Identity

Redemption (Fall 2019) - Part 1

Preacher

Pastor Tom Kraft

Date
Oct. 6, 2019

Transcription

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[2:31] Thank you. Please enjoy our service and have a blessed day. Good morning, everybody. Good morning. Good morning. This is the day that the Lord has made and we will rejoice and be glad in it.

[2:44] This is the day that the Lord has made.

[2:59] Let us rejoice and be glad in it. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. This is the day that the Lord has made.

[3:15] Let us rejoice and be glad in it. This is the day that the Lord has made.

[3:30] Let us pray. Let us pray. Holy God, we come here to worship you, to praise your holy name. And we pray that you will come and dwell among us, giving us your peace and your presence.

[3:41] May we encounter you powerfully. May you open our eyes and our ears and our very souls to you and be drawn closer to you and more in love with you. We rejoice in who you are in Jesus' name.

[3:53] Amen. Amen. Amen. I'd like to invite you all to stand if you're able as we sing together. Shout to the north, the south, east, and the west. Okay, I want you to stretch a little. Don't want anybody to hurt themselves here, you know.

[4:06] Start off with the men. Come on. May the faith rise up and sing of the great and glorious King.

[4:22] You are strong when you feel weak. In your brokenness complete. Shout to the north and the south.

[4:36] Sing to the east and the west. Please love to sing unto us, Lord of heaven and earth.

[4:48] Rise up, weeping of the truth. Send and sing to the great and glorious King. Through the night of the weary King.

[4:59] For the Lord is speaking of God. Here we go. We will shout to the north and the south.

[5:10] Sing to the east and the west. Jesus is Savior to all, Lord of heaven and earth.

[5:21] We've been through fire. We've been through rain. We've been through rain. We've been refined by the power of His name. We've fallen deeper in love with you. You've been the truth on our land. We've been through fire. We've been through rain. We've been refined by the power of His name.

[5:33] We've fallen deeper in love with you. You've been the truth on our land. We've been through the north and the south. We've been through fire. We've been through rain. We've been through fire. We've been through rain. We've been refined by the power of His name.

[5:46] We've fallen deeper in love with you. You've been the truth on our land. We've been through fire.

[6:00] Shout to the north and the south. Sing to the east and the west. Jesus is Savior to all, Lord of heaven and earth.

[6:14] We will shout to the north and the south. Sing to the east and the west. the west. Jesus is Savior to all, Lord of heaven and earth. Rides the churches with broken wings, fill this place with songs again. Our God who reigns on high, by His grace again will fly. Shout to the north and the south, sing to the east and the west, Jesus is Savior to all, Lord of heaven and earth. Shout to the north and the south, and we'll sing to the east and the west, because Jesus is Savior to all, Lord of heaven and earth. One last time, ready? Shout to the north and the south, sing to the east and the west, Jesus is Savior to all, He's Lord of heaven and earth. Lord of heaven and earth. Lord of heaven and earth.

[7:43] Lord of heaven and earth. Lord of heaven and earth. The Lord be with you. Please be seated.

[7:53] Hopefully that woke you up a little bit. This morning we do have a mission moment in our bulletin and it's for Seneca Street, a mission we've been providing help with for meals and for gifts at Christmas and such for a long time. Here's a little something about it.

[8:10] Hi, my name is Dee Finch, and I'm the pastor at Seneca Street, United Methodist Church, down on Seneca Street in South Buffalo. I have the wonderful opportunity to serve the community there and have followed Brian and Cheryl Rotach, who have been at that church for 23 years.

[8:28] It's a joy to serve in the city. I'm not a city girl. I grew up in Hamburg, but I grew up in a church that helped me understand how we are called to help the least and the lost and to love. As the church, we host worship on Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, but we appreciate churches like Pendleton Center who come down to serve a hot meal every Sunday. About 60 to 70 people come to receive a fellowship, community, and a good meal. Our church provides a place for people to come where people know them by name or we get to know them quickly. Sometimes I think we're a mass unit where we're there to help the souls and pick up people off the ground or as people get out of jail or whatever situation they are in. People are coming needing love, needing support, needing things.

[9:19] But we couldn't do it without churches like Pendleton Center and other churches in our district and conference. 100% of the income needs to be brought in from the outside. People give an offering on Sunday morning that's usually about $10 unless we have guests sitting with us. But people bring their quarters, nickels, dimes, pennies, folded up dollar bills because they do want to give something back.

[9:46] We're busy doing weddings and memorial services and worship as a spiritual place that the church is. But it really is about healing, giving people second chances, and we just thank the churches who are supporting us and the individuals who support us. Thank you for all that you are and all that you are yet to become. And we're grateful that we have the opportunity to serve many at Seneca Street and also to provide an opportunity for everyone to come down and visit us.

[10:23] Amen. You know, all three of the clipboards that we have going around this morning are all about mission opportunities. They might not look like it, but they actually are. Seneca Street, of course, you have an envelope in your bulletin where you could make a financial donation to Seneca Street as well if you wanted to do that. There's another one going around for help for our fish fries, which are starting up this coming Friday. And no, next Friday? Next Friday. Thank you. Mary Bobsian is going, yeah, no.

[10:52] Next week. Well, they want to get a leg up and make sure they've got everybody, everything covered. But fish fries are about bringing people into the church, sharing the love of God with them over a meal of fish and fries or chicken or whatever it is that they're eating, and showing people the love of God through that effort. And the rummage sale, I know it's about rummage. It's about getting the rummage out of your house and into somebody else's hands. But did you know that the United Methodist Women's whole purpose for being is mission? That's what they do. Every single time that they bring in from that rummage sale is for the purpose of giving to mission efforts of all kinds in the church as the Lord leads them. So please think about giving to mission. We're excited this morning.

[11:40] Pastor Suzanne is going to be installed at Christ Church in Oleand as the district superintendent of that district down there. She's very excited. I saw her last weekend. She's very excited about this and is happy that we're thinking of her and praying for her. She asked that I would send her greetings.

[11:59] And I would like to just take a personal moment to thank all of you who came to memorial service, who sent cards, called me, sent messages via Facebook, and were greeting me this morning on the way in.

[12:14] Thank you so much for your outpouring of love and continued prayers as Romney and I are, and our family are adjusting to his mother's passing this past week. Thank you so much.

[12:26] What other joys do you have to share this morning? I know I just gave you a ton of them, but you must have some too. We have no joys this morning in the whole church. Thank you.

[12:42] Amen! Your daughter's getting married in April. That is a blessing to find out, to find out that you have someone in your household getting married. Any other joys this morning that you want to share out loud? Carl? Carl is calling things that are not as though they are until they are, which is a very scriptural and biblical thing to do. Carl is calling forth all of all who are needed, all who are needed to serve in that capacity. Thank you, Carl. Yes?

[13:13] Two of, wow! Two of your kids are going to be having, and so you're going to be a grandma twice? In a really short time? Loving it, loving it. Amen! A husband who retired, and this is...

[13:28] But it is a transition to another stage of life which God will bless abundantly, we trust. Amen? Amen. Any others this morning?

[13:40] Well, I know we have joys overflowing because God always pours in more than we can contain, so that we can pour it out to others. As we think about this and pray over it, let's return some of that blessing to the Lord in our gifts, tithes, and offerings.

[13:56] Amen. Great seeing, ...

[14:18] and thank you. I got so much de smile here, and thank you so much for singing next Sunday. Very beautiful to meet you who is blessed by God and me. But I know ...

[14:32] Love came up! He came, Thank you, I hear you, And to him ago in... ... And to him again you To save He was calling Love came calling Love came calling Like a warm embrace Every dying ear replaced He was calling Love came calling Love came calling Like a faithful friend Never be the same again He was calling Love came calling He had lived a life With such regret Beyond the line of praise And yet He was calling

[15:33] Love came calling Through her veil of tears And feeling her pain She heard His voice So clear and vain He was calling Love came calling Love came calling Like a warm embrace Every dying ear replaced He was calling Love came calling Love came calling Like a faithful friend Never be the same again He was calling Love came calling Love came calling Before I ever knew the sound Of what could turn my life around

[16:36] He was calling Love came calling But when I heard the brilliant song Of freedom where my heart belongs He was calling Love came calling For He was calling Love came calling Love came calling Love came Love came Praise God the moon of blessings come

[17:40] Praise Him all bridges we've been heard Praise Him all the freedom he lives Praise the Lord is the heavenly most Amen Dear Heavenly Father we give you thanks and praise for this day that we may gather in this beautiful place to worship you because you have blessed Us with such a place to come We thank you Lord God for the opportunity to give to the work of your hand to the work of the ministries that go out from this church We pray in Jesus name that you would just bless them multiply them give us wisdom to know how to best use them for the furtherance of your kingdom by building up the people who are here to know you better and by sending out those people who need to go

[18:46] Father we pray in Jesus name especially for the offering taken up for the Seneca Street mission we just ask that you pour your blessings on that work as well in Jesus name Amen Please be seated With these concerns and those that are in your heart let's turn to the Lord in prayer join me from your seat or at the rail Dear God in heaven you know our needs before we even ask and yet you call us to pray to participate with you In the redemption of this world through all kinds of prayers for healing for comfort For peace for deliverance We just ask in Jesus name Lord God that you would keep us mindful of the need to pray To be listening for the voice of your Holy Spirit always

[19:49] So that we may know when you need us to join with you in prayer Not because you need anything Lord But because you have put us in this place So that we can join with you in prayer We lift up all of those Lord who are sick and infirm who are in need of a touch from you We curse cancers to their very very root We pray for skill and knowledge and wisdom for surgeons and doctors and other medical professionals That goes beyond their natural learning that comes from you So that healing may be brought about in the lives of your people We pray Lord God for All of those who are grieving losses of all kinds We ask that you would come up come alongside each and every one Bringing your comfort and your peace We pray Lord God for All of the circumstances of this world that are

[20:52] Not good Lord that are unholy that are somehow Even evil in nature We just ask in Jesus name Lord God That you would go into those places Enter into those circumstances And bring about change Help Lord Bring healing Lord Bring comfort And Lord we pray in Jesus name That as your people You would equip us To go forth into those places To be your hands and feet Your eyes and ears Your voice So that we may be part of that process of Helping this hurting and broken world That everyone would come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ And would know the hope of salvation The hope of eternal life with you Make us bold Lord

[21:54] Help us So that we can help others Help us Lord to be willing To step out of our comfort zones And lend comfort and peace And wisdom wherever they are needed Lord we join together now In preparing our hearts To be changed by you In preparing our hearts to go A little farther A little bit closer to you We just ask you to Purify our hearts Lord As we come before you now And pray together Dear God I have sinned I have not been able To completely love you And to always treat my neighbor well Forgive me Lord For those things I know about And for those things that I'm not aware of yet

[22:57] That keep me from being perfectly perfect In you Show me how to be So that I can be part Of bringing redemption into this world In Jesus name I pray Amen God loves us all so much That he sent Jesus To save us from our sins Before we even knew we needed saving From all the things that we know about And all the things that we're Not even realizing Are things that we need saving from We trust God for his great love and mercy Because he has proven it in sending his son So we can say to one another with confidence In the name of Jesus Christ Your sins are forgiven Glory to God

[24:00] Amen Shall we hear from the word of the Lord Good morning Today's scripture reading is from Mark chapter 5 Verses 21 through 39 When Jesus had again crossed over by boat To the other side of the lake A large crowd gathered around him While he was by the lake Then one of the synagogue leaders Named Jairus came And when he saw Jesus He fell at his feet He pleaded earnestly with him My little daughter is dying Please come and put your hands on her

[25:01] So that she will be healed And live So Jesus went with him A large crowd followed behind And pressed around him And a woman was there Who had been subject to bleeding For 12 years She had suffered a great deal Under the care of many doctors And had spent all she had Yet instead of getting better She grew worse When she heard about Jesus She came up behind him in the crowd And touched his cloak Because she thought If I just touch his clothes I will be healed Immediately Her bleeding stopped And she felt in her body That she was freed From her suffering At once Jesus realized That power had gone out from him He turned around in the crowd And asked Who touched my clothes?

[25:51] You see the people crowding against you His disciples answered And yet you can ask Who touched me? But Jesus kept looking around To see who had done it Then the woman Knowing what had happened to her Came and fell at his feet And trembling with fear Told him the whole truth He said to her Daughter Your faith has healed you Go in peace And be freed from your suffering While Jesus was still speaking Some people came from the house Of Jairus The synagogue leader Your daughter is dead They said Why bother the teacher anymore?

[26:33] Overhearing what they said Jesus told him Don't be afraid Just believe He did not let anyone follow him Except Peter James And John The brother of James When they came to the home Of the synagogue leader Jesus saw a commotion With people crying And wailing loudly He went in and said to them Why all this commotion And wailing?

[26:59] The child is not dead But asleep But they laughed at him This is the word of the Lord Faster than a speeding bullet More powerful than a locomotive Able to leap tall buildings At a single bound Look Up in the sky It's a bird It's a plane It's Superman It's Superman That's what they went out Into the fields And the mountains And the valleys To see Super Jesus He was able to bring The dead back to life He was able to heal This woman Who had been sick For 12 years He was able to calm The sea of Galilee And its winds And its waves He was able to drive The demons out Everybody wanted To be around Jesus Because he could do miracles And we want to be around Jesus Because he can do miracles Because he still

[28:00] Does miracles It says if we have faith Our faith will heal us In verse 34 It says in verse 36 Just believe Don't be afraid God is still doing miracles He's still redeeming us He's still bringing us From a broken world Into health and life I've seen it I've had you testify to it I've seen broken bones Healed Miraculously I've seen people's Eyes tight restored I've seen people Who are supposed to die Live For years I've seen people Who were declared Brain damaged To the point That they wouldn't be able To speak Graduate from college After prayer After the miracles of God God does miracles And we need to turn to God In our need And ask for these miracles God expects us To ask for healing Jairus The temple ruler

[29:01] Came to Jesus And he asked Will you come And heal My little girl And Jesus Went with him In the book of John In chapter 15 It actually says to us If you remain in me And my words remain in you Ask whatever you wish Ask whatever you wish And it will be done For you Does God Do miracles today Of course he does But he expects us To ask He expects us To seek him out He expects us To be willing To go to him Jairus fell on his knees A temple ruler Before this itinerant preacher And asked Jesus The woman Was expected To come clean To open up And say Yes Yes It was me I was the one Who was healed Didn't you like that Scene Where Jesus says Who touched me And the disciples say

[30:01] Everybody's touching you Jesus What do you mean Who touched you And Jesus says No somebody touched me I know who it was Somebody was healed Who touched me And he's looking around Like he doesn't know It's like that scene From the garden of Eden Right Where God says Did you eat From the fruit of the tree Of knowledge And good and evil Like of course He didn't know You ever had that happen To you I know when I was a kid That would happen Right Who drank the last cola In the fridge Everybody knows Who did it But God wants us To come forward And ask That's why we come In confession To ask for his healing It's important to God Do we ask For what God Would want to give to us But in that passage From John It said to us That we need to be In God's will Do we ask For what God wants Or do we ask For what we want Are we seeking out The will of God Are we seeking out Our own will

[31:02] It's right to ask And even to ask For things that we don't Think God might give us Remember Jesus In the garden of Gethsemane Lord If it be your will Take this cup from me I don't want to go To this cross I don't want to die To my righteousness I don't want to experience this If it's possible Lord Take it from me But he also said Not what I want What you want That's what it means In John 1 It says If you're living In God's will He'll give you Whatever it is That God Has already decided To do for you But that's not How we ask James The brother of Jesus Said What causes fights And quarrels among you Don't they come From your desires That battle within you You desire But you don't have So you kill You covet But you cannot get What you want So you quarrel and fight You do not have Because you do not ask God And when you ask You do not receive Because you ask With the wrong motives That you may spend

[32:02] What you get On your pleasures Are we really asking For what God wants Are we really seeking The will of God Are we just Asking for what we want Oh Lord Won't you buy me A Mercedes Ben Or maybe a little More acceptable thing Lord Won't you heal me We are so So wrapped up As a culture In the idea Of Of our physical bodies You know at this point In time We spend almost One out of every Five dollars On our health Did you know that It's a huge sum of money More than anybody In the world spends We Americans spend On trying to keep This thing going So did this woman And she said She spent all the money She had On doctors Does that sound familiar Every dollar she had She spent on doctors And it didn't make her Any better Actually it seemed

[33:05] Like she was tortured And it can't feel that way Sometimes we get so Wrapped up in In medical treatments We don't even think About what we're doing I was a chaplain At ECMC For a little while And I remember One family Who had a Very elderly Relative in there And this woman Had coded And so the doctors Applied the paddles You know what I'm Talking about And brought her Back to life And then she coded Again another hour Later And so they applied The paddles again They did this Four times And they were preparing For the fifth time And the family Came and talked to me And said What should we do So I went And I talked To the medical staff I said Is this woman Going to have A healthy life Is that why You're bringing her back They said Oh no She won't last Three, four days What are you doing You're torturing her You might as well Get out the car battery It's no different Let her go

[34:06] Sometimes We are so caught up In this physical life We don't even think About what matters The most If you found yourself Having to take a choice Because you were going To be in some Terrible accident Or something And your body Wasn't going to work Right or your mind Was going to be scrambled Which would you choose We'd all choose Our mind Wouldn't we To be healthy And whole And what if You had a choice Of having your mind Kind of lose Its direction As happens sometimes In life Or to have your soul Condemned to hell For all eternity What can a person Exchange for their soul What does it profit If you gain everything And lose eternity We're talking about Redemption We're going to talk About redemption For a couple of months Redemption is the fact That God paid the price To rescue us From our brokenness God paid the price To redeem us For eternity And in this world As well

[35:07] Verse 34 Jesus says to this woman Daughter Your faith has healed you Go in peace And be freed From your suffering Jesus can heal us But the word In Greek Is suzos Suzos Can you say suzos Suzos Now you speak Greek Suzos Which actually In other parts Of the Bible Is interpreted As made well Or even saved Your faith Has saved you Your faith Has made you Well And well Is so much more Than just what can happen In our body The greatest healings That Jesus did Were not that he healed People's physical bodies And made them better But that he fixed Their hearts And his soul Be freed from your suffering Go in peace And so often

[36:07] What people say to us What we struggle with In our minds And our hearts Can be even more difficult Than what happens To our bodies Anybody remember This scene?

[36:22] Um Lois Did you know That in the future You're revered At the same level As Superman? Are there books about you? Statues? An interactive game?

[36:32] You're even A breakfast cereal Really? Yes But as much As everybody loves you There is one question That keeps coming up How Dumb Was she?

[36:48] Here I'll show you What I mean Ed Uh Look I'm Clark Kent No I'm Superman I'm Superman Mild-mannered reporter Superhero Hello Dog You gotta love it Don't you?

[37:17] I was out to dinner The other night I don't know where No way to say Hello to a parishioner I won't take a glass And they looked at you Like How are you? Because I was wearing glasses Actually I had this At the church meeting I was in the meeting For a half hour And in the course Of that time This woman is staring At me And finally says Who are you?

[37:42] I said Clark Kent Pastor Tom Clark Kent Pastor Tom I started wearing contacts Years ago Because when I worked out In the lawns In the hot sun I found my glasses Kept falling off my face So I started wearing contacts And now I realized People don't know who I am Because I got a pair of glasses on Really?

[38:04] It works It's amazing But as much as we're laughing At Lois I don't think she felt Like laughing Sticks and stones Can break our bones But names can hurt us The rest of our lives Four eyes Is what they called me Now that might not seem Like much to you anymore But back in the day Oh I wore the geekiest glasses We have five kids My parents went into the store And bought those ones Nobody buys You know what I'm talking about The lost leaders That nobody's supposed To ever wear That's what I wore Big, huge, plastic Kiki glasses And my friends Were kind enough To tell me What they thought of them The hurt that we feel In our bodies Is real I understand that Somebody just said They fell off a ladder Well I did too

[39:04] Broke a rib It hurts But that pain Goes away eventually The pain in our hearts And the pain in our soul Can last a lifetime They laughed at Jesus Did you notice that?

[39:22] That was the last line Of the scripture Jesus said This young girl Isn't dead She'll come back to life And they laughed At Jesus And if they'll laugh At Jesus You know they'll laugh At you too This woman Had a condition Of bleeding For 12 years 12 years Now we don't know Exactly what the condition Was Because it doesn't Tell us in the scripture But we do know That especially a woman Who was bleeding Was not supposed to go To the temple They weren't allowed To come to church They weren't supposed To touch anyone Especially a man Somehow that was supposed To make people unclean Now we look at that And say really Really?

[40:15] But she was an outcast She felt so rejected That she didn't even Go up to Jesus She just said If I could touch Another scripture Says the fringe Of his garment If I could just Touch his coat Maybe I could be healed Because she knew Nobody would let her go And ask the rabbi Directly She had been Publicly condemned And Jairus He's a ruler In the synagogue He has spent his life Being the most Respectable man He can be He's a man Who's used to Telling people What they should do And being a role model For everyone But his daughter His little girl Is dying So he comes Before this Rag tag Itinerant preacher That as all his friends

[41:16] Are saying Is a problem And he kneels Before him Embarrasses himself Diminishes himself Because he's filled With grief You know Clark's disguise Had nothing To do with glass Lois Lane Say hello to Clark Kent Told you weren't from you Hi Remember my dynamite Expose on the sex And drug orgies And the senior series And something Remember the senior Hey do it Jimmy Olsen Photographer Oh hi Clark Kent Nice to meet you It's got everything It's got sex It's got violence It's got the ethnic angle I mean look at it Yeah so is a lady Wrestler with a foreign accent Kent can you open this Oh sure Mr. White This could be the basis For a whole series of articles Making sense Of senseless killing By Lois Lane I mean we get psychologists We get Lois Lois You're pushing a bunch Of ringgit Tabloid garbage The Daily Planet Has a position I'm sorry Oh I'm sorry I'm sorry Oh gosh I'm sorry I didn't mean to Shake it up like that Oh well of course not Lois

[42:17] I mean why would anyone Want to make a total stranger Look like a fool Why indeed And yet that's What seems to happen Doesn't it And when we feel embarrassed And when we feel weakened And when we feel afraid And when we feel As if life is closing in on us How do we react How do we react You know the most amazing thing About this story Is that Jairus is standing there While Jesus is having This conversation With this woman I want you to picture that Your daughter Is at home dying Jesus has agreed To go with you To heal her And now he's stopped To have some foolish conversation Because he needs to know What woman is it Who is it Who cares Get your tail moving Jesus We got a little girl To heal The woman's already healthy It doesn't matter Get the lead out But he doesn't say that

[43:19] Does he You can feel it Can't you As he's standing there It's building up Inside of him He's ready to explode We would be too And Jesus says Don't be afraid Just believe Even though he's been told His daughter is dead God wants to redeem us From our brokenness Not just redeem us For eternity And that's important But to redeem us In this life In this world And not just Our physical brokenness But even more importantly Our spiritual Our emotional brokenness But to do that We need to recognize Who we are And that means We need to know Whose we are To be made well We need God To be God Which means that God has to be More important Than anything else

[44:20] In the Bible If you put something Above God God asks for it Remember Abraham Whose greatest treasure Was his son His only son And what did God Ask for?

[44:31] His son Remember the rich Young ruler Who came to Jesus And he had kept All the commandments And he wanted to know What more can I do? And Jesus says Give up everything you own Or how about Paul Whose greatest desire Was his religion And he had to Turn his back on it Moses Moses All he wanted Was a quiet little life Watching some sheep And God sends him down To Egypt Peter All he wanted to do Was fish And have a decent business Do what everybody else Was doing Raise a good income So his family Could have a nice life And Jesus says Do you love me More than These?

[45:13] And when we give it up God gives it all back To us Daughter your faith Is healed You go in peace And be freed From your suffering Be freed From your anxieties Be freed From your worries Be freed From your concerns Be freed From all the things That you're living to That really don't matter All the stuff That you're obsessing about And you're struggling with That really won't make Any difference At the end Of your journey Believe Be living for God So that you can have Sozos Say that with me Sozos Bunch of Greeks Yeah You can be made well What a wonderful thing You see They were living In a broken world The woman was broken

[46:15] Jairus was broken The disciples Were even broken Everybody was broken And Jesus stepped in And they were redeemed And he changed everything And they ended up With peace Did you notice The term he used For this woman He called her Daughter Now she's had A condition of bleeding For 12 years I gotta expect That this woman's Got to be almost Jesus' age Maybe older Right And he calls her Daughter And God calls you My child You're no longer A stranger You're no longer Just somebody You are part Of the family Of God You've been purchased To belong As a brother Or sister Of Jesus And so because of that We can reject The rejection Christ made you And the Lord Of the universe Who can hold A planet In the palm

[47:15] Of his hands Thinks you're okay Even if you wear glasses Who cares What anybody else thinks Why do you worry What anybody else Is worried about Why do you Trouble yourself About what people Are chasing after When it's only as Ecclesiastes As a striving After the wind You'll never Catch it anyways Hold on To the one That can change It all Redeem us Matthew chapter 10 Says about Christians You'll be hated By everyone Because of Jesus But the one Who stands firm To the end Will be saved Will be Will be made well Becoming a Christian Doesn't mean everybody Loves you Becoming a Christian And standing for Who God wants you To be Doesn't mean that You're going to be Accepted by the people Who are still chasing After the wind Because they don't Understand you They don't understand Why you're feeling So confident They don't understand Why you don't care About the things

[48:15] They're chasing after They don't understand That you've been redeemed Reject the rejection Redemption Means you don't have To hide Who you really are You can turn loose The God Inside you Superman is myth You do know that Right?

[48:37] Heck even Superman In the TV show Wasn't really super He had to duck that Why would Superman Have to duck a gun?

[49:12] I always loved that The man of steel Is a myth But God is not a myth Redemption is real Salvation Healing You can be made whole You can be made well You can be made okay By God The greatest gift We get From God Is not what people Praise us for God may have made you A gifted singer Or God may have made you So brilliant That you can Crunch numbers Like crazy God has made me So that I can preach God has made you Maybe so you can teach Or maybe so you can do Some other amazing thing That everybody proclaims But you know what That's not the great strength That's not the great gift The great gift is God himself Redeeming us So that we know Who we are Because that's the only thing

[50:12] In this world That will bring us peace The world is fighting You haven't noticed that? Everybody's fighting Everybody's arguing Everybody's worried about Stuff that won't even matter In two years Two months Two weeks And we have the God Of the universe Saying It's okay You're alright You are a child Of God We need to live Into the redeeming Power of God And live in his peace Your faith Has made you well Go in peace And be freed From your suffering Don't be afraid Just believe I believe I believe in physical healings I believe in miraculous Things where bodies Are brought back to life I believe In the power of God To heal In ways which the medical world Cannot even explain Because God made us He can remake us But I also know That Jairus

[51:13] His daughter The disciples This woman They all died A long time ago God does not intend For you to live here Forever and ever To be honest with you Living you In this world Of brokenness Would be torture When God has promised you An eternity Forever Of wonder And joy And hope And dreams And possibilities These people Though they died in faith They died in peace Knowing that God Had saved them Forever And forever And in this world too You can have The confidence You can have The ability To live In such a way That it doesn't matter What people say about you It doesn't matter What anybody thinks about you It doesn't matter What you accomplish It doesn't matter What the world says It only matters That God loves you And he has redeemed you So the suffering

[52:15] Has ended All they had to do Was touch Jesus And when they touched him All the brokenness All the pain All the worry All the troubles All melted away Because God brought redemption And healing He touched me And did the same thing And made me Well Made me whole Did the same thing All the chief Appreciate it Shackled by a heavy burden Meet the Lord of guilt and shame

[53:15] Then the hand of Jesus touched me And now I am no longer the same He touched me, oh, He touched me And oh, the joy that floods my soul Something happened and now I know He touched me and made me whole Since I met His blessed Savior Since He cleansed and made me whole I never ceased to praise Him

[54:19] And shout at my eternity once He touched me, oh, He touched me And oh, the joy that floods my soul Something happened and now I know He touched me and made me whole Who am I?

[55:13] That the Lord of all the earth Would care to know my name Would care to feel my hurt Who am I?

[55:29] That the bright and morning sun Would choose to light the way For my ever-wondering heart Not because of who I am But because of what you've done Not because of what I've done But because of who you are I am a flower with me Fading Yet today I'm gone Tomorrow A wind up in the ocean A vapor in the wind Still you Hear me when I'm falling Lord, you've catch me When I'm falling And you've told me who I am

[56:32] I am yours I am yours I am yours Who am I?

[56:45] That the eyes would see by sea Would look on me with blood And watch me rise again When I met the voice that calmed the sea Would prowl out through the rain And pound the storm in me Not because of who I am But because of what you've done Not because of what I've done But because of who you are I am a flower's wiggly baby Yet today I'm gone tomorrow A wind passed in the ocean

[57:45] A vapor in the wind Still you Hear me when I'm falling Lord, you've catch me When I'm falling And you've told me who I am I am yours I am yours I am yours I am yours We are the redeemed children of God And in that knowledge Praising God Let's greet one another With the peace of the Holy Spirit That's coming Good Second Wait What's What do you think And we're looking for Who am I Who am I Who do you think There is another And mane To be There is another

[58:46] Sustainable итог How do they�� And Austria Going Broker And To be Thank you.

[59:25] Think about His love, think about His goodness, think about His grace that's brought us through.

[59:41] For as high as the heavens above, so great is the measure of our Father's love.

[59:51] Great is the measure of our Father's love. Great is the measure of our Father's love.

[60:07] The table of grace is open to everyone, whether this is your first time here or you've been here all along. The Lord be with you.

[60:18] And also with you. Lift up your hearts. Lift up your hearts. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. He is right to hear our thanks and praise. Blessed are you, our Alpha and our Omega, whose strong and loving arms encompass the universe.

[60:36] With your eternal word and Holy Spirit, you are forever one God. Through your word you created all things and called them good. And in you we live and move and have our being.

[60:51] When we fell into sin, you did not desert us. You made covenant with your people Israel and spoke through prophets and teachers.

[61:02] In Jesus Christ, your word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth. And so with your people on earth and all the company of heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn.

[61:16] Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.

[61:27] Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. Holy are you. And blessed is Jesus Christ, who called you Abba, Father.

[61:39] As a mother tenderly gathers her children, you embraced a people as your own. And filled them with a longing for a peace that would last. And for a justice that would never fail.

[61:52] In Jesus' suffering and death, you took upon yourself our sin and death. And destroyed their power forever. You raised from the dead this same Jesus who now reigns with you in glory.

[62:06] And poured upon us your Holy Spirit. Making us the people of your new covenant. On the night in which Jesus was betrayed, he gave thanks to God.

[62:23] He broke the bread. He said, this is my body. I have given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.

[62:40] And when the supper was over, he took the cup. He gave thanks and said, this is the blood of the new covenant poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

[62:55] And so, in remembrance of these, your mighty acts in Jesus Christ, we offer ourselves in praise and thanksgiving as a holy and living sacrifice in union with Christ's offering for us.

[63:18] As we proclaim the mystery of faith. Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. Pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered here.

[63:30] And on these gifts. That in the breaking of this bread and the drinking of this wine, we may know the presence of the living Christ and be renewed as the body of Christ for the world, redeemed by Christ's blood.

[63:47] As the grain and grapes once dispersed in the fields are now united on this table in bread and wine, so may we and all your people be gathered from every time and place into the unity of your eternal household and feast at your table forever.

[64:05] Through Christ, with Christ, in Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honor and glory is yours, almighty God, now and forever. Amen.

[64:16] And now let us pray the prayer that Jesus taught us, saying, Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done.

[64:27] on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.

[64:39] And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.

[64:50] Amen. Will those who are serving please come forward. A gift that Jesus always wants Amen.

[65:50] Amen. Amen.

[66:50] Amen. Amen.

[67:50] Amen. If you're able, I'm going to invite you to stand as we're going to sing together, Oh, How I Love Jesus.

[68:20] There is a name I love to hear, I love to sing it to us.

[68:35] It sounds like music in my ear, the sweetest name on earth. Oh, how I love Jesus.

[68:46] Oh, how I love Jesus. Oh, how I love Jesus. Because He first loved me. It tells me of the Savior's love who died to set me free.

[69:04] It tells me of His precious blood, the sinners perfectly.

[69:40] And they made us able to do all that, but it was all pretend. God is the one that actually can change our lives. You are the redeemed of God. He calls you children.

[69:52] He loves you. God is the one that actually can change our lives. It doesn't matter what anybody else thinks. It doesn't matter what anybody else says. It doesn't matter about anything. God has redeemed you.

[70:03] God has redeemed you. God has redeemed you. And I will hold you in that peace, and that hope, and that joy from here and into eternity. Hold on to that. You are loved. Go in His peace. Amen.

[70:14] God has redeemed you. You are loved. Go in His peace. Amen. Thank you.

[70:48] Thank you.