JUL 7 2024 | Acts: The Dawn of the Church S1E7 | The Power of the Church

Sea Change Church · JUL 7 2024 | Acts - The Dawn of the Church – S1 Ep 7: The Power of the Church
Acts 4:32-37
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the blessing. He removed the requirement. I want to encourage you, if you've never tithed to your church on a regular basis, pick a percent. If you've never tithed before, pick one percent. If you make 100 grand, that's 70 bucks a month. Tithe it to your local church, even if it's not this one. Tithe it to your local church and then try to add one percent every single year. Every single year. If we did that, the amount of revolutionary change that congregations, ourselves included, could make would dramatically change this city and beyond. Amen? If you would stand, we're going to take communion today and invite our communion host forward.

We're going to invite you to come forward, receive the communion, and then after you receive the communion, go back to your seat and we're just going to meditate on the word of the Lord, on the broken body and bread, and then we will take it together. If you have not followed Jesus before, you haven't made a decision to follow Jesus, we encourage you, the scripture encourages you to wait until that.

There's no shade. You can wait until the next time if you decide to make a decision to follow Jesus. Let me pray and then we'll invite you forward. Lord Jesus, bless our time of reflection now as you speak to us about the Barnabas heart, the Barnabas spirit, Lord God, that ultimately follows the Holy Spirit and the heart of Jesus, the immaculate heart of Jesus. We bless you, Lord. Bless this communion time.

In the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Please come forward. guitar solo guitar solo guitar solo guitar solo guitar solo guitar solo sabbos In the name of the Lord, the Lord Jesus, on the night of his arrest, took bread, and after giving thanks to God, he broke it. I want to encourage you to break it. I'm a group in a tradition that broke the bread.

I'm a group in a tradition that broke the bread. I'm a group in a tradition that broke the bread. I'm a group in a tradition that broke the bread. I'm a group in a tradition that broke the bread. I'm a group in a tradition that broke the bread. I'm a group in a tradition that broke the bread. I'm a group in a tradition that broke the bread. And he gave it to his disciples, and he said, take and eat, this is my body, give it for you. Do this in remembrance of me.

And let's take the bread. in the same way he took the cup this is the cup of the new covenant sealed in my blood shed for you for the forgiveness of sins whenever you drink it do this in remembrance of me and every time you eat this bread drink this cup you proclaim the saving death of the risen Lord until he comes let's take the cup thank God for the forgiveness of our sins right goodness gracious thank you Jesus for that I'm so blessed glorious gracious God may we who have received this sacrament live in the unity of your Holy Spirit who may show forth your gifts to all the world we ask this in the name of Jesus Christ amen we're going to say the Lord's Prayer say it with me our Father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done 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 and lead us not in temptation but deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever amen I want to bless you before you get out of here like I said if you need prayer the prayer team will be forward you can come forward if you extend your hands I want to pray a blessing over you right now Lord Jesus I want to bless these that are here today Lord God would you bless your people would you bless the congregants here and maybe this time God we ask what do you want of us rather than what we need from you but God in the midst of that I pray that you would bless your people God with the ability to hear from you directly Jesus of what you're calling them to for obedience and unity and peace we bless you now from the top of your head to the bottom of your feet in the name of the Father Son and the Holy Spirit amen please get prayer if you need to be a pizza fundraiser outside we love you God bless have a great week