Welcome to Trinity Church Aldgate. We are really glad you’re here with us today! Below you’ll find all the information you’ll need for today’s service.
Order of Service
Song – Come Thou Fount
Song – Yes And Amen
Welcome
Kids’ Spot
Song – Great Big God
Ministry Matters
Bible Reading – 1 Peter 2:1-12
Sermon – Vision for Growth – Chris Jolliffe
Confession
Prayers
Song – Praise My Soul The King Of Heaven
Sending
Bible passage
1 Peter 2:1-18 – New International Version
Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by Godand precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For in Scripture it says:
“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame.”
7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,
“The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,”
8 and,
“A stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.”
They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.
9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
11 Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. 12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
Sermon Outline
A Vision for Growth
1 Peter 2:1-12
Getting ‘Growth’ right
- God’s brings growth, but He uses us 1 Peter 2.6, 9-10
- living stones -> temple
- priesthood -> world
- Our role involvesBOTH Actions AND Words 1 Peter 2.1, 9-12
- To grow outward we must drink deeper 1 Peter 1.2, 4, 7-8, 10
- sup on nourishing milk
- come to him
- the precious stone
- received mercy
Conversion Growth: Prayer | LIFE | Engagement
Church Growth: Focus | Fellowship | Coffee with Jesus | Venue
Next Week’s Topic
Vision Sunday
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