2 Corinthians 5:16-21 / David VanAcker

16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Welcome to missions week! With Sunday's sermon, my earnest hope is that God will be glorified by helping us consider missions with greater clarity and engaging in missions with greater earnestness. The big idea of the sermon (along with all missions week) is that God’s Word calls God’s people to glorify God by calling all people everywhere to follow Jesus and we do that best by burning bright for Jesus. The main takeaway, then, is to call all people everywhere to follow Jesus by burning bright for Jesus.

Service Order

Welcome
Exhortation
Assurance of Pardon
    He Is Our God 
Reading – Psalm 24
    All Creatures Of Our God And King 
    Take My Life And Let It Be 
Offering
Sermon
    O The Deep Deep Love 
    For The Cause 
Benediction

Memory Verse

Romans 8:35-37 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? ³⁶As it is written, "For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered." ³⁷No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

Service Times

Prayer
8:30-8:45am
Sunday School
9:00am-10:00am
Worship Service
10:30am-Noon

Berea

This week we will watch some videos from our missionaries and pray for each of them in Berea. The kids will be continuing their Sunday School classes; 2-4yrs (nursery), 5-8yrs (Grace for Kids room), 9-12yrs (conference room).