01.26.25, Try Again, Luke 5:1-11
Pre/Post Worship Music – Spotify – Open and Close,
Rick lights Christ candle/Lynn softly plays first song
Songs Standing on the Promises CCLI Song # 31803 Lynn/Linda
I Will Trust in You CCLI Song # 106659
Passage/Prayer Luke 5:1-11 Cricklins
Song Do it Again Lynn/Linda
Message Try Again Rick
Song Lord I Give You My Heart CCLI Song #1866132 Lynn/Linda
Community/Closing Peace Rick
Closing Music Show Me Your Ways CCLI Song # 1675024 Lynn/Linda
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- Leave space above Speaker’s head
Music (Slides) Lynn/Linda
Standing On The Promises (Promises) CCLI Song # 31803
Verse 1
Standing on the promises of Christ my King
Through eternal ages let His praises ring
Glory in the highest I will shout and sing
Standing on the promises of God
Chorus
Standing standing
Standing on the promises of God my Savior
Standing standing
I’m standing on the promises of God
Verse 2
Standing on the promises that cannot fail
When the howling storms of doubt and fear assail
By the living Word of God I shall prevail
Standing on the promises of God
Chorus
Standing standing
Standing on the promises of God my Savior
Standing standing
I’m standing on the promises of God
Verse 3
Standing on the promises I now can see
Perfect present cleansing in the blood for me
Standing in the liberty where Christ makes free
Standing on the promises of God
Chorus
Standing standing
Standing on the promises of God my Savior
Standing standing
I’m standing on the promises of God
I Will Trust In You CCLI Song # 106659
Verse 1
When I can’t see You I know You’re here
When I can’t feel You I will not fear
I will trust in You and I will not be afraid
Verse 2
And when the battle is close at hand
I know You’re with me to help me stand
I will trust in You and I will not be afraid
Chorus
I will not be afraid
I will not be afraid
I will trust in You
I will trust in You
Verse 3
And when the darkness is closing in
And I am running against the wind
I will trust in You and I will not be afraid
Verse 4
‘Cause when I’m standing upon that shore
And all the battles they have gone before
I will trust in You and I will not be afraid
Chorus
I will not be afraid
I will not be afraid
I will trust in You
I will trust in You
Passage (Slides) Luke 5:1-11 Cricklins
Once while Jesus was standing beside the Sea of Galilee and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets.
Jesus got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. When Jesus had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”
Simon answered, “Master, we have worked all night long but have caught nothing. Yet if you say so, I will let down the nets.”
When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets were beginning to burst. So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they began to sink.
But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’s knees, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!” Simon, and all who were with him, were astounded at the catch of fish.
Then Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people.” When Peter and the others with him had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed Jesus.
Join me in the prayer of Jesus,
Our Father who art in Heaven hallowed be your name./Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven./ Give us this day our daily bread./ Forgive us our trespasses, while we forgive those who trespass against us./And, lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil./For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
Music (Slides) Lynn/Linda
Do It Again CCLI Song # 7067555
Verse 1
Walking around these walls
I thought by now they’d fall
But you have never failed me yet
Waiting for change to come
Knowing the battle’s won
For you have never failed me yet
Chorus
Your promise still stands
Great is your faithfulness
Faithfulness
I’m still in your hands
This is my confidence
You’ve never failed me yet
Verse 2
I know the night won’t last
Your word will come to pass
My heart will sing your praise again
Jesus you’re still enough
Keep me within your love
My heart will sing your praise again
Chorus (x 2)
Your promise still stands
Great is your faithfulness
Faithfulness
I’m still in your hands
This is my confidence
You’ve never failed me yet
Ending
You’ve never failed me yet
I never will forget
You’ve never failed me yet
I never will forget
Message Rick [Screen Share until close]
[Series Title Slide – Screen share entire message until prayer]
Basics
Live Like Jesus Lived…. In our quest to see, know, and understand, the inner foundation, motivations, intentional steps, and even frustrations of Jesus. We have watched as Jesus, post nativity, has grown into his own skin experiencing all that being human means.
- [Slide] At the age of 12 we witnessed Jesus take responsibility for his own faith; choosing to learn about God and humans through seeking and searching truth, all the while asking questions.
- [Slide] At the age of 30, we have seen Jesus, with 18 years of seeking, searching and asking questions under his belt, step into the baptismal waters in order to please God.
- [Slide] Jesus intentionally faced temptation head on, then he went home where he was rejected by his own people
- [Title Slide] Today, we find Jesus cornered on the beach.
Passage
- As Jesus had traveled through the region of Galilee he had gained a following that grew larger each day.
- Even after his heart breaking experience in Nazareth he still grew in his popularity.
- Now, he was stuck between the sea and the crowd. Stuck in the sand with no place to go except into the water.
- Trapped by the crowd, Jesus walked over to the boats of some fishermen and climbed into one the boats asking the owner of the boat, a man named Simon who will later be known as Simon Peter, to row the boat out into the water so he could speak to the entire crowd.
- Note: earlier, Simon’s mother-in-law had been one of the people Jesus had healed which explains why Simon was willing to follow this and another request from Jesus.
[Slide] When Jesus was finished speaking to the crowd he requested Simon to “Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.” Simon respectfully tells Jesus about their fruitless attempts to catch fish the night before.
[Slide] Eventually, Simon said “Yet if you say so, I will let down the nets.”
Jesus told Simon to try again. Even though they had previously had no success, still, they were to try again.
Simeon and his crew threw the net back into the water and as they lifted the overflowing net immediately having to call for help from the other boats and fishermen. Simon broke down in his realization of the moment, that this was God and that he, just like the prophet Isaiah before him, recognized his own unholiness.
[Slide] Simon recognized that this was a holy moment.
[Slide] Jesus told Simon to not be afraid, and then told Simon and some of the other fishermen, saying, “From now on you will be a fishers of people.”
Insight – Catching
Last week’s challenge
- ‘Catch’/’Fishing’
- Zōgrōn, zogreal
- Roman understanding – capture, enslave, own
- Fishermen – catching, vocation, sustenance
“You will be fishing for men’
- Purpose/personal, Core being
- Investment, not in supplies and equipment, not a fight or argument, but in personal life investment just like the disciples will be come investors in the lives of others.
- Catching people with life which is then verified through words. Possibly 2 dimensional word, allowing them to ‘Catch up’
- It is about life, Jesus will be showing these men his beliefs\faith through his life, 24/7/365. Current day discipleship has become about controlling.
- Showing people what it is to follow God through his life rather than through verbal persuasion and argument. They will catch up with Jesus’ understanding of what Jesus understood about God’s love.
- [Slide] ‘Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, teaching them to observe all that I have taught you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.” (Matthew 28)
Jesus was ‘catching’ these men’s hearts and minds in order to sacrifice his life for them. The life of Jesus they would witness over the days ahead would catch them. Actions verified by words.
Jesus was going to challenge their institutional faith, he was going to push the limits of how they saw their faith in the long run. Jesus would soon be saying things like.
[Slide] Blessed are the poor in spirit, blessed are those who mourn, blessed are the meek, blessed are those who hunger and thirst blessed are the merciful, blessed are the pure in heart, blessed are the peacemakers, blessed are those who are persecuted, blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you.
[Sermon Title Slide]
What was Jesus teaching? He was not building a church. He was not creating a new religion called Christianity. Jesus was still speaking in the purview of the Jewish religious institution. He was defining, pushing, expanding, perfecting and completing their faith. He was telling a community, and beyond, that God loves them by showing them God’s love, so they could tell all the nations that God is Love, so that we can show all peoples that God loves all people.
Prayer
Music Slides Lynn/Linda
I Give You My Heart CCLI Song #1866132
Verse
This is my desire
To honour You
Lord with all my heart
I worship You
All I have within me
I give You praise
All that I adore is in You
Chorus
Lord I give You my heart
I give You my soul
I live for You alone
Ev’ry breath that I take
Ev’ry moment I’m awake
Lord have Your way in me
Community (Slides) Rick
- 02.02.25, Slaves to the Sabbath, Luke 6:1-16
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- Weekly Challenge
Closing Peace (Slides) Rick (Slides)
Leader: May the peace of the Lord go with you.
Response: And also with you.
Closing Music Lynn/Linda
Show Me Your Ways CCLI Song # 1675024
Verse
Show me Your ways
That I may walk with You
Show me Your ways
I put my hope in You
Chorus
The cry of my heart
Is to love You more
To live with the touch
Of Your hand
Stronger each day
Show me Your ways
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