Sunday, July 19th, Michiana Chinese Christian Church Chinese | English Worship service

Sunday, July 19th, Michiana Chinese Christian Church
Chinese | English Worship service

Chinese Worship and Service: click here: http://mcccin.org/
Sunday school Materials for the Youth and for Children:  https://mccc2020youth.blogspot.com/

CALL TO WORSHIP:

WORSHIP:  ENGLISH WORSHIP MUSIC:

As the Deer Panteth for the Water

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSZWogD0AH4&list=TLPQMDkwNzIwMjAEqgSzYkKWlA&index=2

10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) ~ Matt Redman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXDGE_lRI0E

You Raise Me Up ~ Westlife 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7tGUNVrqPs

BEGIN PRAYER | SCRIPTURE | SERMON VIDEO LINKS:   
English version: click here>  https://youtu.be/buplomxoIF8

Chinese version: click here> http://mcccin.org/

CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER

SCRIPTURE READING:       

Matthew 21: 28-32   NKJV

28 “But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go, work today in my vineyard.’ 29 He answered and said, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he regretted it and went. 30 Then he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, ‘I go, sir,’ but he did not go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father?”

They said to Him, “The first.”

Jesus said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but tax collectors and harlots believed him; and when you saw it, you did not afterward relent and believe him.

                           

SERMON:

The Immeasurable Bond of God's Love!

*Proprioceptive, the bonds of relationship of individuals, bound together in an empathetic, or caring and trusting relationship. 
*Schools teach you the world’s ways to help you succeed in life.  At graduation, you get a job and begin to build your life on the world’s paradigms:  Success and wealth and promotion.  Fitting into the culture.  We become machines: put in certain criterion and out comes the desired result.  

*Truth is, we live lives that wither like the grass and blow away in the wind.  There is always someone else ready to step in and take our place.  

*The world’s paradigms do not fulfill the major issues we face in life.

belonging | purpose | meaning

Do I belong?  What is my purpose in life? What is the meaning of life?
*Belonging, purpose and meaning.  All of these are met in our relationship to Jesus Christ and are not fulfilled anywhere else.  Not in Hinduism, or Buddhism, or Islam or in our respective cultures of Chinese and American.
*The recent race riots have shown us is that many people do not feel like they ‘belong,’ or receive respect and dignity in this world.  
*Jesus invites us to come to Him in truth, where we find in Jesus Christ that place where we truly belong.  He calls us His children and He promises us He has set a place for you and for me at His table! 
*The Psalmist cries out?  Are we here just to suffer and then die, as many today ask? 

4 Sing praise to the Lord, you saints of His,

And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.

11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;

You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,

12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent.

O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.  Psalm 30

*Our purpose is to sing praise to the Lord.  That will seem very
unfulfilling to many, but to those of us who know the power and purpose of praise, we find ourselves in the middle of some truly great things, because He leads us in His paths of righteousness.  *When we praise God, we open ourselves up to infinite possibilities, eternal possibilities that only God can lead us in.  Our own praise of the Lord, God leads us into His realm, His Kingdom work which has eternal treasure.
*We have meaning because God created us!  Because God loves us and wants us to desire a relationship with Him, the God of all creation.
*Are we here just to suffer and then die, as many today ask?  No!  The book of Job answers that question completely and thoroughly and powerfully!  Job is left to wonder at the greatness of God!

*Are we here to simply prosper and then pass on our wealth to another?  We are here to pass on the treasures of God to our children, to our youth, to our friends and neighbors, we have been involved in an eternal work that has an eternal harvest in God’s kingdom.  We have passed on life and love and liberty to walk as Christ leads us!
*Only in Jesus do we find our true identity, our proprioceptive bonds.  Because only in Jesus do we find overwhelming love and acceptance and a reason for being.
*the Psalmist expresses his joy in the Lord:

       2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord,

And in His law he meditates day and night.  Psalm 1

3 But You, O Lord, are a shield for me,

My glory and the One who lifts up my head.

4 I cried to the Lord with my voice,

And He heard me from His holy hill. Selah  Psalm 3

8 Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies;

Make Your way straight before my face.  Psalm 5

11 But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You;

Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them;

Let those also who love Your name

Be joyful in You.  Psalm 5

17 I will praise the Lord according to His righteousness,

And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.  Psalm 7

1  O Lord, our Lord,

How excellent is Your name in all the earth,

Who have set Your glory above the heavens!  Psalm 8

I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart;

I will tell of all Your marvelous works.

2 I will be glad and rejoice in You;

I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.  Psalm 9

15 As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness;

I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness.  Psalm 17

I will love You, O Lord, my strength.

2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;

My God, my strength, in whom I will trust;

My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;

So shall I be saved from my enemies.  Psalm 18

The heavens declare the glory of God;

And the firmament shows His handiwork.

2 Day unto day utters speech,

And night unto night reveals knowledge.

3 There is no speech nor language

Where their voice is not heard.

4 Their line has gone out through all the earth,

And their words to the end of the world.  Psalm 19

The Lord is my shepherd;

I shall not want.

2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures;

He leads me beside the still waters.

3 He restores my soul;

He leads me in the paths of righteousness

For His name’s sake.  Psalm 23

The Lord is my light and my salvation;

Whom shall I fear?

The Lord is the strength of my life;

Of whom shall I be afraid?  Psalm 27

4 One thing I have desired of the Lord,

That will I seek:

That I may dwell in the house of the Lord

All the days of my life,

To behold the beauty of the Lord,

And to inquire in His temple.  Psalm 27

As the deer pants for the water brooks,

So pants my soul for You, O God.

2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.

When shall I come and appear before God?  Psalm 42

And on and on, the Psalmist writes...
*Even the Centurion at the foot of Jesus's cross:

54 So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”  Matthew 27

*Is this the cry of your own heart toward God?  Do you proclaim Him no matter what your circumstances?  Is the cry of your heart and life to shout His glory, to thirst for Him and His presence always?

*Who do you say He is??!!?  Peter answers that in John 6:

68 But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 Also we have come to believe and know

that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”  John 6

*Where is your life’s treasure? Jesus asks us in Luke 12:

32 “Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell what you have and give alms; provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.  Luke 12

*We need to walk the talk, to say ‘Yes!’ to God!  
*Eternity is found only in Christ Jesus!  
*God wants us to be bound to Him in His compassion and empathy toward us so that we will trust Him fully!

*Are you spending time with Him in prayer and meditation on His Word?  Do you even pick up your Bibles through the week?  What is the treasure of your life?  Who do you say that Jesus is?

*Jesus calls us to say ‘Yes’ to God in all situations and obey Him only.  

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

This is the Air I Breath ~ Michael W. Smith 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEDcKZB7r2A

English Pastor                                                Chinese Pastor
Pastor Kevin Haislip                               Pastor Rocky Yang
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