Southview Baptist Church
Portraits of the King — The Childhood Portrait
This week, Pastor Nathan Wakefield continues our Christmas sermon series, Portraits of the King. This sermon from Luke 2:41-52 challenges Christians to evaluate their priorities and ensures they are focused on their relationship with God, reminding them that maintaining a single‑minded pursuit of God brings clarity and purpose in everyday life. Video of the worship service is available beginning Sunday at 9:30 AM at https://southviewbaptist.org/live.
Locations & Times
Southview Baptist Church
3434 S 13th St, Lincoln, NE 68502, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
1. Pursuing Pulse — Rhythm matters, and there is no better rhythm to keep than that of faithfulness (41-45).
• You need to have healthy rhythms (41-42).
• Children are greatly impacted by the rhythms their parents choose (43-45).
Action: Make sure your rhythms are consistent with your beliefs.
• You need to have healthy rhythms (41-42).
• Children are greatly impacted by the rhythms their parents choose (43-45).
Action: Make sure your rhythms are consistent with your beliefs.
2. Pursuing Perception — Inquiry matters, and there is nothing better into which we inquire than the God of the universe (46-48).
• Two skills are fundamental to growth: listening and asking questions (46).
• True dedication involves far more than just trying to passively consume (47).
• It is easy to accidentally dismiss inquiry as bad timing (48).
Action: Make a point of encouraging, supporting, and participating in inquiry.
• Two skills are fundamental to growth: listening and asking questions (46).
• True dedication involves far more than just trying to passively consume (47).
• It is easy to accidentally dismiss inquiry as bad timing (48).
Action: Make a point of encouraging, supporting, and participating in inquiry.
3. Pursuing Purpose — Submission matters, and faithful submission to those in authority will grow us in submission to God (49-52).
• True purpose is found in single-minded devotion to God (49-50).
• Single-minded devotion to God will demand that you submit (51).
• Those who submit will find themselves growing (52).
Action: Determine to make submission a practice and rhythm.
• True purpose is found in single-minded devotion to God (49-50).
• Single-minded devotion to God will demand that you submit (51).
• Those who submit will find themselves growing (52).
Action: Determine to make submission a practice and rhythm.
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Listen to the sermon and find out more about Southview by visiting our website. Sermons are normally posted on Sunday afternoons after the service and are available via the website or whichever app you enjoy listening to podcasts on, such as: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Pocket Casts, and many more.
https://southviewbaptist.org/podcastWatch the Worship Service
In addition to the audio for this sermon, we livestream our service beginning at 9:30 AM on Sundays, and it is available for replay anytime at the conclusion of the service.
https://southviewbaptist.org/live