Sunday, May 17th, Michiana Chinese Christian Church Worship service
CALL TO WORSHIP:
WORSHIP: English Worship:
WORSHIP: English Worship:
Oh
Lord, My Rock and My Redeemer
All
I Have Is Christ
Endless
Hallelujah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtzAciGlgKE
Chinese Worship:
不为明天忧虑
天父必看顾你
何等恩典
BEGIN VIDEO: English version: https://youtu.be/s4XMnc8rXE4
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
SCRIPTURE READING: Matthew 6: 25-34 NKJV
25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
SERMON:
THESE ARE THE THINGS WE WORRY ABOUT...
Some times, trouble piles on trouble in our lives.
Recent sermons ‘Red Letter Words of Jesus that Changed My Life, the actual words of Jesus are much more penetrating and compelling.
Paul writes in Philippians 4: 4-7 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
But Jesus says in Matthew 6: 25, 26 25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life… ….Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
But Jesus speaks to each of us personally in Matthew 28: 19, 20:
19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you;”
In Matthew 12: 33-37, Jesus tells us our mouths reveal what is in our hearts:
34 Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. ...37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Do we proclaim the glory of the Lord and our complete trust in Him no matter how bleak our circumstances appear to us.
John 11: 4 ...“This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
And John 11: 40 “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?”
What do we expect out of life if we fear the worst? Is our desire to see God’s glory in our situation, OR, do we instead cling to the reality that Lazarus is dead, and our situation is just as bleak! We should be proclaiming God’s glory in all situations!
**When a man’s chief business is to serve and please the Lord, ALL his circumstances become his servants!” Robert Chapman
Romans 8: 26—28 28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
I personally believe we are living in Biblical times today!
Revelation 12: 12 12 Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”
James 1: 22-25 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
No matter what circumstances you face, set your mind and your hearts on Jesus and His Kingdom!
Recent sermons ‘Red Letter Words of Jesus that Changed My Life, the actual words of Jesus are much more penetrating and compelling.
Paul writes in Philippians 4: 4-7 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
But Jesus says in Matthew 6: 25, 26 25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life… ….Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
When
I read Jesus’s words:
40 And the King will
answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one
of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
When
the Apostle John writes in
16 By this we know
love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our
lives for the brethren. 17 But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his
brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God
abide in him? But Jesus speaks to each of us personally in Matthew 28: 19, 20:
19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you;”
In Matthew 12: 33-37, Jesus tells us our mouths reveal what is in our hearts:
34 Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. ...37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Do we proclaim the glory of the Lord and our complete trust in Him no matter how bleak our circumstances appear to us.
John 11: 4 ...“This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
And John 11: 40 “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?”
What do we expect out of life if we fear the worst? Is our desire to see God’s glory in our situation, OR, do we instead cling to the reality that Lazarus is dead, and our situation is just as bleak! We should be proclaiming God’s glory in all situations!
**When a man’s chief business is to serve and please the Lord, ALL his circumstances become his servants!” Robert Chapman
“It
is not great talents God blesses so much as great likeness to Jesus. A holy Christian
is a powerful instrument in the hand of God.”
Hope
and faith and love comes from a deep seated relationship with our Lord, a
personal relationship that knows Him and follows every word He uttered and
continues to utter to us through the Holy Spirit.
When trouble is all about, when it seems to you that worry is the only
course of action, DON’T WORRY!! Romans 8: 26—28 28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
I personally believe we are living in Biblical times today!
Hear
the words of Jesus in Matthew 24:
30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Revelation 12: 10, 11 10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and
strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come,
for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night,
has been cast down. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by
the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Revelation 12: 12 12 Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”
James 1: 22-25 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
No matter what circumstances you face, set your mind and your hearts on Jesus and His Kingdom!
BENEDICTION:
16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 in everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not despise prophecies. 21 Test all things; hold fast what is good. 22 Abstain from every form of evil.
23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.
1st Thessalonians 5: 16-28 NKJV
Lord, make us more like you, to be people who seek to hear from you and to be obedient to your will in our lives. In Jesus name, Amen!
RESPONDING HYMN:
Hallelujah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC1Nvn4Bk0YEnglish Pastor Chinese Pastor
Pastor Kevin Haislip Pastor Rocky Yang
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