BELIEVE
Genesis 1
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Psalms 104
24 O Lord, what a variety of things you have made!
In wisdom you have made them all.
The earth is full of your creatures.
25 Here is the ocean, vast and wide,
teeming with life of every kind,
both large and small.
26 See the ships sailing along,
and Leviathan, which you made to play in the sea.
27 They all depend on you
to give them food as they need it.
28 When you supply it, they gather it.
You open your hand to feed them,
and they are richly satisfied.
29 But if you turn away from them, they panic.
When you take away their breath,
they die and turn again to dust.
30 When you give them your breath, life is created,
and you renew the face of the earth.
31 May the glory of the Lord continue forever!
The Lord takes pleasure in all he has made!
32 The earth trembles at his glance;
the mountains smoke at his touch.
33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live.
I will praise my God to my last breath!
34 May all my thoughts be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in the Lord.
35 Let all sinners vanish from the face of the earth;
let the wicked disappear forever.
Let all that I am praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord!
Apostles Creed 2x
- memorized vs meaningful
I believe in God,
the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth.
Genesis 1:1-2
- Tohu va Bohu
- Chaos Twins
- Formless & Void
- The Spirit
- moved across the waters
- rushed into the upper room
- moving still
Psalm 104
- would you just look at this
- what's a hyrax
- leviathan? play?
- God delights
"You've gotta have a mustard seed somewhere."
-Nate Cook
Rest On Us
As the Spirit was moving over the waters
Spirit come move over us
As the Spirit was moving over the waters
Spirit come move over us
Come rest on us
Come rest on us
Holy Spirit
Come rest on us
You're all we want
You're all we want
Dead Poets
- "Sweaty-toothed madman"
- stilled as reality is described
Psalm 104: 24-34
"Come rest on us"
The Apostles' Creed
I believe in God,
the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ,
his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried.
He descended into hell.
On the third day He rose again from the dead...
WHOOOOOOO!!!
He ascended into heaven
and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
From there He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy Christian Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.
Amen.
Questions to Consider:
- Where does life feel a little chaotic right now?
- Where have you seen beauty this week?
- What gives you hope that God is still at work?
- What is God creating in you?
- What would it look like to trust God with what feels unfinished?
- How can you slow down and notice God's presence this week?
