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Prelude
Call to Worship
(it is unclear if we do a call to worship, if I need to supply on here is what I would plan to use)
God loved the world,
God loves the world,
we are the beloved!
May the truth of this great love story,
shine through our worship today,
and renew our sense of calling.
Come, in friendship to God
and to each other,
and in friendship to the world,
to listen for God’s Word to us,
to offer our prayers,
and to renew our calling.
Call to Worship Song: This is the Day #657
Welcome and Announcements
Introduce myself - at Farmers mention I have been there before
We enter into an attitude and a spirit of worship, so may we go to the Lord together in Prayer
Opening Prayer
(Again unclear if I bring this or not, but if I do here is what I will use)
Lord God of heaven and earth,
Creator of our world, and everything in it,
yet as close to us as our own breath—holy is Your name.
In You we live and move and have our being;
we are Your own children,
the work of Your hands.
We pray that Your Holy Spirit
would move among us as we worship,
opening our eyes to Your presence,
opening our ears to Your Word.
Receive the worship of our hearts and minds and bodies;
may it be a pleasing offering to You.
We pray in the name of Your Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ,
in whose death and resurrection we find life.
Amen.
Opening Song
(If I end up having to pick it I will got with I come with Joy #617)
Children’s Message - Salt and Pepper
Salt and pepper are complements to foods that come together like peanut butter and jelly.
Salt and pepper are usually in similar containers, but on the inside, they don't look alike at all.
They don't taste alike either, and yet in spite of their differences, salt and pepper go together perfectly.
True friendship is like salt and pepper.
People can have number of differences; but in spite of those differences, they can find a common ground to share good times and bad.
Salt and pepper can take a bland, boring meal, and turn it into something delicious.
True friends can take a bad situation and turn it into something wonderful.
You'll never find salt without pepper.
And like salt and pepper, true friends are the ones that'll stick with you no matter where you are, what situations you face.
You don't have to be exactly alike or have everything in common, you just have to be willing to be there.
Scripture 1 Samuel 20:17-23
Sermon
The Series that we are in
The people that you need in your life
There is an old saying that goes something like show me the people that are closest to you and I will show you where you will be in life 10 years from now
The people in our life so profoundly impact our decisions, our faith, and most aspects of our lives.
AND we often get at least some choice in who we allow near us.
This Week…Friendship
How beautiful of a thing is friendship!
Insert a personal story about Tom calling me this week
It is a good thing to have people who are commited to caring for us and about us that have little to no incentive beyond that
Introducing the story
Jonathan
Oldest and firstborn Son of Saul
Tribe of Benjamin
close friend of David
David
Shepherd boy
David and Goliath
Defeats the Philistine everyone loves him
Jonathan and David are battle buddies
Saul
King
bad guy
father of Jonathan
Jealous of David and wants him dead
Timeline of events
David and Jonathan are friends
David Kills Goliath
Saul is Jealous
ironically Jonathan should have been the one that was jealous
Saul tries to kill David
Jonathan warns David and he escapes
Jonathan and David covenant together
The covenant saves David’s life
Saul goes after David again, but this time David and Jonathan think up an elaborate plan....
Breaking Down the scripture
New Moon.
Monthly celebration involving cereal offerings, burnt sacrifices, and trumpet blasts.
Customary for David to be Gone
They would see what Saul’s reaction was
V. 16 “enemies of David” this is really key to understanding the specific covenant being made:
Jonathan fully expects David to be the next king, and he wants David to promise that he will be kind to Jonathan’s family even after he takes the throne.
Often a king from a new dynasty would put to death the descendants of the previous king.
And David later did come through on this agreement
After he became king, David remembered his oath to Jonathan and made special provision for his crippled son Mephibosheth (2 Sam.
9:7).
Friendship is a covenant not a contract
Throughout the story Jonathan and David actually make a total of 3 separate covenants:
1.They make a covenant shortly after David kills Goliath (1 Sam 18:3–4).
2.They make a covenant when Jonathan made David swear to show kindness to his descendants as he helped him escape Saul (1 Sam 20:3–17).
3.They make a covenant when David is fleeing from Saul in the wilderness of Ziph (1 Sam 23:15–18).
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