**Berean Legacy Church Announcements**
Berean Legacy Church has a lively worship service every second and fourth Sabbath at 11 A.M. Let's learn more about God and His great love for us.
Berean Woman to Woman Ministries invites you to join us as we fellowship and grow our relationship with Jesus Christ every first and third Sunday from 7 to 7:30 p.m. Please come and invite a friend.
Woman to Woman Ministries will host Sabbath Cafe every first Saturday of the month from 10:25 to 10:55. Connect with others as you enjoy some sweet treats and warm beverages. Sit and relax with your church family. Sabbath Cafe has a seat just for you. All are welcome.
In-person Bible study for children is alive and well at Berean. Bible study begins at 10 A.M. to 10:50 a.m. and introduces the value of spiritual things to your child. Four different classes are available for your child to encounter authentic stories of faith and study about God's monumental love for them.
Join the Berean family life and Sabbath School departments for Vespers in the Park. There will be food, fun, fellowship, and giveaways. This event will be on Saturday, July 29th from 6 to 8 PM. The theme is "Continuing the Journey." We will all meet at shelter number seven at Sweetwater Creek Park. Don't forget to bring your camping chair.
One of our greatest needs is for spiritual revival. Join us from July 15th to the 22nd at seven o'clock nightly. Dr. Sharon Jack guides us through Bible study at this Bible Conference. We still have hope. All are welcome to join as we gain a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit and optimism despite the odds.
We look forward to Holy Communion on Saturday, July 22nd from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Virtual viewers can pick up emblems from July 17th through July 21st from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the church. We will be celebrating the Lord's Supper and we invite everyone to participate right along with us.
Our God hears us when we pray. It is more than a conversation; it's communion. Join The Prayer Ministry and Personal Ministries as they team up to prepare for the summer Bible Conference the best way they know how, and that is through prayer. Join the Zoom prayer session on July 3rd, July 6th, July 9th, July 11th, and July 13th.
At Vacation Bible School, kids will learn how to connect with God through prayer activities that show kids how much God loves them. Your kids will follow Ruth and Naomi's journey from Moab to Bethlehem. Along the way, they'll love learning how God always keeps His promises. God is fiercely faithful.
Six ways to give online through Berean are: through Adventist Giving, type in Berean Giving, give by text, give by cash app, give by mail, and walk in and give in person.
I want to personally invite you to the 2023 Coming Together Women's Convention in Orlando, Florida from August 24th to 27th. To register, go to the Southern Union Conference website, look at and click on 2023 Coming Together Women's Convention. There you will register and reserve your room. We are looking forward to coming together and we are looking for you.
We also invite you to join us for Vespers in the Park on Saturday, July 29th from 6 to 8 PM. The theme is "Continuing the Journey," and we will all meet at Shelter Number Seven at Sweetwater Creek Park. Don't forget to bring your camping chair.
One of our greatest needs is for spiritual revival. Join us from July 15th to the 22nd at seven o'clock nightly as Dr. Sherwin Jack guides us through Bible study at this Bible Conference. We still have hope, and all are welcome to join as we gain a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit and optimism despite the odds.
The Prayer Ministry and Personal Ministries team up to prepare for the summer Bible Conference the best way they know how, and that is through prayer. Join the Zoom prayer session on July 3rd, July 6th, July 9th, July 11th, and July 13th.
At Vacation Bible School, kids will learn how to connect with God through prayer activities that show kids how much God loves them. Your kids will follow Ruth and Naomi's journey from Moab to Bethlehem. Along the way, they'll love learning how God always keeps His promises. God is fiercely faithful.
**Worship Service**
Happy Sabbath, Church Family! Please join us on your feed as we sing "Precious Jesus." Let your voices ring out and bless the Lord with your strength forever. Amen.
My name is Laura Baynard, and I want to invite you to taste and see that the Lord is good. Today, we won't have potato salad or barbecue, but the word tells us that the Earth is full of the Lord's glory and praises. So, I want you to get full on the praises of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I want to invite you next week to our Bible Conference from July 15th to July 22nd. On those days, we're going to get full of God's hope.
Good morning, church! Thank you for being in attendance today. We'd like to welcome our visitors who are viewing online from Toronto, Tokyo, Canada, Compton, Atlanta, or Alabama. We just want to say welcome this morning and thank you for choosing Atlanta Berean as your worship place on this Sabbath.
We have a number of announcements that we'd like to share with the church and our viewers. It's with sadness that we announce that the funeral for one of our members, Lily Glover, was yesterday. So, we're just asking the church to keep Sister Lily Glover's family and her husband in prayer at this time as they go through this bereavement period.
Our church is split today. We've got Legacy worshiping across the street, and so our young people are over there. We ask that you would pray for them and Pastor Clark as he brings the word to the young people. Our young people are under attack, and with the age of social media, there are so many other distractions that they have to fight with. So, I just ask that you pray for Pastor Clark, pray for our young people, not just today but every day, that they will be able to overcome the obstacles and distractions that social media offers for them.
Our Evangelistic campaign kicks off beginning next Sabbath, July 15th. We all have a part to play in this campaign. We will have Track Attack on next Sabbath, July 15th.
Let's pray together, family.
Dear Father, I am so grateful for the opportunity that I get to talk to the creator of the universe. Thank you, dear Lord, so much for everything that you've done for us. Hold on to us tightly today, dear Lord. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.
This week we have flyers and cards in the lobby that we invite you to take and pass out to your family, friends, and co-workers. Let them know that there is a powerful word being prepared just for them as we look to hasten God's soon return and educate the hopeless. Let them know that they don't have to be hopeless; there is a Christ and a Savior that has died for them.
If you are technically capable, you can go to the church's website, AtlantaBerean.com, and forward the flyer to your friends who are more engaged in technology. This is our campaign and crusade, and we invite everyone to take part by inviting someone to come out. The campaign will be in person and will kick off next Sabbath, July 15th, and will run through Sabbath, July 22nd.
We are also having Vacation Bible School (VBS) for ages 3-12. It will be in person in the Fellowship Hall downstairs. Sister Francine Long and her team have prepared an awesome VBS. If you know someone in that age group, they can drop off their children, but an adult or sibling at least 13 years older must be present. This is not a daycare; it is a Vacation Bible School.
We are also having a prayer session on site tomorrow morning at 6 AM. We are calling all of our prayer warriors to be on site. We will go to the four corners of the church and ask the Lord to bless the church, the campaign, and the community. As we reach out through this campaign, we hope that souls will be won to Christ. The prayer session will not be long, about 30-45 minutes.
Finally, we have some birthdays today. Sister Marvalina Harp celebrated her birthday on July 2nd. Amanda also has a birthday today. Gaines celebrated her birthday on July 3rd, and her sister Gwendolyn Chapin is a Fourth of July Independence Day baby who celebrated her birthday on July 4th. Janet Wright also celebrated her birthday on July 4th, and today, sitting right in front of me to my left, is one of our deacons, Deacon John Ward, who is celebrating his birthday. Let's give Elder Ward a hand clap and wish him a happy birthday.
Also on today, Sister Jane Green is celebrating her birthday on July 8th. I'm not sure if Sister Green is in the house today, but there she is in the back. Let's give her a hand clap. Elder Ally Dogma is celebrating his birthday out of the country. We wish him a belated happy birthday.
Today, we are glad to be in the house of the Lord. Amen. Amen. It's a good day to be in the house of the Lord. Our Hymn of worship today is "Wonderful Words of Life," hymn number 286 in your Hymnal. The song was written by Philip Bliss, an American evangelist, for a Sunday school program. Dwight L. Moody asked him to join his evangelistic team, and the song grew from there. Unfortunately, Philip and his wife Lucy were killed in a tragic accident on a train while on their way to a crusade in Chicago.
The song reminds us that we have life by accepting Jesus Christ as our Savior. Do you accept that today? If so, put your hands together for Jesus and stand with me as we sing this hymn of the church.
We are so glad that you have taken the time today to be nearer to God. Prayer is a powerful thing, and we all need to intercede. We want to remember Daryl Alexander and Peggy Ballard at this time and Sister Glover's family, who was funeralized yesterday. Let us give God some praise this morning.
Do you want to be nearer? It is not an accident, and it does not happen just because. You have to put forth effort to be nearer and take some time to be nearer.
Beautiful words, wonderful words, gospel calls of life, Jesus, Holy Savior, sanctified forever. Amen, we serve an awesome God, don't we? A wonderful God. We're going to take some time this morning just to worship. Hallelujah, oh yeah, for the Lord God Almighty reigns. Sing it with us, ah Hallelujah. Are you Lord God? I see, Worthy is the Lamb, Worthy is the Blessing, Hallelujah again. Perfect, Hallelujah, thank you Lord, for the Lord God Almighty. Praise, Holy Lord Jesus, I see Worthy for this. Amen, and I know this is our prayer today.
I lay it all down again, I lay it all down again. Hear you say, Jesus, you are my desire, Lord. No one else can take your place, no one else can take a place. Feel the warm, help me find my way, bring me back to you. Lord God, you're all I want. Cry out to God, you're all I want.
Let's give God some praise this morning. Lord, help me trust your heart, let me love you, yes. And let this be your prayer today, Lord to the Cross died, please, one more time, trophies of Lord to thy precious please.
Lord, it is not an accident; it does not happen just because. You have to put forth effort to be nearer and take some time to be nearer. We thank you all for being here today, for those who are joining online. Now it's prayer time. We ask that you will restore Daryl Alexander and Peggy Ballard to good health. We pray for Sister Glover's family at this time, that you would wrap your loving arms around them so that they will feel that you are near and dear and close to them. We thank you for your love, mercy, and grace. In Jesus' name, Amen.
We thank God for the privilege of employment this week and for the increase He has given us. We come forward to give our gifts to God's service and ask for His blessing.
Lord, we ask that you answer our prayers according to Your will and Your way. We know that You will not withhold any good gift from us, and You will not give us anything that will keep us from being saved. As we ask in faith, we also ask for the trust that You are our God and will always answer what is best for us.
We ask that You empower us to be ready for the Evangelistic meeting, to listen to the sermons, to enjoy the Word, and to be motivated by it. We understand that it is not just the pastor or Bible workers, but each and every follower of Christ has the responsibility of telling someone that Jesus is coming soon. Let us carry the tracks, email someone, text someone, and tell someone that Jesus is coming soon.
We pray this prayer not because we are worthy, but because it is in the name of Jesus, our Savior, our Friend, our God, and our Creator. Amen.
We ask in Jesus' name, Amen. Our service is good. We trust the Lord to make a way and live our lives from day to day. Trust God to make a way and then walk through it. You just stay when all your courage seems to fail, and when you feel that evil will prevent. Stay, for He shows us in detail that His love will never fail, and He'll stand with us.
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but He's given us love and power and the courage to resist temptation. So be not weary in doing well, for only time will tell that the work He's begun in you will help to see you through. You know His word is true, and everything He promised He will do. So having done all, stand, and He will bring you safely through.
When you feel that no one's on your side and the urge to run high, I stand when we gloom in darkness over eyes, trust God to turn the tide and bring you through it. He'll do it; all you gotta do is stand. For He is all, He's always there for you. Stand, and He will bring you safely through.
Although you know not what to do, know that He's looking out for you, and He won't fail you. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but He's given us love and the courage to resist temptation. So be not weary in doing well, for only time will tell that the work He's begun in you will help to see you through.
You know His word is true, and everything He promised He will do. So having done all, stand. You know, oh I stand. Praise the Lord, everybody! The song says, just when you've done all you can, stand, stand still and see the salvation of our Lord.
It's good to be in the house of the Lord. Shalom Shabbat, blessed Sabbath to each and every one of you. I greet you all in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Again, I always start by saying that I never see it as any special privilege that the Lord would have me stand and minister before you when I consider the fact that God would use a sinner like me.
I never see it as any special privilege; I always see it as an act of God's amazing grace. It's truly a blessing to have made it through another week. Some of us came with its woes, and for others, it came with some joys, but if you can hear my voice, you are alive. You have made it through another week; you are here, and we are to say to God be the glory. Amen.
A special welcome to our online viewers. May you receive the blessings that you have tuned in for. I just want to quickly acknowledge my wife, my wife who is here with me, my best friend, my better half, my ride or die. Come on and say Amen. We are in this journey together until death do us part. That's the only part my wife doesn't like to hear. She doesn't like to hear the death; she wants us to live and grow old together. I don't know about the growing old, but we're going to be together by the grace of God.
God has a word of encouragement for us this morning. A woman in the crowd had suffered for 12 years with constant bleeding and could find no cure. Coming up behind Jesus, she touched the fringe of His robe, and immediately the bleeding stopped. Jesus asked, "Who touched me?" Everyone denied it, but Peter said, "Master, this whole crowd is pressing up against you." Jesus said, "Somebody deliberately touched me, for I felt healing power go out from me." The King James Version says it this way, "And Jesus said, 'Somebody touched me, for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.'"
Recent years have seen a wave of studies that document incredible emotional and physical health benefits that come from a simple touch. This research suggests that touch is truly fundamental to human communication. All I need is a touch from you.
Let us close our eyes and pray.
Heavenly Father, it is not by our might nor by our power, but by your spirit, says the Lord. In a spirit of meekness, considering myself lest I become lifted up with pride and tempted to receive your glory, help us to hear what your Holy Spirit has to say to us today and help us to not only be hearers of your words but doers also, not deceiving ourselves. We ask it in the mighty and matchless name of our loving Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In His name, we pray, Amen and Amen.
Touch is fundamental to our bonding, our health, and our interpersonal skills. Studies have concluded that touch is vital to our social development, our relationships with each other, and how we communicate. In this advanced world of technology, where we have Twitter, Facebook, FaceTime, emails, and texting, everything is now being communicated across the world wide net. We are in touch electronically with each other, but we are no longer in touch personally or emotionally.
Without the personal experience of touch, we don't get the full meaning of the message that is being conveyed. Without touch, we don't get the full impact of the true meaning behind the message because it is hard to express oneself and convey one's thoughts electronically.
Science shows that we talk with our bodies. There is what is called body language. We talk with our eyes, our hands, our feet, our posture. We talk with certain gestures that convey specific meanings. There are so many ways of communicating with the body, but touching is relevant to our emotions, our psyche, and our feelings. There is something about touch or physically connecting with a person right in front of you that makes for a more effective way of communication.
The Bible says that even Jesus Himself believed in the power of touch. Because Jesus Himself was touched with even the expressions and the very feelings of our infirmities, Jesus's entire ministry was centered around touch. Jesus stretched forth His hand and touched the leprous man and healed him (Matthew 8:2-3). He touched the hand of Peter's mother-in-law, and the fever that made her sick unto death immediately left her body (Matthew 8:13-14). He touched the eyes of the two blind men that followed Him, and straightway the Bible says they received their sight (Matthew 9:29). He touched the ears and the mouth of the deaf and dumb and made them whole again (Luke 22:50-51). Jesus even stopped a funeral procession one day and touched just the casket of a young man, and His touch of resurrection power raised this young man back from the dead (Luke 7:12-15).
I submit to you today that Jesus's touch is no ordinary touch because if Jesus touches you, you can never be the same again. The Bible declares that we have a high priest who can be touched; He can be reached; He is accessible to us. You don't need to come to the preacher and go through an earthly priest to get to Jesus. You don't have to come to a particular place to reach Jesus, and you sure don't have to join a specific denomination with a specific title to be touched by Jesus. You can reach Jesus in the shower, you can reach Jesus in your car, you can reach Him on your job, you can reach Jesus in your prayer closet. Jesus is accessible to you because Jesus can be touched.
I thank God today that I don't need an earthly high priest or intercessor to declare me fit for the Master's touch. In His grace and mercy, it is my uncleanliness and unworthiness that qualifies me to receive a touch from Jesus.
In Luke 8, Jesus is on His way to see Jairus' daughter, who is sick unto death. Jairus is a man of prominence, status, and stature, a ruler of the synagogue. In desperation, he falls down at the feet of Jesus and besought Him to come to his house to heal his daughter. Jesus is moved with compassion and a desire to save Jairus' daughter from the sickness of death.
As we consider this passage of scripture, I have come to learn that it is not so much in the destination, but it is in the things that happen along the way. Many of us are only focused on getting from point A to point B, so much so that we tend to miss the blessings of the journey along the way. The greatest lessons to be learned in this Christian life are experienced in the journey and not in the destination.
It is in the process, the faith journey of walking and talking and patiently waiting on the Lord while we serve Him, that our best testimonial experiences come. It is not in the thing that you have been hoping and believing for that is important; it is in the lessons that you learn along the way, in your highs and your lows, your good times and your bad times, as you go through the process patiently waiting on the blessing.
You don't have to be righteous and holy to be touched by Jesus; it's the feelings of our infirmities that qualifies us for His touch. You might be able to kind of make it through, but 12 years—that's a long time. She had been dealing with this issue for 12 long years, and she had spent all of her money. She had been to all of the doctors and had done all of the things that she could do, and she had no more money, no more hope, no more strength, no more energy, no more faith, and no more courage.
This woman had to deal with an abnormal issue for 12 long years. I can relate to this because I have had some personal issues in my own life. One time, I had some back pain that lasted weeks and months, and I was totally bedridden for one month. I went to the hospital, and the doctors said I had three bulging discs in my back that were pressing against my spinal cord. By the grace of God, it fixed itself without surgery.
If you allow your issue to take control of your life, it will take all of your resources, create problems in your relationships, and even destroy your marriage. She kept extending her resources to fix this problem, but in the end, she lost everything. Long continual problems have a tendency of draining all of your resources.
The law of Moses suggested that wherever this woman went, she had to verbally declare it unclean. Her children couldn't hug her, her husband couldn't love on her, and her issue had separated her and distanced her from them. This had drained her self-esteem, her self-respect, her relationships, her finances, and her social status. She recognized her own unworthiness to come before God as a clean vessel of honor.
We find this woman sitting on the side of the road, alienated from the people she loved, living in a state of total isolation and down to her last resource of hope for her healing. Sometimes in our Christian experience, we don't really believe God or in God's provision as long as we still have control options to play with. Sometimes God has to close every other door in our lives so that we can really begin to see and appreciate and experience God for who He really is.
In the process, there has to be a season of total isolation so that God can get us to walk by faith and truly depend on Him and appreciate His power, His majesty, and His grace. God will take us through some stuff to mold us and shape us into who He wants us to be so that He can get us to appreciate the process and journey as much as we appreciate the promised destination.
Some of us in church today have never had to believe God for anything in our lives because we've always had it good, but there are some people sitting next to us and all over the world today who are investing in the power of God in their lives through the faith of Jesus Christ because they are believing God for the kinds of things that we are taking for granted. They are believing God for water, shelter, shoes, food, health, and healing.
I have come to understand that genuine faith in God is born when man's ability to do for ourselves has failed. Faith in God is best seen in our own desperation and at the lowest point of our human limitations. Faith in God says, "I will believe God when I run out of options and when there is nothing else that I can do for myself."
Jesus was on His way to Jairus's house, going through the process of His journey with Jairus. Jairus was focused on getting Jesus to his destination, unconcerned about the people around him. However, Jesus was about to encounter a woman with an issue. She was desperate, had no identity or social status, and had done all she could with the little she had. She was isolated and alienated because of her issues, and all she could do was turn it over to Jesus, believing He would work it out.
God was teaching Jairus a valuable lesson. When we are going through our problems, God will sometimes put our problems on pause to have us reflect on other people's issues. We need to understand that when we think our situation is worse, there is always somebody else with something greater. When we get out of ourselves and start ministering to others, our healing will begin and our peace will be restored. Whatever we sow into another person's life, we will reap.
So you want to give what you need? If you need healing this afternoon, you want to pray for someone else's healing. If you need love, give love. If you need money, give money. Here, give what you need so that you can reap your blessings and a peace that surpasses all understanding. It might be your turn, but it might not be your time.
Ah, help me Holy Ghost, I'm almost done shifting gears. Most of the time when we read in the synoptic gospels the account of the people that received the healing at the hands of Jesus, Jesus was always engaging them. He was always engaged in them; He always looked at them and would ask them the question, "What is it that you want me to do for you?"
But as we study this account with this woman with her issue, Jesus never directly engages her. His back was turned from her. It appears as if the order is implying that Jesus never really considers this woman at all.
But I came today to remind somebody that we don't serve a God of coincidence, nor do we serve a God of circumstance. And so if you are on a road or by yourself today and you feel like you want to give up and throw in the towel, I came today to tell you that Jesus is getting ready to pass by your way, and He may not come when you want Him to, but He'll be right there on time, for He will never leave you nor forsake you. He sees and takes note of every single tear. For nothing is hidden from the sight of Jesus, for His eye is on the sparrow, and He watches you and me.
This woman with her issue was now faced with a dilemma of either staying where she was and dying in her issue or getting up in her issues and going through the prayer process. I want you to know right now that Jesus is giving those of us with issues in our lives an ultimatum. He's saying to you and me right now, you can either stay there and die in your issues, or you can get up from where you are and become a part of the process. The choice is yours because Jesus is looking for some passive-aggressive Christians that are desperate and humble enough to be used by God but radical enough to get out of the box and join in the process and turn this world upside down for the kingdom of God.
Are there any radical Christians in the house of God today? I declare to you right now that you will never get anything by sitting on the sidelines, by sitting back and blaming other people for your issues, for the hand that you have been dealt, feeling sorry for yourselves. You need to get up from where you are and join in the process because it is in the process that you'll find your healing. It is in the process that you'll find your peace. It is in the process that you'll find your choice. It is in the process that you'll get your testimony, for it is in the process that the promise is fulfilled.
Come on and give God some praise.
12 long years of dealing with the same issues, but she heard about Jesus. She heard about Jehovah Rapha, the God who heals, and she heard of Jehovah Shama, the God who is always there, and of Jesus. In the Hebrew translation, she kept saying within herself, "If I can just touch Him, I know I will be made whole." Knowing full well that it was a cultural disgrace for a woman declared unclean to touch a Jewish man, she kept saying within herself, "If I can just touch Him, I know I will be made whole."
Despite the cultural and religious barriers, she kept pressing forward to get to Jesus. However, religious folk were standing in her way. In desperation, she dropped to her knees in a posture of worship and said within herself, "In order for me to get past these challenges and get to my breakthrough, I've got to humble myself in the presence of Jesus." She reached out her hand to touch her Lord and Savior, but in humility and respect, she touched the hem of His garment. Immediately, she was made whole.
She was healed of all her infirmities through the power of touch. After 12 long years of dealing with the same issue, it was a touch of His garment that made her whole. I don't know who I'm preaching to, but you've had the same problems for months and even years. Shackled by a heavy burden, beneath a load of guilt and shame, but then the hand of Jesus touched me, and now I am no longer the same.
I'm here today to tell you that if you get desperate enough and humble yourselves and fall on your knees in the presence of Jesus, you will be made whole. Just reach out by faith and touch the thing that touched Him, and you will be made whole, and God will set you free.
But some of you will never ever get your breakthrough and receive your healing until you get desperate enough to come before Jesus on bended knees. Because when you get desperate enough, pride goes out the window, status doesn't mean a thing, degrees are worth nothing. When your back is against the wall, there is only one solution: you have got to get to Jesus.
I'm here today to tell you that it's not only your turn, but it's also your time. I came today to tell you that when you get desperate enough, you are to reach out by faith and touch the hem of His garment. Because one touch from Jesus, and oh what a joy will flood your soul.
Cause something just happened, and now I know I didn't touch Jesus; I touched the thing that touched Him. But Jesus, I said Jesus, touch me and made me whole. For all I need is a simple touch from the Master's hand.
Stand to your feet, stand to your feet; that's the word for today. Come on and give God some praise.
Our heads are bowed and our eyes are closed in the presence of the Most High God. Some of us came to church today with some issues, but thank God today, whatever your issue is, you don't have to leave the same way that you came.
That's a few amens. So I wasn't talking to you; I was talking to the other folk who don't think they have issues. Because contrary to what you might think, we all have issues. My issue might not be your issue, but we all have something. You're a liar, you're a thief, you have a bad attitude, a bad spirit, you're an adulterer, a murderer; we all have something. Born in sin and shaped in iniquity, you don't have to leave church the way you came.
Our heads are bowed and our eyes are closed. So if it is your desire to receive a touch from Jesus, I want you to just reach your hand out by faith. You don't have to touch Jesus; the word Jesus Himself is so powerful. All you got to do is reach out in faith and touch the thing that touched Him. Come on and say Amen.
The Bible says as you reach out in a state of desperation on bended knees in humility before your God, the Bible says that virtue will come out of Him, and you will be healed and restored. If I can just have one of the elders to come and pray for us, I could just have one of the elders, any one of the elders to come and pray for us as the Spirit of God is moving in this place.
Our heads are bowed. Today, somebody came to church looking for deliverance. Jesus is less concerned about the crowd and more concerned about you. He knows every single thing that is on your head and every tear that you have shed in your quiet moments. His desire is to save you from a life of sin and a life of misery.
Let's reach out by faith as the elder prays for us and touch the hem of His garment so that we can be all set free today and delivered from the things and issues that are plaguing us in our lives. Sometimes it seems we feel overwhelmed and we rely on our own solutions, but we are reminded today that we just need to call on the name of Jesus.
Father, you will work it out and make things right. Help us to remember you are just a touch away, a prayer away. Help us to fall on our knees as we were reminded today. Lord, I don't know what the need is in this congregation, but Father, you know. We just pray that as the prayers are lifted this morning and this afternoon, as those who are tuning in through the internet, Father, we pray that whatever the need is, Father, that you would go by their place and that you would touch them and send your Holy Spirit, Jehovah Rapha, with their healing and comfort.
We just pray that you would be in the midst. Help us to remember, Father, you are just a touch away. Lord, we pray that as we leave this place, we would encourage someone else with that same message. It's our prayer in Jesus' name. Amen.
As we go home this week, let's just remember the goodness of God. May your struggles keep you near the Cross, may your troubles show that you need God, may your battles show your bad days that God is good, and may your whole life show that God is love. May God keep a praise on your lips and a song in your heart, and remember that God is good. Thank you for worshiping with us today.
on Nov 05, 2023
