Sermon Slides - Woodbury Lutheran Church

Why Obedience?“If you love me, you will obey what Icommand.”~ John 14:15“We love because he first loved us.”~ I John 4:19A Pilgrimage of the HeartThe Psalms of Ascent – Psalm 132

Obedience atWorkGrounded in:~ Past Faithfulness~ Future PromisesA Pilgrimage of the HeartThe Psalms of Ascent – Psalm 132

The History of TheArk of the CovenantA Pilgrimage of the HeartThe Psalms of Ascent – Psalm 132

Obedience looks tothe past~ The Bible gives us 2000years of experience!~ History grounds ourchoices in more than ourown feeling and experience.A Pilgrimage of the HeartThe Psalms of Ascent – Psalm 132

Obedience looks tothe future~ Hope in God’s promisespropels our obedienceforward.A Pilgrimage of the HeartThe Psalms of Ascent – Psalm 132

Past faithfulness is connected tofuture hope!“I will bless her with abundant provisions; her poorwill I satisfy with food.”“I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saintswill ever sing for joy.”“Here I will make a horn grow for David and set up alamp for my anointed one.”“I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crownon his head will be resplendent.”A Pilgrimage of the HeartThe Psalms of Ascent – Psalm 132

Obedience atWorkGrounded in:~ Past Faithfulness~ Future PromisesA Pilgrimage of the HeartThe Psalms of Ascent – Psalm 132