06.15.25

Hey Grace Family!

Happy Father's Day! Here are the songs we are singing together this Sunday, along with a link to listen ahead of time:

1. The Lion and the Lamb
2. At the Cross
3. This is Amazing Grace
4. Run to the Father (special before the message)
5. Song of Response (after the message)

Grace Community Worship Playlist 6/15/2025

Father's Day Message
Title: "A Father's Gift"
Scripture: 1 Samuel 20:14-15; 17; 23; 2 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 9:1-7

1 Samuel 20:14-15; 17; 23
14 And may you treat me with the faithful love of the Lord as long as I live. But if I die, 15 treat my family with this faithful love, even when the Lorddestroys all your enemies from the face of the earth.”
17 And Jonathan made David reaffirm his vow of friendship again, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.
23 And may the Lord make us keep our promises to each other, for he has witnessed them.”

2 Samuel 4:4
4 (Saul’s son Jonathan had a son named Mephibosheth, who was crippled as a child. He was five years old when the report came from Jezreel that Saul and Jonathan had been killed in battle. When the child’s nurse heard the news, she picked him up and fled. But as she hurried away, she dropped him, and he became crippled.)

2 Samuel 9:1-7
One day David asked, “Is anyone in Saul’s family still alive—anyone to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?” 2 He summoned a man named Ziba, who had been one of Saul’s servants. “Are you Ziba?” the king asked.
“Yes sir, I am,” Ziba replied.
3 The king then asked him, “Is anyone still alive from Saul’s family? If so, I want to show God’s kindness to them.”
Ziba replied, “Yes, one of Jonathan’s sons is still alive. He is crippled in both feet.”
4 “Where is he?” the king asked.
“In Lo-debar,” Ziba told him, “at the home of Makir son of Ammiel.”
5 So David sent for him and brought him from Makir’s home. 6 His name was Mephibosheth; he was Jonathan’s son and Saul’s grandson. When he came to David, he bowed low to the ground in deep respect. David said, “Greetings, Mephibosheth.”
Mephibosheth replied, “I am your servant.”
7 “Don’t be afraid!” David said. “I intend to show kindness to you because of my promise to your father, Jonathan. I will give you all the property that once belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will eat here with me at the king’s table!”