Shalom With God - Generosity
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Greeting
God is generous, providing each of us with “. . . clothing and shoes, food and drink, house and home, spouse and children, land, animals, and all I have.” We rejoice in the generosity of God. Today, we hear God’s call to use our energy and whatever He entrusts to us for ministry. Are you ready to be generous?
Confession & Forgiveness
Pastor: Mighty and merciful Lord, with heavy hearts we confess our sin to You.
All: Captive to sin, we have sinned against You, mighty God, in thought, word, and deed.
Pastor: When our happiness is dependent upon our possessions and our wealth,
All: We have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed.
Pastor: When we have failed to be generous to others as You have been generous to us,
All: We have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed.
Pastor: When we have been foolish with the energy and resources You entrust to us, instead of using them to further Your Kingdom,
All: We have sinned against You in thought, word, and deed. Bring us to repentance, Lord. Forgive our sins, those of which we are aware and those we do unwittingly. Have mercy on us.
Pastor: Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and for His sake forgives you all your sins. As a called and ordained servant of Christ, and by His authority, I therefore forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
Pastor: At just the right time, Your generosity overflowed to us in the life, death, resurrection, and ascension of Your only-begotten Son. Therefore we worship You, we adore You, we thank You, we bless You. We pray that we would be a people who reflect Your ways to the world, using the wealth You have entrusted to us and the energy you give us to serve the world You love and to accomplish Your work.
Gracious God You Send Great Blessings
Gracious God You send great blessings
New each morning all our days
For Your mercies never ending
For Your love we offer praise
Lord we pray that we Your people
Who Your gifts unnumbered claim
Through the sharing of Your blessings
May bring glory to Your name
By Your Word You formed creation
Filled with creatures large and small
As we tend that endless treasure
May our care encircle all
Lord we pray that we Your people
Who Your gifts unnumbered claim
Through the sharing of Your blessings
May bring glory to Your name
In His earthly life our Savior
Knew the care of faithful friends
May our deeds of dedication
Offer love that never ends
Lord we pray that we Your people
Who Your gifts unnumbered claim
Through the sharing of Your blessings
May bring glory to Your name
Heavenly Father may our caring
Bear the imprint of Your grace
With the Son and Holy Spirit
Praise be Yours in every place
Lord we pray that we Your people
Who Your gifts unnumbered claim
Through the sharing of Your blessings
May bring glory to Your name
Scripture Reading
Ephesians 4:28 - Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.
Theme Video
STP Kids Dismissal
STP Kids is the Children’s Ministry at St. Peter’s Edina, designed for all children from 6 months to 10 years old (Grade 5). Our vision is to partner with parents in raising up a generation of children that will seek their God-given Kingdom mission and impact their world for Jesus!
Message: Generosity
Leviticus 19:11 - “Do not steal”
Ephesians 4:28 - Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.
Financial wellness = the healing touch of Christ restoring the joy of living in generosity.
Financial wellness in churches = when followers of Christ know that God’s provision is assured, so we freely offer what we have already received.
Acts 4:32 - All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had
Acts 4:33 - With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus.
Acts 4:33-35 - And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need.
Luke 12:13-20 - Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’ “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
Luke 12:21 - “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”
5 Ways to Be Generous
Give a 100% tip at a restaurant. Save up so you can bless the socks off a server who needs a reason to smile.
Send an anonymous card with some cash or a gift card. You may never know how it turns out, but that's okay.
Write a thank-you note to someone who's influenced you. You don't have to create a masterpiece—just express gratitude.
Carry a $20 bill in your pocket and look for chances to give it away. You'll be amazed how you'll bless someone at the right time.
Give a little until you can give a lot.
Build My Life
Worthy of every song we could ever sing
Worthy of all the praise we could ever bring
Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe
We live for You
We live for You
Jesus the name above every other name
Jesus the only one who could ever save
Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe
We live for You
We live for You
Holy there is no one like You
There is none beside You
Open up my eyes in wonder
And show me who You are
And fill me with Your heart
And lead me in Your love to those around me
Jesus the name above every other name
Jesus the only one who could ever save
Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe
We live for You
We live for You
Holy there is no one like You
There is none beside You
Open up my eyes in wonder
And show me who You are
And fill me with Your heart
And lead me in Your love to those around me
I will build my life upon Your love
It is a firm foundation
I will put my trust in You alone
And I will not be shaken
I will build my life upon Your love
It is a firm foundation
I will put my trust in You alone
And I will not be shaken
Holy there is no one like You
There is none beside You
Open up my eyes in wonder
And show me who You are
And fill me with Your heart
And lead me in Your love to those around me
Generosity Presentation
Take My Life and Let It Be
Take my life and let it be
Consecrated Lord to Thee
Take my moments and my days
Let them flow in ceaseless praise
Take my hands and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love
Take my feet and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee
Take my voice and let me sing
Always only for my King
Take my lips and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee
Take my silver and my gold
Not a mite would I withhold
Take my intellect and use
Ev’ry pow’r as Thou shalt choose
Take my will and make it Thine
It shall be no longer mine
Take my heart it is Thine own
It shall be Thy royal throne
Take my love my Lord I pour
At Thy feet its treasure store
Take myself and I will be
Ever only all for Thee
Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
All: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.
Blessing
2 Corinthians 9:11 - You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous in every way.
Build Your Kingdom Here
Come set Your rule and reign
In our hearts again
Increase in us we pray
Unveil why we're made
Come set our hearts ablaze with hope
Like wildfire in our very souls
Holy Spirit come invade us now
We are Your church
We need Your power in us
We seek Your kingdom first
We hunger and we thirst
Refuse to waste our lives
For You're our joy and prize
To see the captives' hearts released
The hurt the sick the poor at peace
We lay down our lives
For heaven's cause
We are Your church
We pray revive this earth
Build Your kingdom here
Let the darkness fear
Show Your mighty hand
Heal our streets and land
Set Your church on fire
Win this nation back
Change the atmosphere
Build Your kingdom here we pray
Unleash Your kingdom's power
Reaching the near and far
No force of hell can stop
Your beauty changing hearts
You made us for much more than this
Awake the kingdom seed in us
Fill us with the strength and love of Christ
We are Your church
We are the hope on earth
Build Your kingdom here
Let the darkness fear
Show Your mighty hand
Heal our streets and land
Set Your church on fire
Win this nation back
Change the atmosphere
Build Your kingdom here we pray
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