ANOTHER = BASED UPON GOD’S COVENANT-KEEPING FAITHFUL LOVE TOWARDS THEM...

GOD’S LOVE TOWARDS US = FOUNDATION & SOURCE of OUR LOVE to OTHERS...

1 John 4:19 ESV

19 We love because he first loved us.

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DAVID & JONATHAN ENTER INTO ANOTHER COVENANT…THAT DAVID WOULD BE FAITHFUL to JONATHAN & HIS HOUSE...

COMMON PRACTICE (ANCIENT TIMES) ELIMINATE DESCENDANTS of PREVIOUS KING… = NO THREAT

REQUEST: “PUT COVENANT ABOVE COMMON PRACTICES/CULTURE”

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&& ADDITIONALLY, JONATHAN’S LOVE & FAITHFULNESS = CULTURAL ANOMALY!

NATURALLY: JONATHAN = NEXT HEIR to THRONE.

JONATHAN LAYS ASIDE WORLDLY PURSUITS FOR GOD’S PURPOSES!!

JONATHAN: BUILDING KINGDOM of GOD…NOT KINGDOM of SELF...

(Q) WHERE DOES GOD/FAITHFULNESS to GOD RANK ON YOUR LIST of PRIORITIES?

WHERE DO OTHERS RANK?

WHERE DO YOU PUT YOURSELF?

JONATHAN PUT HIMSELF LAST. GOD’S PRIORITIES FIRST & THUS DAVID’S SAFETY…

JONATHAN EXECUTED SEEKING FIRST KINGDOM of GOD & HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS...

(Q) WHERE ARE WE AT?

(T) And then JONATHAN CONTINUES and says,

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Rising Action: “Jonathan’s Plan” (v18-23)

18 Then Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty. 19 On the third day go down quickly to the place where you hid yourself when the matter was in hand, and remain beside the stone heap.

20 And I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as though I shot at a mark. 21 And behold, I will send the boy, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I say to the boy, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you, take them,’ then you are to come, for, as the Lord lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger.

22 But if I say to the youth, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then go, for the Lord has sent you away. 23 And as for the matter of which you and I have spoken, behold, the Lord is between you and me forever.”

JONATHAN DEVISES PLAN:

DAVID YOU’LL BE MISSED

IN 3 DAYS GO HIDE BY ROCK PILE

I’LL COME OUT W/ BOW & ARROWS & SERVANT BOY

IF THE ARROWS ARE FURTHER OUT PAST BOY THEN KNOW HARM IS DETERMINED.

GOOD PLAN: SAUL MIGHT BE SPYING!

REINFORCES COVENANT AGAIN: “GOD ==BETWEEN US...”

(T) And so HOW WILL THEIR PLAN GO? The story continues in verse 24 and says,

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Climax: “A Missing David & Saul’s Anger” (v24-34)

24 So David hid himself in the field. And when the new moon came, the king sat down to eat food. 25 The king sat on his seat, as at other times, on the seat by the wall. Jonathan sat opposite, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, but David’s place was empty.

26 Yet Saul did not say anything that day, for he thought, “Something has happened to him. He is not clean; surely he is not clean.” 27 But on the second day, the day after the new moon, David’s place was empty. And Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why has not the son of Jesse come to the meal, either yesterday or today?”

28 Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem. 29 He said, ‘Let me go, for our clan holds a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me get away and see my brothers.’ For this reason he has not come to the king’s table.”

30 Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman, do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?

31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Therefore send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die.”

32 Then Jonathan answered Saul his father, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?” 33 But Saul hurled his spear at him to strike him. So Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.

34 And Jonathan rose from the table in fierce anger and ate no food the second day of the month, for he was grieved for David, because his father had disgraced him.

JONATHAN GOES to SAUL

1ST DAY— NO SUSPICION… SAUL CONCLUDES,, DAVID = PROBABLY UNCLEAN, UNLAWFUL to COME to SACRIFICE...

GOOD START! BENEFIT of THE DOUBT…

2ND DAY— SAUL ASKS JONATHAN.

JONATHAN RESPONDS as PLANNED...

SAUL = FURIOUS.

INSULTS JONATHAN’S MOTHER/ SAUL’S OWN WIFE!

SAUL REMINDS JONATHAN: KINGDOM WON’T BE ESTABLISHED FOR HIM WHILE DAVID LIVES!

EVERYONE KNEW THIS.

BUT JONATHAN DIDN’T CARE ABOUT HIS KINGDOM.

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JONATHAN WOULD’VE BEEN a MUCH BETTER KING!

BUT THAT WASN’T GOD’S CALL for JONATHAN....

JONATHAN = CONTENT to PLAY 2ND FIDDLE.

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WE SHOULD ALL STRIVE for THE MEASURE of SUCCESS/INFLUENCE THAT GOD’S CALLED US TO && NO MORE.

PINKY TOE in BODY of CHRIST SHOULDN’T TRY & BE AN EYE!

OUR JOB ISN’T to CLIMB the LADDER in GOD’S KINGDOM…BUT to FIND OUR PLACE & SERVE THERE...

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WHEN JONATHAN TRIES to DEFEND DAVID’S INNOCENCE, SAUL ATTEMPTS to KILL JONATHAN...

&& JONATHAN LEAVES UPSET W.O. EATING.

(T) And so with this TERRIBLE SITUATION UNDER WAY , JONATAHN is going to SHARE the BAD NEWS W/ DAVID, and the text goes on to say in verse 35,

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Resolution: “Jonathan & David Reunite & Depart” (v35-42)

35 In the morning Jonathan went out into the field to the appointment with David, and with him a little boy. 36 And he said to his boy, “Run and find the arrows that I shoot.” As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.

37 And when the boy came to the place of the arrow that Jonathan had shot, Jonathan called after the boy and said, “Is not the arrow beyond you?” 38 And Jonathan called after the boy, “Hurry! Be quick! Do not stay!” So Jonathan’s boy gathered up the arrows and came to his master.

39 But the boy knew nothing. Only Jonathan and David knew the matter. 40 And Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy and said to him, “Go and carry them to the city.”

41 And as soon as the boy had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap and fell on his face to the ground and bowed three times. And they kissed one another and wept with one another, David weeping the most.

42 Then Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, because we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘The Lord shall be between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, forever.’ ” And he rose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city.

AS DETERMINED: JONATHAN GOES W/ BOW & ARROW & SHOOTS INTO FIELD

ARROWS BEYOND BOY

BOY SENT AWAY

JONATHAN & DAVID REUNITE BRIEFLY

JONATHAN SAYS: “GO in PEACE (GOD’S PEACE, DESPITE OUTWARD TURMOIL!)

(T) And so we can learn from this passage today, the idea that,

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Homiletical Idea:

Living in light of God’s covenant faithfulness to us should cause us to display the love of God for others over and above our own self-interest.

SEEN READILY in JONATHAN’S LIFE & PRESERVATION of DAVID...

ULTIMATELY, THESE CHAPTERS CONCERN GOD’S PRESERVATION of DAVID’S LIFE to BE KING…&& THIS TIME, GOD USES JONATHAN & HIS DEMEANOR as A CONDUIT of PRESERVATION for DAVID...

THOSE WHO ARE SAVED, HAVE ENTERED COVENANT W/ GOD… CHRIST = LORD…VERTICAL COVENANTS HAVE HORIZONTAL IMPLICATIONS

AGAIN, BELIEVER’S STANCE:

GOD FIRST

OTHER SECOND

MYSELF LAST.

CERTAINLY COST to COVENANT…BUT MANY BLESSINGS THAT COME AS WELL..

DAVID RUNS to JONATHAN,,, WHY?? BECAUSE THERE’S SECURITY in THIS COVENANT.

IF YOU’VE BEEN SAVED

,,,REDEEMED

,,,TRANSFERRED FROM DOMAIN of DARKNESS

**THEN YOU’VE ENTERED INTO COVENANT W/ GOD.

&& WHEN LIFE’S TRIALS & TROUBLES COME, RUN to YOUR GREAT HIGH PRIEST in PRAYER..HE KNOWS YOUR STRUGGLE…HE’S BEEN TEMPTED JUST AS WE HAVE..

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Gospel:

SCRIPTURE = CLEAR....GOD IS A COVENANT-KEEPING, FAITHFUL GOD. HIS STEADFAST LOVE ENDURES FOREVER!

WHAT GOD HAS PROMISED…HE WILL DO...

GOD ISN’T A MAN, THAT HE SHOULD LIE...

GOD’S PROMISES CAN BE TAKEN to THE BANK...

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THROUGHOUT HISTORY, GOD MADE MANY COVENANTS:

ADAM

NOAH

ABRAHAM

MOSES

DAVID

&& GOD MADE a PROMISE of NEW COVENANT...

LAW WRITTEN UPON HEARTS...

HEART of STONE REPLACED W/ HEART of FLESH...

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THIS IS the BLESSED NEW COVENANT WE ENJOY TODAY....ESTABLISHED THROUGH the BLOOD of JESUS CHRIST!

GOD HAS OFFERED: FOR the UNGODLY to BE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH in JESUS CHRIST...

GOD WAS JUST in PUNISHMENT of SIN

GOD WAS GRACIOUS to US in OFFERING REDEMPTION...

(Q) ARE YOU a BENEFICIARY of THIS COVENANT TODAY?

GOD’S COVENANT is ESTABLISHED BY GRACE, NOT WORKS.

NONE ARE RIGHTEOUS

ALL HAVE SINNED (JEWS, GENTILES, ETC.)

GOD MADE a WAY FOR US…TO BE COUNTED RIGHTEOUS THROUGH FAITH in CHRIST.

Romans 10:9–10 (ESV)

9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

ALL a WORK of GRACE…NOT WORKS...

GOD WILL BE FAITHFUL to YOU.

GOD’S NEVER BROKEN a PROMISE

GOD WILL KEEP YOU TILL the END.

Philippians 1:6 (ESV)

6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

IF YOU DON’T HAVE THIS HOPE TODAY…YOU CAN ENTER INTO THIS COVENANT W/ GOD ALMIGHTY BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH BECAUSE JESUS DIED FOR YOU..

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS TALK to ME AFTER SERVICE...

(T) And now to close, I’d like to share a few takeaways with you all this morning,

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Takeaways:

LEARN ABOUT GOD?

GOD = COVENANT-KEEPING FAITHFUL GOD/ STEADFAST LOVE ENDURES FOREVER! RICH in MERCY

GOD’S LOVE & COVENANT W/ DAVID PRESERVED HIM AGAIN & AGAIN.

GOD WILL USE a VARIETY of MEANS to PRESERVE the LIVES of HIS SERVANTS UNTIL THEIR END...

GOD = SOVEREIGN & HIS WILL WILL BE DONE.

GOD = INCREDIBLY FAITHFUL GOD!

LEARN ABOUT US?

VERTICAL COVENANTS HAVE HORIZONTAL IMPLICATIONS.

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App:

(Q) DO YOU EVER CONSIDER SALVATION in TERMS of COVENANT?

WE’VE ENTERED AGREEMENT: CHRIST = LORD...

THERE’S a COST to FOLLOWING JESUS!

***THIS ISN’T FOR THE REWARD of ETERNAL LIFE…BUT HOW WE LIVE in LIGHT of GOD’S SALVATION

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CONSISTENTLY in NT…PAUL ADMONISHES CHURCHES “WALK WORTHY” OF GOD & HIS GOSPEL...

THANKFULLY NOT THE BASIS FOR SALVATION,, SALVATION ISN’T CONTINGENT on OBEDIENCE…SOMEONE SAY THANK YOU LORD & AMEN!

BUT COVENANT NEVERTHELESS SAYS, “CHRIST = LORD”

HE’S BOSS

HE’S RULER

HE’S GOT AUTHORITY to TELL US WHAT TO DO!

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AS BELIEVERS, WE’RE CALLED to LOVE GOD & LOVE OTHERS.

CALLED to SELF-DENIAL…TAKING UP OUR CROSS…FOLLOWING CHRIST.

NOT LOOKING to OWN INTERESTS, BUT TO INTERESTS OF OTHERS...

(Q) HOW OFTEN DO YOU DO THIS IN REAL LIFE?

WHAT WOULD YOUR SPOUSE, FAMILY, COWORKERS, FRIENDS, HAVE to SAY?

HAVE YOU LAID ASIDE WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU IN ORDER TO SERVE SOMEONE ELSE RECENTLY?

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NOT ADVOCATING FOR BURNOUT...

PUT YOUR OXYGEN ASK on FIRST…SURE...

BUT WE’RE CALLED to BE SELFLESS…TO SERVE… && TO BUILD KINGDOM of GOD ABOVE KINGDOM of SELF.

HAVE WE GOT OUR PRIORITIES MISALIGNED? HAVE YOU BEEN FAITHFUL to LIVE in LIGHT OF GOD’S WONDERFUL, COVENANT-KEEPING, FAITHFUL LOVE?

TURNING to COMMUNION,, TAKE A MOMENT: EVALUATE WHERE YOU’VE BEEN...

MERCIES ARE NEW EVERY DAY...WELCOME ARMS if WE’VE STRAYED...

Close in prayer

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1 Corinthians 11:23–29 ESV

23 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. 27 Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord. 28 Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.