Holy Forever WHAT IS MAN THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF HIM?
PSALM 8
DR. RICHARD KANNWISCHER
SENIOR PASTOR
The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
How Great Thou Art
Invitation and Benediction
Postlude
Congregational songs are listed in bold italic.
DWELL OVERVIEW
JANUARY
Dwell: Living in God’s Presence with the Psalms
Psalm 90 | God’s Greatest Desire
Psalm 27 | Why We’re So Afraid
Psalm 1 | How to Dwell (And Not Dwell)
Psalm 135 | The Power of Prayer
FEBRUARY
Amazed: Loving the One to Whom You Pray
Psalm 19 | God is Creator
Psalm 145 | God is Sovereign
Psalm 86 | God is Faithful
Psalm 146 | God is Just
MARCH
Curious: Bringing Your Questions to God
Psalm 8 | What is Man that You are Mindful of Him?
Psalm 137 | How Can We Sing In A Foreign Land?
Psalm 13 | How Long?
Psalm 22 | Why Have You Forsaken Me?
Psalm 121 | Where Will My Help Come From?
APRIL
Hopeful: Choosing Anticipation Over Despair
Psalm 40 | Waiting: From Pit to Rock
Psalm 118 | Rescuing: From Surrounded to Salvation
Psalm 16 | Rising: From Death to Life
Psalm 42 | Hoping: From Tears to Trust
MAY
Vulnerable: Asking God for What You Need
Psalm 39 | Hear Me
Psalm 139 | Search Me
Psalm 67 | Bless Me
Psalm 25 | Remember Me
JUNE
Faithful: Relying on God in Uncertain Times
Psalm 62 | Salvation: A Rocky Shelter
Psalm 91 | Trust: A Feathered Nest
Psalm 130 | Patience: A Watchful Guardian
Psalm 18 | Help: A Sure Step
Psalm 85 | Righteousness: An Unlikely Kiss
JULY
Persevering: Struggling with God
Psalm 2 | The Raging Nations
Psalm 70 | The Slow Response
Psalm 142 | The Cave Prison
Psalm 88 | The Closest Friend
AUGUST
Teachable: Following God’s Guidance and Wisdom
Psalm 119 | A Bright Lamp
Psalm 37 | A Heart’s Desire
Psalm 127 | A Deep Sleep
Psalm 73 | A Forever Portion
Psalm 32 | A Loving Eye
SEPTEMBER
Unifying: Pursuing a Deeper Togetherness
Psalm 133 | The Goal: Dwelling in Unity
Psalm 55 | The Problem: A Lack of Trust
Psalm 34 | The Solution: The Lord is Good
Psalm 15 | The Result: A New Way to Live
OCTOBER
Gracious: Healing Our Brokenness
Psalm 36 | Aware
Psalm 51 | Admit
Psalm 31 | Trust
Psalm 103 | Remember
NOVEMBER
Grateful: Giving Thanks Every Day
Psalm 100 | Because You Belong to Him
Psalm 50 | Because He is Not Silent
Psalm 136 | Because of His Love
Psalm 107 | Because of Your Story
DECEMBER / ADVENT
Joyful: Celebrating the Savior
Psalm 131 | Joy as Humble Presence
Psalm 46 | Joy as Peaceful Presence
Psalm 63 | Joy as Loving Presence
Psalm 23 | Joy as Hopeful Presence
SERMON OUTLINE
WHAT IS MAN THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF HIM?
Psalm 8
Humility without dignity leads to despair. Dignity without humility leads to arrogance. Let your wonder bring you to worship. Let your worth inspire you to a deeper calling. True significance is only found in God’s greatness.
How to live with both wonder and worth:
1. Look Upward – The Wonder of God’s Majesty
□ L ord , our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens. 2 Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place … (Psalm 8:1-3)
2. Look Inward – The Honesty of our Insignificance
□ What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? (Psalm 8:4)
3. Look Outward – The Dignity of our Calling
□ You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. 6 You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet: 7 all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild, 8 the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. 9 L ord , our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! (Psalm 8:5-9)
4. Look Forward – The Grace of God’s Family
□ In putting everything under them, God left nothing that is not subject to them. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them.
9 But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
10 In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered. 11 Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. (Hebrews 2:8b-11)
WHO AM I?
By Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Who am I? They often tell me I would step from my cell's confinement calmly, cheerfully, firmly, like a country squire from his country house.
Who am I? They often tell me I would talk to my captors freely and friendly and clearly, as though it were mine to command.
Who am I? They also tell me I would bear the days of misfortune equably, smilingly, proudly, like one accustomed to win. Am I then really all that which other men tell of? Or am I only what I know of myself, restless and longing and sick, like a bird in a cage, struggling for breath, as though hands were compressing my throat, yearning for colors, for flowers, for the voices of birds, thirsting for words of kindness, for neighborliness, trembling with anger at despotisms and petty humiliation, tossing in expectation of great events, powerlessly trembling for friends at an infinite distance, weary and empty at praying, at thinking, at making; faint, and ready to say farewell to it all?
Who am I? This or the other?
Am I one person today, and tomorrow another? Am I both at once? A hypocrite before others, and before myself a contemptibly woebegone weakling? Or is something within me still like a beaten army, fleeing in disorder from victory already achieved?
Who am I?
They mock me, these lonely questions of mine. Whoever I am, thou knowest, O God, I am thine.
Daily Dwell: March 2-8
“L ord , our L ord , how majestic is your name in all the earth!…” - Psalm 8:1
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MON-THURS | 7am-7pm
PEACHTREE EXPRESS
Running now through Mother’s Day
Each Sunday, the shuttle will pick up congregants at Powers Ferry Square and drop them off in front of Family Commons.
After the service, the shuttle will take them back to Powers Ferry Square.
The shuttle will run from 8:15am-12:30pm.
MILESTONES
Just as families keep in touch about joys and sorrows, our church family at Peachtree wants to do the same. During your prayers this week, we ask you to lift up these people to God.
HOSPITALS
Richard Burge | VA Hospital
Dick Kimball | Home Hospice Care
BIRTHS
Eloise Frances Weathington | 8/31/24
Frances and Michael Weathington
Margot Eleanor Barton | 10/23/24
Erin and Heath Barton
FAMILY MEMBER DEATHS
James M. Caswell, III (Robbie) | 2/23
Brother of Holly King and Lee and Charlie Caswell, Father of James M. Caswell, IV
Charlie Rigby | 2/25
Brother of Susan Staples
Colonel (Ret.) Marion Madison (Matt) Wood | 2/11 Grandfather of Morgan Kennedy, Great Grandfather of Woods and Wren Kennedy
Sunday morning flowers may be dedicated in the memory or honor of a loved one or to commemorate a special occasion such as a baptism. For details or to reserve a date, contact Marsha Sims at 404-842-3146 or MSims@PeachtreeChurch.com
The Flowers this morning are donated by The Peachtree Flower Fund
