Sunday Celebration 03/03/2024

1. AWESOME

Verse 1: My God is Awesome/He can move mountains/
Keep me in the valley/Hide me from the rain
My God is Awesome/Heals me when I’m broken/
Strength where I’ve been weakened/Forever He will reign (repeat)
Hook: My God Is Awesome/Awesome, Awesome, Awesome
My God is Awesome/Awesome, Awesome, Awesome
Verse 2: My God is Awesome/Savior of the whole world/
Giver of Salvation/By His stripes I am healed
My God is Awesome/Today I am forgiven/
His grace is why I’m living/Praise His Holy name
Shorten Hook: My God Is Awesome/Awesome, Awesome, Awesome
Vamp: He’s Mighty, He’s Mighty, He’s Mighty, He’s Mighty/Awesome, Awesome
He’s Holy, He’s Holy, He’s Holy, He’s Holy/Awesome, Awesome
He’s Great He’s Great, He’s Great, He’s Great/Awesome, Awesome
Deliverer, Deliverer, Deliverer, Deliverer/Awesome, Awesome
Provider, Provider, Provider, Provider/Awesome….Awesome
Protector, Protector, Protector, Protector/Awesome, Awesome
Verse 3: My God is Awesome/He can move mountains/
Keep me in the valley/Hide me from the rain
My God is Awesome/Heals me when I’m broken/
Strength where I’ve been weakened… Praise His Holy Name

2. YOU SAY

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE:

“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.  A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them. “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’  Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.  But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.” When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law. MATTHEW 7:13-29

 He went on teaching from town to village, village to town, but keeping on a steady course toward Jerusalem. A bystander said, “Master, will only a few be saved?” He said, “Whether few or many is none of your business. Put your mind on your life with God. The way to life—to God!—is vigorous and requires your total attention. A lot of you are going to assume that you’ll sit down to God’s salvation banquet just because you’ve been hanging around the neighborhood all your lives. Well, one day you’re going to be banging on the door, wanting to get in, but you’ll find the door locked and the Master saying, ‘Sorry, you’re not on my guest list.’“You’ll protest, ‘But we’ve known you all our lives!’ only to be interrupted with his abrupt, ‘Your kind of knowing can hardly be called knowing. You don’t know the first thing about me.’“That’s when you’ll find yourselves out in the cold, strangers to grace. You’ll watch Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets march into God’s kingdom. You’ll watch outsiders stream in from east, west, north, and south and sit down at the table of God’s kingdom. And all the time you’ll be outside looking in—and wondering what happened. This is the Great Reversal: the last in line put at the head of the line, and the so-called first ending up last.” Luke 13:22-30 The Message (MSG)

 Don’t look for shortcuts to God. The market is flooded with surefire, easygoing formulas for a successful life that can be practiced in your spare time. Don’t fall for that stuff, even though crowds of people do. The way to life—to God!—is vigorous and requires total attention. “Be wary of false preachers who smile a lot, dripping with practiced sincerity. Chances are they are out to rip you off some way or other. Don’t be impressed with charisma; look for character. Who preachers are is the main thing, not what they say. A genuine leader will never exploit your emotions or your pocketbook. These diseased trees with their bad apples are going to be chopped down and burned.“Knowing the correct password—saying ‘Master, Master,’ for instance—isn’t going to get you anywhere with me. What is required is serious obedience—doing what my Father wills. I can see it now—at the Final Judgment thousands strutting up to me and saying, ‘Master, we preached the Message, we bashed the demons, our God-sponsored projects had everyone talking.’ And do you know what I am going to say? ‘You missed the boat. All you did was use me to make yourselves important. You don’t impress me one bit. You’re out of here.’ “These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life on. If you work these words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock. Rain poured down, the river flooded, a tornado hit—but nothing moved that house. It was fixed to the rock. “But if you just use my words in Bible studies and don’t work them into your life, you are like a stupid carpenter who built his house on the sandy beach. When a storm rolled in and the waves came up, it collapsed like a house of cards.”When Jesus concluded his address, the crowd burst into applause. They had never heard teaching like this. It was apparent that he was living everything he was saying—quite a contrast to their religion teachers! This was the best teaching they had ever heard. MATTHEW 7:13-29 (The Message Bible)

SPECIAL MUSIC

ANNOUNCEMENTS: FRIDAY NIGHT, MARCH 29TH 7 P.M. GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE

SUNDAY MARCH 31ST. EASTER SUNDAY CELEBRATION FOLLOWED BY CHURCH WIDE POT-LUCK.