The River Church Community

Sunday Synopsis:

This Sunday we continue our series on worship with a message titled "The Biggest Loser vs. Real Resurrection". David Alvarez will be teaching from Genesis 15 as we look at the interaction of God with Abram. As we will learn from Abram, the promises of God often involve waiting. But it is in the process of sitting and waiting that we come present to God and enter into worship. For many of us who have a hard time waiting and are often looking for quick fixes or some kind of assurance in this world, I pray that God's words to Abram would bring about renewed hope that God's promises are really the only ones worth holding on to.

Worship Response:

1. Singing the psalms:

We will be singing the following response as we read Psalm 121: 

Nothing can trouble,

Nothing can frighten,

for I will will wait for you O God,

Nothing can trouble,

Nothing can frighten, 

with you alone I have enough

Just in case you were wondering, last week's Psalm was 138, and the previous week was Ps. 96 with the hook "Only You are worthy, we'll give glory, honor, power and praise"

2. Offering our whole bodies in prayer to God:

Throughout the bible we see examples of God’s instructions for His people to worship him through physical activities: bowing down, building altars, making incense to have a certain scent remind his people only of Him, clapping, dancing and lifting our hands. There are many words in Hebrew and Greek that are used to describe worship, and they all involve an invitation to take a physical posture of humbling oneself as well as a heart submission. Physical movement and meaningful postures indicate more fully whas is on the heart of the person who is offering prayers to God, just like all the other non-verbal communication that we use when talking with other people. So in preparation for worship, we will practice 3 body postures as we pray and wait. May these postures help integrate your mind, body and heart as you prepare to meet the living One this sunday.

Songs for this sunday:

Wait on the Lord - Enter the Worship Circle

Beauty of your peace - Tim Hughes

Everlasting God - Brenton Brown

Te Alabare - Danilo Montero

Songs for reflection pre-service, post-service and during:

I have to believe - Rita Springer

Song for the Bride - Brian Doerksen

Looking for You - Kirk Franklin

See you sunday!

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