Welcome to Orchard Community Church at Classical Academy, Personalized Learning Campus!
Thank you for joining us today, August 8th, 2021! Please take a moment to fill out your connection card. Once that is completed, we encourage you to join us in worship and be ready to engage with our sermon. You can find the worship songs below as well as upcoming events and the sermon note outline. And if you are an Orchard regular, there is a "Give Now" button for you to give your weekly offering below.
Worship with Orchard
One of the things our community loves to do every time we gather is worship the Lord through song. While we understand this may not be your jam, we would ask that you would open yourself to the idea of musical worship and allow this time to prepare you to hear from our speaker and the Bible.
Sermon Notes for August 8th
Series: Guest Speaker Scott Smith
Title: O Happy Day? | Psalm 122
Psalm 122
A song of ascents. Of David.
1 I rejoiced with those who said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
2 Our feet are standing
in your gates, Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem is built like a city
that is closely compacted together.
4 That is where the tribes go up—
the tribes of the Lord—
to praise the name of the Lord
according to the statute given to Israel.
5 There stand the thrones for judgment,
the thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May those who love you be secure.
7 May there be peace within your walls
and security within your citadels.”
8 For the sake of my family and friends,
I will say, “Peace be within you.”
9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
I will seek your prosperity.
Be a person of expectation (v.1)
[His Desire - He wants to go to the house of the LORD!]
How do we grow “expectation”? One way is by remembering.
The Principle - Remembering has a way of keeping things fresh.
Remember the place you worship (vs. 2-3)
Remember the people with whom you worship (v. 4a-5)
Remember the precept to worship (v. 4b)
The principle - We are shaped more by our practices than we are by our passions.
Be a person of prayer - for this church, and the Church (vs. 6-9)