So the last "God is..." will be God is Lord. I'll be going off Psalm 93.
Here I'll define what being Lord specifically means.
II. The Reign of the Lord (v1)
Here I'll talk about how God is reigning currently and how everything is firmly planned in His hands.
III. The Endurance of the Lord (v2)
This section will be how God has existed and been always.
IV. The Power of the Lord (v3-4)
This part is where I'll talk about how God really rules over everything. In particular in the verses it talks about how He is mighty even over the waters.
V. The Holiness of the Lord (v5)
This last part will be about how He is true to His Word always and how holiness is always apart of His character.
VI. Conclusion/Application
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So I'll be going through the Psalm and drawing things out from the Psalm. The way it'll flow is some intro and then defining what it means for God to be Lord and then really all the points that follow will be implications/characteristics of Him being Lord.
The conclusion/application will come in our submission to Him. We love to have God as our Savior all the time, but we don't always love to have Him as our Lord all the time because that means we can't always do whatever we want. The fact that God is Lord, and more specifically, our Lord, means that we live not to ourselves, but to Him. God is not an uncaring Lord or King, but He is the most loving and the One who will care the most.
Really what this series has been has been to put us in awe before our God. Hopefully the kids have been seeing that as we have progressed through and hopefully this last message will do the same.
hey eugene
ReplyDeletei like how you'll define "lord" first... its sort of a term that's lost on today that has better understanding way back when. and I like where you're going with the awe and ruling parts of it. my big thought is tying the last part into it (holiness). It seems like that has a bigger "good news" aspect into it. I guess just be careful that we don't guilt the kids into submitting to God or telling them they should do it just because God is powerful. I'm thinking of more submission in terms of relationship because he's powerful and caring. does that make sense?