2023 Wk 8:

WORSHIP SET 1

Jesus tells the woman at the well that He is what she is searching for—not rules or justification for her lifestyle as a commandment-breaker.

John 4:10 NLT

Jesus replied, “If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water.”

How do we worship?

John 4:23–24 NLT

23 But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way. 24 For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”

2 Min. BREAK

WORSHIP SET 2

Jesus

It began on February 8 on the campus of a small Christian college in Wilmore, Kentucky, a massive worship service has been rolling, nonstop, for nearly two weeks.

It was a normal chapel service where students and leaders of the Asbury College had come together like every other week... a gospel choir sang at the end of the service, and some students stuck around afterward to sing a little more, pray a little long… and it is still going on today!

One ministry sites that a Church revival serves two main purposes:

(1) “to revitalize the spiritual life of its members and

(2) to gain new followers.”

Asbury Theological Seminary President, Timothy Tennent cautioned against calling the event a revival, instead preferring the term “Asbury Awakening.”

He wrote in a recent blog post.

“I think it is wise to see this, at the current phase, as an awakening… Only if we see lasting transformation which shakes the comfortable foundations of the church and truly brings us all to a new and deeper place can we look back, in hindsight and say ‘yes, this has been a revival.’”

HERE IS THE QUESTION:

What would it take to Shake you out of your COMFORTABLE FOUNDATION and lifestyle and put you on a course for a new and deeper walk with Jesus?

MAJOR THOUGHT

Using the thought that we Believe in lots of things, things that are temporal -- what about Believing in Jesus who holds the world together by his word?

We bring our attention to a couple of songs that have risen through the charts:

One by Cody Carnes is “To Good To Not Believe”

It says, “Jesus, It’s You...I Believe!”

Another one by Big Daddy Weave titled ”Jesus, I Believe”

It says, “'God even the impossible is your reality Jesus I believe,”

KEYNOTE SCRIPTURE

Acts 16.31 “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved.”

This Week 3: Speak to the Future (never stop believing)

• Speak Life (You are God’s Child)

Matthew 7:18 NLT

18 A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit.

John 15:5 NLT

5 “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.

Jesus is the FACTOR to bear Good Fruit—You can’t do it on your own

Luke 6:45 NLT

45 A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.

The heart transplant must take place— crying out, “Help Me Oh God”

2 Corinthians 4:6 NLT

6 For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:4 NLT

4 Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.

John 8:12 NLT

12 Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”

Galatians 5:16–26 (NLT)

16 So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves.

17 The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions.

18 But when you are directed by the Spirit, you are not under obligation to the law of Moses.

19 When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures,

20 idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, 21 envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!

24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.

25 Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.

26 Let us not become conceited, or provoke one another, or be jealous of one another.

HOW THE WORD WORKS IN YOU AND THROUGH YOU

By accepting the very Word of God

1 Thessalonians 2:13 NLT

13 Therefore, we never stop thanking God that when you received his message from us, you didn’t think of our words as mere human ideas. You accepted what we said as the very word of God—which, of course, it is. And this word continues to work in you who believe.

Christ Followers Put their hope in the living God

1 Timothy 4:10 NLT

10 This is why we work hard and continue to struggle, for our hope is in the living God, who is the Savior of all people and particularly of all believers.

SONG: LORDS PRAYER by Matt Maher

(Matt calls the Father’s Kingdom not just our circumstances, but into our heart— that’s the Miracle of Salvation)

Ch. Father let Your Kingdom come Father let Your will be done On earth as in heaven Right here in my heart

GENEROSITY

UPDATE

Care Portal

doors open

cafe hope

MidWeek book study

Chosen season3

I Believe Series continues

EASTER

DISMISS