Mark 8:27-38

Thoughts:        Blue.
                      Gone with the Wind.
                      Christmas.
These are the most popular answers to “What is your favorite color?”  “What is your favorite movie?”  “What is your favorite holiday?”

What would be the most popular answers to your favorite hymn?  Favorite Bible story?  Favorite sermon?

We favor certain things – that is, we like them; we prefer them.  But what do we savor?  If we savor something, it means that we delight in it; it give us intense pleasure.

Jesus admonished his disciples to savor the things that are of God.  So what do we savor in our church?  Charming people?  Harmonious music?  Promises in the Bible?

 Discussion:        What one part of our Sunday morning church service do you savor?

 Activity:              Choose a favorite hymn.  Perhaps it could be included in a church service.