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WELCOME TO NOCBC

Working together to extend God’s kingdom (Isaiah 54:2).

November 13, 2022

Today’s Sermon:

Luke 16:1–13

We Are All Managers

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Welcome

We’re glad you’re here!

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Cornerstone

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My hope is built on nothing less�Than Jesus’ blood and

righteousness�I dare not trust the sweetest

frame�But wholly trust in Jesus’ name

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Christ alone

Cornerstone

Weak made strong

In the Savior’s love

Through the storm

He is Lord

Lord of all

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When darkness seems to hide

His face

I rest on His unchanging grace

In every high and stormy gale

My anchor holds within the veil

My anchor holds within the veil

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Christ alone

Cornerstone

Weak made strong

In the Savior’s love

Through the storm

He is Lord

Lord of all

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When he shall come

with trumpet sound

Oh may I then in Him be found

Dressed in His righteousness

alone

Faultless stand before the

throne

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Christ alone

Cornerstone

Weak made strong

In the Savior’s love

Through the storm

He is Lord

Lord of all

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Blessed Be Your Name

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Blessed Be Your Name

In the land that is plentiful

Where Your streams of

abundance flow

Blessed be Your name

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Blessed Be Your name�When I’m found in the desert

place�Though I walk through the

wilderness�Blessed Be Your name

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Every blessing You pour out I’ll

Turn back to praise

When the darkness closes in, Lord

Still I will say

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be Your name

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be Your glorious name

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Blessed be Your name

When the sun’s shining down

on me

When the world’s ‘all as it

should be’

Blessed be Your name

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Blessed be Your name

On the road marked with

suffering

Though there’s pain in the

offering

Blessed be Your name

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Every blessing You pour out I’ll

Turn back to praise

When the darkness closes in, Lord

Still I’ll say

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be Your name

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be Your glorious name

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Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be Your name

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be Your glorious name

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You give and take away

You give and take away

My heart will choose to say

Lord blessed be Your name (2x)

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Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be Your name

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be Your glorious name

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Scripture Reading

Matthew 18:21–22

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Matthew 18:21–22

21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.

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Worship through giving

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Prayer

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Christ Is Mine Forevermore

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Mine are days that

God has numbered

I was made to walk with Him

Yet I look for worldly treasure

And forsake the King of

kings

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But mine is hope in

my Redeemer

Though I fall His love is sure

For Christ has paid for

every failing

I am His forevermore

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Mine are tears in times of

sorrow

Darkness not yet understood

Through the valley I must

travel

Where I see no earthly good

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But mine is peace that flows

from heaven

And the strength in times

of need

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I know my pain will

not be wasted

Christ completes His work

in me

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Mine are days here as

a stranger

Pilgrim on a narrow way

One with Christ I will

encounter

Harm and hatred for His name

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But mine is armor for

this battle

Strong enough to last the

war

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And He has said He will

deliver

Safely to the golden shore

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And mine are keys to

Zion city

Where beside the King I walk

For there my heart has found

its treasure

Christ is mine forevermore

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Come rejoice now O my soul

For His love is my reward

Fear is gone and hope is

sure

Christ is mine forevermore

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And mine are keys to Zion

city

Where beside the King I walk

For there my heart has found

its treasure

Christ is mine forevermore

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SERMON

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We Are All Managers

Luke 16:1–13

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Luke 16:1–13

We Are All Managers

All we have is not ours but God’s; we’re simply managers.

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Luke 16:1–13

We Are All Managers

All we have is not ours but God’s; we’re simply managers.

  1. Our Job as Managers (vv. 1–2)

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Luke 16:1–13

We Are All Managers

All we have is not ours but God’s; we’re simply managers.

  1. Our Job as Managers (vv. 1–2)

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Luke 16:1–13

1 Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. 2 So he called him in and asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.’ 3 “The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m ashamed to beg— 4 I know what I’ll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.’

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Luke 16:1–13

We Are All Managers

All we have is not ours but God’s; we’re simply managers.

  1. Our Job as Managers (vv. 1–2)
  2. The Things We Manage (vv. 3–8)

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Luke 16:1–13

1 Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. 2 So he called him in and asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.’ 3 “The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I’m not strong enough to dig, and I’m ashamed to beg— 4 I know what I’ll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.’

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Luke 16:1–13

5 “So he called in each one of his master’s debtors. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ 6 “ ‘Nine hundred gallons of olive oil,’ he replied. “The manager told him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred and fifty.’ 7 “Then he asked the second, ‘And how much do you owe?’ “ ‘A thousand bushels of wheat,’ he replied. “He told him, ‘Take your bill and make it eight hundred.’ 8 “The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.

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Luke 16:1–13

We Are All Managers

All we have is not ours but God’s; we’re simply managers.

  1. Our Job as Managers (vv. 1–2)
  2. The Things We Manage (vv. 3–8)
  3. Why We Must Manage God’s Things Well (vv. 9–16)

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Luke 16:1–13

9 I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. 10 “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. 11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? 12 And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own? 13 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

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Application

  1. Take an inventory.
  2. Assess current management behavior.
  3. Act.

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Lord I come I confess�Bowing here I find my rest�And without You I fall apart�You’re the one that guides

my heart

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Lord I need you O I need You�Ev’ry hour I need You�My one defense my

righteousness�O God how I need You

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Where sin runs deep

Your grace is more�Where grace is found

Is where You are

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And where You are

Lord I am free�Holiness is Christ in me�(2x)

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Lord I need you O I need You�Ev’ry hour I need You�My one defense my

righteousness�O God how I need You

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So teach my song

To rise to You�When temptation

Comes my way

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And when I cannot stand

I’ll fall on You�Jesus You’re my hope

and stay

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Lord I need you O I need You�Ev’ry hour I need You�My one defense my

righteousness�O God how I need You

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You’re my one defense my

righteousness�O God how I need You

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Semiannual Business Meeting:

Sun., Dec. 11, 12:30 pm.

Q&A session about the meeting and agenda:

Sun., Nov. 20, 12:30 pm.

Agenda:

  1. New member induction
  2. 2023 New deacon nominations
    • Br. Dong Lin, Br. Kevin Zheng, Sis. Min Chen, Br. Vincent Chan, Br. Qingbo Shu
  3. 2023 Church budget
  4. 2023–2025 Church Board of Trustees nominations
    • Br. Shung-Kwok Chiu, Br. David Lee, Sr. Anita Lui, Br. Donglai Yang,

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Friday Night Fellowship

  • Time: 6:15–8:00 p.m.
  • Where: Gym

Come grow your relationship with God and each other!

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Closing Prayer

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Share your faith!

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English Fellowship Cleaning Day Today!

  • Set up tables for fellowship lunch
  • Clean up gymnasium after lunch