Worship Preparation Guide for June 20, 2021

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Call to Worship: Psalm 92:1-4 (Responsively)
Confession of Faith: Westminster Confession of Faith 16.1-2
Hymns and Psalter Selections:

  1. Praise God for Joy of Sabbath Rest #155

  2. Approach, My Soul, the Mercy Seat #451

  3. Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me #452

Sermon: Mark 5:14-20

Discussion Questions:

  1. What is the setting to this narrative and how does Mark connect it to the previous event?

  2. How does Mark highlight the two kinds of people in the world? See Mark 5:17 -18.

  3. Why do the people beg Jesus to leave the region? What doe the man who was cleansed from Legion desire to do?

  4. Why does Jesus refuse the man? What is the desire of the Savior for the man? Did the man obey? What lesson are we taught in this encounter?

Applications:  

Two responses to Christ: one tragic and one glorious. How will you respond to Christ?

worshipWilliam Hill