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Children's Message:
Taste and See that the Lord is Good
Psalm 34:8
Proclamation:
1 Kings 19-19-21 - Read by Rick Canedo
Putting Your Hand to the Plow
Luke 9:57-62
Made To Worship
God's Parting Blessing, Benediction
God go before you to lead you, God go behind you to protect you,
God go beneath you to support you, God go beside you to befriend you.
Do not be afraid.
May the blessing of God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit be upon you
Do not be afraid. Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
Amen
Sermon Outline
Putting Your Head to the Plow
Luke 9:57-62
57 As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
58 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
59 He said to another man, “Follow me.”
But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
61 Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.”
62 Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”
Introduction - Welcome
I. Pumpkin Harvest Thanksgiving Festival
A. Thanksgiving (Psalm 107:1)
1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his love endures forever.
B. Pumpkin (Proverbs 22:6)
6 Start children off on the way they should go,
and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
C. Harvest (2 C0r. 9:10, Ex. 23:16, Matt. 9:35-38)
10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. (2 Corinthians 9:10)
16 “Celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field.
“Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field. (Exodus 23:16)
35 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. 38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”(Matthew 9:35-38)
D. Festival ( Exodus 23:16)
16 “Celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of the crops you sow in your field.
“Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field.
“Really not a matter of how much you give, it’s a matter of how much you keep.”
II. No Seed/sowing = No Harvest (2 Corinthians 9:6)
6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
A. Don’t Sow
B. Sparingly
C. Generously
D. Reap what you sow
III. Hand to the Plow (Luke 9: 57-62)
57 As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”
58 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
59 He said to another man, “Follow me.”
But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
61 Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.”
62 Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”
Application
Table Talk
Walk Through the Valley -Suffering
Thoughts for a Day
Luke 9:57-62
· As you read the title: Pumpkin Harvest Thanksgiving Festival, look at the sermon outline and share what each word means. Look up the Bible verses that go with each word.
Thoughts for another Day
· What is the outcome of not sowing? Do people actually do that?
· What is the outcome of sowing sparingly? Do peoples actually do that?
· What is the outcome of sowing generously? Do peoples actually do that?
· Do you reap what you sow? Give examples, positive and negative. What does Jesus mean when he says, “By their fruit you will know them.”
· What does it mean to “put your hand to the plan and not look back?”
· Apply this to your life.
AMEN 😊
BLESSing – Pastor Phil
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Kid Bulletin
We Serve Like Jesus
Mark 10:35-45
For some people, the best thing about having chicken for dinner is the "wishbone." After you finish eating, two people each hold one side of the wishbone, close your eyes and make a wish. Then you pull on the wishbone until it breaks apart. The one who gets the biggest piece is supposed to have his or her wish come true. (If you have a wishbone, allow a boy and girl to try it.)
Have you ever wished for something? On the count of three, say out loud what you wish for: 1, 2, 3. (Pause for responses.)
Sometimes we make a wish without thinking about what would happen if our wish really came true.
Have you ever planned to have a picnic and it rained? Perhaps you sat and watched the rain and grumbled to yourself, "I wish it would stop raining." What if that wish came true and it really stopped raining FOREVER? There would be no grass, no trees, no flowers. Rivers, lakes, and streams would dry up, and all life would begin to disappear. This world would be a miserable place if it stopped raining, wouldn't it?
James and John were two brothers who were disciples of Jesus. One day, the two of them came to Jesus and said to Him, "Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask."
"What do you want Me to do for you?" Jesus replied.
"In Your glorious Kingdom, we want to sit in places of honor next to You, one at Your right and the other at Your left." You see, they thought Jesus was going to set up an earthly kingdom, and they wanted to sit beside Him on the throne. They wanted to share in His glory and greatness.
Jesus answered, "You don't know what you are asking." Then He explained that whoever wants to be great must be a servant of all. He said, "For even I, the Son of Man, came here not to be served but to serve others, and to give My life as a ransom for many."
I don't think that being a servant was exactly what James and John were wishing for!
Sometimes you and I may say, "I wish I could be more like Jesus." But is that really our wish? If we really want that wish to come true, we must live as servants the way Jesus did. Only then can we be truly great and show God’s love to the world.
Dear God, help us to mean it when we say, "I wish I could be more like Jesus." Please show us each day how to become a greater servant to those around us. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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