July 7, 2024 ~ Trust the Master Builder ~ Rev. Ed Burns

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e e e e e e e e e e baby good morning and thank you for coming to the message Community Church and we welcome you and welcome the folks online as well uh our pastor preached about ultimate Freedom last week and of course we celebrated uh the Fourth of July and I'm so glad that Christ Jesus is the one who sets us free says if we he sets us free and we're free free indeed so if you know the song I'm free we're going to sing that this morning um and you can stand if you feel like you can stand that would be [Music] great so long I search for [Music] by the world my the of my my love for the I will I'm free from the fear of tomor free from theil of the for I tra my shack for a glor i the Lord free and I'm free from the GU that I car from the set free for Jesus he [Music] complete he for the foolish child I to [Music] I tomorrow I free from the the for I tra in my sh for a glorious free praise the [Music] Lorde for our TR by sh for a glorious s I'm free praise the Lord [Music] and thank you Lord for saing my soul thank you Lord for making me than you Lord for to my great Sal so [Music] richk you for my soul than you for making [Music] me you for [Music] to th great Sal so rich and I am so glad that when I was 10 years old I accepted the Lord as my savior and uh I've trusted him at that time and uh even though I was so young I mean I'm still learning I'm still learning how to trust Jesus with everything and I've had my ups and downs and my my mistakes or failures or whatever but the Lord is there and he forgives us and I'm thankful for that I'm thankful for the way that we can trust Jesus with everything don't get ahead of him I've learned to do that not to get ahead of him and not to do things my own way I'm still trusting I'm still learning to trust we're going to sing now is so sweet to trust in Jesus [Music] to take him his word to ra upon his Pro J the the Jesus Jesus I ande for trust him [Music] to in [Music] Jesus Jesus Jus how I trust how I and jusus [Music] Jesus and to [Music] and joy [Music] andus I trust him I Pro him more and Jesus Jesus preious Jesus for to [Music] trust so I learn to prous saor and I know that he is with me be with jusus [Music] TR [Music] Jesus to [Music] have you learned to do that today have you learned to trust the Lord well about three of us have and that's okay we'll get there amen I am so glad all of you are here this morning in the house of the Lord I know we have a number of people on vacation and then out with surgeries and and different things but I am glad you are here today uh and just because it's the summer what some call the summer slump doesn't mean we have to be slumped in our Spirits amen amen we can be joyful and we can rejoice in the god of our Salvation because no matter who is here or who is not here Jesus is here this morning with us and that's who we're rejoicing that's who we're celebrating today amen amen I am so glad again all of you are here with us in the house of the Lord uh those watching online thank you so much for being a part of our online service this morning uh just a few quick announcements of some things going on uh don't forget that this week is our uh uh time of prayer and fasting so encouraging you all uh in that this week also uh on Monday uh tomorrow uh evening at 6: uh is the memorial service for Teresa Jordan so uh please be much in prayer for the family uh for that visitation from 6:00 to 6:45 and then the service at 6:45 so I just encourage everyone to pray for the family uh there and then also on Tuesday um our young at heart uh have their outing and then also Tuesday evening at 6:30 is the time of prayer here in the sanctuary so it's a busy week uh we do have service this Wednesday night but uh it's a busy week but God still in control and we're just going to trust him with it amen amen amen and so um uh if you've not already uh please get a uh weekly message at the back of the church also our women's Ministries uh monthly newsletter is is back there as well so get that something I do want to put on your radar just so you can kind of be preparing for it on Sunday uh August 11th at 5:30 is the Global Outreach service at the conference uh it's always a great time encourage everybody who wants to go to that just encourage you to make plans to go to that uh Dr Mark Rutland will be speaking and then again it's our Global Outreach service our goal for Global Outreach this year as a conference uh is $350,000 and so I believe the Lord can help us get there uh and so which me leads to this that if you've not had the chance to give and you've not given to Global Outreach this year I encourage you to do that uh between now and uh the 11th we'll be taking our offering on that day as well for that so just encourage everybody in that we want to go to the Lord in prayer this morning and take our request of the Lord have several uh that again need a touch of the Lord uh this morning those uh that have had surgery uh Sheila and Tina we want to remember them uh let's also remember um Glenna in our prayers she fell yesterday uh and needs just a touch with the Lord this morning let's also again remember Teresa Jordan's family uh and all of uh her family um this morning um as well as those traveling and this again it's that vacation time where there's a lot of traveling and things happening so uh just remember all of those things maybe this morning you have an unspoken prayer request you'd like to signify with a raised hand amen several of those today let's go to the Lord Lord in prayer this morning lift our voices together in prayer father we love you God we're so thankful for you today God there is nothing like you there's nobody like you there's nobody that compares to you God you are so so good to us God you are gracious gracious and Lord you are merciful and Lord this morning we come to you with Humble Hearts recognizing and knowing that you are in control of everything God I ask today that you meet these needs those who are recovering from surgery those experiencing loss you're a God who heals you're a God who comforts God you're you you are a God who who does exceedingly abundantly above anything we could ever ask think or imagine and so this morning we just ask that you touch here that God you Minister among us today that father you do the work that only you can do that you strengthen us and you encourage us and Lord when we leave this morning help us to leave rejoicing and celebrating the god of our Salvation this morning Jesus we pray that you'll be exalted we take authority over anything that would try and come against the service today Lord I just ple the blood of Christ and Lord we ask today that here this morning you would would touch let our hearts be open to you to receive from you those things you have for us to receive and Lord today we'll thank you for that God we'll praise you for it in Jesus name amen and amen amen amen now now I'm not going to forget this week like I did last week I'm going to ask our ushers to come uh we want to take up our tithe and our offerings while they're coming let me encourage you this morning uh in giving you've been so faith F to give uh and just encourage you in continuing to give uh because you'll never give more than what God can give back to you amen uh and then giving is an act of worship uh it it's just how we worship the Lord another way that we worship the Lord this morning amen Michelle would would you bless our offering this morning [Music] support and I every [Music] the no matter what pain deep I'm standing on [Music] the I'm stand the [Music] Wes I'm standing [Music] [Music] theid alone withfor the of the now with word to guide me from tempt me I'm standing on the I'm stand [Music] on theck now [Music] I'm by [Music] close our foundation so [Music] I'm standing on [Music] Stand Rock of [Music] every standing [Music] Christ sing ground sinking My Hope Is buil Jus and dare not [Music] trly Jesus name Christ Shing [Music] amen you believe that this morning all of the ground is sinking sand but Christ on the Sol he's the solid rock and I can stand on that Foundation amen amen you love the Lord this morning amen I'm in love love with Christ today knowing that he's in control of everything uh knowing that he's got it all in his hand and I don't have to do anything but just trust him amen amen all right I need everybody to do me something do me a favor okay all right take two fingers put them here and push up there we go that's so much better you look better doing that this morning amen amen amen uh amen well this morning uh if you will uh look with me in your Bibles to the book of Psalm chapter 127 uh verses uh just read verses 1 and two this morning Psalm 127 veres 1 and two uh this morning I'm going to share with you uh about trust the master builder uh now if you can look around this morning you see it's a little different up here I don't normally have stuff up here but uh we'll talk more about these uh here in a minute but um um yeah these are uh this this is our hobby as a family uh and so look with me in the book of Psalm chapter 127 ver one and two here's what the word of the Lord says from the New Living Translation uh unless the Lord builds a house uh the work of the builders is wasted unless the Lord protects a city uh guarding guarding it with centuries will do no good it is useless for you to work so hard uh from from early morning until late at night anxiously working for food to eat for God gives rest to his loved ones may God add blessings on the reading of his word this morning um so I do have a confession to make today um I have an obsession have something that we kindly well it borders on almost being no it's not unhealthy it's a great Obsession um and we we as a family um we enjoy putting together Lego sets uh as you can see here uh we've got them displayed for you this morning um this one here right in front of me the DeLorean um it lights up W I don't know if you can see this on camera but it lights up the flux capacitor lights up on it it's amazing uh and so uh all of these here we have put together ourselves uh either individually or corporately as a family these are Williams over here the space shuttle and the Saturn 5 and the um let's see what um the Statue of Liberty um we did that one I did the White House here and just all these different ones this one over here though uh the well we've got the uh um the Captain America shield Sarah did that one it's pretty cool then in the back here we've got got some succulents in a bonsai tree Susie did uh this one over here on the piano though that one's like the coolest one you know why it's coolest because it has the most pieces 6,167 individually placed pieces the the ceiling tiles individually placed the the the leaves on the tree individually place it's an amazing thing it's the it's the um Castle um the elf and castle from uh um Lord of the Rings uh so just a great just a just a a great Obsession in fact um back at Christmas Susie's brother uh and his family bought for us tickets to um Lego fest Legos FanFest in Raleigh a couple weeks ago and so we took out on a Saturday morning and that's where we went and we've got some great pictures if you've never listen I don't know if Legos is your thing or not but if you ever get a chance to go to a FanFest just go uh you'll see some amazing artwork uh that these people do and what they put together and um just it's it's just absolutely amazing uh what they do and so um but back at Christmas um this past year I was putting together a set I don't remember which one it was um but I was sitting there and I was thinking about this I don't I don't know if you know this about Legos but Legos has these people and they are called Master Builders now when you get these sets there come in a box uh and they have bags numbered bags um and there all the pieces for that you need are in that one bag you start with one and go through however many um and this come with this book okay and in this book is a step byep guide and if you follow this book then you'll come together and you'll put together the DeLorean or the white house or the Statue of Liberty and but the pro the thing is though when you're putting these together and you're doing these all these little things sometimes it doesn't make sense sometimes you put this together and then you have to set it to the side and put something else together and then you set that to the side and then you come back and they somehow they work together you put the pieces together in fact the the castle over here actually is three separate books three separate builds and then at the end you put them all together it's very amazing the detail that goes into these things is amazing we were talking before church uh that you used to when you did a Lego set it was like a you couldn't tell what it was really uh it looked I mean it maybe you could but but the detail they put into these now and these Master Builders man they they spend hours upon hours upon hours developing and thinking through now I enjoy putting them putting them together but I don't want to develop them because of the detail that is there and all that it takes my mind works somewhat that way but not completely that way and but if you follow these books and you follow the process through then the end of it you get what you see in front of you this morning and as I was thinking about this and I was putting together I think it was putting together putting together the DeLorean um I I was talking I was like man this doesn't make sense what's because I know what the end product is supposed to be but I couldn't figure out how they were going to put all this together and it just struck me that I I've got to trust the process I've got to trust that the master builder knows what he's doing and this morning I want to share with you about the process I want to share with you about trusting the master builder because I know the end this morning I know what's coming at the end and there's times in life when life just doesn't make sense there are times in life when I'm looking around and I'm thinking God I don't see how you're going to take this and this and they're going to go together and it's going to make something Beautiful Lord I don't know how you're going to do that so this morning I do want to share with you about trusting the master builder and just like I have to trust the master builder with the Lego sets I've got to trust the master builder with my life so this morning we're going to start by talking about the process is different excuse me is difficult the process you go through is difficult I think about these sets this morning and and and believe it or not now I just finished this Castle we just finished it last night uh I I really pushed through and I really wanted to have it ready for this morning so it was arduous at times there were times as we were putting it together that that see all those little ceiling tiles are on there individually the leaves on all the trees are on there individually and some my thumbs hurt this morning a little bit I'm not going to lie from pushing pieces together and I think about the process of life and I'm thinking about that there are days in serving the lord that it's a difficult day Pals in comparison I mean I think about putting Legos together how saying they're difficult but I think about the difficulties of life and think that man there are some days that are just they're awful they're difficult days and there's days in serving the lord that we're going to have difficult days in fact Paul talks about that in his writings 2 Corinthians chapter 11 he says this uh are they Servants of Christ I know I sound like a mad man but I have served him far more I've worked harder been put in prison more often been whipped to times without number and Fa death again and again and he goes on and he list all the things that he went through that he was beaten that he was stoned that he was left for dead that he was Shipwrecked and he floated a day and a night in the sea until he was rescued and he says after he lists all that he says and on top of that I carry a deep concern for the church I think Paul had some difficult days do you I think Paul went through some difficulties and I think he he had some bad days in Galatians chapter 6 and verse 17 he says from now on don't let anyone trouble me with these things for I bear on my body the scars that show I belong to Jesus he even talks at one time about a thorn in the flesh a messenger of Satan sent to Buffet him sent to antagonize him sent to irritate him but Paul said that that that he'll boast in his his infirmities so that the power of Christ can rest upon him it's how Paul handled his difficult days and here's the reality this morning is that we're all going to have a bad day every now and then there's going to be days when you don't want to get out of bed there's going to be days when can I just wow can I just like share this morning you know I think about Sundays and and and those those those times when on the on the calendar when I know attendance is going to be low just because it's what it is it's after a holiday or the summer or or around different things and and those are the days that that that I I think Lord and those are the days where the enemy loves to jump on me and be like look what you're doing this all you got you can't even you can't even get people to come to church the reality is I can't ever get anybody to come to church you got to make your own choices you've got to make your own decisions about coming to church or not coming to church CH see your difficulties are this and you're going to have a bad day you're going to have difficulties in life the question is how are you going to handle those difficulties how are you going to deal with that because here's the reality this morning church not every day is a bad day not every day is a bad day you say well but I've had a lot of bad days yeah we all have but there will be some good days there will be there will be days when everything goes right you know we don't hear about those much do we we don't hear about those days where everything goes right as much as we do about the days when everything goes wrong because the days that go right well sometimes they're not as funny as the days when everything goes wrong the reality is is this morning is that in those days where everything goes right and when you're having good days in those days rest in those days rejoice in those days recuperate one of the worst things you can do a grave mistake you could make is to never rest and when you have a good day just just rejoice in that good day and know that God brought you to this point yes he brought you through all the difficulty yes he you came through all those and today is a good day here's the reality you're going to have bad days you're going to have difficult days but here's also the reality is that not every day will be a bad day Weeping endures for a night but but joy comes in the morning and you the psalmist is just letting us know that not every day will be a bad day and no matter if it's a good day or if it's a bad day you've got to know this this morning that Jesus is with you on the good days Jesus is with you on the bad days Jesus is with you when you feel alone Jesus is with you when you feel like you're on the Mountaintop it's because Jesus is with you the process we go through in Life Church is difficult you know this I'm not telling you anything you don't know the process we go through in life is difficult and and and we don't always understand why we're going through the things we're going through we don't always understand why things are like they are but Jesus is always with us Church Jesus is always there on the good day and on the Bad Day when life reaches up and smacks you in the face Jesus is with you when the enemy brushes in like a flood Jesus is with you when Satan's attacks come from every side Jesus is with you when we don't know which way to turn it is Jesus who is with us saying this is the way walk in it when the process is difficult this morning when the process of your life is difficult trust the master builder because he knows the beginning from the end and all points in between the process is difficult but when we trust the master builder we recognize that he designed the process and help you he he will be the one who helps you through it recognize this morning the process is difficult do you know what else about the process process the process is also different I look at these sets here and although there are things about them that are similar there's actually some parts on some of these sets that are used on multiple different ones you go through some of the same steps I mean you open up the box there's nothing like for me there's nothing like sitting there looking at that opening up the box and setting out all the pieces in front of me it's wonderful but I also know that everyone is different have a different end although there's some things that are similar about them they all have a different end they have a different process sometimes because you've got you're doing different things you're doing things you're coming up with a different end product there's times when we just got to realize that what it tell took to get you to the Lord may not be what it's going to take to get somebody else to the Lord can I take that a step further and just say this this morning that what God us where we are won't get us where we're going well got us where we are is not going to get us where we're going you see this morning the process is different for everybody this relationship with Christ that it can be I mean there's a lot of similarities but it's different you say why is it different well some people are more stubborn than others look at your neighbor and say he's talking about you some people are more stubborn than others some people they just don't listen it's not me I listen most of the time we have those days when when when when man we struggle with the listening thing and we know God wants us to do something and and we're like ah but God I I this and or I that and and God's like no just listen to me and do what I tell you to do everybody is you everybody is different we get there different ways so sometimes and when I say we get there different ways I'm not talking about how we get to Christ there's only one way to Christ or one way to the father and that's through Christ I'm not talking about that some of us have more struggles than others and it has nothing to do with the Enemy it has everything to do with us because we refuse to listen sometimes that process what you go through may not be what somebody else has to go through but what somebody else has to go through you didn't have to go through everybody is different but you know what this morning it is your uniqueness that makes you who you are let me say that again it is your uniqueness that makes you who you are your uniqueness is what God can use to minister to some people that others cannot minister to it's your uniqueness this morning that you are fearfully and wonderfully made by the almighty God that you were fearfully and created wonderfully created just like you are God intended you to be who you are and that's why he created you like he created you you have a purpose God has a plan for your life and we must trust the master builder and serve him enough to know what his plan for our life is you see this morning every person has a crisis moment they have this moment where they have to decide they're brought to this point of decision of whether or not they will decide they're going to decide whether or not they're going to serve the Lord or not people I mean every person is brought to that point and the Lord may be bringing some you or somebody online this morning the Lord may be bringing you to that point that you've got to decide you've got to make up in your mind who you will serve I'm reminded of what Joshua said standing there just before they crossed over into the promised land and he says you can go back uh and serve the gods of your forefathers in Egypt or you can serve the Lord you you have to decide he said but as for me in my house we will serve the Lord we're going to serve the Lord no matter what this morning church does it matter I I've joked but you know you know I kind of gave my kids it was the same choice that my parents gave me growing up you can choose this morning you can serve the Lord or if you choose you can serve the Lord but as for me and my house we're going to serve the Lord as long as you live at my house don't care how old you are if you live at my house you're going to serve the Lord why because that's what we do and you've got to choose today every person is brought to this crisis moment this moment where you decide you know the Bible is plain about it in Proverbs Chapter 14 there is a path before each person that seems right but it's end it it ends excuse me it ends in death laughter can conceal a heavy heart but when the laughter ends the grief remains backsliders get what they deserve good people receive their reward only simpletons believe everything they're told The Prudent carefully consider their steps the wise are cautious and avoid it danger but fools plunge ahead with Reckless confidence did you catch what the word of the Lord said there's a path that seems right to man but it's it ends in death in other words don't choose that path he goes on to list other things that are going to happen if you choose that path don't choose the path that seems right to man Jesus follows that up in Matthew 7 he says you can enter God's kingdom only through the narrow gate the highway to hell is Broad in its gate is wide for the many who choose that way but the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult and only a few ever find it can I tell you this morning church we all come to this point of a crisis decision and we've got to decide who we're going to serve the choice is entirely up to you are you going to serve the Lord or are you going to choose the Broadway are you going to choose the way that leads to life and everlasting life or you going to lead the and choose the path that leads to death and destruction the choice is yours as I read the scriptures I find that I find that there are proving circumstances a Proving Ground if you will where people have to decide once you've chosen to serve the Lord you know what the enemy loves to do the enemy loves to come in and attack you the enemy loves to come in and try and and try and and tear you down and tear you away and pull you away from Christ but in the scriptures you find these proving circumstances where where people have to decide and it's one of two things it's either a moral conundrum if you will a position they're put in and they have to make a moral decision think David and basba think about Saul or balum or in the New Testament Deus who left Paul loving this present World they had a moral decision to make they had this moral crisis and they had to choose what they're going to do unfortunately for many of them they chose wrong David did Saul did Bam did Deus did they all chose wrong but but the other thing is the other proving circumstance is Trials and difficulty think job think of the prophets many of them did nothing wrong in fact they did nothing wrong but they still went through difficulty there already serving the lord but they had difficulty can I tell you this morning there will be difficult days the process for everybody is different you may be faced with a moral conundrum you may be faced with some kind of spiritual attack or some kind of other attack and it may look different for everybody but the reality is this morning if you'll trust the master builder if you'll just trust the Lord this morning if you'll just trust the process that is difficult some days that is different for everybody if you'll just trust that the master builder knows if you'll just trust him then the end is certain for you because here's the reality this morning the process is difficult the process is different but the process is also definite you see as I pull out these sets and I look at them and again one of the greatest things for me you can ask the kids when they start we talk about sets Lego sets my first question is this how many pieces does it have because the more pieces the better man I want all the PE man I love them we've been talking about one there's one that's got 10,1 pieces it's a 4ft tall Eiffel Tower is it if I'll never play the lottery but if somebody ever gives me a ticket and I win the lottery I won't tell anybody but there will be signs we'll have Legos everywhere we'll have a Lego house the kids been talking about moving out and I was like listen y'all move out and I know which room I've already decided which room is going to be my Lego room every set has this I mean you open it up and and you look at the picture on it it has this definite end there's no question about it that whenever I open the box for the White House or the DeLorean or any of these sets that are up here this morning there is no question what the end was going to be it was no question about it because it said it right there can I tell somebody this morning maybe you need to be reminded of of this that there is a definite end for your life the choice this morning that you have is where that definite end will be because there are only two choices heaven or hell those are the choices and you get to decide the Lord puts gave you free will for a reason he wants you to decide he wants you to decide who you're going to serve he wants you to decide there's a definite end of this physical life I find it amazing as we look at these sets and somebody even mentioned it earlier about the detail that goes into them God's car God is concerned and cares about the details of your life church so much so that that he planned it out he planned your life and it's your responsibility to choose to serve him you know you've heard this said that the devil's in the details I I think that's wrong because when I read the scriptures I find that God is in the details I find that God is in the details of making the Tabernacle here on Earth as he told Moses how to put it together and all the things about it what to make it out of and and the and the the curtains the cloth that was needed and and the gold and the precious medals and all the details about it I think about Noah building the ark and how detailed God was about it I think about John the Revelator on the aisle of patmas it says he was in the spirit on the Lord's day and the lord gave him great detail about what heaven was going to be and the things that he would see there did it didn't reveal all the mysteries of it but gave great detail can I tell you this morning the process is definite and God has worked out all the details God's worked all out I don't know them all I don't know everything that's there but I know this I know he's worked out all the details all the I think again I think about these little bags if you've never put them together then you're missing out think about all these bags and the detail that went into each bag set aside each one to build a certain section of a set can I tell you your life God knows the details God's worked them all out and it's our job just to trust the master builder that he's going to take care of everything you need because there's a definite end and the end's heaven for the believer I don't know what's your I don't know but I know this I've purposed and I've reasoned in my heart that I'm going to heaven one day I purposed and I reasoned in my heart that that heaven is my goal there's a definite end and I'm going to trust the master builder this morning I'm going to trust him that he's in control that he's worked out the details and that he knows everything that I need in my life amen so as you go home today I want you to remember this if you don't remember anything else remember this trust the master builder trust that God is in control he's the master builder he knows the beginning from the end he knows your name he knows what you're dealing with God is good at meeting people where they are and meeting the need that they have in their life trust his understanding church and not your own in fact the Bible tells us that we don't need to lean to our own understanding but in all of our ways acknowledge Him and He will direct our path so trust the master builder this morning the process is difficult the process is different but the process is also definite and there is a reward for those who complete the process and I don't know about you but I like the reward I like the reward of heaven after I've finished each set of these I just and it's finished the book is closed I've cleaned up all the stuff around and just sit and I look at it look at the completed product and I think Church there's coming a day when you and I will be in glory and when we get to heaven and after we've rejoiced and after we celebrated and after we've done all these things we'll be able to look around at all the Splendor and all the glory of heaven and we'll recognize that the master builder was in charge the whole time that the master builder knew the beginning from the end that the master builder had worked out all the details of my life and he brought me to a point making a decision so I could serve him and so that I would serve him so that I could end up in heaven with him forever the greatest part of trusting the master builder is knowing him as Savior and as we do that as we do that we celebrate it and we rejoice in it I was thinking this morning about tying in communion to this and I thought man there's no greater way to tie communion to God together to this because we're trusting God and then we're celebrating what he's doing will you stand with me this morning if you have not already if you didn't get one all the way in uh we have somebody at the back of the church you'll just raise your hand up we'll make sure you get the communion the elements of communion this morning I want us to take communion together not just because it's the first Sunday of the month not because it's something we do but because God commanded it because it's a time to remember and to celebrate a trust for the master builder as I think about communion and I think about all of this working together I think man I trust him and then I get to celebrate what he's done in my life I get to remember it I get to I get to think about all that he's done I get to think about this whole process that he has made for us this morning as we prepare our hearts for communion I want to read the scriptures where Paul wrote In First Corinthians chapter 11 he says this for I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself self on the night when he was betrayed the Lord Jesus took some bread and gave thanks to God for it then he broke it in pieces and said this is my body which is given for you do this in remembrance of me in the same way he took the cup of wine after supper saying this cup is the New Covenant between God and his people an agreement confirmed with my blood do this in remembrance of me as often as you drink it for every time you eat this bread and drink this cup you are announcing the Lord's death until he comes again this morning church when we take communion we're just saying you know what God I trust you I trust you with my life I trust you with everything God I trust you God I just I trust you God I give everything to you it's not about me it's about you I give my life a fresh and a new and and I'm going to serve you I'm going to let you be God of my life in all the areas of my life God I'm just going to trust you when we take communion it's a refreshing of the Covenant it's a remembering of the Covenant that God made with Humanity so this morning this morning while they while they play and or sing this morning I want us just to pause here in this moment I want us to pause right here right now and I want us to talk to the Lord a moment if there's a refreshing of your life that you need to make then make it now maybe you need to make a commitment to Christ maybe you've Str maybe you're watching online and you're not living like you should be living God's calling you back he's saying hey come back to me maybe this morning you're serving the lord and you're doing everything that you're supposed to do then in these moments here then talk to the Lord and thank the Lord for his grace and his Mercy in your life and pray for strength moving forward can we just take a moment right here and pray those prayers will you do that with me me this morning Father we love you Lord search my heart search and see if there is any iniquity any wicked way in me Lord forgive me of sins forgive me of the sins of omission and Lord forgive me of the sins of [Music] commission father this morning touch search my heart see if there's anything in me oh God see if there's anything in me oh [Music] Father Lord anything that would keep me from experiencing you help me God to trust you with all my life with all the areas of my life help me God just to depend completely and totally on you lord I can't do life without you lord I don't want to try and do life without [Music] you Lord I need you [Music] today Jesus Jesus Jesus this morning if you will get the the bread ready we'll take it together here in a moment Jesus we're so thankful for your broken body we recognize that without the stripes in your back we don't have healing you took the brutality of the cross in your body for us and this morning we pause and we remember we remember what you did for us and we recognize that without you we have nothing and we can do nothing Jesus we thank you for your broken body Take and Eat This Morning [Music] now Jesus we thank you for shed [Music] blood the blood of Calvary Lord it still astounds me and amazes me how you apply red blood to a black heart and make it white as snow I don't know how you do it but I'm thankful that you do Jesus Jesus I am thankful for you this morning I depend greatly on you God we lean on you Jesus and I Rejoice this morning that your shed blood provided remission of my sin you took the sin away in Jesus I rejoice in it this morning and celebrate and remember your shed blood take and drink [Music] today Hallelujah now can we just take a moment and rejoice in the god of our Salvation can we just thank raise our hands and thank him for all that he has done for us for his Saving Grace for his saving Mercy Jesus we love you we celebrate you we rejoice in you God thank you Jesus thank you Jesus for all the work you did for us there's nobody like you father Lord we rejoice in you and we celebrate you today Jesus amen and amen [Music] amen Lord for my soul than you Lord for making me whole [Music] thank you Lord for G to [Music] me by great salv so rich and free I'll sing it now Lord for saving my soul than you Lord for making me thank you Lord for giving to me by great [Music] Sal CH and free church and we rejoice in that can I encourage you this morning no matter your station in life no matter where you are trust the master builder trust him he's got it all planned out he knows what he's doing Amen on your way out this morning I have something for everybody we got a little Lego set for everybody you can put it together or you can leave it in the package whatever you want to do it's just a reminder to trust the master builder he knows what's going on in your life even when you don't you trust him amen amen you're in love with Christ this morning amen I'm in love with Christ today amen can I encourage you don't forget all the things going on this week I know it's a busy week but I know that God is in control and we're going to trust him with everything amen amen be much in prayer uh for the Jordan family yall know we love you we're praying for you um and just believing God to do great things uh I know God's still in control Church uh be praying again this week make plans for uh uh Tuesday for a young at heart and then for prayer and then Wednesday night for service so remember those things I'm going to ask uh brother Norman Moore our council member of the week if he will dismiss us in prayer

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