Lincoln Lilley 11/3/24

[Music] in [Music] [Applause] that's on that's all [Music] oh for she e for [Music] hello hello hello hello hello you hear me I think it needs to be louder they can't hear me there you go hey I love to hear the conversations in the church it means your fellowship other people around you I love hearing hey it's just about a minute before service I got up here they gave me the microphone so I should be done in about 20 minutes not you're announcements I know PJ's coming up and do some of them announce but concerning the we ha Thanksgiving dinner that they do every year for their fellowship with their families for weekare PC families are also invited to that's November the but if you're coming you need to let them know so they can do some planning but along with that we can help serve I in I have some a couple already more to help serve those meals you don't have to teach you don't have to preach you don't have to do stuff like that all you got to do is help serve two men be examples right we get what's left over to eat be thinking about you can help in that area November the 19th let me as possible and if you can do that also we're coming up on our Deacon annual food F basket for the need and the or requests for those are in the office so if you know somebody from the church or in the community that are very needy please sign their name up in the office print clearly esally the

Directions on how to get to their house and we'll be doing that for the next two or three weeks taking those requests so get those in early [Applause] good morning everyone it is so good to see you all here this morning welcome to first B before I get started with announ that we would like to show from smans a grandma a teacher a whole family who are the good news is that great joy through Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes every shoe box that reaches a child reaches Community with the Gospel of Jesus Christ jesuses you all starts with you whoever you are will you take the go to the ends of the Earth and pack shoe box gift today 9th 9 to 3 9:00 a.m to 3 p.m. Here at our church campus November 15th tonight an excellent opportunity for ship and fun healthy competition very important announcement following our morning worship and a potluck we're going to have our quarterly business meeting at that meeting our Administration team will be presenting the 2025 budget Spencer stole my thunder on the week Thanksgiving past week church we had an opportunity to partner with our community and with the candy paloa that you guys were so in supporting we had over 1700 people come through this camp [Applause] and then finally Children and Youth Ministries volunteer Christmas banquet is coming up on December 6 from 6:00 to 8 I have from the Edwards family that I would ask to read and it thank you for the outpouring of love you have shown to our family and

The we appreciate every kind word thought card phone call and prayer thank you to Amber harlo and those who brought food and those who help serve in the kitchen for bless delicious after the funeral we also to thank Dale Mitchell and Pastor Cody for their help during the funeral service while we grieve that she is home and we will see her again final announcement is this connection card I site every week and you might get tired of me seeing it but it is a tool that we would invite you to utilize to communicate with us your prayer request your contact information us we take this we love this tool and it's our way of connecting you and engaging together in the ministry now I would invite you to close your prepare for worship perhaps this week been very full his just try different things happening is put you in a place of dependence on the Lord maybe you to happen in our country with election on Tuesday whatever it is ask and I invite to allow the Lord to settle your heart to take those thoughts captive and to prepare your mind and heart all that he has for us this morning as we continue to engage in worship as brothers and sisters father God we thank you and we get this privilege to be together in this room on this campus with our children serving you in teaching them here this morning groups that were a part of all of the activities of this church body we thank you and that we get to do that together and that we enjoy we thank you that we get to represent you to our community and to this world I

Pray that as we just now worship with your word and here soon as Lincoln comes opens the word for us I pray that father you would just help us to glean every U nutrient that you have for us that will serve to draw us closer to you I pray that as we leave here later that Lord we would go away from this place encouraged built up equipped to face whatever you might have for us this week I ask this in your name amen couple verses from Psalms 47 verses 5-9 has ascended with a shout the Lord the sound of a trumpet sing praises to God sing praises sing praises to King sing praise for God is the king of all the sing praises with a skillful song God Reigns over the nation his holy Throne the princes of the people have assembled themselves as the people of the God of for the shields of the earth belong to God he is highly exalted we praise thee Oh God for the son of love for [Music] Jesus hallu The Glory Hallelujah hallelu the glory Rive us again we praise the oh God for the spirit of Life who has sh us our Savior and Scattered us night hallelujah hallelujah the glory Rive us [Music] again praise was SL Bor all our anded every Hallelujah the Glory Hallelujah the glory Rive us [Music] again with fire from above Hallelujah

Find the Glory Hallelujah am Hallelujah th the glory ride us Hallelujah the Glory Hallelujah am hallu the glory you will go ahead and be seated good morning we are about to take an offering and as you see up here we got a bunch of young men up here so I think it's important to raise our young men in the church to serve and to learn to serve their church and to grow up to be Godly young men so with that I'm going to pray over the offering and we finish up worship father we just come to you to Lord we thank you what you're doing in this church Lord we thank you for that came through this week and Lord we pray upon the heart the congregation and those online Lord that Lord that your offerings that we the off are to you Lord and father I pray that you stir up in their heart how much they should Lord father all on a on a tithe which is a 10% father and Lord but father if you to give any amount Lord that you put it on their hearts and Lord we thank you for all that we than do and we pray this in the name of your son Jesus amen over the last several weeks we've been we've been going through what called a catechism catechism is simply just for us and the question that we're asking today is how many is a God and if you guys would like to read along with me join in Romans 1:19 for what can be known God is plain to them because God tributes namely his eternal power and divine nature have been clearly

Perceived ever since of the world in the things that have been made so they are without excuse Psalm 191 3 says glory of God and the sky is Handy day to day pours speech and night to night reveals knowledge there is no speech nor are there words whose voice is not heard Acts 17:24 says The God Who made the world and everything in it Lord of Heaven and Earth does not in temples made by man but we believe it is the word and spirit that brings salvation that's what we believe First 1 Corinthians 2 says these things has revealed to us Spirit searches everything even the depths of God 2 Timothy 3: 15 and 16 says and how from childhood you have been acquainted writings which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus is breathed out by God and profit teaching for reproof for and for training in righteousness that the man of God may be complete equipped for every good work [Music] CHR the Lord upon the tree see the crown of thorns Ador the king come sin come and see but our God became you set us [Music] free for he calls your his own do you feel the way of Justice he suff that you deserve come sin come and for he Bears the for all you've [Music] done oh the world of this awesome scene where our [Music] the come and stand [Music] in come s come rejo [Music] for know [Music] his [Music]

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[Music] be holy [Music] forever your name is the highest [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] all and position your name stands above the your name is the highest your name is the greatest your name stands above the all of and positions your name stand above them all and the angels cry holy all creation christol you are lifted holy [Music] your people sing Holy to the king of [Music] Kingsly holy for he will always be [Music] Holy Father we our time singing and worship Lord we transitioning to a Time of your word and God I morning that you brother Lincoln as he brings us your word through as a servant that he is and let the word it's in your we pray amen all right kids time for our children's lesson got a split here okay so what I need you guys to do well first I'm going to summarize the story for you today we're going to talk about beggar named he was a he was a beggar sitting at the gates of Jericho and he heard that Jesus was coming by and he started crying out Jesus of the Nazarene son of David have mercy on me he would say well

You know there's a bunch of people walking by with Jesus like sh pipe down stop it stop crying out and he continued to cry out louder have mercy on me Jesus well finally Jesus said okay disciples go bring him to me and he Jesus asked bmus what would you want and he said I want my eyes to come back my eyesight to come back and Jesus said okay your faith has made you well and do you know what he did bartimus do you think he ran off did his own thing he followed Jesus okay so that's that's the story so what I what I'm going to ask you guys to do is this side we're going to play Follow the Leader okay do you guys like that game yeah okay we're going to split up this time this side of the room you guys have to close your eyes in this side of room you guys can watch me okay and I'm going to give instructions and you need to listen and follow the instructions but you cannot open up your eyes okay you got it all right go ahead guys you guys close your eyes okay you guys follow me okay all right I want everybody to pat their head and rub their belly okay now do it backwards just kidding all right keep all right keep your eyes closed all right now I want everybody to do this keep your eyes Clos oh is that fun guys it's really fun you're not even doing it okay I don't know it all right okay all right all right all right okay I think you guys get the point now I want this side to close your eyes okay you guys can open up your eyes open up okay now you guys close your eyes okay let's do the same thing this time I want you guys to rub your belly clockwise