Worship at Calvary

Expectations

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2026 AT 10AM PST


Unmet expectations lay the groundwork for rifts in relationships, disillusionment, and broken social contracts. In this reading in the Hebrew Bible, we learn that there are unmet expectations between God and God's people. Sometimes the people of God fall short of the covenant agreements God made with them, with their attempts to perform faithfulness quite different from their actually being faithful, and God yearns to rebuild their relationship. What, according to God portrayed in Micah, could repair the brokenness between them?

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Sunday, November 15, 2026 at 10am

Micah 6:1-8


6 Listen to what the Lord says:


“Stand up, plead my case before the mountains;

  let the hills hear what you have to say.


2 “Hear, you mountains, the Lord’s accusation;

  listen, you everlasting foundations of the earth.

For the Lord has a case against his people;

  he is lodging a charge against Israel.


3 “My people, what have I done to you?

  How have I burdened you? Answer me.

4 I brought you up out of Egypt

  and redeemed you from the land of slavery.

I sent Moses to lead you,

  also Aaron and Miriam.

5 My people, remember

  what Balak king of Moab plotted

  and what Balaam son of Beor answered.

Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal,

  that you may know the righteous acts of the Lord.”


6 With what shall I come before the Lord

  and bow down before the exalted God?

Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,

  with calves a year old?

7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,

  with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?

Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression,

  the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.

  And what does the Lord require of you?

To act justly and to love mercy

  and to walk humbly[a] with your God.

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