Sunset Presbyterian Church Sermons

This morning Barbara Feil provided a powerful way for us to reflect on the past year and to prepare for the new year. She exhorted us to reflect and prepare using four steps: Looking Back, Looking In, Looking Up and Looking Forward. As you discuss these steps please read each passage of Scripture out loud. Looking Back - Deuteronomy 8:1-2 1. These verses remind us that God leads us through our years. Was there a wilderness experience for you in 2019 or was it smooth sailing all the way? In either case, list a couple of events included in your 2019 and share how God has led you. Looking In – Psalm 139:23-24 2. Barb noted that we are often hesitant to ‘look in’ and, as a result, avoid ourselves. We should ask the Lord to “take the flashlight of the Holy Spirit” and show us who we are. Are there places of anxiety, shame, unresolved conflict, putting our own comfort first or taking the easy way out in our lives? This is a time for repentance and confession. If you are comfortable, share any area in which y