1: Cultivating a culture of Honour

Welcome to the first of eight sessions on A Culture of Honour.  These messages were brought at Jubilee Church Solihull.   You will find all the podcasts for this series here.

Bible Verses
1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,  To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ - their Lord and ours:   Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in him you have been enriched in every way - with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge - God thus confirming our testimony about Christ among you.  Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.  He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.  God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Corinthians 4:21
What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline, or shall I come in love and with a gentle spirit?

Worship Song
Indescribable

King of Heaven

Journaling

In your journaling you may want to write your feelings and your prayers and ignore the prompts.  The prompts are to help you and you can choose those that speak to you most.  You can download these prompts as a PDF. 

Rob’s homework 

'I want you to think about your own culture – not so much your ethnic culture although this may have an impact on you – but more your values.  What is valuable to you in your relationships?  Are they conscious and deliberate or have they been unwittingly acquired perhaps from your own upbringing and experiences.

Think about your relationships with people now: in the church, in your home, with your husband or wife (if you have one!) – what kind of culture are you living with? Where does it come from? Are you happy about this? Crucially is it the culture that God wants for you as a member of the body of Christ?'

You can see my creative response to this session at Newly Creative.


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