1. O Give Thanks to the Lord For HE is Good

2. OBC December Calendar Dec 4 Gideon update in the morning
Sun 4 Worship with Christmas Carols at Bumpville 6:30pm
Sun 11 Christmas Choir at Warren Center Bap Ch 6:30pm
Sat 17 “ Baking Day” in the church Kitchen 9am to noon
Sun 18 “Christmas Bread Delivery Day”
Sat 24 Christmas Eve Service at 6:30pm
Sun 25 Christmas Service by the teens at 10:30am
Sun 31 New Year’s Day service followed by lunch together

3. 5th Annual Lehigh Valley Simulcast
Location: SALEM BIBLE CHURCH Macungie, PA
Hosted by Courageous Men of the Lehigh Valley
8:30AM-4:00PM EST
$20 door) INCLUDES BREAKFAST & DICKEY’S LUNCH!
Register online:

4. What is Worship? Reverence
Honoring God for
His Attributes
His Achievements
A whole-hearted response to God’s
Righteousness
Revelation
Requirements
Doing what honors God
Sacrificing
Obeying
Praying
Turning from sin
Singing
Giving

5. What is the best way? Follow a Biblical pattern
Consider what God is doing in your life
Private, silent meditation
Public, corporate celebration
Psalms, Hymns, or
With or w/o instruments

8. Holy Ground John 17

9. Thankful that Jesus came to reveal His Father and pay a ransom!
He wants people to be adopted into His family!
God can be trusted to carry out His perfect plan!
Suffering is not in vain!
An eternal place is waiting!

10. His Attitude toward His Father v.1
Honor, worshipful reverence, submission show love for His Father
No room for pride, egotism, or haughtiness
1 Corinthians

11. His Relationship with His Father v.2-3
personal, trusting, confident, loving, joyful
He is confident that the cross is no accident.

12. Acts
22 ”…Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst…
23 Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death;

13. 1 Peter a
18 knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, …
19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. 20 He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world,

14. Hebrews 12.2
looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

15. What was His joy? That His gracious Father would be honored.
That His Father would be satisfied with His sacrifice.
That so many would receive eternal life.

16. His Passion for His Family v.3
That they would experience Eternal Life
Jesus came so He could share His perfect Father with human beings.

17. His Destiny v.5 Back to His Father’s presence. Ps 16.10-11
10 For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. 11 You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

18. John 17 Holy Ground This conversation reveals much valuable truth.
Truth for which I’m very thankful.

19. Thankful that Jesus came to reveal His Father and pay a ransom!
He wants people to be adopted into His family!
God can be trusted to carry out His perfect plan!
Suffering is not in vain!
An eternal place is waiting!

20. How Great Thou Art #28