Welcome to Worship
January 22, 2023
8:30am
How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity! —(Psalm 133:1)
Welcome to Worship: Rev. Bill Archer
Worship Song: Open Up the Heavens
Prayer: Rev. Kevin Freeman
Redland Happenings and Welcome: Rev. Kevin Freeman
RYM reBOOT Retreat Testimony: Faith Holmes
Worship Song: Run to the Father
Ministry and Mission Moment: Tom Garin
Scripture: Acts 2:42-47
Sermon Series: This Is…
Sermon Title: This Is The Power of Unity
Rev. Mark Adams
Sermon Notes:
42 – They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
43 – Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles.
44 – All the believers were together and had everything in common.
45 – Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.
46 – Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,
47 – praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. —Acts 2:42-47
What is it that makes a church’s UNITY so powerful?
1.) A unified church meets people’s inborn need for
.
“It is not good for man to be alone.” —Genesis 2:18
“As iron sharpens iron so a friend sharpens a friend.” —Proverbs 27:17
“In the same way that the body is nourished by food, the soul is nourished by people.” —John Ortberg
2.) A
church meets our need for
.
“Jesus accepts us just the way we are. And, when someone knows the embarrassing, humiliating truth about me and still accepts me, I come alive.” —John Ortberg
“When I am in superficial relationships, I can forget my brokenness. But when I am with people who know me deeply and accept me fully—their acceptance touches my brokenness as a doctor touches the injured place on a patient’s body. Their very touch begins to heal and through the mystery of the fellowship of acceptance, God’s Spirit flows.” —John Ortberg
“Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another that you may be healed.” —James 5:16
3.) A unified church meets our need to experience God’s
.
The Lord’s Supper
Bread: Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me
Cup: At the Cross (Love Ran Red)
Time of Decision and Commitment: Surrender
Benediction: Rev. Mark Adams