Why--You Exist, 

and Do What You Do 

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Scripture Reading: Ps. 139:13-18, 23-24 “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!  Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.  You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.  They cannot be numbered!  I can't even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me!... Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.” 

Sermon Text: Heb 2:6-7, 10-11  “…What are mere mortals that you should think about them, or a son of man that you should care for him? Yet you made them only a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor…. God, for whom and through whom everything was made, chose to bring many children into glory. And it was only right that he should make Jesus, through his suffering, a perfect leader, fit to bring them into their salvation. So now Jesus and the ones he makes holy have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.” 

1-Your Self-Identity: Who, Why, Where? 

Emotional pulls 

Hebrews 2  Response  

2- Perspective Is Key In All of Life  

Just how much does God care for you?  

Psalm 139 & God’s Nurturing Care 

3- The Purpose of This Sermon Series… 

For you and this New Year 

For the church and this New Year
 

Prayer for the Covenant Renewal

 -to prepare our hearts

 -to open our minds

 -to offer our full attention

 -in giving our full response

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