Team Spirit Sunday!

This is it, the official week one of College Football is upon us. Already commentators and couch potatoes are speculating who will end up National Champ on January 13, 2020 in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Believe it or not, our support of College football has many similarities to this passage from Luke where Jesus talks about being first. As we prepare for this weeks worship I invite you to take some time to watch the video, read the scripture and then spend a few minutes thinking through the questions for reflection. 

Don’t forget to support your favorite team this Sunday as we come to worship enjoying the presence of Christ and of each other. 

This is the perfect weekend to bring a friend to church!!!

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Luke 14:1    One Sabbath day Jesus went to eat dinner in the home of a leader of the Pharisees, and the people were watching him closely.

Luke 14:7    When Jesus noticed that all who had come to the dinner were trying to sit in the seats of honor near the head of the table, he gave them this advice: ⁸ “When you are invited to a wedding feast, don’t sit in the seat of honor. What if someone who is more distinguished than you has also been invited? ⁹ The host will come and say, ‘Give this person your seat.’ Then you will be embarrassed, and you will have to take whatever seat is left at the foot of the table!

Luke 14:10    “Instead, take the lowest place at the foot of the table. Then when your host sees you, he will come and say, ‘Friend, we have a better place for you!’ Then you will be honored in front of all the other guests. ¹¹ For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Luke 14:12    Then he turned to his host. “When you put on a luncheon or a banquet,” he said, “don’t invite your friends, brothers, relatives, and rich neighbors. For they will invite you back, and that will be your only reward. ¹³ Instead, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. ¹⁴ Then at the resurrection of the righteous, God will reward you for inviting those who could not repay you.”

Questions for reflection:

1. What did Jesus notice when they were preparing for dinner? (vs. 7)
2. Have you ever experienced or witnessed a similar situation to the one that Jesus describes in verses 8 and 9? What was the outcome of the situation?
3. What are some practical ways in which we can live out a life of humility in our 21st century world?