Opening Hymn: Spirit of God that dwells within my heart by George Crowly;
1 Spirit of God, who dwells within my heart,
wean it from sin, through all its pulses move.
Stoop to my weakness, mighty as you are,
and make me love you as I ought to love.
2 I ask no dream, no prophet ecstasies,
no sudden rending of the veil of clay,
no angel visitant, no opening skies;
but take the dimness of my soul away.
3 Did you not bid us love you, God and King,
love you with all our heart and strength and mind?
I see the cross— there teach my heart to cling.
O let me seek you and O let me find!
4 Teach me to feel that you are always nigh;
teach me the struggles of the soul to bear,
to check the rising doubt, the rebel sigh;
teach me the patience of unceasing prayer.
5 Teach me to love you as your angels love,
one holy passion filling all my frame:
the fullness of the heaven-descended Dove;
my heart an altar, and your love the flame.
Sermon:
Your Heavenly Father wishes you to have freedom, but he also wants you to listen to him and follow him. He wants to be part of your life, after all, he is your Heavenly Father. He wishes us to do things that glorify him. He wants us to love each other as you would your neighbor. Independence Day can be a great reminder of the freedom that we have as followers of Christ. The 4th of July provides an opportunity for Americans to celebrate the cherished freedoms they enjoy. From the freedom of speech and religion to the right to pursue happiness. He wants us to be one big happy family, but because of the adversary, we are not. Those people that keep their eyes on Heaven and what the Heavenly Father wants them to do, they will have tribulation, but the Holy Spirit will help you through it and give comfort while they are going through it, and a lot of peace, and some joy where appropriate. If we become children of Our Heavenly Father we give Jesus Christ Our heart, and we let him lead our lives. We will then have turned away from a life of things involving the flesh and sin, to a life of the spirit and walking with Our Heavenly Father. Our Heavenly Father’s project is made known in the work of Jesus, runs through us, and does not stop until the entire created order is renewed. And so we see that a section that begins with a call to put to death the deeds of the body is not about escaping from our bodies or escaping from earth, but becoming more truly embodied people upon a flourishing eternal earth. It is very important for us to remember to keep on the lord at all times, because if not, we may fall into satan, and we do not want to do that. We also have to remember that we have parts of our body that might be damaged by satan, he wants us in one peace, but also wants us to pay attention to him, when the end times come you need to be able to eat food and do things you need to do.
Closing Hymn: Americal the beautiful by Ray Charles:
Oh beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife
Who more than self, their country loved
And mercy more than life
America, America may God thy gold refine
‘Til all success be nobleness
And every gain divined
And you know when I was in school
We used to sing it something like this, listen here
Oh beautiful, for spacious skies
For amber waves of grain
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain
But now wait a minute, I’m talking about
America, sweet America
You know, God done shed his grace on thee
He crowned thy good, yes he did, in brotherhood
From sea to shining sea
You know, I wish I had somebody to help me sing this
(America, America, God shed his grace on thee)
America, I love you America, you see
My God he done shed his grace on thee
And you oughta love him for it
‘Cause he, he, he, he crowned thy good
He told me he would, with brotherhood
(From sea to shining Sea)
Oh Lord, oh Lord, I thank you Lord
(Shining sea)
Closing Prayer: Heavenly Father we hope and pray that the people reading this get the message behind it. We hope everyone understands and we hope that this will get them to do more with you we also pray everyone will enjoy the sermon as well. In the name of Our lord and savior we pray.
Lord Jesus; Please come into my heart as my Lord and Savior. Take complete control of my life and help me to walk in Your footsteps daily by the power of the Holy Spirit. Thank you Lord for saving me and I know you will answer my prayers. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.
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