Opening Song: Simple Kingdom (https://open.spotify.com/track/6r7uNQPj4LfNj70j21CJR2?si=3383867c61bf4f3b) by Bryan Torwalt, Cody Carnes, Katie Torwalt, and Paul Duncan Lyrics: Your kingdom is simple As simple as love You welcomed the children You stopped for the one We want to see people The way Jesus does Your kingdom is simple Lord teach it to us Your kingdom is humble As humble as death His King is a savior Who gave His last breath So may we die daily Our pride laid to rest His kingdom is humble And the broken are blessed Hallelujah Hallowed be Your name May we live and breathe Your praise Hallelujah Let all creation say Oh The King of heaven reigns (Yes he does yes he does) Your kingdom is coming Your kingdom is here Alive in our waiting At work in our tears So come to us quickly Forever our prayer Your kingdom is coming Lord Jesus come near (hallelujah) Your kingdom is backwards It flows in reverse What You call a treasure This world calls a curse The small become great and The last become first Your kingdom is backwards Lord teach us to serve As it is with Your kingdom Let it be with Your church He reigns forever He reigns forever Passage: But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom[a] you learned it 15 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God[b] may be complete, equipped for every good work. Preach the Word 4 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: 2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. 3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound[c] teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, 4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. 5 As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. Musical Reflection: “Amazing Grace,” Appalachian folk tune Reflection Notes: This beloved tune, formally known as NEW BRITAIN, originates from the folk music of Appalachia. The melody is simple and outlines triads, making it memorable; the ascending line creates a triumphant climax. Prayer: Most loving Father, whose will it is for us to give thanks for all things, to fear nothing but the loss of you, and to cast all our care on you who care for us: Preserve us from faithless fears and worldly anxieties, that no clouds of this mortal life may hide from us the light of that love which is immortal, and which you have manifested to us in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.