Sunday, June 14th, Michiana Chinese Christian Church
Joint English & Chinese Worship service
Joint English & Chinese Worship service
CALL TO WORSHIP:
WORSHIP: English Worship Music:
WORSHIP: English Worship Music:
O Come to the Altar ~
Elevation Worship
Worthy is the Lamb ~
Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
Before the Throne of
God Above ~ Selah
WORSHIP: Chinese Worship Music:
主祷文:
当转眼仰望耶稣:
復興我靈，醫治這地:
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
SCRIPTURE READING:
Isaiah 42: 1-9 NKJV
“Behold! My
Servant whom I uphold,
My Elect One in
whom My soul delights!
I have put My
Spirit upon Him;
He will bring
forth justice to the Gentiles.
2 He will not cry
out, nor raise His voice,
Nor cause His
voice to be heard in the street.
3 A bruised reed
He will not break,
And smoking flax
He will not quench;
He will bring
forth justice for truth.
4 He will not fail
nor be discouraged,
Till He has
established justice in the earth;
And the coastlands
shall wait for His law.”
5 Thus says God
the Lord,
Who created the
heavens and stretched them out,
Who spread forth
the earth and that which comes from it,
Who gives breath
to the people on it,
And spirit to
those who walk on it:
6 “I, the Lord,
have called You in righteousness,
And will hold Your
hand;
I will keep You
and give You as a covenant to the people,
As a light to the
Gentiles,
7 To open blind
eyes,
To bring out
prisoners from the prison,
Those who sit in
darkness from the prison house.
8 I am the Lord,
that is My name;
And My glory I
will not give to another,
Nor My praise to
carved images.
9 Behold, the
former things have come to pass,
And new things I
declare;
Before they spring
forth I tell you of them.”
SERMON:
RESTORE!
*God is declaring the work of His Son to His people.
*Rage
and bitterness are the hallmarks of these recent protests.
*Isaiah 42:22 But this is a
people robbed and plundered; All of them are snared in holes, And they are
hidden in prison houses; They are for prey, and no one delivers; For plunder,
and no one says, “Restore!”
*Godly men and women who
work in positions of authority rule with the desire to serve God and serve
others, to prosper others. Everyone is
blessed because those leaders first authority is to hear from God! Ungodly men and women seek
their own platforms for power to rule and for their own glory. And the results? People are robbed and plundered!
*Isaiah 42: 5 NKJV 5 Thus says God
the Lord,
Who created the
heavens and stretched them out,
Who spread forth
the earth and that which comes from it,
Who gives breath
to the people on it,
And spirit to
those who walk on it:
*There
is only one place we will find truth and wisdom, and that is from God Himself!!
*Mark 2: NKJV 15 Now it happened, as He was dining in Levi’s house, that many tax
collectors and sinners also sat together with Jesus and His disciples; for
there were many, and they followed Him. 16 And when the scribes and Pharisees
saw Him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, they said to His disciples,
“How is it that He eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?” 17 When Jesus heard it, He said to them,
“Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did
not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
*Jesus
gives a reason for life beyond desperation and the day to day struggle.
*The chasm between rich and poor creates a natural enmity. Enemies are created and established. Jesus breaks down those enmities and restores Hope!
*Can bitter enemies come together in peace? On Christmas Eve 1914, World War I, Scots, Belgians and French faced the German army. Thousands lay dead and dying in 'no man's land.' But on Christmas Eve, along the Western Front of the war, these
bitter enemies laid down their weapons and celebrated the birth of Jesus
together. They toasted each other, they
played football together, they sang hymns and worshipped God together. And they worked together to bury their dead. And in the morning, many of the men could no longer participate in shooting
their enemies.
*Watch
this trailer from the movie: Joyeux Noel
God
will do amazing things for us if we will turn our eyes and hearts to Him!
*The
early church lived out the love of Jesus toward one another without regard to
ethnicity or skin color.
Acts 2: 7-12 NKJV 7 Then they were
all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, “Look, are not all these who
speak Galileans? 8 And how is it that we hear, each in our own language in
which we were born? 9 Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia,
Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the
parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,
11 Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking in our own tongues the wonderful
works of God.” 12 So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another,
“Whatever could this mean?”
Acts 2: 46, 47 NKJV 46 So continuing
daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,
47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to
the church daily those who were being saved.
Acts 2: 44-45 44 Now all who
believed were together, and had all things in common, 45 and sold their
possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need.
*The Bible says that we will all sit down together at Jesus’s table in
heaven. There will be no discrimination
in heaven. *It means we must begin building friendships and relationships with people different than ourselves.
*What
God originally planned to separate the peoples of the earth at the Tower of
Babel, He now uses to bring them together in Jesus!
John 4: 34 NKJV 34 Jesus said to
them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His
work.”
*The
life that is compelled to the call and gifting of God means you hunger to
be involved, to be relevant, to make a difference that will truly transform the
lives of others. You can do it as a
doctor, or as an engineer, or as an evangelist or missionary. But do it!!
*Our
land is being plundered and destroyed by sheep who have no shepherd. And God looks around at His people, looking
for one to cry out, “RESTORE!”
Isaiah 42:22 But this is a
people robbed and plundered; All of them are snared in holes, And they are
hidden in prison houses; They are for prey, and no one delivers; For plunder,
and no one says, “Restore!”
COMMUNION:
Please prepare to take the sacrament of the bread and juice representing Jesus's body and blood.
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:
Nothing but the Blood
of Jesus ~ Sarah Hart Pearsons
English Pastor Chinese Pastor
Pastor Kevin Haislip Pastor Rocky Yang
972 800-0307 574-256-9422
vinzeig@gmail.com rockyfjf@gmail.com
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