Live Worship & the Word Sept. 27th, 2020

jesus christ jesus messiah jesus christ oh jesus jesus jesus more is i love jesus there is is jesus is is jesus me foreign all the way final verse me lord we thank you this evening for your great love to us and lord in return we tell you right at the onset of our time of worship this evening that we love you and lord i pray for those who are listening in these moments who are watching this live service lord i just pray at this moment that the presence of the loving god the holy spirit would move among each and every one maybe there's one that is just stumbling upon our service right now lord move by your spirit in their lives maybe there's one who's watching who's going through struggles and trials and looking for something that will help them through this journey of life will help them through their need and their circumstances lord may you speak into their lives father whatever the need is tonight we come to you and we lift high the name of jesus believing believing dear lord what you can do in the life of those who reach out in faith to you if you be lifted up you would draw all men to you and so god that's what we want to do in this moment we want to lift high the name of jesus and we just pray the end result would be someone singing from the depths of their heart oh how i love jesus because they've experienced within that fresh encounter with christ and they know of the transformation that you can bring move along your people tonight bless this team and all of us together as we worship in these moments we pray it in the name of jesus christ our lord and our savior amen and amen well good evening everyone we welcome you tonight to our time of worship and we pray in these moments that the spirit of god is already ministering to your heart and to your life we come to you live as you probably already know from the salvation army conception based south in newfoundland and labrador and we give you a warm welcome tonight and we just pray that as we share together that you would know of the presence of the lord that you would worship right along with us sing make a joyful noise to the lord if you have music with you well break it out and sing with us and i trust it doesn't cost too much disturbance in your home tonight or wherever you are but this is all about worshiping together isn't it and just praising the lord i just have a few verses of scripture i want to share with you we were just singing of how we love jesus because he first loved us some words from scripture romans 5 says but god showed his great love for us by sending christ to die for us while we were still sinners and since we have been made right in god's sight by the blood of christ he will certainly save us from all condemnation for since our friendship with god was restored by the death of his son while we were still his enemies we will certainly be saved through the life of his son so now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with god because our lord jesus christ has made us friends with god do you like that what a great hope is ours tonight he demonstrated his love towards us while we were still sinners while we were still afar off from god while we were still enemies of the cross didn't matter he died for us and he made it possible to come into a right relationship with him mercy there was great amen and grace was free there my burden soul found liberty where at calvary yeah is great grace is is every day grace was free oh oh is crazy this is our song crazy is oh the purchase is is is my song crazy visions echoes whispers this is oh watching is this is what is your need tonight a trust first and foremost that we are free and giving our adoration and our praise to the lord jesus we're not shy in proclaiming his message and telling out that old story it's as new today as it ever was when we think of christ's sacrifice on the cross of calvary for the remission of sin for the whole world that none would perish but all would come to repentance that's an old story but it's new it's new in the sense that if you call upon the lord jesus today what he did for you over 2000 years ago is still as relevant to save you today as it was then and our prayer is that you would do that tonight if you haven't already done so and i encourage you as well those who may be tuning in with different concerns upon your heart that you won't be shy at all but you will do as the word of god says to come boldly to the throne of grace with your need with your concern i'll guarantee you tonight that he'll come alongside by the presence of the holy spirit will minister to your heart for some of you it's been a long journey and you're waiting for the answer for some it's brand new as a trial has just come and you're not sure how to work your way through this and for others maybe you've just lost a loved one and you're wondering how can i face tomorrow how can i face the next day life will just never be the same again i heard just this morning of a gentleman a friend of mine who just passed away suddenly just last evening or early this morning with absolutely no warning to slip from this life to the eternal is like the snap of a finger and we need to be ready we need to be ready we need to call upon the name of the lord and i trust this evening that you will find comfort in him as you reach out to him we pray for that family we pray for many who are struggling in these moments that god would just minister peace strength comfort anything that you're in need of right now the lord jesus would provide in faith reach out to him will you i want us to sing course together that says all is well with my soul he is god in control do you believe that in your life in your circumstance do you believe that tonight i know not all his plans and sometimes it's turmoil isn't it our lives become that it gets a little messy we don't understand but the word tells us not to lean on our own understanding but to trust in the lord who directs our paths and knows the way he sees the bigger picture and i encourage you to reach out to him this evening i know not all his plans but i know i'm in his hands the greatest hands there are i place you in tonight i trust you will go there place yourselves in the hands of god and allow him to meet your needs even now as we sing together is is of these oh is i am i'll just keep the music playing gracious father tonight we rest in your presence your divine presence presence of the almighty who tells us to come boldly to the throne of grace the one who beckons us to come on to you if we're burdened if we're heavy laden and you would give us rest you tell us to cast our cares upon you because you care for us you remind us that if we dwell in the shelter of the most high we will abide in the shadow of the almighty you are our refuge you're our strength your help when troubled times come lord all these promises and so many more we claim tonight in the name of jesus lord there are friends of our church the salvation army cbs and of this town of conception based south our surrounding areas that's going through so much lord you know the need too many names lord to mention too many needs to mention and so collectively lord tonight we bring it all to you because you know for that one who is struggling watching their loved ones slip away without strength without mobility without any ability to do much at all for himself lord i pray that you would minister peace that you would be right alongside that home that bedside that couple that family today lord the families that are grieving the loss of loved ones don't know where to turn i pray god that the holy spirit of all comfort would just fill the room present yourself lord around them tonight in a real way for those lord who are struggling with addictions and different needs and circumstances lord family financial health needs lord there's so many needs not only within this community and within our church but lord around the world of our friends that are watching tonight i just pray your blessing upon them lord times we don't understand but times lord where we know we need a savior times that were lost and lonely and we're in need of somebody to journey alongside of us through it all lord you're the one and i point my friends my family lord to you tonight who are watching those who will watch in the days to come lord i just thank you for the privilege that we have to share the message of the gospel of jesus christ knowing that is the power of god unto salvation so lord we pray for the unsaved tonight ones without hope lord i pray that through this service through the songs we sing through the word presented that it would be clear and that there would be one at least one that would know jesus tonight and will call upon you to be saved and know of the forgiveness of sins that is theirs through your shed blood on calvary's cross we don't know all your plans but lord that we do know we know the plan of salvation is clear and we cling to that tonight all is well we my i am and to that we say amen and amen you know we pray for a lot of needs we pray for a lot of concerns and there are many that come in on a weekly basis but you know what there's something else that we rejoice we rejoice over answer to prayer we rejoice over how good god is how faithful god is how wonderful god is and the course says i cannot help but praise the lord and maybe you feel like that tonight maybe you feel that you just want to just want to rejoice in the lord jesus when i look back over the years and think of all the answered prayers would you rejoice in this tonight i cannot help but praise the lord the lord is is is praise the lord the lord praise the lord oh raised hallelujah my wife don't know this but i want her to sing and i need you to bring up the words of a psalm the love of god is greater fire than tongue or pen could never tell goes beyond the highest star love of god we're overwhelmed with his love for us overwhelmed at who he is god gave his son for us and out of his great love for you and for me god bless you thank you darling is it goes beyond the highest the guilty god oh is when years of time have passed away and earthly thrones and kingdoms when men who hear refused on rocks and hills shall still enjoy two with the skies oh oh from the sky to the sky enjoy chances we're going to look into the word in just a moment i don't know how you feel when there's that focus on the love of god but it encourages me it uplifts me it gives me that assurance of knowing that no matter what life throws at me i'm confident of his love i have that do you you have that assurance i want to read luke 18 tonight verses 9 to 14 and we're going to sing a chorus and take some moments to look into the word says to some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else jesus told this parable two men went up to the temple to pray one a pharisee and the other a tax collector the pharisee stood up prayed about himself god i thank you that i'm not like other men evil doers adulterers robbers or even like this tax collector i fast twice a week give a tenth of all i get but the tax collector stood off at a distance he wouldn't even look up to evan to heaven but instead he beat his breast and he said god have mercy on me a sinner i tell you that this man rather than the other went home justified before god for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled and he who humbles himself will be exalted may the lord bless his word tonight may it challenge you i point you at this moment to turn your eyes upon jesus eyes off of self eyes off of the world eyes off our circumstances eyes off our surroundings eyes on jesus turn your eyes upon jesus the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace thank you jesus turn your eyes upon jesus is is us is is more time turn your eyes is is lord may it be so tonight that we would indeed turn our eyes upon you help us in these moments to do that so we look into your word as we focus on what it is you want to say to us tonight through your word we just pray that we will receive it that we will apply it and that you will use it we pray it in jesus name amen and amen thank you team what a wonderful team they are you notice that we've uh shifted our positions a little bit back to the back to the platform yeah brian a good idea you might want to move that back to the platform and uh getting ready for uh our sunday morning back to church next sunday and uh brings us back here to provide more space in our congregation and so we're looking forward to it those of you who are watching from our church we can't wait to greet you face to face and to be able to worship together corporately and for those of you who will not be here and those of you been enjoying our live stream services that service will be live streamed as well so here's the thing sunday mornings at 11 o'clock there will be a live stream service and at 6 00 pm there will be a live stream service so the setup we have here on sunday evenings will remain our sunday mornings will be back to church with our congregation and so we just ask that you would just be in prayer for that in these days as well before we get into the word here i want to thank you you notice at the end of the service last sunday and i was a little reluctant in giving the the plug for new equipment and the cost of that and asking if you would like to donate to please do so and we would love that and we would appreciate it and gladly accept and be so appreciative and i just want to say how thankful we are for those who stepped up those who felt compelled i received messages of encouragement this is to the team here messages of encouragement that said we are so thankful for all that you've given to us over the last six months since covid you've given us hope you've provided the message of the gospel you've encouraged us you've uplifted us and because of that we feel compelled to give back and so that's such a wonderful word of encouragement to all of us and we want to thank you for that we don't give to receive that's not the purpose but again we thank you for it though for those of you who've given and have helped us out in that way so we still have a little ways to go to reach that goal and so we just pray that god will continue to bless us and provide for us in the days to come my wife began her sermon this morning at our drive-in service with a little illustration about we love to travel like we often do we kind of line things up without even knowing it i guess marriage does that the two shall become one and that's kind of what happened again so as she started her illustration this morning i'm thinking oh my goodness here we are talking about traveling talking about the same things so i just want to say this at the beginning tonight it's going to go off on a different track than where she went but it starts very similar our family over the over the years have always enjoyed an opportunity to travel together we've made a lot of wonderful summer memories on our family vacations one summer we had the privilege of some wouldn't call it a privilege but it was a privilege to drive from newfoundland to saint petersburg florida and at the time our children were ages 9 11 and 13. you remember that darling that was really something wasn't it and we drove that summer over about 10 000 kilometers many thought we were a little crazy and as we were journeying we thought we were a little crazy too but looking back on it now we see blessings we we have made so many memories and experiences there were many sites that we saw many places to go and visit many things to do and we had a trip of a lifetime it was incredible and we had the privilege of traveling to florida many times since but there are many things that stand out from our travels to the southern states and any of you have been there i'm sure there's a number of things that would stand out for us there's one thing in particular i want to share with you that really impressed me and really spoke to me and still speaks to me today after all those years traveling there the southern united states as you would know is considered the bible belt of america and we experienced evidence of that as we saw many billboard signs as we traveled the interstates powerful strong meaningful gospel messages such as god is love jesus saves jesus savior of the world cast all your cares upon me and one in particular that i want to elaborate on a little that's so relevant to today and it's this this big billboard sign traveling the interstate said this lonely confused angry depressed jesus is still the answer i thought that's it that's the answer to all of life's problems and torments and struggles there it is on that busy interstate big billboard sign that clearly proclaimed the message of the gospel jesus is still the answer powerful life-changing message that same message friends i present to you tonight despite everything we might be going through in life through the troubles and the losses and trials through abuse and illness and temptation through sin and wrong choices through overwhelming despair through darkness through fear confusion condemnation and guilt and i can go on and on and on let me tell you this it doesn't matter what it is that you're going through jesus is still the answer i want to tell you today that you can step away from that dark cloud that overshadows you and you can step right into the marvelous light of truth and of hope that is provided through jesus christ the savior of the world and through his shed blood for us on calvary's cross jesus is still the answer why is it so many people turn the world upside down looking for it looking for the answer looking for that problem solving looking for direction when jesus said clearly i am the way i am the truth i am the life anyone who comes to me is the only way to salvation the only way to hope any way only way to life truth he's the way only through the father is it possible some may say really is that old story still relevant today is it still relevant today and i say a resounding oh yes it is romans 6 9 from the new living translation says christ was raised from the dead he will never die again death no longer has any power over him paul reveals an essential truth about christ's physical death on the cross as well as his resurrection from death by god's power you see christ's death was a one-time occurrence it can never happen again it doesn't need to happen again god defeated death when christ left behind the grave and it can never drag him back again once for all for all time jesus is still the answer he made it possible you can believe in jesus you can know about jesus you've heard about jesus but the question i want to ask you tonight is this do you believe that jesus is still the answer for your needs for your life you're the one that's got to believe it i'm convinced i already got it settled i know he is but what about you what about you people who believe jesus in the end is the answer embraces a life that's no longer dictated and consumed by earthly troubles and trials that beset us and that plague us and that torment us jesus is still the answer for whatever's wrong in your life and mine whatever it is that's going on in your life today i say it again jesus is the answer how many of you have proven it i want us to look into scripture for a few minutes luke 18 9-14 we see two types of people here one group who scripture calls the pharisees now the pharisees is a word that that means separate they were separate from anybody else because they didn't want to associate with anybody else they felt they were so perfect and holy they couldn't associate with anyone else they had it all together they didn't want to be infected by associating with other people they were conceited they were ignorant they were selfish they were certainly holier than thou they were judgmental they were legalists god help us that we as the church of jesus christ never be like that thinking we are better you could imagine the pharisee climbing the stairs to the synagogue and as he swaggers back and forth down the center aisle and he finds a perfect place where now everybody can see him he's on clear display for everyone and he could strut his stuff he's not going to pray a prayer to god but he's going to make a public announcement declaration about his goodness and he says lord i thank you that i'm not like the other people robbers evil-doers adulterers or even as this low-life tax collector that's here i fast twice a week and i give a tenth of all i get what is pharisee fail to recognize is that is why jesus came that is exactly why he came jesus said to all who could hear him recorded for us in mark 2 17 it's not the healthy who need a doctor but it's the sick jesus said i've not come to call the righteous but i've come to call sinners that's why he came you see the pharisees think that they can get through life just fine in their own little group doing their own little thing without any divine help of of jesus christ and the holy spirit's guidance it becomes all about them i want to tell you today that's a dangerous attitude to have because you see it's only when you realize that you need jesus in your life it's only when you realize just how lost you are without him and you realize just how much he really loves you and is the answer to your life circumstances will things change it's only when we recognize that these guys had the wrong attitude which put them in a wrong relationship with jesus even though they thought they had it all together they were really messed up they were messed up let me move to the other guy scripture talks about the other guy is tax collector he's the one who stood at a distance one who felt he wasn't worthy one who knew and realized he was sinful one who was part of that number who felt lonely and depressed and fearful and confused and lost and was willing to call out to jesus for the answer that he needed in his life and scripture says he beat his breast and he said god have mercy on me a sinner this wasn't a performance this was a gut-wrenching confession of the sin that was in his life he was to his ropes and he was in desperate need he needed something to satisfy something to give hope something to give some direction to his life because he was lost the bible said he wouldn't even lift his eyes to heaven he was so guilty he felt unworthy to look god in the face and then he said lord be merciful to me a sinner the greek translation reads this god be merciful to me the sinner i'm not just a sinner but i'm the worst of the worst and then he used the word mercy pleading for forgiveness of this old sinner who was lost and without hope he knew jesus was the answer and he wanted to experience this loving forgiveness and mercy of god have mercy on me he humbled himself and called out to jesus i'm saying to those of you who are watching and who are listening this evening from whatever part of this world you are from it doesn't matter this message applies to the whole world jesus said in john 6 37 all those the father gives me will come to me and whoever comes to me i will never drive away come to me that message that drawing compelling message come to me no matter what's going on in your life if you cry out to jesus he will meet your need you've heard that already this evening no matter how much you've sinned or how messed up you feel your life is if you would just ask god for mercy today the blood of jesus christ shed on calvary's cross guarantees that god will give you mercy he would be merciful to you and his grace is certainly sufficient for you he will give you forgiveness he will give you a new beginning he will give you a new life he will give you a new name written down in glory and the joy that will last forever and ever throughout the countless ages of eternity not a life that's problem-free absolutely not because we all battle through stuff we all go through stuff but a life that is peace filled because i have jesus walking with me burdens are lifted at calvary jesus is very near jesus ended the story by saying the one who calls on me the one who realizes i'm the answer he who humbles himself and calls on the name of jesus will be saved through death comes life by giving you have great gain through the cross you gain a crown the pharisee left the church a sinner still hopeless but i believe the sinner left the church a saint a redeemed child of god why because of his humbleness to call out to almighty be god and because of the mercy and the forgiveness of god bestowed upon that humble individual sounds a bit like the prodigal son doesn't it father i've sinned against heaven i've sinned against you i'm no longer worthy to be called your son i could almost visualize him like the tax collector beating his breast i'm not worthy but here's the key and my wife just sang about it the love of god just listen to this we know of the father's love in the picture of the prodigal son he did not condemn not one bit but he said there's a robe for you there's a ring for you there are sandals for you we're going to kill the fattened calf and we're going to have a feast and we're going to celebrate because this son of mine was lost and is now found he was dead but is alive again jesus is still the answer when we've come home to jesus and when we recognize that he is the answer to our every need we are the recipients of the gift of god which is eternal life through jesus christ our lord worship team could you just start playing that song of reflection and appeal tonight as we just wrap it up here but i want to ask you this evening where are you in this picture the pharisee the tax collector where do you feel you are are you lost but yet you feel within that you know what i'm okay i'm i'm good enough i don't need that divine intervention i don't need that supernatural help i don't need that in my life i'm okay maybe you feel you're good enough i want to say to you tonight that none of us are good enough all of us are in need of a savior we all need jesus can we be like that tax collector who humbly came feeling so unworthy feeling so undeserving of anything that jesus would offer but just come humbling yourself before him and say be merciful to me i need you i need you need jesus lonely confused angry depressed filled with addiction sick fearful i'm here to tell you under the authority of god's word and because of my love for you tonight i say to you that jesus is still the answer and will always be the answer some would say it's foolishness but for those of us who turn to him we know it is the power of god hallelujah jesus is the answer to this world's problems is the answer to the need in your life burdens are lifted at calvary jesus is very near would you turn to him tonight reach out to him in these moments as we sing these words together thank you jesus are known is jesus glory jesus jesus what's your name like you is is listen to this third can see here's the answer jesus is is down two he will surely the breathe please he will surely bring more you is the lord when oh pray oh glory hallelujah hallelujah what a wonderful day it was that moment in time when we accepted jesus christ and asked him into our hearts and into our lives well there's a song that i want us to our course want us to sing tonight and we ran through it just a few minutes before we went live but it's of course that i believe the lord laid on my heart for us to sing tonight and talks about the goodness of god when we're willing when we're willing to cry out to jesus when we're willing to allow him access to our lives and surrender to him he heals our body touches our minds and he saves us and he makes a change and a difference nothing that this world could ever be able to do and so here it is look what the lord has done he healed my body he touched my mind so let's sing it together each day he's just the same that's the god that we're talking about and i trust tonight that we will celebrate his goodness even as we share these words together it is e-flat all right healed my body to touch my mind please is please is is my my hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah look what the lord has done look what the lord has done come on again please uh please give the lord a handclap of praise tonight hallelujah hallelujah look what the lord has done praise god praise god now aren't you glad we did it yeah i got a feeling we'll probably do it again we'll probably do it again and again and again and again maybe yes god bless you friends and when we talk about look what the lord has done well i want to send out a congratulations tonight because we have two members of our team that are newlyweds brandon and nikki got married yesterday morning and what a day of celebration we had so son congratulations daughter-in-law nikki congratulations and it's so wonderful that we could celebrate and we thank god for bringing them together and what a joy it is to see our family continue to grow god is so good he is so good well we're going to uh sign off tonight with the course all my hope is in jesus thank god that yesterday's gone all my sins are forgiven amen and i've been washed by the blood nothing that i could ever do my righteousness would never make it i'm not that good i mess up i fail i slip but i'm thankful for the hope that is mine in jesus see while we're walking this imperfect world among all of us imperfect people we need something to carry us don't we and i'm thankful that it's the hope that i have in jesus that does it for me and you can claim that as well all my hope is in jesus for time and eternity it will never change and jesus will never fail and we can count on that hope that is ours good night friends and god bless you sing it out with us will you as we just worship the lord in these moments thank you jesus lord bless your people be with us and go with us now we pray jesus my sins are forgiven oh oh my god is are forgiven amen let's just play it through good

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