John 13:36-38 The Faltering Steps of a true Disciple Summary: Have you ever found out that you weren't as strong as you thought you were? Maybe you thought you could lift something, or hike a long distance, but just couldn't make it. Sometimes that happens in the Christian life too. We think we can overcome temptations to sin, but we're discouraged when we fall. Today, let's listen in on a conversation between Jesus and Peter about this very struggle: Outline: 1. Peter's fall teaches us all to guard our hearts 2. Jesus' promises help us to run to Him in our weakness Verse: John 14:1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. Questions for devotions and family worship: 1. As you survey the life and character of Peter, what do you see? What do we learn about him from this conversation? 2. What things might have led to his eventual denial of Jesus? How was it different from Judas Iscariot's betrayal? How can you guard your own heart against the things that contributed to Peter's fall? 3. Jesus promised Peter,

John 13:31-35 Love One Another Summary: One of the most important and easy to understand commands in the Bible is this: love one another. Sounds simple, right? It might be easy to understand, but it takes a lifetime to learn how to love as Jesus loved us, and we will never do it perfectly. Let's think about it: Outline: The glory of the Son The command to love The testimony of love Verse: John 13:34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another... Questions for devotions and family worship: 1. Why does Jesus speak about the time coming for him to be glorified? How is Jesus being glorified counter to how the world might define glory? 2. Why does Jesus tell us that the command to love one another is

Betrayal From Within John 13:18-30 Summary: Today's story might be hard for us to read, but it is so important. Today we learn about Judas, the one who betrayed Jesus to the rulers so they could find and arrest him. Today, listen for the heart of Jesus, even as he faced his betrayer, and cared for his disciples to the end. Outline: 1. The heart of Jesus 2. The heart of true disciples 3. The heart of a betrayer Verse: John 13:31 Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. Questions for devotions and family worship: 1. Have you ever been betrayed by someone close to you? How did it feel, and what did you do? How did Jesus respond to his looming betrayal by Judas? 2. Why did Jesus let the disciples know that one of them would betray him? What might that knowledge do in them, and why is it spiritually important? 3. What do we learn from the path of Judas? How did Jesus give him an alternate path? How does it serve as a caution for us spiritually?

John 13:12-17 Disciples of the Basin and Towel Summary: Have you ever washed someone else's feet? I'm guessing you haven't! Last week we saw Jesus do this for his disciples in the upper room after the Passover feast. Only the lowliest servants would do this for others! Yet this is what Jesus did for them. Soon he would do even more, when he would take all the filth of their sin on the cross. Today let's listen in as Jesus steps back after washing their feet and says something that should change our whole world: He tells us to follow his example, and wash each other's feet! What does he mean? Let's think about it: Outline: 1. The master's example 2. The master's followers 3. The master's promise Verse: John 13:14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. Questions for devotions and family worship: 1. After reading this passage again, how would you describe the example that Jesus sets for us as his disciples? Why does Jesus highlight his position as

Here is sermon info for Sunday bulletins and music: 1: Call to Worship:Ps 111:1-4 2: God Cleanses Us In Worship: Humbling Ourselves in God's Presence—1 Pet 4:7-11 Rejoicing in God's Mercy—Heb 10:11-13 3: Sermon text: Heb 10:19-25 4: Title: Gospel-Shaped Community 5: Outline questions/outline/notes Sermon Outline What is our confidence before the throne of grace? (19-21) How does this confidence shape our worship? (22-23) How does this confidence move us to build community? (24-25) Discussion Questions How does the pastor to the Hebrews use Old Testament language and imagery to highlight the “new and living that [Jesus] opened for us”? How is it new? How is it living? How does the promise that Christ is presently advocating for his children before the throne of God encourage you today? What are some of the internal voices that hold us back from the throne of grace? Which voice is most hindering you personally? How does v. 22 speak to those particular hindrances? What are some of the external circumstances that caused the Hebrew Christians to waver in “the confession of our hope”? What pressures are causing you to waver? How does v.23 speak to those pressures? How would you summarize the call to build community in vv. 24-25? What makes building this kind of community so difficult? Why is listening such an important part of Gospel-shaped community? What evidences of God’s grace can you share from your life together with the church family at North City Presbyterian Church? Memory verse: -- Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. (Hebrews 10:23)

Call to Worship: Psalm 96:7-10 Humbling Ourselves in God's Presence - Jeremiah 2:12-13 Rejoicing in God's Mercy - Romans 5:6-8 Sermon text: Psalm 67 Title: A Gracious, Global God Outline questions/outline/notes; - May God be gracious to us and bless us - So That - Let ALL the peoples praise you - How? Memory verse: Let the nations be glad and sing for you, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. (Psalm 67:4)

Call to Worship: Psalm 96:7-10 Humbling Ourselves in God's Presence - Jeremiah 2:12-13 Rejoicing in God's Mercy - Romans 5:6-8 Sermon text: Psalm 67 Title: A Gracious, Global God Outline questions/outline/notes; - May God be gracious to us and bless us - So That - Let ALL the peoples praise you - How? Memory verse: Let the nations be glad and sing for you, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. (Psalm 67:4)

Call to Worship: Psalm 96:7-10 Humbling Ourselves in God's Presence - Jeremiah 2:12-13 Rejoicing in God's Mercy - Romans 5:6-8 Sermon text: Psalm 67 Title: A Gracious, Global God Outline questions/outline/notes; - May God be gracious to us and bless us - So That - Let ALL the peoples praise you - How? Memory verse: Let the nations be glad and sing for you, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. (Psalm 67:4)

Sermon text: Philippians 3:12-4:1 Title: Heavenly Pursuit Memory verse: Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me His own. (Philippians 3:12)

Call to Worship: Waiting for it... Humbling: Galatians 5:16-17 Rejoicing in Mercy: Ephesians 1:7 Sermon Text: Several Sermon Title: Living in the Generous Grace of God Outline Pardon and the Generous Grace of God Prayer and the Generous Grace of God Provision and the Generous Grace of God Suffering and the Generous Grace of God Hope and the Generous Grace of God Lives that are a Fragrance of the Generous Grace of God Question: Do you live like a child with a poor and stingy father or like a son with a generous Father in heaven? Memory verse: For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God. (Ephesians 2:8)

Luke 12:32-40 NRSV

Call to Worship:Ephesians 1:3-6 Humbling Ourselves: Jer 2:2, 5, 13 Rejoicing in God's Mercy: : Ps 30:4-5 Sermon Text:Galatians 4:1-7 Sermon Title: Adopted Sons in the Eternal Son Outline/questions/notes Do you draw near to God with a sense of guilt or shame? Do you think of your heavenly Father as infinitely generous to you in Christ? Memory verse:So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God (Galatians 4:7)

Call to Worship: Psalm 81:1-2, 6-10 Confessing our Sin:Psalm 106:13-15 Promise of Forgiveness: Psalm 103:8-12 Sermon text: Deuteronomy 8:1-5 Title: The Long Game Outline questions/outline/notes 1. God leads his beloved people on an appointed path. 2. So that we experience our helplessness. 3. So that we experience and trust his all-sufficient faithfulness Do you rest in the assurance that God's purpose is always to take away our false hopes and replace them with the certainty of his love? Memory verse:…man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. (Deuteronomy 8:3c)

Sermon Text: Psalm 149 Title: The Lord Delights in His People Outline I. What is New About This Song? (Psalm 149:1-3) II. Does God Really Delight in His People? (Psalm 149:4-5) III. How Do Throats and Swords Bring Judgment? (Psalm 149:6-9) Memory Verse: For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the humble with salvation. (Psalm 149:4)

Call to Worship: Psalm 122 Confessing our Sin: Psalm 130:1-4 Promise of Forgiveness Psalm 147:1-6 Sermon text: Psalm 113 Title: Who is Like the Lord? Outline questions: I. How are We to Praise God? (Ps 113:1-3) II. Who is Like the Lord? (Psalm 113:4-6) III. How Does God Lift Up the Lowly? (Psalm 113:7-9) Memory Verse Praise the LORD! Praise, O servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD! (Psalm 113:1)

Sermon text: Psalm 92 Title: A Song For Sunday Outline I. Why Praise God? (Psalm 92:1-5) II. What do the wicked not understand? (Psalm 92:6-9) III. Why is the soil in YHWH’s courts so good? (Psalm 92:10-15) Memory Verse give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, Most High; (Psalm 92:1)

The Preaching of God’s Word: Psalm 80 God’s Saving Face Reverend Dr. Jason Pickard Assoc. Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Seminary – Escondido Outline: 1. Who is the Shepherd of Israel? 2. Will God Always Be Angry? 3. Why Does God Allow the Vine to be Uprooted? Memory Verse: Restore us, O LORD God of hosts! Let your face shine, that we may be saved! (Psalm 80:19)

Sermon: Psalm 61 Title: The King's Homesick Cry Outline I. What does it mean to cry from the ends of the earth? II. How Do We Get Back Home? III. Why do we need an eternal king? Memory Verse: From the end of the earth, I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Which Way Will You Go? Text: Psalm 1 Outline 1. Why is the blessed way the happy way? 2. Why is the perishing way futile? 3. Who is the Blessed Way? Memory Verse: Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. (Psalm 1:1-2)