BCC Modern Service 09-19-2021

do uh one two three four i'm gonna sing in the middle of the storm louder and louder you're gonna hear my praises roar up from the ashes hope will arise death is defeated the king is alive good morning church we're going to continue to raise a hallelujah over every fear and distraction in our lives and lift up his name [Music] my weapon is a melody [Music] for me [Music] up from the ashes [Music] with everything inside of me [Music] [Music] hallelujah [Music] ashes rise [Music] [Music] a little louder [Music] [Music] [Music] in the louder of my enemies [Music] louder and louder [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] god has given his people an amazing and powerful gift of praise and our praise is used as a weapon against the unseen realm the unseen battles that are raging war against us and he lets this time be our battle against that and he inhabits the praises of his people so we're going to praise him and go to battle here we go there's a table that you prepared for me [Music] in the presence of my enemies it's your body and your blood your for me this is [Music] there's a table that you prepared for me in the presence of my enemies it's your body in your blood your for me this is how i fight my battles [Music] i will live [Music] is how i fight my battles this is how i fight my battles this is how i fight my battles this is how this is how i fight my battles this is how i fight my battles this is how i fight my battles this is how [Music] in the valley i know that you're with me and surely your goodness and your mercy follow me [Music] and i believe [Music] foreign [Music] this is [Music] this is [Music] [Applause] [Music] hey [Music] god we thank you that you are here that you inhabit the praise of your people that you go to battle and you go before us father we are counting on you we thank you [Music] hear me look like i'm surrounded but i'm surrounded by you hear me look like i'm surrounded but i'm surrounded by you [Music] if you look like i'm surrounded but i'm surrounded by you [Music] you [Music] if [Music] come on [Music] this [Music] is is [Music] i'm surrounded by this is [Music] it may look like i'm surrounded it may look like i'm surrounded but i'm surrounded by you it may look like i'm so rounded but i'm surrounded by you can we give our god some praise yeah hey everybody welcome to church it's good to see you how you doing awesome if this is your first time with us today thank you for being our guest we would love to connect with you and get to know you a little bit better and so if you text the word guest to the number 480-933-1482 we can send you a gift whether you're watching online or in this room we can send you that gift and get connected with you a little bit and my name is stacy and we are going to continue going to battle as we sing so let's sing out [Music] see him there the great i am the crown of thorns upon his head the father's heart displayed for us oh god we thank you for the cross lift it up [Music] [Music] pay the costs oh god we thank you for the cross [Music] the lamb the story of redemption written on his ends jesus you will rank forever [Music] jesus you rang forever [Music] [Music] [Music] god [Music] jesus you will reign forever [Music] jesus you will reign forever [Music] bright as the sun will bow before the king of kings oh god forever we will sing [Music] beyond the lamb the story of redemption written on his ends jesus you will rank forever [Music] we [Music] jesus you will reign forever [Music] is [Music] [Music] there is a fountain that drowns the sorrows there is an ocean deeper than fear the tide is rising rising there is a current stirring deep inside it's overflowing from the heart of god the flood of heaven crushing over us the time is rising rising [Music] now [Music] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] from [Music] rising [Music] is [Music] let's speak [Music] nothing can snap this joy [Music] bring up the world in here [Music] let's make some noise [Music] we're [Music] wow [Music] is [Music] [Music] amen you can be seated hey there everyone my name is doug and i'd like to tell you about what's coming up for you and your family at broadway so check this out there's still time to participate in the new hope community center food drive if you haven't heard about this yet we're helping cover the month of september because it's usually the slowest month for donations to join in bring canned fruits and vegetables to one of the green bins in the lobby thank you for your generosity kick off this year's operation christmas child season with the team on saturday september 25th at 10 30 a.m in the family life center you'll hear from various speakers and learn just how impactful this global outreach ministry can be we hope to see you there if you'd like to learn more about broadway christian church or see our full calendar of events visit bccmesa.com info and be sure to connect with us on facebook and instagram at vcc mesa have a great week [Music] [Applause] [Music] in luke 15 jesus tells a parable that's become a famous short story many people have said this is the greatest short story ever told if you have your bibles open them to luke 15 right now it's called the parable of the prodigal son you probably heard it before and rather than reading it to you today i'm just going to retell the story in my own words there was a man who had two sons two grown sons and he loved both sons very much the older son was dedicated responsible hard-working the younger son apparently was more of a free spirit a little bit on the rebellious side kind of wanted to do his own thing and one day he comes to his father and says dad i'm out of here i'm tired of living under your household rules i want to do my own thing i'm going to split but for me to do that i want you to give me my share of the inheritance right now talk about cheeky but the father does it the son so disrespects his dad but the father gives his younger son his portion of the estate and then the dad watches his son go off on his own and he immediately takes all that money that fortune that he just been given and the younger son heads to las vegas i made that part up he actually goes to sunset strip on jerusalem and he takes all that money that's been given him and he rents this condo and he begins to throw one party after another he's got women he's got booze just wild times it's party central at his house and he likes to party hardy until one day his credit card is rejected and he calls the bank and the bank says well uh we're not going to honor your credit card purchases because you're out of funds all that money has been squandered he's gone through a fortune in a matter of months and now he's broke he's busted and he's disgusted all those prostitutes all those fair-weather friends of his they hit the door and they don't look back they want nothing more to do with this young man now he's got no place to live he's got nothing to eat and things are looking pretty grim for him he's gone from the penthouse to the outhouse almost overnight so in desperation he goes and finds a pig farmer according to the way jesus tells the story and he gets hired to slop the hogs which no jewish kid would ever do but he's got to live in fact he gets so bad for this young man he actually starts envying the pigs he says to himself at least they've got something to eat i've got nothing to eat i mean face it you've got to be desperate to be willing to eat what pigs eat but that's where he is in life and then the young man has a moment of clarity and sometimes that's the way it works for us isn't it sometimes we have to actual rock bottom before we'll come to our senses before we'll have a clear thought a clear a moment of clarity in our lives and he thinks to himself this is insane the way i've been living my father's servants are living way better than i am i know i've been arrogant and proud i know i've been rebellious i know i've gone my own way i've done some terrible things to my dad i don't deserve to be called his son any longer just based on my own actions and and something tugs at him to go home just like when we run away from god god never stops looking for us and god listen to me right now god will never let us go it's like the holy spirit just keeps working in our lives always reminding us of the father's love for us and the parable that jesus tells in luke 15 is the story of how god pursues lost people and there's this young man is absolutely lost so he gets this idea that he's going to go back home and beg his father for a job he's not going to be his son any longer as far as he knows he's just going to be a servant for the rest of his life and he doesn't care and then jesus says as he continues the story jesus says as he heads back home in this forlorn state of his that long before he reaches the front door of the family place the father sees the son coming and this boy is covered in pig manure and slop he hasn't bathed in weeks he reeks he stinks he's absolutely filthy but the father hikes up his robes and runs to meet his son and he wraps his arms around his boy and gives him a giant bear hug he envelops his son in unconditional love and he says i'm so glad you're back home i've missed you so much my lost son has been found and he calls for the best robe in the house to be put around his son and he says give him my ring and by the way the ring that jesus talks about in this parable would be the father's signet ring which would be like giving him a credit card it's the way that you conducted business in that day and then the father says kill the fattest fattest calf we've got let's let's have a roast barbecue let's let's have a party and they did it's a celebration that that's that's unfolding because someone who was lost has now been found someone who had wandered far from home has now found his way back home here's this prodigal son that felt like he'd exhausted his father's love by demanding his inheritance early but instead he receives a joyous welcome when he comes back home and and there's this huge party now you know this story and i know the story i have a question for you and i want you to think about this for a moment why didn't the father in the story get off his front porch and go and look for his practical son why did he have to let him hit rock bottom i mean sure he stood on the porch he was looking he was scanning the horizon every day but the father had the resources he could have hired a private detective he could have sent someone after his son to rescue him before he he finally went to slop the hogs that kind of thing but he didn't do that well of course the father in the story represents god and this matters right now so i want you to listen very closely god has given you something in life called free will the word for that is autonomy autonomy means you can govern your own life god took a huge risk in doing that because what that means is that god voluntarily limit himself limited himself from forcing you to love him in return see the lost son didn't have to come home he wanted to and by the same token god doesn't want robots loving him if god has to force you to love him then that's not love god wants people to choose to love him out of their own free will to accept his love if god forces you to love him if god programs you to love him against your will then that's not love i think the parable is called in my bible the lost son but really i think the better name would be the waiting father the parable should be called the parable of the waiting father not the prodigal son because as much as anything this parable is about our father in heaven when the son walks out the front door when the sun heads down the road going his own direction the father never stops thinking about his rebellious son and when his rebellious son finally comes to his senses and returns home the father quickly runs out and embraces him and he doesn't even give his son the chance to to to give that well-rehearsed speech about not being worthy the father just embraces him and accepts him you know if you've never seen god as compassionate and and loving and forgiving let this story help you see god in a new light you can come to god today you can come home today and let me tell you how to do that first confess to god that you've been away from him let god know that you know that you've been living your life your way instead of his way and next tell god that you're sorry about that that you want to turn your life around and and you want to come home to god and then the next thing that you must do is to ask jesus to forgive your sins on the basis of his death on the cross for you and for me and finally invite jesus christ to come into your life and to become your savior and your lord to save you from your sins to allow jesus to rule over your life if you've been lost if you've been a prodigal like the boy in the parable it doesn't have to be that way any longer and if something's been tugging at you to get your life right to get your life back to god maybe it's the holy spirit talking to you right now don't let this moment pass you by just like the prodigal son had a moment of clarity you also can have a moment of clarity let this be your moment right now god bless your decision pray with me would you father in heaven i thank you for the story of the lost son i thank you that the way jesus tells this story the father is waiting and longing for his son's return but rather than going and forcing him to come home against his will he waits until he wants to come home and father you're not going to force us to love you you're not going to force us to repent of our sins against our own will instead you've given us autonomy and free will to choose to come toward you or to walk away from you lord i pray that you would help us to make the right choice and some of us have lived lives a quiet rebellion and some of us have lived lives of outright rebellion against you help us father to come home to come to you and i pray this in jesus name amen listen you need to let someone know if you've made a decision to return to christ to return to god let someone know that you've made that decision you can always call hear me and here at the church at 480-9810802 i'd love to talk to you about your decision but let someone know let someone know that you're coming home to god god bless you good afternoon church what a powerful message that was my name is joe i'm gonna be leading you guys through your time of offering here for those of you that have been here a long time we don't pass the box around anymore but we do have a couple of donation boxes located at the back two exits if you prefer to do it that way we also have a way to give at our website which is bccmesa.com giving or if you're like me and you need everything to just kind of go out automatically the push pay app is great for that just download the push pay app you can set it up such that it just takes the tithing out of your uh bank account and one less thing to stress about during the week am i right let's pray over our tithes and offerings god we come to you today with open hearts and a powerful message knowing that we're so fortunate that you gave us the armor to fight against all of the invisible war that's going on we just pray that you use us as a vessel to provide believers non-believers alike the same knowledge and the same blessings of your armor and it's that name we pray amen [Music] now we're going to move to our time of communion located at the corner of the room we have our emblems we have one cup that's the juice and one cup that's the bread make sure that you grab one of each i'll give you guys a moment to come up and grab it if we for some reason have run out on one of them feel free to walk to the other side of the room and grab one we'll have some meditation and some prayer and then we'll take communion [Music] [Music] do [Music] as the apostle paul writes for i have received from the lord what i also delivered to you that lord jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread and when he had given thanks he broke it and said take eat this is my body which is broken for you do this in remembrance of me take a neat in the same way he also took the cup after supper saying this is this cup is the new covenant in my blood do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of me take and drink [Music] for as often as you eat this bread and drink of the cup you proclaim the lord's death until he comes amen church lastly if you're new here we'd love to get to know you you have you text guest to 480-933-1482 even though those of you that are online we can still send you that gift we'd love to connect and get to know you more if you guys have anything hard on your hearts if you just want somebody to pray with you pastor john will be up here at the front after i let you guys go here in just one minute i hope you guys have a great rest of the week and i look forward to seeing you guys here at the next service [Music] you

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Published: Sun Sep 19 2021