oday the 4th Sunday in Lent, I shared the Word from John 3:14-21. Summary. We find it difficult to follow Christ in our lives nowadays due to competing priorities and too many distractions. The Word reminds us to look up to the Christ to remember how God showed his love to us. This season we continue to remember that Jesus lived, died and rose again as part of God’s plan to save us all. Being his Kingdom people, we need to continue walking and staying in his light, that we might continue to live lives that show the world who God is and who we are in his plan and Kingdom. We closed the sermon with the response song: Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all these things will be added unto you.

1. 4th SUNDAY in LENT:
10th March 2024
Look to the
Cross and
Walk in the
Light of God
All scripture references taken from https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/index.php
All images and visuals taken from the Internet

2. We want to follow Jesus…. But…
Health
Issues
Loss &
Pain
Making
ends
meet
Climb
ladder
War,
injustice
Conflict
Boredom

3. What happened just before this?

4. Today…
What does God’s Word have to say to us today?
John 3: 14-21

6. What is the message for TODAY?
As was then, so is now…
looking up in hope at the Lord
Since the Old Testament,
symbols have been used to
point people to God, to believe,
to follow, to hope….
Today, Jesus has come, and
now we continue to believe, to
follow, to hope…

8. What is the message for TODAY?
God is the source, Jesus is the way, the earth is the target
Destruction will happen, death will come
(Not goal, but consequences)
“so”
But God has done this way, Jesus has come, died, resurrected
Such that people are saved, the world is saved
And all might continue to be saved

10. What is the message for TODAY?
Jesus the light comes for us
We believe Him and are thus saved
We follow Him and continue in being saved

12. What is the message for TODAY?

13. What is the message for TODAY?
We are here when Jesus
found us and we said Yes
Do we follow Him in
the light?
Do we dwell in the
dark?

14. Seek ye first the kingdom of God
And His righteousness;
And all these things shall be added unto you.
Hallelu, Hallelujah!
Seek Ye First….

15. Ask, and it shall be given unto you;
Seek, and you shall find.
Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Hallelu, Hallelujah!
Seek Ye First…. (cont)

16. Man shall not live by bread alone,
But by every word
That proceeds out from the mouth of God.
Hallelu, Hallelujah!
Seek Ye First…. (cont)