May 02, 2021 — Facebook Live Message

Good morning, friends and welcome.

I'm reminded of the scripture that says David love the Lord spoke often with one another because just now when I tried to get your attention, you just kept on visiting and we enjoy each other. One of the things we've learned in the last year-and-a-half is, we sure need each other and our hearts Rejoice at the unique character that the Lord has made in each of us. The wonderful way he appeals and encourages our hearts through each other by his his love, his love in each of us. So we love one another. And the joy of the Lord is our strength. May he bless your heart today and those who are watching with us from home. We welcome. You were so glad you're with us and feel that you're apart of us. Keith, would you begin the scripture? Would you begin the service with scripture and prayer?

Yes, I'll be happy to start with the scripture and we can continue with the service.

I'll be reading by the way. Good morning everybody. I'm reading a reading from The Book of Luke.

Luke chapter 14. Luke chapter, 14 verses 7 through 11 is what I be reading. Before I read it about it earlier chapter, it talked about when Jesus went to the house of the Pharisees and there he was invited for the dinner, and the Pharisee was really watching him very closely and their came a man, who had a condition call dropsy was just actually called. I didn't know what it was, but it is a condition of swelling.. When a person swells up . And I saw some images.

But Jesus healed a man in the front of the them on a Sabbath and of course, it in case it for a cow or something like a life stock or an animal falls into a well or something like that. Won't you get allowed on the day of Sabbath in an insensitive? You helped me so much. You're helping this summer in the need is not considered work. so, starting to verse 7,

now, he told a parable to those who were invited When he noticed how they can charge devices of Honor, same to them. When you are invited by someone to a wedding Feast Do not sit down in the place of honor. Let someone more to things Rich then you be invited by him. And he who invited you, both will come and say to you give you points to this person and then you begin with shame to take the lowest price. But when you are invited, go and sit at the lowest place so that when your health comes, he may say to you. Friends, move up, higher. Then you will be honored in a person of all who sit at the table with you. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled. And he who humbles himself will be exalted.

Luke 14, 7-Eleven. I just want to pour not couple of things. I didn't understand this wedding. Ended up first part. It is a parable. There's Parable is something meaning to do to get the deeper spiritual meaning behind the Gates of Darkness, a lot

A bully and innocence, you can see the and Fiona to see, there's a kind of understanding and enjoy each time. They really did understand this. And you will see this a lot. It's what they talked about places in Farner. I mean, I've been through a lot of weddings. We didn't have those people were more on earth except for grandparents, that's expected. But the Pharisees love to be recognized the truth. They wanted the price of honor and that was that condition in that, that Society back. Then that society that they talked a little kid and it went for a self a hundred years if I remember, right? And so the really pushed it to be honored above all things, and take the ticket prices,

but when you look at the, the parable where Jesus is teaching, I think I lost my thoughts. I'm trying to get it back.

He's talking about being humble, a bean in a sense of humiliation of the heart of the attitude and I think that's the best way to say is that, we look at that what he's saying there. He's really driving the nails to the house except Forget about trying to be recognized for everybody. Be humble that the key point.

He's not staying at trying to be humble so you could be recognized as your motivation. That's not the key. And he's not stressing that he's very stressing at a True Heart of being humbled. How do you become, how can you actually do it? And honestly for me, no, I couldn't. I think the best way to be humble is God takes you there and to be, if you ask God to help with you, if you could eat ready, want to be humbled. It's painful. And bring back memories, bring back if you have any anger that comes up. Anything of your motivation will comes off and God works on you. But it brings crispy why I think cuz it helps you to see when you being humble. You see things that you never saw before. I used to tell my wife that you know me back in the high school even like me. But I was pretty dark. I was pretty proud. That was very angry. And I hit my anywhere cuz I knew was wrong and hit it for a lot of years. And it kept on that came out of surface. And that's one thing. God has show me as over and over. Of time until you've recognized, you fall deep in there, deep in the SIM. Do you need him? And that is serving. Would you like to know if you need that?

I'm no better than nobody else. I used to think that hey at least I'm not as bad. This person being humble is recognized in the Europe. We always centers and it doesn't matter. What other person did you have to look at what God it is? He who he is and we are when we come to your didn't need to figure out. I really need to go. You don't have anything to give you. That's a sense of humor. You think that the lack of Pride lack of Erica's. I need you Lord, and that's nothing wrong with that. That's actually the strength. So just remember that.

Osprey. Jesus, thank you for your love and your for your mercy and the Amazing Grace that you have shown upon us. Lord I just pray for the blessings of service to be with sponsor, Greg to speak the message that we all need to hear. I constantly listen to you and you just pray for your Holy Spirit to be my only person tomorrow night. Has opened a heart to you. What you have to say to us? Down for it to just give. Thank to you what you've brought us here. Thank you for all those who hear those who on Facebook. Lord, I just pray the Lord that technology will work well they can understand the message. And I thank you Lord for it for you loving kindness. Just ask for the passenger service and for the music in Jesus name. Amen.

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Thursday, in recognition of the National Day of Prayer. Were invited to gather at the courthouse steps at 5:30 p.m. to pray for our country.

A graveside service for Bud, groom. Is this Saturday? The AIDS. This coming Saturday at 10, a.m. 10 a.m.

In the Dayton cemetery and all are invited.

There's information about National Conference in our Bulletin. Flyers in the back if you're interested.

And I'm not aware of any other announcements. but one of the things about having a soul that swell with the Lord is to be a person who has something to give However, we are supplied, whatever the need is, whatever gift, we have, whatever opportunity. Thinking about our giving and maybe in an indirect way our financial giving a Pastor, Dave, would you mind praying about placing are offering in the Lord's care?

You're just come to you this morning at all your goodness who out for working. If so, so late, the bounties upon us more than we can live this Abundant Life. We're just pray for the Sovereign Lord that you would bless it and play that it would be pleasing to you. We just thank you for these opportunities with Christ. Holy name, we pray

I shall we turn to the back of our Bulletin.

Where we have choruses. These are happy choruses, joyful cheerful choruses.

The Joy about singing them. As we not only sing them to the Lord, we sing them with the Lord. And from the Lord, you put the song in our mouths. But sing each one of them twice.

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Better. The Lord shall return. Antenna.

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Making to our life. Our world, our personal problems and challenges. We played this Praise, praise the name of Jesus. He's my rock. He's my Fortress. He's my deliverer in him. Will I trust? Praise the name.

Though. Satan should Buffet. Know the devil would be working to discourage us to feed us and pull us down. Though thoughts that are not helpful. Might be presented to you and me and attempting fashion to trip us up to pull us down though. Satan, should Buffet. Though. Trials should come A trial of a difficulty hard time. Let this Blessed Assurance control.

In the midst of all this, let this assurance, control my life. Let this assurance overrule. All the other sayings.

That Christ has regarded. My helpless estate. He's come to us right where we are. Right? And what we're going through right into our thoughts and our motives, He is regarding my helplessness. He's the one who win. You said at the foot of the table, not wanting recognition and becoming comfortable with the place in a condition of humility. He regards our helpless estate and he says time to come higher, come, Christ has regarded my helpless estate. And has shed his own blood for my soul. It Is Well with My Soul, It Is Well with My Soul. However, things are going for you, whatever your life is like,

because you have, Jesus, and Jesus has you And you're making available every part of your being to his love and his well, it is well with your soul. You've got that going for you. And that overrules all the other parts and God's going to get you and me through.

This morning as we pray.

Let's remember Gerald, Howard has been in the hospital is close to a month Gerald's, not having the Improvement that he needs. Can we please ask the Lord's hand upon him and Lewis.

Mark, and Joe door had a difficult week, heavy heavy, heavy doses of chemotherapy, can we pray the Lord to refresh and strength, and Joe and Mark? Nell, Varney received a very difficult, Health Report. And they're doing cats cans this week she called and asked that we especially praised special for her this morning. Let's pray for her and Roy and, and these upcoming tests and we've been praying for a four year old boy named Sam, who has a brain tumor, can we continue to pray for Sam? Do any of you here this morning, have a prayer request that you would like us to take to the Lord, raise your hand, and I'll call on you. Joe.

He's doing much better now. You're actually talking about moving him from the critical care unit. They're happy. From the people who didn't know. Get help because he's screwing around real fast. Thank you.

Jaws Thanking us for the prayers for his son-in-law, Eric Maynard, who's had a stroke. And so, let's pray for for the Lord's hand pain. Eric, how old is Eric? Do you think

Eric 54. little Sam is for Aren't you glad it is well with your soul that no matter what happens, the Lord has you and you have him. Any other requests?

Let's go to the Lord in prayer. I maybe the Holy Spirit has put something on your heart to pray about a person, something in your own life, something yet you just haven't talked to him about whatever I be. Take this moment silently to meet with the Lord, who loves you.

Lord, we know what we need.

We need your love. You've given it to us. You promised it to us. And you've allowed us to experience it in the deepest parts of our heart and life through your Holy Spirit. As we've laid ourselves bear. And be leaving before you Lord, thank you that you're going to keep loving us right up till the time you take us home because of your love and what Jesus did for us on the cross. It really is well with our soul and we're prepared for whatever life brings us. we're asking Lord for that insurance to control us and Gerald and Lois. Please, strengthen and heal. And now and Roy your healing hand. And Lord, Joe refreshment and strength for her body spirit in mind, along with Mark. And little Sam Lord. Hold him bless him meet his every need

We asked your hand to continue to rest upon Eric and give him full recovery. Our eyes are on you in his behalf.

we also remember and friends, was there, some unspoken thing, you put before the Lord a moment ago or you can right now

This burden belongs with you. Not with us. We cast it deliberately upon you because you care for us. Take it. And show us Lord how to follow you regarding it.

We asked your gracious healing loving hand on LeClaire and the need in her physical heart for healing. And Rachel Clark. Tom Benzel. Darlene Carpenter. Sherm Thomas. Mike Barney. Carol poem. Pat Frazier. Donna Huey. Larry, and Pat Higley. When feathers. Sarah Brenneman. Gary Griffin. Bob trudgeon. Barbara Gibson. Vance and Judy. Thank you. Florence Delp. Bob and Myrna Hutchison. Doug and Darlene Lambert. Joe Polansky. Louise Lusk. Here's boshart those Lord active as missionaries, Steve and Joanne Price. Brad and Galena would have Landon the George Muller home for Orphans. Leslie and sewing hope. All of our servicemen and women. Are police officers and their families and their safety and wisdom.

Are emergency workers our house workers. Our president are congressmen and women are senators. Our state government are County and City governments in their behalf. Lord we appeal to you for your will and your help that we might live quiet and peaceful lives worshipping you and serving you. We pray for our young people are teenagers that they would know in their heart that you love them and that you bring a full and joyful life, peace of mind. A confidence in the soul as they have Jesus in their life and we pray all of these things in Jesus name. Amen.

As we were praying mentioned Larry hey play Larry had six spots on his liver they treated it and the report is substantially substantial Improvement. Learnpad are with us, probably right now or will be

Would you join me in singing for the Lord Susie?

Mentioned about needing God's love.

Jesus said that no person would have greater love than this than to lay his life down for his friends. So he is the embodiment of love. And yet on the cross, we crucified in love was crucified on the cross, but love. I was raised from the tune. Love crucified and then a rose.

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You are a living illustration of what Keith talked about. because he talking about,

I played that in the wrong key. And it wasn't easy for you to sing that. And I didn't realize it till we were like three quarters through the song. I was wondering why you were little soft on the lower notes. And I realized I didn't play it in the right key, but you just kept humbling yourself. Putting yourself in the lowest position and I was at the end when I realized it's a, thank you, Lord, for such a wonderful wife.

I just left. Again a right T, but I guess you didn't want to. I didn't know what you said. I do have a wonderful wife. We have some dandelions I haven't taken care of yet and she was drop. Drew my attention to the dandelions. And you know, you might think, well, she might say, why are there so many dandelions in the yard husband? But instead she said, couldn't you go out and pick me up bouquet of dead dandelion

as we just, Allure open. Make soft our hearts to the Lord's word. May he bless us? Shall we pray?

we've already been Lord in this our so encouraged By the things that case, shared by the hymns that we've been able to sing to you. But Lord, we know we need to hear from your word. A full balanced diet. May we have more. Holy Spirit. Would you be the one to feed us from the Bible? In your name, Jesus.

Amen. You're invited to turn in the Bible to Ephesians chapter 3 verse 16. Ephesians 3:16. In the bench Bible that is Page 948.

The portion that I am drawn to share about is towards the end of our reading, but you might along the way, find just what you need for your life, even though I may not address it much in the message. So what I really would like us to consider begins at verse 20, but maybe as we read 16 through 19 as well, that the Lord will give you something special Ephesians 3 beginning with verse 16. I'm down in the bottom left Page 948. I pray that out of his glorious riches. He may strengthen you with power through his spirit in your inner being,

So that Christ May dwell in your hearts, through faith.

And I pray that you being rooted and established in love.

I sure have to protect those roots, cuz weeds grow up.

And I find it, I'm not loving. And I don't want to be loving. but there's a rude of love in our inner being where Christ is living in our heart.

Where were strengthened by his Spirit In The Deep soil of who we really are. Lord, take the weeds out. I'm confessing to you my sin. Take the weeds out.

Just before Verse 18, I pray that you being rooted and established in love may have power together with all the Lord's holy people to grasp. To really know how wide and long and high. And deep is the love of Christ.

And to know this love that surpasses knowledge.

That you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Now to him. Who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine.

According to his power that is at work within us.

So his ability to do more than we can imagine or major. Is according to his power that is at work within us.

That's available to you and me. To him be glory in the church. And in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever, amen.

This is how we can live in this foetus of God's strength and power and love to where he doesn't measurably more in us and through us than we could ever imagine 11 a power that surpasses knowledge, it's beyond what we can describe. It's up. So abundant that we're just always experiencing more and more and more of it. And because of this, all of the glory goes to the Lord, the Lord who loves your heart. The Lord wants to live deep, within your being in mine Moment by moment each day. There are times when something is given to us, that really hits the spot.

eating one of our mothers. Meals from her own recipe. Can really hit the spot. On a hot day, a cold glass of iced tea on a really cold day. When were

Freezing inside, as well as out a cup of hot chocolate.

Someone at the right, time in the right way. And with the right heart just saying, I love you. I am praying for you.

the woman who, Simply was visiting with Jesus and he loved her. And after their visit, she went and couldn't be stopped. She told everywhere she would come and see a man who told me everything I've ever done.

The everything of what he meant stepping into her life and in her need. To where everything about her was available to him. When sometimes you're given something that just hits the spot. When he was weary and tired and said, Lord, I I I just want to die and he got a loan and try to pay attention to how God would help him and didn't come in an earthquake or a fire came in, the still Small Voice as the Lord met Elijah's need and was able to refresh his heart. The Lord has that answer for you and me that hits the spot in fact. He's continually attending to your life.

He's in attendance with you and me. Always available to offer us.

His favor is kindness.

His love.

That satisfies our deepest hunger and gives us what we need.

I was in the back seat of the car. My dad and uncle were in the front. I was probably 7. We were in Everett Washington. My uncle work for Boeing and we were seated he'll Hill. Overlooking the Boeing plant and it was a quiet moment and my uncle said to us Those doors on this big boy Warehouse. He said, those are the biggest doors in the whole world. And for some reason I just never forgot that. I thought I thought to myself at that time ago, whole world all the way around the globe right there. I'm looking at the biggest doors and I thought back to that many times and I that's my favorite uncle that said that. But if we were together today, he's gone on to be with the Lord. But I'd say Uncle Bill. We were really wrong work. We because the biggest dog in the world, the biggest door in the world is the door of Jesus and how out of his loving heart. He supplies to our every need always directly touching the spot in our life, where we need him, the most fulfilling our deepest longings,

The Lord has. Exactly what you and I need for exactly what we're going through. The Lord has.

And is attending upon you and me to supply exactly what we will need when we will need it at all times. The Bible says my God, he's personal mind. Is God, he's an authority. My God shall supply. You can count on it. When the need arises, the supply will be there. My God shall supply all your need. If I am not having what I need, I need to look maybe in the corner. I maybe need to look under something. I may be need to look within and see if I've Heard in a Direction. That's not pleasing to him. My God. Personal

Authority, God Almighty shall supply? It will be there. All all whatever circumstance we ever find ourselves in or, you know, someone in a difficult circumstance, God Is providing all they need. According. To his riches in glory.

In Christ, Jesus.

Art Supply, that will put us on our tiptoes and praise and thanks whatever. Our need is, he is in attendance upon us. He is eager for pouring into our life, his favor, his kindness, his Blessing and his love to fulfill our deepest longings. And provide us with everything, we need for every situation in life under him.

Who is able to do exceedingly. Abundantly beyond measure of anything we can ask or imagine under him be glory into church now and forever in this is measure of how that's higher and deeper and more Broad and wide longer.

That the details. and the blast and the trials that you find yourself in and I find myself in

The Widow. Was lacking. She Was preparing to fix her last little cake of meal with oil to feed her child, and then they would die. But God send Elijah and he answered prayer and until the drought was over the meal, never went empty. The oil, never dried, she had what she needed at that moment. When you find yourself in one of the times, when you think, Lord, I'm really feeling low. I am really feeling to start. That is the Roman God is in attendance, upon you. If you'll cast yourself before you every thought that you have every need in your life, when he will, fulfill your deepest longing and perfectly, give you whatever it is that you need, but friend, stay close to the Lord. So that the supply Keeps flowing freely.

Make it available to him.

The darkness for forgiveness. The choice.

For his mercy and her strength to make the right one.

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you ever find yourself just so unhappy and miserable and yet, you don't take the time to just push everything away and say, Lord, my soul aches for you as in a pool of water in a thirsty land

Let's stay close so that the supply and the Fulfillment, and the dimensions of his love are far greater than the little boxes that we live in. So that all that apply can Foley and Flow Free and Rich. Into our lives. The Rancher stays current. He goes out to the water trough when it's freezing, and he breaks the ice. So that the animals can continue to drink. It means coming to the Lord and saying, Lord, I need you to break the ice. I need to be broken in this part of my life and I need a fresh Supply. We were in our home once and one of our kids was there, soon, as he had done some things and he looked in all sincerity to Susie and was very serious, things look. So different that he said to Susie, did you move a wall? And a Susie just said, no kindly and then later on, we talked and she said, I was so surprised, what what, what Susie had done is, she had just rearrange things and remove some things, a friend, stay close, and arrange. Those things in your heart, all that furniture, that you don't need all those worries, all those desires, all those Burns, rearrange it and make Jesus your life. Let him remove some of it and he'll move those walls out. That's keeping the flow from being fresh.

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Know that the outpouring of the Lord into our Deeds. Reaches Beyond any limitation.

Just spell your life.

Trust him and believe in hunger and him enough, that his feeling is so rich that even when the troubles come in your jostled, the fullness, just pours out the water just spilled. I like going to the Tri-Cities when they're doing onions. Are there doing potatoes or different things? Cuz on the intersections, what do you see? And you can stop and I used to do this and pick up the onion, stay over. There is no limitation to how the Lord Supply in your life can reach, even the dogs a lady came to Jesus. She wasn't Jewish, Jesus came first to the Jews, then to the Gentiles and she wasn't Jewish and they were trying to send her away but she needed help for her daughter. Her daughter was demon-possessed when she said, Lord come cast him out and Jesus said what we came first to the Jews and he's she said, but even the dogs under the table 8 of the children's crumbs and Jesus brightness. Do homework daughter's. Well, But even the crumbs were reaching, there is no filling you'll ever have. There is no filling filleting. There's no blessing you'll ever enjoy, but what God is able to take it and extended Beyond any limitation.

Susie thought I was crazy this morning. Cuz she, she went to get her holy water. She said to take to church. It's a little bottle of water and I said, can I see it? There it is.

And I said, what's holy about? It just cuz it's yours. But she said, no, I take it to church with me and I said, but can I? So that makes it holy and I read the label and I read the label and it didn't say anything about it, but one of you left, a water bottle next door in the city building. And I picked it up one day and read it. It was Evian water. and it said on the label that the water that the Evian folks put in their bottles, Has traveled 15 years. From an underground spring under glacial, Rock to the town of Evian where they bottle it.

Do you really think you can measure?

The Lord's ability to reach from the spring of life that he's put in your heart.

There's nothing to limit him.

Keep your heart with all diligence for out of it are the Springs of Life.

was Paul put it to Timothy the face at first dwelt in your grandma and then your mom and now it dwells in you the Lord reaches Beyond any limitation, even a crumb will do it for someone else. Lastly friends, thirdly, the Lord to dear to us. He's always faithful. He is always good. He is going to be there for you and me, shall we pray?

Lord Jesus. You are our Rock in this weary land. You are our light in the Darkness. You are the strength when we are weak. You're the piece when we're in turmoil. And we believe you, Lord. the soul of us and strengthen this within through your Holy Spirit,

that you can do immeasurably through us. And reach Beyond any limitation satisfying, our deepest longings, you know, our longings. We present them to you.

And for those who've never done it, father made a pray, this prayer. Lord, I've wandered from you and I've not lived for you. I have sinned and separated myself from you.

I need a savior. Lord. Jesus Christ. Please come into my life.

I accept your love. I accept and receive that you died for me. I accept the Forgiveness that you give me.

Into my heart. Come Lord, Jesus. Men.

Shall we turn in our hymnals? To number 320 Tis? So sweet to trust in Jesus verse 1, only shall we? Stand