February 27, 2016 Corporate Worship

Philidor Zialcita
Feb 14, 2016
3 min read

WORD SHARING CIRCLE (WSC) REFLECTION GUIDE

WORSHIP BRIEF

WORSHIP LEADERS-Rock and B-ann Florido

DATE-Feb. 27, 2016, Saturday

VENUE-Holy Family Church,Sampaguita

TYPE-Healing Night

WORD, THEME & PROMISE

WORD-Obedience to God’s call always bears much fruit in our lives

THEME-We obey God’s call when we repent and ask for His mercy and grace

PROMISE-“He pardons all your iniquities,He heals all your ills” (Ps 103:3)

READINGS

1st READING-Ex 3:1-8,13-15

PSALM-Ps 103:1-2,3-4,6-7,,8,11

2nd READING-1 Cor 10:1-6,10-12

GOSPEL-Lk 13: 1-9

SIGNIFICANT VERSES

“Thus shall you say to the Israelites: The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham,the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob has sent me to you. This is my name forever; thus am I to be remembered through all generations” (Ex 3:15)

“Merciful and gracious is the Lord, slow to anger and abounding in kindness” (Ps 103:8)

“All ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank from a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was the Christ” (1 Cor:3-4)

“By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did” (Lk 13:5)

“Sir, leave it for this year, and I shall cultivate the ground around it and fertilize it, it may bear fruit in the future. If not, you can cut it down” (Lk 13:8-9)

REFLECTION

Parable of the Barren Fig tree:

The readings clearly shows the greatness of God’s love for His children.The Father created usto live as His children, to worship Him, to live out His commandment of love and most especially to bear fruit so we can fulfill the purpose of our existence. But many of us fall out of God’s grace because of sin. God has every right to punish us or “cut us down” like the barren fig tree. But because God’sgrace is greater than God’s judgement, He spared us sinners by sending His Son Jesus to save us. Like the fig tree, we are not capable of fixing ourselves on our own . We need Jesus Christ, the Master Gardener, to nourish our faith, to heal us from our brokenness and enable us to grow to be worthy children the Father created us to be. Jesus gave us His Holy Spirit to lead us, guide us and help us know and do the things God wants us to do.

We received the gifts of the Holy Spiritduring our Life in the Spirit seminar. Let us use these gifts to bring our brothers and sisters back to God’s grace. Let us continue to be living witnesses for Christ by manifesting the fruit of the Holy Spirit inour daily lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness and faithfulness. Fruitfulness means doing good deeds and living righteous lives as followers of Christ. The truth is , we only live on borrowed time here on earth and we are just a heartbeat away from the judgement of God. God is patient and kind and in His mercy always gives us time and more chances to change our ways. Let us take every opportunity to heedChrist call for repentance and renewal. Let us surrender ourselves and trust the Master Gardenerto make our spiritual lives healthy and bear fruit for the Glory of God.

LIST OF SONGS

OPENING PRAISE

JOYFUL-How Great is your Love

EXALTATION-Trading my Sorrows

RECEIVING GOD’S WORD

EXHORTATION-Let Your Spirit Fall Here

OPENING TO THE SPIRIT (“I” PHASE)

CONTRITION-Sa Kabila ng Lahat

OFFERTORY-Paghahandog sa Sarili

INTERCESSION/SUPPLICATION-Kristo

OPENING TO THE SPIRIT (“YOU” PHASE)

CHARACTER-I LIFT MY HANDS (CHRIS TOMLIN)