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11 am Service
400 I'll LIVE FOR JESUS
353 VICTORY IN JESUS
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
175 ABIDE WITH ME
SCRIPTURE READING: John 15:1-15
579 WE ARE YOUR CHURCH
SERMON: "Abiding in Christ is the Answer"- Pastor Mark Sage
INVITATION: 253 TURN YOUR EYES UPON JESUS
DISMISSAL
1 pm Afternoon Service
662 RISE UP O MEN OF GOD
515 OPEN MY EYES THAT I MAY SEE
SERMON: "God's Word Can Change Your Life"- Pastor Mark Sage
INVITATION: 304 COME TO THE CROSS
DISMISSAL
John 15:1-15KJV
"Mendelssohn once visited the cathedral at Fribourg, and having heard the great organ, went into the organ loft and asked to be allowed to play it. The old organist, in jealousy for his instrument, at first refused, but was afterward prevailed on to allow the great German composer to try the colossal “thunderer” of the cathedral. After standing by in an ecstasy of delight and amazement for a few moments, he suddenly laid his hands on the shoulders of the musician and exclaimed: “Who are you? What is your name?”
“Mendelssohn,” replied the player.
“And can it be that I had so nearly refused to let Mendelssohn touch this organ!”
Christians often refuse to let God have His way in their life because they are afraid of the outcome. Little do they know that if they would let God do as He sees fit the outcome would be much greater than anything they could dream of."
Source: The Homiletic Review, Volume 31, I. K. Funk and D. S. Gregory
"The Gospel of John introduces Jesus as the “Word.” In Stanislas Dehaene’s book about the human brain, Reading in the Brain, he notes that the average adult English reader has 50,000 or more words stored in their mental dictionaries.
In a fraction of a second the brain matches the word being read with the memorized meaning of that word. The Apostle John wasn’t privy to Dehaene’s research, yet he still seemed to understand that though there are many words, there is only one Word that translates to eternal life."
Source: Houston Chronicle
