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CALL TO WORSHIP
*INVOCATION
*CONGREGATIONAL HYMN
*RESPONSIVE READING
*PRAYER
SONG OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP
WELCOME / ANNOUNCEMENTS / FELLOWSHIP
OFFERTORY PRAYER AND OFFERING
*INTERCESSORY PRAYER
*PRAYER OF FAITH AND COMMITMENT
SPECIAL MUSIC
WORD OF GOD – Pastor Nokomis Yeldell, Jr.
*INVITATION TO SALVATION AND DISCIPLESHIP
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HOLY COMMUNION (1st Sunday Of Every Month)
BENEDICTION
Date: November 03, 2024
Preacher: Pastor Nokomis Yeldell, Jr.
Sermon: Never Lose Your Faith In God
Scripture: Daniel 3: 16-18
16 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to him, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. 17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. 18 But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.”
I remember the day my husband came to me with the most serious look on his face and spoke the words no one wants to hear: “Hey babe, I don’t know how we’re going to pay for groceries for the rest of the month.” We were missionaries overseas, and we lived on the financial support given to us by others.
We were barely scraping by. After paying all the bills we were left with about $10 in our account…for the rest of the month. In that moment I had a choice: live in fear and stress over things I couldn’t change or put my trust fully in the Lord and His provision. I chose to take God at His word and wait on Him to come through for us in a miraculous way. When things were literally out of our control, my husband and I would say “Put it on my tab,” which meant: God, please put this on our heavenly tab because You have endless resources, and all we are called to do is trust You.
During that season, we prayed daily and sometimes hourly for the Lord to help us continue to trust Him and embrace dependence on Him. One day, we got a check in the mail for $500 from a very unexpected source. That was enough money to get us through the next several months of living expenses. All we could do was cry. When we fully gave up, God showed up. And while that wasn’t the last time our faith and trust were tested, our faith was built up that day. We couldn’t see God working on our behalf, but He was ! We now had a testimony of the Lord’s provision and knew what it was like to be fully dependent on Him.
If you’re in a difficult place right now, even if you can’t see it, God is working on your behalf. All you have to do is trust Him and rest, knowing that everything is going to be O.K. !
A cultural phenomenon took place in 2004 when a sheep was discovered to have survived several years without a shepherd. His name was Sevitt. In his picture, he looked ridiculously large and puffy. This was actually not a funny situation, but a tragic one. A sheep’s wool needs to be sheared about once a year. If they aren’t sheared, their coat grows too large and becomes matted. Dirt and droppings can become entangled in their wool and nest there causing infection. But most troubling is when left unsheared, sheep have trouble regulating their temperature, and many die from overheating It was a miracle that Sevitt was even alive after six years of avoiding his shepherd by hiding in caves ! When he came back, he could hardly walk, eat and function the way a sheep was created to. Why ? Because Sevitt was overburdened with a heavy coat he was never created to bear.
In John 10:11, Jesus says, “I am the good shepherd”. And Psalm 23:1 says, “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want”. God is saying we will lack nothing as His sheep. Which begs the question, what do we as His sheep need ? We could talk about the things real sheep need like a good pasture, fresh water, food, and rest. And while I’m sure we could find biblical applications for all those things, when it comes down to it, a sheep ultimately has only one need: a shepherd. Jesus’ actions in Matthew 9:36 affirm this truth: “But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.”
When we, like Sevitt, walk away from our Shepherd, we can take on a heavy coat we were never created to carry. It may not even involve us actively walking away from Him. The truth is when we don’t have consistent intimacy with the Lord – a regular, ongoing, close relationship – we become weighed down with burdens we were never meant to bear. We become like Sevitt, a sheep whose coat grew out of control because he avoided his shepherd. When Sevitt returned to his shepherd, they sheared him for the first time and he emerged from his old burden; as if being born again out of his old coat. What a beautiful picture of our need for our Shepherd !
It is good to have self-confidence;
it is better to have God-confidence.
1 John 3: 21-22
Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him.
November 10, 2024
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Songs Of Praise – Psalm 146 and Psalm 150
After participating in this lesson; each learner should be able to:
1. SUMMARIZE why God is to be praised base on Psalm 146 and 150
2. PROVIDE examples of God’s care described in these Psalms
3. IDENTIFY a time of God’s care in his/her life and write a praise of thanks
Refusing To Trust In People
Psalm 146:1–4 NIV 1 Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, my soul. 2 I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. 3 Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save. 4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing.
The psalmist begins by urging his “soul” to praise God. In the way this ancient writer is thinking, everyone is viewed as an indivisible whole: a person is not only a spirit who temporarily dwells in an earthly body that will be discarded at death. In the Old Testament, the soul denotes the entire person as a living being. God’s people are to worship Him with their entire being. In verse 2, the poet states that he intends to praise God throughout his life. In the second line, the psalmist declares that he would sing praises to God as long as he lives. He would praise the Lord to his very last breath. In verses 3 and 4, the poet warns his audience against placing their confidence in powerful people. These leaders are mortals who have no special abilities to deliver anyone from danger (v. 3). One day they, too, will die. All their cherished projects and dreams perish with them (v. 4).
Depending Exclusively On God
Psalm 146:5–10 NIV 5 Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God. 6 He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— he remains faithful forever. 7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free, 8 the Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous. 9 The Lord watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked. 10The Lord reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the Lord.
Trusting in human rulers brings sorrow. But when a person turns to “the God of Jacob” (Ps. 146:5) for help, he or she finds eternal joy in salvation. People who put their hope in God are truly “blessed.” This term denotes the abiding presence of joy in those who receive God’s favor. In verse 6, the psalmist writes that God made “heaven and earth.” He also made the oceans and all the creatures in the seas. He is eternally “faithful” to keep every promise He makes. Believers find assurance in their faithful creator. God is the foundation of their faith and hope. God defends the cause of the marginalized. He vindicates those who have been crushed by the wicked. He feeds the hungry. He releases the imprisoned (v. 7). God enables the blind to see. He lifts people’s burdens. He is unfailing in His love for the upright (v. 8). The heavenly king protects the foreigner and sustains the orphan and the widow, but overturns the plans of the wicked. The psalm closes by declaring God’s eternal reign. “Zion” refers to Jerusalem (the city of David). God eternally remains the king over His eternal city and its inhabitants. His children praise Him for His rule.
Praising The Lord
Psalm 150:1–6 NIV 1 Praise the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens. 2 Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness. 3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre, 4 praise him with timbrel and dancing, praise him with the strings and pipe, 5 praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals. 6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord.
Verse 1 calls on worshipers to praise God in the “sanctuary” and “his mighty heavens.” These calls for a specific place encourage the worshipers to enter into God’s presence. We can almost hear the loud and joyful way it was performed at the Jerusalem temple. The psalmist then provides reasons to worship God. They can praise Him for His “acts of power,” along with His abundant “greatness” (v. 2). He is able to perform deeds that are impossible for people to do. He is worthy of praise simply for being Himself. Verses 3 through 5 detail various ways Israel could convey their praise. The psalm invites Israel to praise God by blowing a “trumpet,” playing the “harp and lyre” (two types of stringed instruments), beating the “timbrel” (hand drums), and “dancing.” The psalmist includes another type of “strings,” the “pipe” (or flute), and the “cymbals.” Worship was to be loud and full of joyous music. Verse 6 summons worshipers and all living things to worship God. God is deserving of praise from every single person and thing that “has breath.” The psalm ends just as it began: “Praise the Lord.” By beginning and ending the psalm with the same phrase, the psalmist emphasizes the simplicity of its command. The people are to praise God and His name.
Faith Covenant Christian Church began on February 27, 2014 following a fellowship dinner for displaced former members of Crossroads Christian Church. Following that first meeting, we formed a Planning Committee and began meeting @ Best Western Hotel at Cedar Bluff. On May 7, 2014, we adopted the name Faith Covenant Christian Church, with our foundational verse being Jeremiah 50:5. On June 22, 2014 an invitation to membership was given by Rev A. David Baxter and 21 people united with Faith Covenant Christian Church. Women’s and Men’s Ministries began having regular meetings. In September 2014, we began having Sunday School and Wednesday Night Bible Study. In November, Youth Ministry began. By the end of 2014, 10 more people joined, three as new converts. We moved into our current space on April 1, 2015 and look forward to serving God faithfully. Following a yearlong pastor search, our pastor, Violet P. McRoy, was called on April 18, 2016. In March 2018, Pastor McRoy resigned as pastor, due to poor health and other personal issues. God quickly responded to our prayer-laden search and Pastor Nokomis Yeldell, Jr. was elected to the pastoral position on April 16, 2018. In May, 2024, we will celebrate our 10th church anniversary and are looking onward, upward and forward to serving God faithfully.
Pastor Yeldell was born in Mt Pleasant, Texas, the third of five children of Nokomis and Dollie Pearl Yeldell. His father, also a Pastor for over 60 years, was called to Memphis, TN, where Nokomis Jr. grew up. Following graduation Pastor Yeldell attended Southwestern Christian College. He then served four years in the United States Air Force. He then decided to move to Knoxville, TN to further his education. After serving in leadership capacities in various ministries at Foster Chapel Baptist Church, Pastor Yeldell was called into the ministry in 2010.
Faith Covenant Christian Church represents Pastor Yeldell’s third and prayerfully final pastorate.
FAITH COVENANT Christian Church accepts the Holy Scriptures as the revealed will of God, the all-sufficient rule of faith and practice, and holds to the following foundational truths:
1. The One True God
GOD IS… He is the eternally existent and immutable Father, Creator of the Universe and everything therein. He is the Lord of heaven and earth, and in Him we move and have our being. He is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth. Our Triune God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—is One God in three distinct persons: one in essence and purpose and distinct in personality and function. He is omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient. He is the essence of love, goodness, faithfulness, kindness, mercy, grace, holiness, righteousness, and justice.
2. The Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is the eternally existent Son of the living God, the fullness of the Godhead bodily, the image of the invisible God, and the firstborn of all creation. Through Him was made everything that is made—things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things are held together.
He was born of a virgin, and lived a sinless life. God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us so that we might become the righteousness of God through His substitutionary death on the cross. He was resurrected bodily from the dead, and sits at the right hand of the Father making intercession for us.
3. The Work of the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the Counselor, the Spirit of Truth, who goes out from the Father and testifies about the Son. The Holy Spirit convicts the world of guilt in regards to sin and righteousness and judgment. He is given to all who believe, for Jesus will baptize with the Holy Spirit according to the promise of God the Father, who gives the Spirit without limit. The Holy Spirit lives with us and in us, bringing about the endowment of power for life and service, as well as the bestowment of the gifts and their uses in the work of the ministry. These gifts of the Holy Spirit, distributed according to His own will (Hebrews 2:4) include: prophecy, service, teaching, encouragement, contributing to the needs of others, leadership, mercy (Romans 12:6-8), message of wisdom, message of knowledge, faith, healing, miraculous powers, distinguishing between spirits (discernment), tongues, interpretation of tongues (1 Corinthians 12:7-11).
4. Salvation from the Penalty of Sin
By grace, through faith, we are saved from the penalty of sin. Mankind, though made in the image of God, has inherited through the first man, Adam, a sinful nature. By this nature, all mankind has sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, and thereby, was alienated from God; dead in transgressions—gratifying the cravings, desires, and thoughts of the sinful nature; following the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air; stirring up wrath against himself for the day of God’s wrath, when His righteous judgment will be revealed. But God did not appoint mankind to suffer wrath, but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—and saved us by His grace through faith in Jesus Christ.
5. Salvation from the Power of Sin
By grace, through faith, we are saved from the power of sin. Having been crucified with Christ, we put to death the deeds of the body so that sin shall have no dominion over our mortal bodies. We have received the Spirit who is from God so that we may live by faith, understanding what God has freely given us to accomplish His purpose:
6. Salvation from the Presence of Sin
By grace, through faith, we are saved from the presence of sin, for the Lord Jesus died and rose again, and will Himself come down from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God. The dead in Christ shall rise first, and we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. And there shall be a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth will pass away. And we shall dwell with God in the Holy City, the New Jerusalem. We shall be His people, and God Himself will be with us and be our God. He will wipe every tear from our eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things will have passed away.
7. The Inspiration and Inerrancy of Scripture
God’s Word is TRUTH. The Holy Scriptures (both the Old and New Testament) is the inspired, inerrant, and infallible Word of God. We are saved from the penalty, power, and presence of sin by grace through faith that comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God, which testifies of Jesus Christ. By His Word, God has revealed Himself, His plan, His purpose, and His ways—so that we would come to Him to receive eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ our Lord.
We start our day of worship off with Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. We use Urban Ministries Sunday School Lesson
Worship Service is at 11:00 a.m.
(We have simultaneous Children’s Church for age 5-12)
We have bible study with a corporate prayer at the conclusion.
Deacons- Bro. Reggie Lindsey, Bro. William Lundy
Holy Sacraments And Sacred Days – Sis. Earlenia Lindsey
Media- Bro. Anthony Lindsey
Music- Bro. Reggie Lindsey
Program – Sis. Earlenia Lindsey
Public Relations – Bro. Reggie Lindsey, Sis. Sabrina T. Wilson
Pulpit – Pastor Nokomis Yeldell, Jr.
Reconciliation – Ministerial Council
Ushers – Sis. Teresa Farmer
Benevolence – Bro. William Lundy; Sis. Earlenia Lindsey
Food Pantry – Bro. Karl Townes
Hospitality – Sis. Teresa Farmer
Intercessory Prayer – Sis. Earlenia Lindsey
Missions – Sis. Earlenia Lindsey
Bible Study – Pastor Nokomis Yeldell, Jr.
Youth Church –
Sunday School – Bro. Reggie Lindsey
Supplemental Education And Training – Bro. Reggie Lindsey
Vacation Bible School –
Church-Wide Edification – Sis. Sabrina T. Wilson
Men’s Ministry – Bro. Karl Towns
Women’s Ministry (WICS) – Sis. Teresa Farmer
Youth – Sis. Earlenia Lindsey
Administration – Sis. Sabrina T. Wilson
Finance – Sis. Teresa Farmer, Sis. Tiaeshia Kelso, Sis. Sabrina T. Wilson
Transportation – Bro. Karl Towns
Trustees – Bro. Karl Towns
Kitchen Ministry / Special Events – Sis. Teresa Farmer
Comfort And Care Ministry - Pastor Nokomis Yeldell, Jr.
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