9a LIVE Worship // ODD ONE OUT // Bryan Carter

[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] with me [Music] with me [Music] [Music] uh [Music] is [Music] [Music] if [Music] [Music] is [Music] i am [Music] [Music] i am uh is [Music] [Applause] [Applause] away [Music] who gets the glory tonight [Applause] know it's hallelujah [Music] in this way [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] today [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] let me [Music] right but i started seeing how god was just moving in my life connecting me with the right people that would push me into purpose and so i said god why does this keep happening to me so i was riding in the car and um i was looking at some homes i said one day i want a house like that and the lord just kept he kept showing me series and sequence of events that were just flashing through my mind and i started crying and i became overwhelmed this keeps happening to me it keeps happening for me and i was in a car by myself and i i said god i thank you i won't complain i'll trust you so i started this the lyrics just started coming to me and i said my seat is blessed my money is [Music] [Music] destroying everyday [Music] [Music] no more feeling [Music] guilty for me if you can just lift your hands and go with me and i say i accept your blessing i trust you with my future cause your way of life come on sing it it's the best thing for me we're just gonna go here and let's just take it all the way in and let's worship him sing it like you mean [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] for me [Music] [Music] that is [Applause] [Music] is [Applause] is [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you with is in my life [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] breakthrough [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] me [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] what's up everybody it's your girl charisse and we are back with our sunday worship experience happy first sunday i want to welcome everybody who is in the building with us and shout out to all of our virtual friends from all over who are tuning in online we have a live chat just for you let us know how you're enjoying the worship experience ask us any questions that you may have and you can even get prayer in real time if you need it as we always say you're family and we want you to stay connected with us visit our website concord dallas.org follow us on instagram at concord dallas and subscribe to our youtube channel and follow our facebook page to keep up with all the things going on in the life of our church grow group starts this week so make sure you don't miss your chance to join head over to concord concorddales.org and click on grow groups to register also make sure you save the date for the harvest carnival happening on october 30th stay tuned for more information it's time for worship and then the message we are starting a new sermon series today pastor carter will be walking us through the life of david and after the message we will take communion so make sure you stick around until the very end [Music] come on stand on your feet this morning and as you sit on your feet can you just begin to open your mouth and give god praise if you're glad to be alive today alive and well health and strength the activity of them everybody put your hands together and give god praise come on you made it to the month of october somebody left their name today hallelujah great jehovah we love you today lord and we lift your name on how things change when we call the name of jesus [Music] great i am he's lord of all say great i am sovereign ruler lion of judah say you are god here we go everybody say things will change [Music] things will change things hallelujah come on you can do better [Music] [Music] let's try to get everybody [Music] here we go [Music] [Music] hey you're good and we won't stop crazy [Music] you're good and we won't stop crazy come on oh [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Applause] [Music] everyone [Music] [Music] forever [Music] oh [Music] is we won't [Music] oh [Music] is here we go [Music] just lift your hands and just praise him speak out loud and just praise and tell him thank you tell him he's a jehovah job of jehovah niecy my provider my everything everlasting father prince of peace come on open your mouth tell them thank you tell them thank you thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord for my family thank you for my job your children hallelujah hallelujah thank you lord that you know who we are by name and you call us by name hallelujah don't stop your praise don't stop your praise don't worry about what your neighbor is doing today we all got a personal testimony of what god has done hallelujah [Music] thank you lord for knowing my name hallelujah you know my name [Music] you know my name come on you gotta make it personal when you say that oh lord you know my name my name my name and you know my name and everyday lord oh and oh how you walk with me yes you do lord and oh how you talk with me through trials the tribulations towards the snares oh how you tell me [Music] come on get your personal worth of time between you and god you know my name jesus you know when people talk about me when my back is look up against the wall you know my name you know my dreams when friends turn they back on me jesus you know [Music] [Music] oh how you talk with how you talk that i am your own let's do it again [Music] [Music] every single day of my life jesus you know my name is [Music] [Applause] [Music] am oh friends [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] no [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] hit me [Music] [Music] oh [Music] you hold my hand oh [Music] no [Music] [Applause] because god will do it what he said he would do and he will stand by his word and he will come through it won't work and he will come through [Music] yes he will yes he will stand by his world [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] let's make it personal no music church sing you know you know me come on leave your voice church sing you know my name you know my name that's the kind of god we serve we know every single person oh how you walk with me [Music] somehow i look back over their life and when he walked with you oh how you talk with [Music] that somebody worshipping people knowing who you are come on he knows you by name he knows your identity and you're walking in victory [Applause] hallelujah thank you for calling me [Music] david sometimes i anoint people long before i appoint them to their destiny so that i can prepare their hearts for what i place in their hands you won't have to spend time proving to others why you should have never been overlooked because i will prepare a table before you in the presence of your enemies you will have the strength to defeat giants but be careful not to fall at the hands of your own desires i have chosen you not because you're perfect but because your heart is for me man looks at the outward appearance but god looks at the heart king warrior worshiper your life will be left on record to show my people that you don't have to be perfect to have a heart that seeks to please me [Music] can you bless god together for who he is and how he works and waking you up and seeing you through this past week we are so thankful to be able to gather around god's word because we believe that when god's people gather we invite god in the very presence of our lives and that changes everything and so we're thankful for you this morning both our family in the room our family online matter of fact i want to invite you to open your bibles to first samuel chapter 16. we're starting a brand new series today entitled odd one out and then we're going to use the next couple of weeks to kind of walk through the life of a biblical character by the name of david david one of the most popular characters of all scripture and i want to invite you just to stick with us week after week in this journey as we walk through his life story and we learn all kinds of principles about how god can work through someone's life where not much had been expected of right that god can use the odd one out that's i want to invite you join us there let me read this verses to you first samuel chapter 16. let's read it together reads this way the lord said to samuel how long will you mourn for saul because i have rejected him as king over israel fill your horn and with oil and be on your way and i am sending you to jesse of bethlehem and i have chosen one of his sons to be king but samuel said how can i go if saul hears about it he will kill me the lord said take a heifer with you and say i have come to sacrifice to the lord invite jesse to the sacrifice and i will show you what to do you are to anoint for me the one i indicate and samuel did what the lord said and when he had arrived at bethlehem the elders of the town tremble when they met him and they asked do you come in peace sammy replied yes and peace i have come the sacrifice of the lord consecrate yourselves and come to the sacrifice with me then he consecrated jesse and his sons and invited him to the sacrifice and when they arrived samuel saw elia and thought surely the lord's anointing stands here before the lord but the lord said to samuel do not consider his appearance or his height if i have rejected him the lord does not look at the things people look at people look at the outward appearance but the lord looks at the heart then jesse called to benedad and had him pass in front of samuel but samuel said the lord has not chosen this one either jesse then had summer pass by but but samuel said north the lord chosen this one and jesse had seven of his sons passed before samuel but samuel said to him the lord has not chosen these so he asked jesse are these all the sons you have they're still the one jesse answered he is tending the sheep samuel said sin for him we will not sit down until he arrives so he sent from him and had him brought in and he was glowing with health and had a fine appearance and handsome features then the lord said rise and anoint him this is the one so samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers and from that day on the spirit of the lord came powerfully upon david samuel then went to rama amen today as we get this series start kicked off over the life of david today's message is entitled least likely to succeed i want you to watch this video uh about the story of jessica long as we get started around this ideal the least likely to succeed let's watch mrs long yes we found a baby girl for your adoption but there's some things you need to know she's in siberia and she was born with a rare condition her legs will need to be amputated i know this is difficult to hear for her life it won't be easy [Applause] [Music] [Applause] it might not be easy but it'll be amazing i can't wait to meet her [Music] we believe there is hope and strength in all of us jessica long's story was that she was adopted from russia and yet she found the place where people allowed her to be herself and this leaked life least likely to succeed would go on to achieve great success often people will label us and misunderstand us and we will find ourselves in this place of being the odd one out we will doubt ourselves and sometimes be doubted by others and we often know what it's like to feel excluded or undervalued or unappreciated or the outsider or outcast or just as though we did not fit in and maybe you know what that's like you were the introvert but everyone else was extroverted maybe you know what that's like you were the quiet one everyone else was talkative you were short when everyone else was tall you were black while everyone else was white you were the women while everyone else was a man you were the man well everyone else was a woman you were young while everyone else was old you were old or everyone else was young or you had a ged and everybody else had a college degree or you were poor but everyone else seemed to have money or or maybe you know what it's like to have a child early or to have a home life that was difficult or to have a felon on your record or to struggle with a mental illness or depression or atd or to be adopted or to have a blended family and you feel like you were the one trying to fit into everyone else the truth of the matter is that everyone knows what it's like to be the odd one out to be the least likely to succeed at the core of today's message is this idea when others don't see you i want you to know that god sees you it is here writing david's introductory story that here we find a number of truths that i pray help you and i to understand this idea that when others don't see you god sees you the first thing we discover in the text is this god always has options not a fact you ought to just tell you how to say it out loud to yourself you ought to tell your neighbor you ought to shout it back to your monitor at home god always has options there's a there's a picture by the name of checkmate it's a it's a painted picture and one time two individuals saw this picture called checkmate in a museum and there as they watched this movie this film checkmate in a movie as they looked at it that the film had two opponents that were playing chess and as they were playing chess the film the photo the the picture is a pain of someone making the last move and declaring checkmate as the two visitors were looking at the photograph looking at the picture that one of them happened to be a master chess player he studied that picture he studied it and he realized something he said wait a minute this picture is not accurate the person that they think has been counted out actually has one more move there in the museum he started shouting because he couldn't believe it they have gotten the picture wrong they miscounted the person has another move friends i want you to understand the same is true about god when it comes to god god always has another move if you don't believe me scripture it's full of occasions when the israelites were in front of the red sea and they thought it was over god had another move when when they were in jericho and they thought they couldn't conquer the land god had another move and right here in this opening chapter samuel was there and god has rejected saul the prior king and samuel is stuck having a pity party you ever been there in your life where stuff didn't work out and you got stuck having a pity party because stuff didn't happen the way you wanted it to happen when it was going to happen and the way you want it to happen and samuel is there having a pity party and verses one says to us god shows up to samuel says samuel what are you doing i've got another move just because that fail doesn't mean i'm out of options just because that job didn't work that relationship didn't work that timing didn't work that moment didn't work doesn't mean that god's not done always remember god always has another move and this is what happens in the text saul has failed but god is ready to pick the next king i want you to read verses one two and three notice the word i is mentioned several times i have rejected him i am now sending you i will indicate here is god saying saul has rejected me so i'm moving on to saul and i have someone else i am going to use this is the god that we serve that no one person stops his show no one failure stops his show no one man no one woman no one boss no-fail relationship nothing stops god from what god is able to do god always has another move and so he sends samuel to now try and find the next king and as they move you we now find this other uh principle out of the text not only does god always have another move but secondly is this god chooses unlikely places here is god and god says samuel i want you to go to bethlehem and there it is god god sends him to bethlehem now i want you to note this samuel is a prophet right samuel had a normal circuit a normal route that he takes there are normally three cities that that samuel normally goes to he goes to rama he goes to bethel he goes to mexico this is his routine this is his route that he normally goes to in some cases you might say this if he was in the state of texas he would go from dallas to houston to austin that would be the three places he would go he had his normal route that he normally traveled on these were the big cities these were the places where things were already in place these were the places of prestige these were the places where more people were populated but here is god in his own unique way when he looks for a king does not go where others would think the king would be he does not go to the place that might be of prestige or or might be the most popular place he sends him off the beaten path and he sends into this small city town this this small rural country community of bethlehem this this place where you know roof was from this place the city means house of bread this this farming agricultural community this country city he sends him to bethlehem isn't it interesting if god was looking for a king you would think he would send him to a place that was that was well known a place that had a worldwide reputation a place that was a city of destination no he sends him to this place because god often looks for his people in unlikely places which means friends there's hope for you and me in the room maybe you didn't come from a big place maybe you didn't come from the right family maybe you came from a small place in a small outside situation and yet i want you to know it doesn't matter where you came from you may not have come from dallas you might be from a small place but now you're living down you might be from east texas or west texas you might be from a smaller town like shreveport or little rock or memphis or oklahoma city you might be for somewhere else and yet i want you to know that god does not care where you are from god can find you in the suburbs he can find you in the hood he can found you in south dallas he can find you and wherever you are and he can use you god is not just looking for someone that has the best pedigree but god is look i will find you wherever you are never let anyone or never let any person make you doubt where you're from maybe make you doubt your background make you doubt your experiences make you doubt what you've been through make you doubt what you had the faith for what you had to struggle through i want you to know that god uses people from unlikely places not only unlikely places but also unlikely appearances god chooses from unlikely appearances and so samuel arrives there in bethlehem and there he makes his way to jesse's house and there as he arrives there in jesse's house he then begins to try to select this next king but here's the i want you to catch the tension in the text the tension in the text that samuel really doesn't know what he's looking for that god has not given him a full play-by-play or turn-by-turn directions god has sent samuel into a position where god has where samuel has to trust god for the next move perhaps that's encouragement for somebody today because you need to understand god does not always give you turn-by-turn details when it comes to your life when it comes to your decisions when it comes to your next move but sometimes like samuel you don't know what you're looking for you just got to trust god that in the moment in the season in the situation that god will guide you where you need to go don't you wish god would give you a whole list for your itinerary would tell you 8 30 nine o'clock 10 30 we'll tell you october 13th october 15th no sometimes god says you go and as you go i'll lead you this is what happens to saying the sandwich shows up and he brings out elia who is this tall stately young man samuel looks at him and says immediately oh this is the king right here you ever looked at somebody or look and here's what happens he he looks at him and immediately god corrects him the text says god corrects him says listen god does not judge by what you see but that god judges by the hearts he says this man looks at the outside but god looks at what can't be seen there is this temptation for us to judge ourselves and judge others simply on the outside there is this temptation for us to live our worlds and to believe that god only chooses us based on looks and based on our appearances and based on the outside accomplishments but here is what god teaches us that god does not choose us in that way we live in a world that's fascinated with the outside that is fascinated with looks social media is one example that's fascinated with looks instagram is all about getting the right poles and the and the right lighting and the and the right position and the right filter and you can spend hours trying to get just the right photo before it can be posted because we are fascinated with looks but interestingly enough recent research released by the new york times and others have disc have have have conveyed to us that instagram and social media is impacting particularly our teenagers in a negative way they've recently discovered that that because of this fixation on looks that young girls can look at this and and feel questions about their own body image and feel insecure and even struggle even with suicidal ideations because they constantly look and are constantly judging themselves by someone else and they're they're not the first generation to ever struggle with that all of us have struggled with this constantly trying to measure ourselves by someone else's looks or someone else's appearances and trying to measure who we are based on them and we we constantly can sometimes lose focus in our lives trying to measure ourselves by someone else's looks but what i love about this texas he says god when he's trying to pick somebody to use he does not have us walk down a runway to decide if we're qualified or not he he does not ask for our for our measurements he does not ask for anything about our outside appearances he says that when god wants to use you he doesn't look at your looks he doesn't look at your background he doesn't look at your qualifications or lack thereof know that when god looks at you he looks at your heart and so if you and i can just say god give me your pure heart god give me a heart for you give me a heart for your word give me a heart for your kingdom give me your heart for your making disciples if your heart is in the right place god can use you and you can stop wasting your time trying to constantly measure or trying to constantly trying to compare but instead knows this god doesn't pick you by how you look why because he says in psalm 139 that you are fearfully and wonderfully made he already made you he already knows that you look good he already knows he knows every hair on your head he knows when you rise up and you lie down he picks you because he had a purpose on your life he picks you because you saw something in you far beyond what you had on the outside it was not your skin color it was not your hair color it was the work of god in your heart before you were even born that has put you in a place where god wants to use you he says he uses those with unlikely appearances but then he also goes first and says god chooses from the unlikely people unlikely people unlikely people so there they are he brings out elia and god says no that's not him and then he moves on to a next son of benedict he says no that's not him then he brings out shumah and he says no that's not him so samuel has a has a predicament now they has brought out seven sons and none of the sons have been the ones that that god would say that's the one seven of them i mean they've gone through it appears all of the options are there they they've called seven names they've called all of them lined them up one after one and name after name and yet yet and still god says no that's not him no that's not him no that that's not him no that's not him seven sons and there there they are and i want you to know that sometimes that just because your name has not been called yet i want you to know that sometimes you'll be in a position where it feels like everyone else's name is being called i want you to know there will be moments in your life where it feels like everybody else's name everybody else's moment everybody else's situation everybody else's plan seems to be working according and yet your name has not been called yet there are going to be moments in your life where your name will seem like it has been overlooked it will seem as though you are either overqualified or under-qualified but your name has not yet been called and all of a sudden they they he says listen is there anybody else on the list i've i've looked through all the resumes i i've looked out i still don't see the one and he says you have any other he says and then jesse says yeah there's another one but he's the least likely to succeed you don't want that one i i got another one but he he he the baby he too young he too young for i don't know what you're looking for but i don't think he would he would measure up to what you're what you're looking for matter of fact he's not even in the house he he outside he he's a chef he he watching the chef we we put him out there in the back to watch the sheep he he he's back there he he not he's not that i can't be there can't be the one but i just need you to catch sometimes but sometimes god will pick people from obscurity that god will sometimes pick people that are hidden in the background we live in a world where everyone wants to be up front and everyone wants to be in charge everyone wants to be in in the position of leadership or authority or or wants to be a brand or wants to be famous or wants to be popular but i want you to understand something that i want you never to doubt what god is doing in the hidden seasons of your life i want you to know something that this this david this this this shepherd boy that's on the backside that it was in his years of shepherding that god was preparing him for the assignment that would one day come later i want you to catch that it was while he was shepherding those sheep it wasn't a sexy job it wasn't a it wasn't a high position but it was in the it was it was a meanest medio position it was a working-class role but there he was hands dirty from from from from from chasing after sheep and and and hanging with sheep and and cleaning sheep and and and tending the sheep and caring for sheep and and and rescuing lost sheep there he was as a shepherd but it was it was while he was shepherding but he learned how to serve the lord it was while he was shepherding that perhaps he would take out his pen and write poems about who god was and what god could do it was while he was shepherding he learned how to be faithful when nobody else was watching it was while he was shepherding that he learned how to how to work from sun up to sun down it was while it was shepherding that he learned that it wasn't about the title of the position but it was about being faithful in wherever god had placed you and being honoring god when nobody was looking it was while he was shepherding that he learned that god would give him strength when when a bear would show up or a lion would show up it was there that he learned how to fight battles and wars when nobody else was looking and that's the problem with some people they want to they want to jump over their hidden season they want to jump over their trials and jump into the public light for what they don't understand if you don't let god develop you in private you will be of no use in public because it's your private season that prepares you for what god wants to do later in your life i came by to remind somebody don't you doubt what god is doing in the hidden seasons of your life if you just stay faithful wherever god has planted you wherever god has positioned you god will use your hidden seasons you don't believe me ask moses that was a shepherd for 40 years and it looked like he had no purpose but then god called him after his hidden season because god was now ready to you you don't believe me as joseph that was in prison for a season but while he was in prison god was preparing him for when he would one day serve pilate and would one day be in the palace but had he had not handled the prison well he couldn't handle the palace well somebody here needs to understand if you don't handle your prison well you can't handle your palace well you got to handle wherever god has you you got to bloom where you're planted and watch god use that season this this this is david's story and finally they say where's david and there they are the texans samuel says we're gonna wait right here nobody's gonna sit down we gonna wait right here how in the world can the one that was not picked all of a sudden have the whole situation waiting on him they got to go track down david david got to go clean himself up and then david shows up and there they are waiting on david to show up and then by the grace of god as soon as he walked in there it is samuel here's a confirmation from god and says god says to samuel there he is rise and anoint him he he might have been the least likely to succeed he might have been the one nobody thought would make it but there he is pick him anoint him in there they pour the oil on him there they smear it on his forehead and there he is anointed there his anointing i don't know if they fully understood what the anointing quite represented i i don't believe they fully understood that he was going to be king i believe he was anointed but they fully didn't understand all that it meant all they knew was that somehow he had now been pitched for an assignment shoot that david didn't fully know all that was in store for what david was going to be going through in this season and yet there he is he is he is chosen he is picked he is set aside and and the rest of his life he will now live with this calling on his life that now will we're revealed year after year and day after day friends in the in the nfl they have this deal i'm closing where the last pick is called mr irrelevant it's like the 256th pick and they label this person that is the last pick in the nfl draft the one that hasn't been picked by anybody else the one that's had to wait for days to get picked they then call them mr irrelevant because the picture is that this one person this this person had to wait all this time that didn't seem to have what it takes they didn't seem to have much to offer perhaps they will not be able to meet but do you know this past year that same person that had been picked mr irrelevant ended up being a super bowl champion despite what they had said when they picked him and i came over here to tell somebody i don't care when you're picked matter of fact i want you to know today you were picked before the foundations of the earth i want you to know you were picked while you were still in your mother's womb i want you to know you were picked before you ever applied for the job i want you to know you were picked way back when you were a teenager i want you to know you've already been picked but i want you to know you got to learn how to live with the purpose of god on your life you got to stop allowing the enemy you got to stop allowing other people you got to stop allowing your own self you got to stop allowing your own family to make you doubt what god can do in your life friend you've already been picked you may have the shirt on but you've already been picked you've already been set aside you are a child of god you are a son of god you are his redeemed you are his and you got to live every day of your life with purpose on your life when you go to work tomorrow you ought to know i've already been picked when you log on to work from home i've already been picked when your kids live your house tell them you've already been picked when others don't see you god sees you and god has a purpose and a plan on your life i don't care your background i don't care your situation i don't care if you've been divorced i don't care if you've been adopted i don't care if you got a felon i don't care if you're single i don't care what you've been through here's what i know god has a purpose and a plan on your life and you have been picked and you got to learn how to walk in power and authority and victory and confidence because you've already been picked can you praise the lord that he picks you can you praise the lord that he's chosen you can you praise the lord that he's got a purpose on you can you praise the lord that he's got to work in you can you preach the lord that despite what you see despite what you've been through despite what you face despite sickness in your body despite what he said despite what she said i've been picked god has a purpose and a plan on my life tell your neighbor i've been picked tell somebody else i've been picked you oughta shattered your guard together i've been pitched i've been picked you oughta type it in the chat i've been picked i've been picked thank you god for picking me thank you god for selecting me thank you god for giving me a chance hallelujah somebody he picks you yes he did yes he did yes he did yes he did come on father we come to you right now today and we say lord thank you thank you lord for picking us we were the least likely to succeed we were sinful we were broken we were rejected we were so far from you not many wires you didn't pick the wise you didn't pick the most gifted you picked somebody that you know couldn't do it except you do it with them so father here we stand today and we say thank you god for picking us thank you god for using us thank you god for working through us i pray for anybody today right now god that has been wrestling with doubts in their lives that sometimes feels like the least likely that sometimes feel like their path or the difficulties or the struggles or the weaknesses are somehow hinderances to your work but i pray today lord that you would encourage your heart through your word then lord you picked them a long time ago that you put a purpose on their life and you are calling them right now to walk in purpose to walk in power to walk in authority to walk under your anointing we say thank you god for all that you've done and for all that you're doing it's in jesus name that we say this prayer and god's people said amen come on and bless us come on and bless him today hallelujah come on can you give god come on about 60 seconds of praise come on come on i want you to think over your life and how god has shown up in your life how god has worked in your life and what god has seen you through and what god has kept you through come on give him a praise give him a praise give him a praise come on think about all that he's seen you through all that he's kept you through all that he's walked you through this is your praise this is your story and you ought to give him a praise for what he's done in your life how he's walked with you how he's restoring you and you ought to be able to say lord thank you for picking me thank you for making me thank you for working through me thank you for not giving up on me [Music] [Music] anybody in the room that's the least likely to succeed but seeing the lord working your life i just want to hear from those i just wanted you to praise them for if you got it all together i don't want to hear none from you but if you know what it's like to be the least likely if you know what it's like to be the odd one out and yet god worked in your life matter of fact he's still working in your life he's still moving he's still working he's still opening doors he's still positioning you and all you can do is say lord thank you thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord thank you thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord today [Music] somebody just had a flashback right you just saw what the lord had already done and you said lord i praise your name we've come now to a time in our worship but somebody today needs to choose jesus christ see he already picked you but have you picked him he already picked you but the moment and now in our service if for somebody today that wants to choose jesus because jesus won't force his way in he waits on you to say yes to him if you hear this very moment and you have never accepted jesus christ as your lord and savior you know it means to acknowledge that we are broken it means to acknowledge that we are weak it means to acknowledge that i can't do life on my own that i'm a sinner that i'm broken but thank you that you sent your son jesus to die on the cross for our sins and to be raised from the dead to grant me forgiveness here today and you've never put your faith in jesus christ i want to invite you to do that right now if you watch it online there's text calls you can do that right now or if you're here today and you want to make concord your church family you want to join a family of faith because listen it's so important that you're connected to a family of faith we would love to walk with you in this journey if you fall in one of those two categories whether you're in the room or whether you're online to make a difference would you begin let's take those get your phone and follow those next steps and let's begin this journey together let's begin this early together matter of fact if this is you if you're accepting christ or you're joining the family you're in the room would you just shoot your hand up wherever you are we just want to celebrate with you anybody in the room and joining chris see you anybody today except in christ i see you welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome welcome we praise god for you just follow that up follow those next steps we are celebrating with you today because god wants to walk with you in life and it starts right here family you may take your seats right where you are as you take your seats i want to uh now uh invite we're gonna now prepare for our time of giving we want to honor god in our giving we want to honor god in our giving and then we'll proceed with the final piece i'm gonna do our giving then i'm gonna turn over to our team today we want to give to god we want to give to god friends what a what a privilege that know that we get to give to god it always blows the way that we get to give so families i want to encourage you right now there's the information on the screen if you brought your if you brought a cash or a gift you can put in the envelope and drop it off on the way out but i want to encourage everyone to give something today would you give to god listen there's so many things happening in our world but i want to ask you keep god first and the way you do that is by giving to him when you give to him it it puts him at the top of your list you can even set up where it's automatic but your giving helps us as the church to do the work god has called us to be whether that's serving our community whether that's serving in our food pantry whether it's offering counseling services whether that's helping in the churches that we that are part of our church family listen your giving helps fund the ministry and as you give you are planting seeds all around us family we want to say thank you so much we're going to prepare for the next parts of our worship service and we're just thankful for god i want to encourage you hey if you read this section we read today next week we'll keep we'll look at first we'll look at the next chapter chapter 17. we'll walk through this journal together all right anybody excited about this new series and what god's going to do to it i cannot wait for what god is going to do another thing i want you to consider is that you also get the chance to um you also get the chance if you're not in a grow group this is a great time to join a group you can go online join a group and those groups will be studying together as we walk through this together so we encourage not in the group we enjoy encourage you to do just that all right we'll prepare for our next part of our service [Music] [Music] your decision someone from our team will follow with you and give you your next steps now it's time for us to take communion thank you cherise this is the moment set apart to reflect on the price jesus paid on our behalf communion is a sacred moment an ordinance given to all believers by jesus to remember his sacrifice the word of god declares in first corinthians 11 for i have received from the lord that which i also delivered to you that the lord jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread and when he had given thanks he broke it and said this is my body which is for you do this in remembrance of me let us eat in the same way he took the cup also after supper saying this cup is the new covenant in my blood do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of me remember this cup represents the blood of jesus that was shed for our sins let us drink the word of god continues in verse 26 saying for as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup you proclaim the lord's death until he comes let us pray father how we honor you how we honor your sacrifice that was made we are grateful for the blood it shall never lose its power and so we give you glory today we thank you for this communion that heals our heart that binds the broken wounds we declare victory on today and we give you praise for all that has been said and done from this moment in jesus name we pray amen and amen amen now this is the time for us to give offering is our way of giving back to god and we are thankful that we get to honor god in this way we have a couple of ways that you can give and the information for that will be on the screen and in the chat as we end our worship experience i would like to offer you a blessing number 6 24-26 the lord bless you and keep you the lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you the lord turn his face toward you and give you peace have a great week and we'll see you again next sunday we're gonna go out david said the lord is my light and my salvation whom shall i fear and whom shall i be afraid we said i hope on you jesus as we are trusting you lord god we're not gonna give in or give up oh the lord is my light and sound vision whom shall i fear whom shall i be afraid the lord is my life [Music] oh [Music] we're not gonna give up [Music] god oh have a great week [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] come on [Music] [Music] company [Music] 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with the right people that would push me into purpose and so i said god why does this keep happening so i was riding in the car and um i was looking at some homes i said one day i want a house like that and the lord just kept he kept showing me series and sequence of events that were just flashing through my mind and i started crying and i became overwhelmed this keeps happening to me it keeps happening for me and i was in the car by myself and i said god i thank you i won't complain i'll trust you so i started the lyrics just started coming to me and i said my seed is blessed my mind is blessed my body is [Music] [Music] [Music] destroying every [Music] i won't apologize [Music] no more feeling guilty [Applause] if you can just lift your hands and go with me and i say i accept your blessing i trust you with my future cause your way of life [Music] [Music] worship him sing it like you mean it is [Music] that is [Music] [Music] for me [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] for me 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