***SUNDAY EDITION***
I brought a dozen Rice Krispy Treats for the Hospitality table
I brought a dozen Rice Krispy Treats for the Hospitality table
this morning and they were gone before service began!
I quickly replaced the empty plates with cheap frosted oatmeal cookies,
and the package was gone by the end of church.
Saw a kid stuffing his pockets. Lol. Feeling blessed!
-Lydia J.
I greeted a man this morning who had just commented to his wife,
"I hate meeting new people."
Having been the "New girl" too many times, I can totally sympathize!
Going to a church where everyone seems to know the next fellow can be intimadating.
Don't worry about forgetting names
or be afraid to say hello to new faces: GO FOR IT!!
MORNING WORSHIP:
EVERLASTING GOD- Jeremy Camp
COME THOU FOUNT- David Crowder Band
BIG IDEA 
God's strategy to change the world is you.
God's strategy to change the world is you.
God wants to say three things to you:
1# GET UP!
John 5:2-14 NIV
2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie--the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. 4 a ( From time to time an angel of the Lord would come down and stir up the waters. The first one into the pool after each such disturbance would be cured of whatever disease they had. -Some manuscripts include here, wholly or in part, paralyzed— and they waited for the moving of the waters-).
1# GET UP!
John 5:2-14 NIV
2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie--the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. 4 a ( From time to time an angel of the Lord would come down and stir up the waters. The first one into the pool after each such disturbance would be cured of whatever disease they had. -Some manuscripts include here, wholly or in part, paralyzed— and they waited for the moving of the waters-).
5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6
When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this
condition for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?" 7
"Sir," the invalid replied, "I have no one to help me into the pool
when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else
goes down ahead of me."
8 Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk." 9 At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,
10 and so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat." 11 But he replied, "The man who made me well said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.' " 12 So they asked him, "Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?" 13 The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there. 14 Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you."
Jesus shows Compassion! He Went to the needy.
8 Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk." 9 At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,
10 and so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat." 11 But he replied, "The man who made me well said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.' " 12 So they asked him, "Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?" 13 The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there. 14 Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you."
Jesus shows Compassion! He Went to the needy.
Legalism kills compassion (the Pharisees).
At His Word...
Jesus is:
Great in power,
Deep in knowledge,
Moved with compassion.
Moved with compassion.
2# Pick up your Bed/ Mat!
Sometimes we get comfortable with our disease/issues;
Embrace Jesus and his healing power in your life!
3# Go get a Rope!
Mark 2:1-12 NIV
1 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 So many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. 4 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus and, after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."
6 Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves,
7 "Why does this fellow talk like that? He's blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" 8 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, "Why are you thinking these things? 9 Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, take your mat and walk'? 10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins . . . ." He said to the paralytic, 11 "I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home." 12 He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone
1 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 So many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. 4 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus and, after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."
6 Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves,
7 "Why does this fellow talk like that? He's blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" 8 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, "Why are you thinking these things? 9 Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, take your mat and walk'? 10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins . . . ." He said to the paralytic, 11 "I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home." 12 He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone
and they praised God, saying, "We have never seen
anything like this!"
Your place of : Brokenness
becomes your greatest : Strength
We are called to bring people to the water or through the roof... when they are ready.
Jesus FORGAVE before seeing to their PHYSICAL NEEDS.
HERE is what we believe-
God wants to make you: WHOLE
and make you: RADICAL
becomes your greatest : Strength
We are called to bring people to the water or through the roof... when they are ready.
Jesus FORGAVE before seeing to their PHYSICAL NEEDS.
HERE is what we believe-
God wants to make you: WHOLE
and make you: RADICAL
ENDING SONG:
THIS IS AMAZING GRACE- Phil Wickham
"YOU LAID DOWN YOUR LIFE
THAT I WOULD BE
SET FREE!"
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