05 - 12 - 2019 Contemplating Your Navel By The Rev Peter Moore

This sermon by the Rev. Peter Moore was given at Greenfield Presbyterian Church, Berkley, MI. Based on Scripture taken from the New Revised Standard Version of the Holy Bible. Exodus 20:1-4 The Ten Commandments 20 Then God spoke all these words: 2 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; 3 you shall have no other gods before[a] me. 4 You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Footnotes: [a] Exodus 20:3 Or besides Exodus 20:7-8 7 You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name. 8 Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. Exodus 20:12 12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. Ephesians 3:14-19 Prayer for the Readers 14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,[a] 15 from whom every family[b] in heaven and on earth takes its name. 16 I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, 17 and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. 18 I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Footnotes: [a] Ephesians 3:14 Other ancient authorities add of our Lord Jesus Christ [b] Ephesians 3:15 Gk fatherhood