NCF Sunday Worship Livestream - November 24, 2024 - New City Fellowship

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NCF Sunday Worship Livestream - November 24, 2024

Live on Sun, Nov 24, 10:20am EST

Pastor Bob Becker • Joshua 4:1—5:1, Ephesians 1:3–4, Psalm 103:1–5, John 15:20–27

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Sermon Title: “Why Do We Need Memorials?” (Pastor Bob)

Sermon Text: Joshua 4:1-5:1

Sermon Summary:

Why do we remember birthdays, wedding anniversaries, big events in our lives? Why does our nation have memorials honoring those who died to keep us free? Why do we have statues and monuments of former presidents and of people who have changed our lives? We need to remember and to never forget those great events and how they affected us. They are even signposts to help us to reflect both on the passage of time and where we are now. What do we need to be grateful to God for? What needs to remain in my life and what needs to change? What is really important? 12 men, one from each tribe of Israel, took one of the stones the priest stood on in the Jordon River with the ark and brought it to shore. The Memorial was to be used to remind parents to teach their children that their God brought them into the Promised Land with great power. Jesus told us to remember Him and what he did to save us every time we partake of the Lord’s Supper. There was no greater act of our Father’s love and power for us!

Meditation: Ephesians 1:3-4

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every

spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.

Call to Worship: Psalm 103:1-5

N.T. Reading: John 15:20-27

NCF Sunday Worship Livestream - November 17, 2024

November 17, 2024 • Pastor Bob Becker • Isaiah 50:10, Psalm 65:1–8, Mark 4:35–41, Joshua 3

Sermon Title: “Astounding Things” (Pastor Bob) Sermon Text: Joshua 3:1-17 Sermon Summary: As children we could not wait to open our gifts on Christmas. The people of Israel cannot wait to stop wandering in the desert. They experience a mixture of anticipation, excitement and suspense as they wait to cross the Jordon River into the Promised Land. They saw God perform great miracles through Moses and now they will see Him do so through Joshua. As God parted the Red Sea through Moses, God now parts the Jordon River through Joshua. The Jordon River was overflowing its banks. This is not a little amount of water. Why does God do such an astonishing thing? He knows His people will need faith to finally find their rest. So it is with us. Spiritual rest always precedes physical rest. Trusting in God to give us the rest we crave takes faith. That covers the excitement, suspense and anticipation part. More faith, however, will be needed along our journey to find rest since God often opens His powerful hand one finger at a time! Meditation: Isaiah 50:10 Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of his servant? Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God. Call to Worship: Psalm 65:1-8 (Responsive Reading) N.T. Reading: Mark 4:35-41

NCF Sunday Worship Livestream - November 10, 2024

November 10, 2024 • Pastor Bob Becker • James 2:20–26, Joshua 2, Habakkuk 3:6, Psalm 40:1–11

Sermon Title: “God’s Grace For All Peoples” (Pastor Bob) Sermon Text: Joshua 2:1-24 Sermon Summary: Like Joshua, Rahab appears in the NT 3 times. The book of Joshua does not begin with judgment on the peoples of Canaan but with God’s grace and mercy. Not only was Rahab a Gentile, but she was also an Amorite. The Amorites were singled out by God for their sin. God told Abraham his descendants would not receive the land of Canaan until the iniquity of the Amorites was completed (Gen. 15:16). Add to this, she was a prostitute. Yet without a Bible she heard of God’s great deeds against the Egyptians and said, “for the LORD your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath (2:11)” What faith! A faith, even willing to put her life on the line for what she believed. God has not changed. He is still a God of grace and mercy saving both Jews and Gentiles. Meditation: Habakkuk 3:6 He stood and measured the earth; he looked and shook the nations; then the eternal mountains were scattered; the everlasting hills sank low. His were the everlasting ways. Call to Worship: Psalm 40:1-11 N.T. Reading: James 2:20-26

NCF Sunday Worship Livestream - November 3, 2024

November 3, 2024 • Pastor Daryl Wattley • 1 Kings 19:9–18, Exodus 3:4–5, Psalm 106:6–13, Psalm 106:19–23, Mark 9:21–29

Nov. 3, 2024 Sermon Title: “Elijah - The Lost Prophet” (Pastor Daryl) Sermon Text: 1 Kings 19:9-18 Meditation Exodus 3:4-5 When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then he said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” Call to Worship: Psalm 106: 6-13, 19-23 N.T. Reading: Mark 9:21-29