{"id":14637,"date":"2023-12-03T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=14637"},"modified":"2023-12-05T10:26:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T15:26:52","slug":"through-the-eyes-of-zechariah","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/sermons\/through-the-eyes-of-zechariah\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Anthem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-gdm-google-drive-embedder-viewer\"><iframe width='100%' height='100' frameborder='0' scrolling='yes' src='https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1yYbIt8UVUfWpFCNOrW9WBOucqXYhsdfT\/preview?usp=drivesdk' allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n<h6 class=\"p1\"><b>READ<\/b><\/h6>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Psalm 136<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"p5\"><b>CONSIDER<\/b><\/h6>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Every verse of Psalm 136 ends with the phrase <em>His love endures forever<\/em>.\u00a0 The Psalmist begins by describing God\u2019s sovereign hand over creation then moves to describe God\u2019s faithfulness to his people.\u00a0 The Psalm acts as a reminder to come before Him with thanks, remembering his faithfulness over history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">As we move into Advent, this is a timely reminder that the reason <em>his love endures forever<\/em> is because God the Father sent His Son to this earth.\u00a0 This Christmas season is our chance to reflect upon our God and how <em>His love endures forever<\/em> because of what Christ has done for us through his life, death and resurrection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Come join us Sunday as Dr. Peter Chu will be taking us into God\u2019s Word.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: right;\">Pastor Tim Sreedharan<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"p5\"><b>PRAY<\/b><\/h6>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Psalm 107:1-3<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.<br \/><\/em><em>Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story\u2014those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, <\/em><em>those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Father, may we praise your Name and give thanks to you.\u00a0 May we share stories of your faithfulness so that others may enter into the way of salvation and bring glory to your Name.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Amen.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"p5\"><b>DIVING\u00a0DEEPER<\/b><\/h6>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">What stood out to you from the sermon?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">What is the flow or direction of the Psalm?\u00a0 What is the Psalmist trying to bring to light?\u00a0 Why is this important for Israel to remember what God has done for them?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Read v23-26.\u00a0 How does this help us understand the context of the Psalm?\u00a0 What does it show us about the state of the people of Israel at the time of writing?\u00a0 How does this relate to us today?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Application: Try writing out your own version of this Psalm, drawing upon God\u2019s faithful work in your life.\u00a0 Share it with the group as a declaration of praise.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 136<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":14663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ctc_sermon_topic":[],"ctc_sermon_book":[150],"ctc_sermon_series":[553],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[552],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/14637"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14637"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/14637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14715,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/14637\/revisions\/14715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_topic?post=14637"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_book?post=14637"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_series?post=14637"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_speaker?post=14637"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scbc.com\/em\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_tag?post=14637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}