Tue Apr 28

Listen up, little ones

Especially for the littles in your household.

Listen for the words Sabbath and delight.

Reading

Isaiah 58:13–14—Call the Sabbath a Delight

Optional Reading

Hebrews 4:8-11

Keys for kids

Also for the littles. Young households might choose, after Keys for Kids, to go directly to praise and prayer.

God gives His people the Sabbath.
We should call the Sabbath a delight.
The Christian Sabbath, Lord’s Day, is for us from God.

Questions

(Some read the ?s before the notes/ ask them after.)

What do you remember from this past Lord’s Day?
What are you looking forward to next Lord’s Day?
How can you call the Sabbath a delight?

Notes

(See Saturday for authors.)

Friday’s here. Jump and cheer. Shabbat is coming. … Hurray! Shab-bat is here! So begins the children’s board book, Shabbat is Coming! Do we have that attitude about Sunday, the Lord’s Day? It’s Thursday, Sunday’s coming! It’s Friday, Sunday’s coming soon! It’s Saturday, Sunday is tomorrow! Hurray, it’s the Lord’s Day! Sunday is here!

In our reading, the Holy Spirit, through Isaiah the prophet, calls us to delight in the Lord’s Sabbath, something that Hebrews 4:9 tells us remains for God’s people.

Chantry points out three blessings God promises here. The first blessing promised is joy in the Lord. Chantry notes how familiarity enhances joy in human relationships as well as in our relationship with the Lord, as in our common expression to know you is to love you. The second blessing promised is victory. Believers, Chantry states, ought to have a sense of triumph over sin, death, hell, the devil, the world and the flesh. The third blessing is feasting upon good things.

Considering these promised blessings, Chantry notes that our hearts should look forward to the Sabbath as a favorite day, the most wonderful of days. Worship Connected seeks to help you view the Lord’s Day as a wonderful day as you look back remembering on Monday through Wednesday and look forward in anticipation on Thursday through Saturday. Call the Lord’s Day a delight!

Swedish Method questions

See the Sunday notes for meaning of the symbols.

Praise

Psalm 3a, 2a

Prayer

Pray that you will increasingly find the Lord's Day a delight.
Give thanks for something from last Lord’s Day’s sermons.
Pray for a member of our church, for your family, and for a non-Christian friend/family member.