This Week at New Life

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Verbal Leader: Dave Hopping (Associate Pastor of Emerging Generations)

Call to Worship:  taken from Psalm 66

• Leader: Shout for joy to God, all the earth; sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise!
• All: Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!” So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you.
• Leader: All the earth worships you
and sings praises to you;
they sing praises to your name.
• All: Bless our God, O peoples;
let the sound of his praise be heard, who has kept our soul among the living
and has not let our feet slip.
• Leader: Blessed be God,
because he has not rejected my prayer
or removed his steadfast love from me!

Hosanna (Praise Is Rising)

Psalm 34 Taste And See 

Prayer of Confession: 

• Father in heaven, we thank you for the freedom you have given us through the life, death and resurrection of your Son. But we confess today that we often live like slaves. Instead of living like you delight in us, we avoid you in shame and guilt. Instead of receiving your favor as a gift, we try to earn it with our efforts. Instead of accepting your freedom, we prefer our chains. Instead of pursuing your purposes, we cling to our short-sighted agendas. Forgive us. Embrace us. Cleanse us. Heal us. We ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Silent Confession

Assurance of Pardon: Romans 6:22-23

• But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Christ Our Hope In Life And Death

Greeting and Announcements

Missions Moment: Young Life – Jeff Pearson and Chris Tocchet

I Am Not My Own (children dismissed)

Congregational Prayer

Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon: Anthony Gammage “Christ in the Chaos: Made for the Lord”

General Offering

Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me

Benediction

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Title: “Christ in the Chaos: Made for the Lord”
Preacher:  Anthony Gammage

Text: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

12 “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. 13 “Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power. 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! 16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, “The two will become one flesh.” 17 But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. 18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, 20 for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Sermon Outline

1. Twisting Freedom (12-14)
   – Some freedoms enslave you (12)
   – True freedom has a Lord (13)
2. Union with Christ’s Body (15-17)
3. How to Flee (18-20)
   – Run from sin that wounds you (18)
   – Remember who lives in you (19)
   – Run towards the one who bought you (20)

Adult School of Discipleship

• Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands – in the Auditorium
• The Gospel of Luke – in room 305
• The Doctrine of Scripture – in room 102A
• Welcome Class – (starts September 14th) in room 102 B
• Weekly Prayer Meeting – meets in room 101

Young Adults (18 – 30 year olds)

• meets upstairs in room 304
• contact Michelle Yardumian for more information

Senior High Youth (9 – 12th grade)

• meets upstairs in room 306
• contact Dave Hopping for more information

Junior High Youth (6 – 8th grade)

• meets upstairs in room 307
• contact Sydney Becker for more information

Children (0 – 5th grade)

• Visit the Children’s Welcome Desk on the second floor to find out where each grade meets.  Read more about our children’s ministry HERE.

At New Life Dresher, we warmly welcome individuals of all ages with special needs, whether they are children, young adults, or adults. Contact Amy Gill for more information.

For Young Life: 

• We are encouraged by students stepping into faith and the community God is building among these young people.
• Please pray that God continues to grow these relationships and transform hearts in this fall semester ahead.
• Pray that our students would see the incredible influence they can have on their friends and be encouraged to pursue and point others to Jesus with confidence, knowing that God is always with them. 
• Please pray for our campaigners students, that the Lord would continue to give them a drive to learn more about Him and to follow Him closely. Pray that others would see this community of students and that God would add to our numbers as He calls more students to Himself.
• Pray that as the school year begins, students will not be so overscheduled that they miss opportunities for meaningful times with the Lord. Pray that they will be pointed to the presence of Jesus in their everyday lives.

For Trunk or Treat

• For good weather
• For good attendance, both from our church family and the wider community
• For safety throughout the event
• For good fellowship with our community
• That our volunteers would be able to serve joyfully

Pray for Sexual Faithfulness based on 1 Corinthians 6:12-20