Let the Redeemed of the Lord Say So

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The morning centered on Psalm 107 and the God who gathers, stirs up storms, and calms them again. The pastor wove together baptism, a passage from the Gospels, and a personal story from the English Channel to show that the Lord who commands the wind and sea is the same one who meets people in their trouble. The service opened with two baptisms. Ellie, who draws pictures of her faith and whose...

Read together

1. Psalm 107:1-2 opened the Psalm 107 reading, connecting 'let the redeemed say so' to the baptisms of Ellie and Blake
2. Psalm 107:23-32 read as a parallel to the hovercraft storm story, pointing to God as the one who calms storms
3. Psalm 107:39-43 read as the closing section of the Psalm, on God lifting the poor and the wise understanding His loving kindness
4. Mark 4:35-41 read alongside Psalm 107 to show Jesus as the one who calms the wind and sea
5. Colossians 3:1-17 read at Blake's baptism as the passage he chose to guide his daily life
6. Jude 24-25 spoken as the benediction closing the service

Talk about it

1. Ellie said she trusts in Jesus 'because he died and rose again and he is living in heaven.' What does it mean to you to have that kind of simple, childlike faith, and where do you find it hardest to hold onto?
2. The pastor read from Colossians 3 as Blake's life passage, covering putting off the old nature and putting on the new. Which part of that passage feels most like a real daily struggle for you, and why?
3. Psalm 107 says the redeemed of the Lord should 'say so,' and the pastor connected that directly to baptism as a public act of obedience. What other ways do you think the redeemed are called to say so in everyday life?
4. The pastor described being on the hovercraft in the English Channel, scared and at his wit's end, while Tanya was having a ball. When you have been at your own wit's end, what did crying out to God actually look like for you, and what happened?
5. The closing passage from Jude says God is able to present us faultless before His glory. How does that promise shape the way you think about your own failures and shortcomings right now?