January 19, 2025

Worship Service Video 

 

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Worship Service Scriptures

LORD, your faithful love reaches to the sky.
Your faithfulness is as high as the clouds.
Your goodness is higher than the highest mountains.
Your fairness is deeper than the deepest ocean. LORD, you protect people and animals.
Nothing is more precious than your loving kindness.
All people can find protection close to you.
They get strength from all the good things in your house.
You let them drink from your wonderful river.
The fountain of life flows from you.
Your light lets us see light.
Continue to love those who really know you,
And do good to those who are true to you.

 

I love Zion, so I will continue to speak for her. I love Jerusalem, so I will not stop speaking. I will speak until goodness shines like a bright light, until salvation burns bright like a flame. Then all nations will see your goodness. All kings will see your honor. Then you will have a new name that the LORD himself will give you. You will be like a beautiful crown that the LORD holds up, like a king's crown in the hand of your God.

You will never again be called 'The People God Left.' Your land will never again be called 'The Land God Destroyed.' You will be called 'The People God Loves.' Your land will be called 'God's Bride,' because the LORD loves you, and your land will be his. As a young man takes a bride and she belongs to him, so your land will belong to your children. As a man is happy with his new wife, so your God will be happy with you.

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God. He takes away the sins of the world! This is the one I was talking about when I said, 'There is a man coming after me who is greater than I am, because he was living even before I was born.' I did not know who he was. But I came baptizing people with water so that Israel could know that he is the Messiah."

Then John said, "I also did not know who the Messiah was. But the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'You will see the Spirit come down and rest on a man. He is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.' I have seen this happen. I saw the Spirit come down from heaven like a dove and rest on this man. So this is what I tell people: 'He is the Son of God.'"

The next day John was there again and had two of his followers with him. He saw Jesus walking by and said, "Look, the Lamb of God!" The two followers heard him say this, so they followed Jesus. Jesus turned and saw the two men following him. He asked, "What do you want?" They said, "Rabbi, where are you staying?" ("Rabbi" means "Teacher.") He answered, "Come with me and you will see." So the two men went with him. They saw the place where he was staying, and they stayed there with him that day. It was about four o'clock. 

These men followed Jesus after they had heard about him from John. One of them was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter. The first thing Andrew did was to go and find his brother Simon. Andrew said to him, "We have found the Messiah." ("Messiah" means "Christ.") Then Andrew brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon, the son of John. You will be called Cephas." ("Cephas" means "Peter.") 

The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He met Philip and said to him, "Follow me." Philip was from the town of Bethsaida, the same as Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the man that Moses wrote about in the law. The prophets wrote about him too. He is Jesus, the son of Joseph. He is from Nazareth." But Nathanael said to Philip, "Nazareth! Can anything good come from Nazareth?" Philip answered, "Come and see." 

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said, "This man coming is a true Israelite, one you can trust. Nathanael asked, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered, "I saw you when you were under the fig tree, before Philip told you about me." Then Nathanael said, "Teacher, you are the Son of God. You are the King of Israel." Jesus said to him, "Do you believe this just because I said I saw you under the fig tree? You will see much greater things than that!" Then he said, "Believe me when I say that you will all see heaven open. You will see 'angels of God going up and coming down' on the Son of Man." 

 

Bible Q & A this Week 

John had two of his followers with him.

"Look, the Lamb of God!"

They followed Jesus.

He asked, "What do you want?"

They said, "Rabbi, where are you staying?"

Teacher

Jesus answered "Come with me and you will see."

The two men went with Jesus.

They stayed there with Jesus that day. It was about four o'clock.

One of them was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter.

Andrew went to go and find his brother Simon.

"We have found the Messiah."

Christ

Jesus looked at Simon and said, "You are Simon, the son of John. You will be called Cephas."

Peter

He met Philip and said to him, "Follow me."

Bethsaida

Philip told Nathanael, "We have found the man that Moses wrote about in the law. The prophets wrote about him too. He is Jesus, the son of Joseph.

Philip said that Jesus is from Nazareth."

Nathanael said, "Nazareth! Can anything good come from Nazareth?"

Philip said, "Come and see."

Jesus said, "This man coming is a true Israelite, one you can trust.

Nathanael asked, "How do you know me?"

Jesus answered, "I saw you when you were under the fig tree, before Philip told you about me."

Nathanael said, "Teacher, you are the Son of God. You are the King of Israel."

"Do you believe this just because I said I saw you under the fig tree? You will see much greater things than that!"

Jesus said, "Believe me when I say that you will all see heaven open. You will see 'angels of God going up and coming down' on the Son of Man."