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Doxology - Summit Church & Brandon Swanner

We Lift Your Name - Shana Wilson

Refiner - Maverick City Music

Make Room - Community Music

All Sufficient Merit - Shane & Shane

On Christ - Local Sound

Thank You Jesus For The Blood - Charity Gayle

Today's Liturgy

Call to Worship

Let all creatures great and small praise the Lord.
Praise him, you angels in heaven, for you dwell with him in divine light.
You heard him thunder, “Let there be” and saw the world unfurl before him like a scroll.

Praise him, all you animals. Ants and elephants, giraffes and jaguars, humpback whales and prairie dogs.
For your Creator cares for you, feeds you, and rejoices in the ingenuity displayed in your patterns, pelts, and behaviors.

Praise him, you, his people.
For he has been kindest to us.
He formed us out of the clay, redeemed us through his beloved Son,
and dwells within us through his Spirit.

Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Hallelujah!

–Psalm 150:3-6

Confession

Lord, our lips are ready to confess,
but our hearts are slow to feel, and we are reluctant to amend our ways.

We bring our souls to you; break them, wound them, bend them, mold them.
Unmask sin’s ugliness to us, that we may hate it, abhor it, and flee far from it.

Give us a godly grief that trembles and fears as it trusts and loves,
which is ever powerful, and ever confident.

Grant us grace so that through the tears of repentance
we may see more clearly the brightness and glories of the saving cross.

–From the Valley of Vision

Assurance

(prayer)

Walking in Wisdom and Understanding

Drew Morgan

15 Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk—not as unwise people but as wise—
16 making the most of the time, because the days are evil.
17 So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
18 And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled by the Spirit:
19 speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music with your heart to the Lord,
20 giving thanks always for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
21 submitting to one another in the fear of Christ.
–Ephesians 5:15-21

Big Idea: We are to Walk in Wisdom and Understanding. Your transformed life should have patterns of walking wisely in the will of the Lord.

1. Walk in Wisdom and Understanding (vv. 15–17)

Walk carefully and wisely – Live intentionally, not foolishly; make the best use of time in a world that distracts us from what matters.
- Do not coddle sin in your life
- Do not center your life around things that do not matter, but make a plan and
- pursue the Kingdom
Pursue godly wisdom – Wisdom is not about what you know, but Who you know; true wisdom is found in knowing and trusting Jesus Christ.
Understand the Lord’s will – Knowing the Word of God is knowing the will of God; believers grow in wisdom by applying Scripture daily.
- Wisdom is Right Knowledge, Rightly Applied
Our vision is to activate the personal and corporate calling of 3,500 sojourners by 2035—who embody and proclaim the unmatched beauty of Jesus in their circles of influence.

2. The Worship of the Wise (vv. 18–21)

Led by the Spirit – Allow the Spirit to direct your desires and actions; “Walk in the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.”
Spiritually encouragers – Encourage others through worship, song, and mutual edification; every believer has a priestly role.
Spiritual service – Humbly submit to others and serve for the good of the community; true wisdom expresses itself in love.