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January 23, 2022
10,000 Reasons / Give Thanks
Bless the Lord O my soul�O my soul�Worship His holy name�Sing like never before�O my soul�I’ll worship Your holy name
The sun comes up
It’s a new day dawning�It’s time to sing Your song again�Whatever may pass
And whatever lies before me�Let me be singing
When the evening comes
Bless the Lord O my soul�O my soul�Worship His holy name�Sing like never before�O my soul�I’ll worship Your holy name
You’re rich in love
And You’re slow to anger�Your name is great
And Your heart is kind�For all Your goodness
I will keep on singing�Ten thousand reasons
For my heart to find
Bless the Lord O my soul�O my soul�Worship His holy name�Sing like never before�O my soul�I’ll worship Your holy name
And on that day
When my strength is failing�The end draws near
And my time has come�Still my soul will sing
Your praise unending�Ten thousand years
And then forevermore
Bless the Lord O my soul�O my soul�Worship His holy name�Sing like never before�O my soul�I’ll worship Your holy name
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Worship Your holy name�Lord I’ll worship Your holy name
Give thanks with a grateful heart�Give thanks to the Holy One�Give thanks because He’s given�Jesus Christ His Son
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And now let the weak say I am strong�Let the poor say I am rich�Because of what
The Lord has done for us
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Give thanks with a grateful heart�Give thanks to the Holy One�Give thanks because He’s given�Jesus Christ His Son
And now let the weak say I am strong�Let the poor say I am rich�Because of what
The Lord has done for us
Give thanks!
Welcome
We’re glad you’re here!
Sunday Morning English Fellowship
NOCBC
Attn: Julia Cheng
3413 Continental Dr.
Kenner, LA 70065
Giving
Prayer
Speak O Lord as we come to You�To receive the food
Of Your holy word�Take Your truth, plant it deep in us�Shape and fashion us
In Your likeness
That the light of Christ
Might be seen today�In our acts of love
And our deeds of faith�Speak O Lord and fulfill in us�All Your purposes for Your glory
Teach us Lord full obedience�Holy reverence, true humility�Test our thoughts and our attitudes�In the radiance of Your purity
Cause our faith to rise�Cause our eyes to see�Your majestic love and authority�Words of power that can never fail�Let their truth prevail over unbelief
Speak O Lord and renew our minds�Help us grasp the heights
Of Your plans for us�Truths unchanged
From the dawn of time�That will echo down
Through eternity
And by grace we’ll stand
On Your promises�And by faith we’ll walk
As You walk with us�Speak O Lord till Your church is built�And the earth is filled with Your glory
SERMON
Missionary Challenges
Acts 14:21–24
Acts 14
21 They preached the gospel in that city and won a large number of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch, 22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. “We must go through many
hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said. 23 Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.
Acts 14
1 Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting,
the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off. 4 The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy Spirit, …
Missionary Challenges
Acts 13
8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.
Acts 13
45 When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy. They began to contradict what Paul was saying and heaped abuse on him.
Acts 13
50 But the Jewish leaders incited the God-fearing women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region.
Acts 14
2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the other Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers. 3 So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace
by enabling them to perform signs and wonders. 4 The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles. 5 There was a plot afoot among both Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them.
Missionary Challenges
Acts 13
13 From Paphos, Paul and his companions sailed to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.
Missionary Challenges
Acts 14
11 When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!” 12 Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker. 13 The priest
of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates because he and the crowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them.
Acts 14
19 Then some Jewsa came from Antioch and Iconiumb and won the crowd over. They stoned Paulc and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead.
Acts 14
21 They preached the gospel in that city and won a large number of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch, 22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. “We must go through many
hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said. 23 Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.
Missionary Challenges
Philippians 3
8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness
of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.
Jim Elliot
(1927–1956)
Acts 13
38 “Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. 39 Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin, a justification you were not able to obtain under the law of
Moses.
Grace That Is Greater Than All Our Sin
Marvelous grace of our loving Lord�Grace that exceeds
our sin and our guilt�Yonder on Calvary’s mount
outpoured�There where the blood
of the Lamb was spilt
Grace grace God’s grace�Grace that will pardon
and cleanse within�Grace grace God’s grace�Grace that is greater
than all our sin
Sin and despair
like the sea waves cold�Threaten the soul with infinite loss�Grace that is greater
yes grace untold�Points to the refuge
the mighty Cross
Grace grace God’s grace�Grace that will pardon
and cleanse within�Grace grace God’s grace�Grace that is greater
than all our sin
Marvelous infinite matchless grace�Freely bestowed on all who believe�You that are longing to see His face�Will you this moment
His grace receive
Grace grace God’s grace�Grace that will pardon
and cleanse within�Grace grace God’s grace�Grace that is greater
than all our sin
Closing Prayer
Share your faith!