A Mountaintop Experience!

 Pastor’s Pen,

This Sunday: A Mountaintop Experience!                                                                              Mark 9:1-29

Have you ever had an experience so dramatic, so unique, that even a Hollywood script writer couldn't do it justice? We have a term for such an experience—we frequently refer to it as a “mountain-top” experience.

Our passage in Mark describes what we might refer to as the original mountaintop experience. What Peter, James and John experienced on that mountain was one of the most dramatic events recorded in Scripture. Our purpose this weekend is not just to look at the event, but to see its significance both for the disciples and for us.

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This Sunday we are celebrating a baptism! Water baptism by immersion identifies us with our Savior when we have trusted Him. It is a vivid picture of our death to send and resurrection to new life in Christ. And baptism is the most powerful testimony a believer can give.


We appreciate those who help sanitize our facilities for services each Saturday morning in preparation for Sunday worship as well as those who make it possible for us to ‘live-stream’ on Facebook at 10:45 each Sunday morning, and to post each Sunday’s message on our website (www.fccwylie.org) on Sunday afternoons. 


When you enter the sanctuary Sunday, after you are given a bulletin, stop by the communion table where the offering plates are located in the rear of the worship center and pick up your disposable communion cup. Been following the service, please dispose of it in the trash can next to the rear communion table.


We continue to hold our Sunday services with all safety protocols and pre-service sanitizing in place. No Sunday school yet, and the nursery is not available.  We will continue following the protocols as outlined by GA-18 guidance.  Face masks, social distancing, no physical contact. We use bulletins printed untouched by human hands, with songs, etc. printed therein, and pre-packaged communion elements. Offering plates are located at the rear, or giving can be done online at www.fccwylie.org.


If you still feel uncomfortable attending, feel free to join our live stream on Facebook, at 10:45 AM, which includes communion and the worship hymns. Or the message is available each Sunday afternoon on our website. (www.fccwylie.org)


A Mountaintop Experience                                                                                    Mark 9:1-29                                                                                                    

  • Experiencing God on the mountain (1-13)

    • The reasons for the Transfiguration  
      • To preview the glory of His coming kingdom
      • To display His personal power and glory
      • To prepare the disciples for His coming death
    • The description of the Transfiguration  
      • The transformation in Jesus’ appearance
      • The two heavenly visitors
      • The traumatic response of Peter
      • The two-dimensional revelation from God the Father
    • The discussion of the Transfiguration


  • Experiencing God in the valley (14-29)
    • The disciples’ problem
    • The disciples’ inability 
    • The Savior’s ability
    • The concluding discussion

Applications:

We can experience God today through His Word, prayer and fasting

We are helpless without His enabling power

We should look for evidences of His hand in our small or large experiences


PRAYER ITEMS

Pamela’s brother-in-law Kent

Rodney Love’s wife Beth— private room, in rehab 

Kim’s son and mother 

Donna Hancock-relief from severe back pain

RADIO THIS WEEKEND: 

During the Coronavirus pandemic, depression and other mental health disorders have become more prevalent than ever. Christian psychiatrist Dr. Tom Shoaf of the Hope Speaks Clinic joins host Don Hawkins with encouragement and insight, this weekend on Encouragement Live.

Encouragement Live can be heard Saturday at 7:05 PM central time on American Family Radio (www.afr.net) and on theworshipchannel.org.  Re-broadcast Sunday 9 pm on The Worship Channel.


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