Sunday, July 12th, Michiana Chinese Christian Church
Chinese | English Worship service
Chinese | English Worship service
CALL TO WORSHIP:
WORSHIP: ENGLISH WORSHIP MUSIC:
WORSHIP: ENGLISH WORSHIP MUSIC:
As
the Deer Panteth for the Water
You
are My All in All
You
Raise Me Up ~ Westlife
BEGIN PRAYER | SCRIPTURE | SERMON VIDEO LINKS:
English version: click here> https://youtu.be/Luxs8wy3Xbg
English version: click here> https://youtu.be/Luxs8wy3Xbg
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
SCRIPTURE READING:
Matthew 13: 44, 45 | Matthew 22: 35-40
44 “Again, the
kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and
hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
45 “Again, the
kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, 46 who, when he
had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought
it. Matthew 13: 44, 45 NKJV
35 Then one of
them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36 “Teacher,
which is the great commandment in the law?”
37 Jesus said to him,
“‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and
with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the
second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 On these two
commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.” Matthew 22: 35-40 NKJV
SERMON:
The First & Greatest Commandment!
*We are in a new season of life with a new and different normal than just a year ago. Freedoms and pleasures we enjoyed last year are different today.
*Purpose of gathering together as a church is to worship God together, to be taught, for fellowship and community, to be encouraged and equipped.
*John 13:34-35 NKJV - A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
*Trust and Belief is a present active participle faith that has to be lived out with shoe leather. You cannot know how to walk it out unless you go to Him who knows!
*‘We love the church!’ It is God’s idea that God’s people be living together in community engaged in loving each other and reaching out into our communities with the Good News of Jesus!
*We are the church!
*Elder Dew and the deacons are in discussion right now about the steps we need to take to reopen the church. But we must not assume that the only issues we face are social distancing concerns and if we are to wear a mask or not. We must understand that there are even greater issues we face as a church body.
*Why do we continue to think this life is all there is?
*Like Moses, we must look to the reward! To keep our eyes on eternity!
*Do you think the Bible, God’s Word is completely out of step with our current cultures around the world, and therefore is wrong? “…What we know now is not what was known then.”
*Hebrews 13:8, 9 NKJV: 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 9 Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.
*God is the same today as He was the day He created and placed Adam and Eve in the garden. Mankind changes. God never changes.
*The Bible is completely relevant today in our 21st century world just because of who its author is, God! God’s Word brings peace in our own hearts and lives in the midst of chaos, forgiveness in the midst of betrayal, hope in a time of confusion and expresses God’s love for us through it all!
*If there is anything we as a congregation should concern ourselves with is our love for God. God is moving us to a new place in our lives. He wants to redefine in our lives to focus on what is most important, to set our eyes on the eternal.
*John 14:16 NKJV: And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—
*“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.”
*It begins with prayer!! Ask God to work in your life to abandon a spirit of religious behavior, and replace it with His heart to love, to unconditionally love others and to serve them as Christ does.
*Purpose of gathering together as a church is to worship God together, to be taught, for fellowship and community, to be encouraged and equipped.
*John 13:34-35 NKJV - A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
*Trust and Belief is a present active participle faith that has to be lived out with shoe leather. You cannot know how to walk it out unless you go to Him who knows!
*‘We love the church!’ It is God’s idea that God’s people be living together in community engaged in loving each other and reaching out into our communities with the Good News of Jesus!
*We are the church!
*Elder Dew and the deacons are in discussion right now about the steps we need to take to reopen the church. But we must not assume that the only issues we face are social distancing concerns and if we are to wear a mask or not. We must understand that there are even greater issues we face as a church body.
*Why do we continue to think this life is all there is?
*Like Moses, we must look to the reward! To keep our eyes on eternity!
*Do you think the Bible, God’s Word is completely out of step with our current cultures around the world, and therefore is wrong? “…What we know now is not what was known then.”
*Hebrews 13:8, 9 NKJV: 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 9 Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.
*God is the same today as He was the day He created and placed Adam and Eve in the garden. Mankind changes. God never changes.
*The Bible is completely relevant today in our 21st century world just because of who its author is, God! God’s Word brings peace in our own hearts and lives in the midst of chaos, forgiveness in the midst of betrayal, hope in a time of confusion and expresses God’s love for us through it all!
*If there is anything we as a congregation should concern ourselves with is our love for God. God is moving us to a new place in our lives. He wants to redefine in our lives to focus on what is most important, to set our eyes on the eternal.
*John 14:16 NKJV: And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—
*“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.”
*It begins with prayer!! Ask God to work in your life to abandon a spirit of religious behavior, and replace it with His heart to love, to unconditionally love others and to serve them as Christ does.
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: ENGLISH
Open the Eyes of My Heart
Open the Eyes of My Heart
English Pastor Chinese Pastor
Pastor Kevin Haislip Pastor Rocky Yang
972 800-0307 574-256-9422
vinzeig@gmail.com rockyfjf@gmail.com
Pastor Kevin Haislip Pastor Rocky Yang
972 800-0307 574-256-9422
vinzeig@gmail.com rockyfjf@gmail.com
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