April 23, 2023

(The most recent previous digital Spotlight materials can be found here.)

 

Icebreaker question:

What kitchen item is the most annoying thing that you've suddenly found yourself out of?

What kitchen item is the most annoying thing that you've suddenly found yourself out of? ✞

 

Start your midweek Spotlight with the song Tightrope, by Jon Guerra.

 

Lyrics can be found below the video player.

 

Sometimes I feel like I’m walking
A tightrope from heaven to earth
Walk steady, walk straight,
Don’t grumble, don’t be late,
Get better, or you’re gonna get hurt.

So I try to walk balanced and healthy
I say I’m fine, wobbles and all
But some things I can’t fake
It’s a curse I can’t break
No, the tightrope’s no match for the Fall

No, the tightrope’s no match for the Fall

Teach me to fall in your direction
Teach me to hitch my heart to yours
Give me the mind to know the difference
Between the cart, the cargo, and horse

Teach me today — I still need saving
Show me the measure of your grace
When I can’t go on, teach me to climb
When I can’t get up, teach me to rise
And when I fall,

Teach me to fly

You danced on the tightrope like nothing
Made all of the walkers look stiff
You forgave the sinner
And you condemned the winner
So they took that rope and hung you with it

But on the third day something happened
You rose up and looked for your friends
You told them you forgave them
And that you’d always be with them
And that falling is how you ascend

You said falling is how you ascend

Teach me to fall in your direction
Teach me to hitch my heart to yours
Give me the mind to know the difference
Between the cart, the cargo, and horse

Teach me today — I still need saving
Show me the measure of your grace
When I can’t go on, teach me to climb
When I can’t get up, teach me to rise
And when I fall,

Teach me to fly

 

Listen to this snippet from late in Garrett's preaching from Sunday.

 

Discuss

 

-- and allow for various viewpoints and conclusions --

 
 

Agree or Disagree, and why? Christianity is less about us knowing God and more about God knowing us.

 

Pick one person in your group to read out loud the following prayer.

 

This prayer comes from perichoresis.org.

Lord Jesus, your heart is so true and passionate, you refused to camp out on the frontiers of our darkness, and watch from a distance. You crossed all worlds to be with us. You entered into our world where we cannot see your Father. I love you for your determined, courageous heart. I love you because of your unwavering, unrestrained desire for us to see your Father with you, to know Him as you know Him, to live in the joy of His embrace as you do in the freedom of the Spirit. It is all so simple, but we are blind. Help us break through our legal mindset and see reconciliation as you have worked it out in your own experience. You are our faithful and merciful and experienced high priest. Give us your eyes. Amen.

 

What would you like to ask each other to pray about?

 

Wrap up this midweek Spotlight with the song Just Remember Me by Andrew Peterson.

 

Upcoming Events:

 
  • April 30 Youth Group field trip to Jump Start 2pm-4pm
  • August 14-17 Vacation Bible School
  • October 21 Fall Family Fun Night
 

God bless!

 

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