Spiritual Alertness

Pastor’s Pen,

This Sunday: Spiritual Alertness                                                                                          Mark 13:1-37

The final week in the Savior's life was packed with many significant events. One of those we call the Olivet Discourse. One of four extensive discourses recorded in the Gospels, it focuses on the prosthetic panorama of events yet future to the disciples-- and to us!


Yet the primary purpose of this discourse is not to provide a prophetic chronology, but to alert followers of Jesus to the need for spiritual alertness! The key word:  WATCH!

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 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 are now following the latest CDC guidelines which allow fully vaccinated individuals to go without masks. 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)


Spiritual Alertness                                                                                                                       Mark 13:1-37                                                                                 

  • The disciples’ two questions  (1-4)
    • The occasion    
    • The questions 
      • When?
      • What sign? 
  • Jesus’ answer to the second question (5-27)
    • Signs of the times of the Gentiles  
    • Signs of Daniel’s 70th week
    • Signs of the return of Messiah
  • Jesus’ answer to the first question (28-37)
    • Answered with parable and insight
    • Answered in simile and exhortation 


Applications:

Be aware

Be prepared

Be engaged—proclaim the Gospel

Be confident in His Word   

Be vigilant spiritually    



PRAYER ITEMS

Viviana—traveling, Colombia

John Royal’s father-stroke

Jackie Permenter; loss of husband Jim 

Barbara’s grandson

Rbeda’s brother-in-law—spiritual 

Kim’s son and mother 

Donna Hancock-relief from severe back pain

Families affected by Florida disaster

RADIO THIS WEEKEND: 

As we hear more about the Delta variant of the coronavirus, anxiety levels continue to creep up. This weekend’s Encouragement Live will feature molecular biologist and author Dr. Tom Dooley, discussing these issues and providing biblical encouragement and answers to the plague of anxiety. Encouragement Live can be heard Saturdays at 7:05 PM on 90.5 FM and on www.theworshipchannel.org. Re-broadcast Sunday at 9 PM on The Worship Channel.

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