1. Being Given Over Mark 2:23-28| 2 Cor 4:5-17

2. Ordinary Time – Monday after Pentecost till Saturday before 1st Sunday of Advent ↑Jesus -> Spirit -> Church -> World

3. Mark 2: 23-24 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain.  The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

4. Mark 5:25,26 - He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?  In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.”

5. 27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

6. 28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

7. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. Romans 10:4

8. 2 Corinthians 4:7 - But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

9. 8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;

10. 10 always carrying in the body the death of Jesus… 11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake… 12 So death is at work in us, but life in you. 15 For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

11. Solemn Assemblies: 1st July – 8th August

12. Many hearts are hungry tonight, Many trapped in darkness yearn for the Light So many who are far from home, And many who are lost Oh, Lord, Your wounded children need The power of Your cross

13. Chorus As bread that is broken, use our lives As wine that is poured out, a willing sacrifice Empower us, Father, to share the love of Christ As bread that is broken Lord, use our lives

14. Help us to begin where we are
Help us to begin where we are. Help us love the people near to our hearts Then give our faith a mission field Wherever You may call Lord, love Your world through each of us, Until we’ve touched them all