back to indexBerean Community Church Praise and Prayer Night 2/25/2022
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There's no sin that can be justified before you. 00:15:04.060 |
God, that you sent your son to die for our sins. 00:15:09.060 |
and even be able to have a relationship with you. 00:15:13.060 |
there's nothing that we can do to please you. 00:15:20.060 |
God, that we would have hearts of thankfulness 00:15:22.060 |
that this time of worship would be pleasing to you. 00:15:49.060 |
♪ Who can light the fires of a thousand burning suns ♪ 00:21:19.060 |
♪ Who can teach the one who knows all things ♪ 00:25:15.900 |
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, 00:25:32.900 |
I call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised 00:25:42.900 |
Father, we are gathered here tonight wanting to 00:25:57.900 |
And Father, undoubtedly, just we are all coming in here 00:26:03.900 |
with different emotions and with different things 00:26:11.900 |
But we wanna gather tonight really to understand your heart 00:26:15.900 |
and to just grow, to commune and fellowship with you 00:26:19.900 |
first and foremost, and in turn, just be more effective 00:26:32.900 |
so would you lead our time that we have together 00:26:45.900 |
To my kids, I say that almost as like a kind of a goodbye. 00:26:50.900 |
And just even to my wife, like in the morning 00:26:53.900 |
when she goes off to work and things like that. 00:26:58.900 |
but sometimes those words are said out of habit. 00:27:01.900 |
And sometimes it's said simply to like reassure our kids 00:27:06.900 |
or my wife that, you know, just I'm committed to you. 00:27:28.900 |
it starts with something like a happy Valentine's Day, 00:27:31.900 |
this is our what, like eight, 19th Valentine's Day together 00:27:39.900 |
I don't want to say things that I don't mean. 00:28:02.900 |
that we've gone through that I get to kind of reflect on 00:28:37.900 |
Just there's an I love you, oh Lord, my strength. 00:29:01.900 |
delivered David out of the hands of his enemies 00:29:10.900 |
And I'd like to imagine David is thinking like, 00:29:17.900 |
I was the youngest brother just tending the sheep, 00:29:25.900 |
and of all the people in this great nation of Israel, 00:29:42.900 |
And for some reason, God's given me great success. 00:29:59.900 |
And I don't need to defend myself against him 00:30:07.900 |
And it's almost like just a knee-jerk reaction, 00:30:13.900 |
and it starts with, I love you, O Lord, my strength. 00:30:40.900 |
on just the things that he's been faithful to me in, 00:30:55.900 |
to pluck me out of despair and to save my soul. 00:31:00.900 |
And so we want to start tonight by just reflecting. 00:31:04.900 |
And the first thing I want you guys to pray over, 00:31:09.900 |
is to just confess that the Lord is the refuge 00:31:24.900 |
There's no person, no institution I can trust outside of you. 00:31:30.900 |
And I cling myself, and I cleave to you tonight. 00:31:33.900 |
Remind me afresh of who it is that I'm praying to. 00:31:37.900 |
So confess that the Lord is a refuge to whom we turn. 00:31:44.900 |
I would like you to praise God for his great salvation. 00:31:49.900 |
And if that's become something that you share and say, 00:31:53.900 |
and it doesn't just strike awe in your heart, 00:32:00.900 |
Praise God for the blessings and the successes in your life. 00:32:08.900 |
And perhaps if you are in a season of loss and trial, 00:32:13.900 |
pray God that he would be glorified as you grieve, 00:32:20.900 |
that he would be glorified just even in that process. 00:32:26.900 |
where we're gonna give you a few minutes to pray. 00:32:35.900 |
just in a time of music where we get to just pray. 00:32:40.900 |
they're gonna start singing the song that we've selected 00:32:52.900 |
and just pray for us as a representative prayer. 00:32:55.900 |
So why don't we go ahead and declare to the Lord 00:33:00.900 |
why we love him and ask God for reminders a plenty tonight. 00:36:41.660 |
♪ Reach your truth, a fount of perfect wisdom ♪ 00:37:58.080 |
♪ Your faithfulness, my refuge in the night ♪ 00:38:32.080 |
♪ My guilt and cross laid on your shoulders ♪ 00:38:48.080 |
♪ You rose, the grave and death are conquered ♪ 00:39:02.080 |
♪ You rose, the grave and death are conquered ♪ 00:40:18.080 |
at least knowing this, God, that you're here with us 00:40:28.080 |
Father, we confess to you that we've been looking, 00:40:33.080 |
trying to find our rock and our refuge in other places. 00:40:53.080 |
trying so hard, Father, with our own strength 00:41:24.080 |
that tonight you'd help us to draw near to you. 00:44:25.080 |
and traditionally, the more greedy they become. 00:44:33.080 |
there's nothing that could knock us off this pedestal. 00:44:53.080 |
knowing that there's nothing that's out of his control. 00:45:15.080 |
And the reason I share this psalm with us tonight 00:45:27.080 |
is causing chaos in in the world around us today. 00:45:34.080 |
And a lot of people on their social media profiles 00:45:55.080 |
As we see the things that are unfolding around us, 00:46:43.080 |
and that he would empower and enable his people 00:47:01.080 |
that the light of Christ would shine in the darkness, 00:47:07.080 |
wise and selfless leaders who love and fear him. 00:47:16.080 |
That God would raise up just godly men and women, 00:47:19.080 |
spiritual warriors who will know how to fight, 00:47:25.080 |
Third, pray for those suffering because of the crises 00:47:33.080 |
to persevere and to shine the light of Christ 00:48:21.080 |
if you really feel burdened to continue to pray, 00:57:26.360 |
- Our brothers and sisters in Ukraine, in Russia, 00:57:30.360 |
Lord, we know that many of them have already felt 00:57:36.360 |
We have brothers and sisters, perhaps even fighting 00:57:41.360 |
We probably even have them in the Russian army, 00:57:44.360 |
having to think over making difficult decisions, Lord. 00:57:55.360 |
for the Ukrainians, Lord God, under this mess. 00:58:19.360 |
marching forward to the culmination of history 00:58:24.360 |
when all flesh, all spiritual, all angels, all demons, 00:58:29.360 |
everyone will see, Lord God, your blessed kingdom. 00:58:33.360 |
And as every kingdom has risen and has fallen, 00:58:47.360 |
when the government will be upon his shoulders 00:59:06.360 |
that Jesus Christ is Lord of Lord and King of Kings. 00:59:35.360 |
they would endeavor to share the good news of Jesus Christ, 00:59:44.360 |
that we would see Ukrainian civilians and soldiers 00:59:53.360 |
and that they will be held accountable, Father. 00:59:59.360 |
that cost the very life, Lord God, of the only begotten, 01:00:05.360 |
and spread this good news to everyone we know, 01:00:08.360 |
to connect it with every part of our very life, Father. 01:00:15.360 |
that you are in complete control of all things. 01:00:20.360 |
We pray all these things in the name of your Son. 01:00:28.360 |
we're going to be praying that we as a church 01:01:28.980 |
and will kill you and you will be hated by all nations 01:01:38.820 |
and will betray one another and hate one another. 01:02:07.260 |
to all the nations and then the end will come. 01:02:11.840 |
This passage is descriptive and not prescriptive. 01:02:19.600 |
Most of it is a detailing of what's gonna happen. 01:02:24.920 |
might think, oh man, this feels very familiar. 01:02:33.220 |
that we may be living in the beginning of the end, 01:02:42.700 |
And he says a couple things that are hopeful for us 01:02:53.240 |
There is no human effort that can withstand that. 01:02:57.860 |
But there's a lot of distractions that will come into play. 01:03:15.460 |
being watchful, being sober, being prayerful, 01:03:22.420 |
Primarily, we need to help people to persevere. 01:03:58.080 |
Things that are happening are not surprising to him. 01:04:02.240 |
But for us, our call is not to be sidetracked, 01:04:11.500 |
that he is sovereign and that he loves sinful people 01:04:21.280 |
to whatever task he's called us in our perseverance 01:04:25.920 |
and in our participation with the Great Commission work. 01:04:29.120 |
So the first couple things that I want us to just lift up, 01:04:37.880 |
Pray that our leaders will lead well in watchfulness, 01:04:42.540 |
in courage and boldness, and in Christ-like love. 01:04:46.620 |
Intercede on behalf of the leaders of the church. 01:04:51.180 |
And if you have friends who are at other churches, 01:04:54.880 |
who are, who may be leaders at other churches, 01:05:06.700 |
Secondly, you guys know that our young adults 01:05:26.760 |
I'm sure there are a lot of different distractions 01:05:56.680 |
that's gonna receive and feel the heaviest of persecutions. 01:06:00.840 |
My prayer for Maddie and Karis really is my kids, 01:06:21.740 |
That they would be a generation that really knows 01:06:26.340 |
lives it out, and helps others to do the same, 01:06:28.820 |
especially as the world grows more and more hostile. 01:06:33.520 |
If you feel like, man, that's a lot to pray for 01:06:42.880 |
Elder Phillip will come up and close our time 01:10:08.000 |
♪ Firm through the fiercest drought and storm ♪ 01:10:13.000 |
♪ What heights of love, what depths of peace ♪ 01:10:18.000 |
♪ When fears are stilled, when strivings cease ♪ 01:13:41.000 |
Heavenly Father, I just wanna thank you, Lord God, 01:13:45.800 |
for giving us the privilege to gather together as a body, 01:14:02.420 |
the precious lamb, Lord, who became a sacrifice 01:14:17.480 |
that we can't, by our own power and strength, 01:14:21.340 |
Lord, seek to achieve what Christ has achieved, Lord God. 01:14:30.340 |
acknowledging our weakness, acknowledging, Lord God, 01:14:34.460 |
and only by your power and your strength, Lord God, 01:14:40.460 |
that we are sinners before a holy and holy God, Father, 01:14:45.420 |
that we are weak, that we are weak in our discipline, 01:14:56.560 |
And that's all we could do is lift the words of praise 01:15:09.180 |
from any other church that is around our community 01:15:17.720 |
down to every member, that you would cause us, Lord God, 01:15:40.060 |
Father, we pray, Lord God, that you would watch over them, 01:15:44.740 |
to grow in you and to continue to rekindle the first love. 01:15:59.000 |
to get away from the world and the distractions, Lord God, 01:16:11.820 |
of heaviness, Lord God, the weight of the gospel, 01:16:20.980 |
So we pray for our brothers and sisters at that retreat. 01:16:23.980 |
Pray for Pastor Mark, Lord God, as he leads, Father, 01:16:27.220 |
that we would see your spirit working in our BAM ministry. 01:16:32.180 |
We also pray for our other affinity groups, Lord God, 01:16:35.380 |
the couples, especially, Lord, as young couples 01:16:45.920 |
as going through various different stages of life 01:16:51.740 |
Father God, I pray that you would give them soberness 01:16:54.900 |
to understand, Lord, that Satan is trying to cause them, 01:17:03.900 |
But I pray, Lord, that they would be alert, sober, 01:17:07.420 |
and to make that much more of an effort to seek you. 01:17:11.540 |
And in their tiredness, that you would comfort 01:17:21.300 |
to our parents, Lord, to each parent, Father, 01:17:24.060 |
to live in such a way that will be an example 01:17:35.700 |
that they would be convicted because of the examples 01:17:40.240 |
So I pray, Lord, that you would raise up young, 01:17:44.060 |
hungry, Lord, your soldiers, Lord God, ambassadors 01:17:57.720 |
- All right, for our last round of prayer topics, 01:18:06.240 |
I wanna read Colossians 4, 2-6 as an exhortation to us. 01:18:15.900 |
"keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving." 01:18:22.460 |
our praise and prayer night doesn't end here. 01:18:25.600 |
You take that home and that you lift up at home 01:18:39.240 |
that God will open up to us a door for the word 01:18:42.740 |
so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ 01:18:49.340 |
that I may make it clear in the way I ought to speak. 01:18:52.080 |
Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, 01:19:03.940 |
so that you will know how you should respond to each person. 01:19:08.160 |
So this is the prayer request of a missionary in prison 01:19:11.500 |
who's asking that God would help him to speak clearly. 01:19:17.940 |
To speak clearly, that which is humanly difficult to speak, 01:19:28.020 |
And so we're gonna be praying for just the proclamation 01:19:49.920 |
that'll take place at the beginning of March and April. 01:19:57.620 |
it is daunting to go and just approach strangers, 01:20:01.780 |
but pray that God would give them not just boldness, 01:20:05.480 |
so that they're not treating people like projects, 01:20:24.180 |
of the opportunities to share the gospel with them, 01:20:26.720 |
especially with the Pastor Week and Easter coming up, 01:20:34.820 |
Third, we're gonna be praying for our Indian pastors 01:20:36.820 |
and the ministry that is taking place in India, 01:20:39.420 |
where the suffering and the persecution is a constant, 01:20:45.420 |
And let's pray that they would bear much fruit. 01:20:53.000 |
and that their children and their children's children 01:20:57.920 |
and just grow to really be passionate conduits 01:21:04.120 |
And we're gonna pray for two families that we love, 01:21:08.340 |
that the Han family, Pastor Alex and his family 01:21:16.820 |
where they actually can get back into their field, 01:21:24.300 |
And for the Tongs as well, for Harry and Linda, 01:21:26.980 |
that God will open up doors for them to return 01:21:30.520 |
to the field that they desire to go back into, 01:29:01.300 |
if you're here with just your spouse or your family, 01:29:18.140 |
And so we're gonna take about 10 minutes to do that, 01:29:24.340 |
and then we'll wrap up our evening with that, all right? 01:39:22.540 |
It goes verse one, chorus, verse two, chorus, 01:39:35.420 |
Verse two, chorus, and then solo, and then chorus. 01:39:42.740 |
Okay, I invite you all to stand for our closing songs, 01:40:19.660 |
and just really submitting ourselves to his sovereignty. 01:40:27.980 |
Praise the Lord, praise God in his sanctuary, 01:40:36.380 |
praise him according to his excellent greatness, 01:40:45.380 |
praise him with stringed instruments and pipe, 01:40:57.260 |
We're gonna wrap up just with two songs of praise, 01:41:03.700 |
may they remind you just of his goodness and his kindness, 01:41:07.220 |
especially if you are in a time of struggle and trial. 01:45:32.100 |
♪ Worthy of all the praise we could ever bring ♪ 01:45:40.500 |
♪ Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe ♪ 01:46:07.580 |
♪ Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe ♪ 01:46:33.060 |
♪ Show me who you are and fill me with your heart ♪ 01:46:38.060 |
♪ And lead me in your love to those around me ♪ 01:47:06.740 |
♪ Worthy of all the praise we could ever bring ♪ 01:47:13.460 |
♪ Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe ♪ 01:47:40.500 |
♪ Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe ♪ 01:48:07.700 |
♪ Show me who you are and fill me with your heart ♪ 01:48:12.700 |
♪ And lead me in your love to those around me ♪ 01:48:34.700 |
♪ Show me who you are and fill me with your heart ♪ 01:48:39.700 |
♪ And lead me in your love to those around me ♪ 01:50:29.580 |
♪ Show me who you are and fill me with your heart ♪ 01:50:36.580 |
♪ And lead me in your love to those around me ♪ 01:51:44.580 |
God, this is our desire that we be anchored in Christ, 01:51:51.580 |
that in anything we would trust in you and you alone. 01:51:55.580 |
God, continue to show us who you are more and more each day, 01:52:00.580 |
that we can help but marvel at the God who we worship. 01:52:03.580 |
Please teach us, God, in the midst of our busyness 01:52:09.580 |
God, that we remain sober-minded through your word 01:52:13.580 |
God, if we have been drifting or in a place of apathy, 01:52:23.580 |
that will not fade away, that our joy would be renewed. 01:52:26.580 |
So we thank you for everything, in Jesus' name we pray.