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Oct 22, 2017

Jesus and Your Success / Jesus and Your Failure

Jesus and Your Success / Jesus and Your Failure

Passage: John 3:1-4:54

Speaker: Chris Horne

Series: Guest Speakers, Chris Horne & Andrew Shank

We will look at Jesus’ encounters with Nicodemus and the Samaritan woman as windows into how Jesus responds to both our success and failure. This is “Jesus and Your Resume” and “Jesus and Your Rap Sheet.”

Order of Worship:

Call To Worship: 1 Peter 1:3-4; 8 ESV & Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV
Prayer: To Live In Christ (adapted from The Valley of Vision)
Central Text: John 3 & 4 (selected portions)
Sermon: Jesus and Your Success / Jesus and Your Failure
Benediction: Jude 1:24-25 ESV

Lyrics:

10.22.17 Lyrics

Readings & Related Scripture:

Call To Worship: 1 Peter 1:3-4; 8 ESV & Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV
LEADER: 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,

8 Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,
ALL: 22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Prayer: To Live In Christ (adapted from The Valley of Vision)
LEADER: Jehovah God, creator and upholder of all things

ALL:It is our privilege is to be under the care of your wisdom righteousness, mercy, and grace.

LEADER: It is the discovery of Your goodness alone that can banish our fears, allure us into Your presence and help us to confess sin.

ALL: For in You there is mercy and kindness. Exceeding riches through the work of Your Son.

LEADER: May we always feel our need of Jesus. To find all joy and strength in Him. O Blessed Spirit, enliven our hearts. Renew our mind. Work in us the image of the heavenly.

ALL: That we may know Christ and live in this good news.

Benediction: Jude 1:24-25 ESV
LEADER: 24 Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, 25 to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever.

ALL: Amen.

Post-Service Text: John 4:13-14 ESV
13 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

Sermons:

The New Birth by Timothy J. Keller; John 3:1-15

The Tragic Cost of Her Cavernous Thirst by John Piper; John 4:16-26

The Source by Charles H. Spurgeon; John 4:11

Media:

10.22.17 Album

 

On October 22, we will welcome Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) campus pastors Chris Horne and Andrew Shank to preach during both worship services.

Chris Horne

Chris Horne is a native of Byron, GA and current Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) campus minister at Appalachian State University. After graduating from Georgia Southern University, Chris worked with RUF at the Savannah College of Art & Design where he met Sara Jane who studied Textile Design. The Hornes have three daughters: Georgia (6), Bonnie (5) and Rosemary (2). They love hanging out with App State students and exploring the WNC mountains. Chris plays drums and has an unhealthy interest in Auburn football. Sara Jane is passionate about art, aesthetics and chicken n dumplings.

Andrew Shank

Andrew grew up in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, but ever since his family moved to Charlotte, NC right after his 13th birthday, he’s called North Carolina “home.” Andrew is a graduate of NC State, and after his college days, interned with RUF at Virginia Tech before returning to Charlotte to attend Reformed Theological Seminary. It was during these RTS days that he met, wooed, and wed his wife, Trish. After finishing seminary, Andrew spent three years as the Pastor of Discipleship at Hilton Head Presbyterian Church before moving to WCU in the summer of 2017.

Andrew and Trish have one daughter, Sophie (1/7/15), with daughter number two on the way (due 1/4/18) and together they enjoy the outdoors, board games, reading, music, making pizza together, and going on adventures.