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Our God (Medley) — Jonathan Nelson

Build My Life — Pat Barrett

By My Side — The Porter's Gate

Not In Me — The Gospel Coalition

Jesus Paid It All — Passion

All Sufficient Merit — Shane & Shane

The Midtown Hymnal

Liturgy & Sermon

Call to Worship

Come, let us worship and bow down;

Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.

For He is our God, and we are the people

of His pasture, the sheep under His care.

The Lord will not abandon His people or abandon His heritage,

If I say “My foot is slipping!” Your faithful love will support me, Lord.

When I am filled with cares, Your comfort brings me joy.

- From Psalm 95 and 94

Confession

Father God,

We confess that we avoid the hard conversations.

We often refuse to listen to fellow believers we disagree with or avoid them altogether.

We feel threatened and cower under the weight of our shame.

God, we confess that we often hold relationships at arm’s length

and dodge what would force us to be confronted by our own flaws.

O Lord, forgive us for avoiding our brothers and sisters out of fear.

May we pursue one another in love.

God, help us do the hard relational work.

Assurance

Church, when we are faced with our own hypocrisy and failures,

we are tempted to run and hide.

But our God is kind and merciful;

He offers us freedom through the work of Jesus on the cross.

O God, when we see the impact of our choices,

we, like Adam and Eve, are tempted to sew together excuses, hoping no one will truly see us.

But God, You see the depths of us and You still run towards us.

You lead us back to paths of righteousness for Your name’s sake.

- Inspired by Genesis 3, Luke 15, and Psalm 23

Scripture Reading & Sermon

The Wise Life: When More Isn’t Better

Pastor Jesse Leightenheimer

7 Two things I ask of you;
don’t deny them to me before I die:
8 Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.
Give me neither poverty nor wealth;
feed me with the food I need.
9 Otherwise, I might have too much
and deny you, saying, “Who is the Lord?”
or I might have nothing and steal,
profaning the name of my God.

Proverbs 30:7-9

Big Idea: The danger isn't having more. The danger is when "more" becomes what we depend on instead of God.

1. A wise person prays for a truthful heart.

2. A wise person trusts God for enough.

3. A wise person finds enough in Jesus.

This Week's Response

Confess and Repent
- What lies am I believing about God’s character and provision?
- What am I depending on besides Jesus?
- Where have I confused "more" with "enough"?
Pray Agur's Prayer
- Similar to this: Father, Keep falsehood far from me. Expose the lies I've believed. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Give me whatever keeps my heart dependent on You. Feed me with what I truly need. Because in Christ, You have already given me more than this world could ever offer.