Worship
Welcome
Greetings, and welcome to Broken Church. We are called Broken Church for many reasons, as you can learn by simply walking through this website. For today, in this space, at this time, we're speaking to the fact that every church is broken, including this one, because it is filled with broken people. If we deny our brokenness, thinking we are perfect already, then we have no need of God. So today, let us accept that we are broken, and recognize how far away we are from His perfection, admit our need for Him in our lives, seek His forgiveness for those times when we have fallen, and humbly ask to enter His presence that we may worship Him. Please pray with me...
Opening Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father. I come before you today in a pitiful state. I know I am far from perfect. I may be what the world considers a "good person," but that does not compare to your perfection. I know that I cannot enter Your presence with the wrong attitude, so as I check my heart right now, and I ask You to reveal all the times in the past when I have thought, spoken, or acted in ways that are not Your ways, please bring those events to mind right now. Let me recognize that they are sin, recognize that each time they happened that I hurt You deeply. Father, please forgive me for those sins that have affected my relationship with You. Clean the slate, Father, so that I may enter Your presence, spend time in fellowship with You, receive Your love, Your strength and Your wisdom through the music, prayer and Scripture in this space. Help me to understand what it is You want me to learn today, and how to apply that to the days ahead. I ask these things in the powerful Name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Time of Fellowship
Before we begin our time of worship, be intentional about the space that you are in. We can worship God anywhere at anytime, but where possible attempt to remove anything distracting in the room that might draw your attention away from God. Take a moment to ask God to keep your thoughts captive. We often come to worship God with thoughts of what we have to pick up at the grocery store, appointments, relationship troubles, namely all the painful parts of our lives that draw us to God in the first place. Take a moment to put those things aside. create for yourself a quiet place, and If you are able, please stand.
Worship in Song
by Worship Leader Dee Rae (coming soon)
Worship in the Word
Good morning. Today we present Stephen Woodard at NASHUA BAPTIST CHURCH as he discusses our "1 Job To Do" in Matthew 28 (January 1, 2023)
Song of Reflection
A song of reflection is a song of worship that invites us to commit to the message God spoke to us today. For our reflection this week, we hope this heavenly medley by Anthem Lights will feed your soul and help you to walk in Christ's love and power until we join together again next week. God bless.
Closing Prayer
Dear Abba Father. Thank You for loving me so deeply. Please allow the words spoken and sung here today to help me come to know You more personally. May I gain a deeper understanding of who You are each week. Help me to understand Your purposes for me. Help me to find joy around me as I see things through Your eyes. Help me grasp the truths revealed to me today, and how to use them to walk through the world in a godly way, and may I point others to You in the process. I pray this in Jesus' powerful name, Amen.
Acknowledgements
Today's sermon: Alistair Begg, DDiv, Senior Pastor of Parkside Church, Cleveland, OH. “The man on the middle cross said I can come.” An excerpt from the sermon “The Power and Message of the Cross,” which was preached at Baylor University's inaugural National Preaching Conference in 2019.