Memory Verse for the Week: Psalm 73:26 (ESV)

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

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Intro: Why is the apparent success of the wicked so vexing?

A PROBLEM WITH TENSION
What tension do we live with because many suffer, and yet apparently, some do not suffer (even the wicked)?

AN ETERNAL VANTAGE POINT
How can we gain perspective?

A VERY PRESENT, PERSONAL HOPE
What does it mean for God to be your “portion forever?”

YOU CAN PRAY WITH US …

1. Worship the LORD for His surpassing worth and beauty! Praise Him, Father, Son and Holy Spirit for how His glorious love exceeds all competing offers or allegiances.

2. How have you lived as if Jesus is not worth having compared with the things, experiences or people of this world? Confess your foolish pride to Jesus, asking Him to forgive you and heal your heart by His holy love.

3. Give thanks to Jesus for His amazing work to remove your guilt (by His atoning death) and fill your heart (by His indwelling Spirit). Thank Him for taking away everything wrong about you and giving you His own Person.

4. Who do you know who lives envying the success of the wicked or the unbelieving? Pray for them, asking the Lord to help them see things from His perspective and to seek instead the LORD and His righteousness.

5. Ask the Holy Spirit to bear in you His fruit of love, joy and patience. Pray for His work to so secure you in Christ so that you can view the temporary things of this world appropriately and set your heart on heaven.

Looking Back

The Facilitator is a study tool designed to help you engage with the weekly sermon through the five elements we incorporate in our Community Groups; Get Acquainted & Sharing, Sermon Study, Mission, Worship and Prayer. This tool will be made available Monday morning to give us the opportunity to look back at what we heard on Sunday.