James Street Online Service

Sunday 3rd may 2020

Order of service

• Service– Greetings and prayer– Worship– Prayer– Communion – Talk – Craig– Worship

– Please have some bread and wine or juice to hand so we can

eat and drink together

Turn you radio on1. Come and listen in

to the radio station

Where the mighty Hosts of Heaven sing

Turn your radio on, (Turn your radio on)

Turn your radio on, (Turn your radio on)

If you wanna hear the songs of Zion

Come from the land of endless spring

Get in touch with God,

(Get in touch with God)

Turn your radio on, (Turn your radio on)

Turn your radio on, (Turn your radio on)

chorus:

Turn your radio on, (Turn your radio on)

And listen to the music in the air

Turn your radio on, (Turn your radio on)

Heaven's glory shared, (glory shared)

Turn your lights down low,

(Turn your lights down low)

And listen to Master's radio

Get in touch with God,

(Get in touch with God)

Turn your radio on, (Turn your radio on)

2. Don't you know that everybody is a

radio receiver

all you have to do is listen for the call

get in touch with God, turn your radio on

if you listen in you will be a believer

leaning on the truth that will never fall

get in touch with God, turn your radio on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnxT

9Y9Z3jI

by Gaither Vocal Band

Albert Edward Brumley

Greetings and Opening Prayer

• Lets all greet each other– Briefly say hello– Where you are– Tell us about your week– Share a testimony

The peace of the Lord be always with you

All: And also with you

Malasian Child Age 6

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD0H3M0i_04 Stand Still: Adeline Iris

Please Pray

• If you feel able please un mute your microphone and pray a short prayer

– thanksgiving– intercession– for the city– for the health workers– for the scientists researching a vaccine– for the shop workers– for the lonely and alone– for the bereaved– for our leaders

The Lords Prayer

• Please say together:Our Father, who art in heaven,hallowed be thy name;thy kingdom come;thy will be done;on earth as it is in heaven.Give us this day our daily bread.And forgive us our trespasses,as we forgive those who trespass against us.And lead us not into temptation;but deliver us from evil.For thine is the kingdom,the power and the glory,for ever and ever.Amen.

Lord Jesus we enthrone you

Lord Jesus, we enthrone you

We proclaim you are king

Standing here, in the midst of all

We raise you with our praise

And as we worship fill the throne

And as we worship fill the throne

And as we worship fill the throne

Come lord Jesus and take your place

Jesus, we enthrone you

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8MrZj_mBx4 • Paul Kyle Lord Jesus we enthrone you

Communion

Communion Preparation

• 1 Corinthians 11:23-29 New International Version (NIV)– 23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord

Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24 and when he had

given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do

this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way, after supper he took the

cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this,

whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For whenever you eat

this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he

comes.

– 27 So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of

the Lord. 28 Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of

the bread and drink from the cup. 29 For those who eat and drink without

discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves.

Confession

Almighty God, our heavenly Father,

we have sinned against you

and against our fellow men and women,

in thought and word and deed,

through negligence, through weakness,

through our own deliberate fault.

We are truly sorry,

and repent of all our sins.

For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,

who died for us,

forgive us all that is past;

and grant that we may serve you in newness of life

to the glory of your name. Amen.

He Touched MeShackled by a heavy burden,

'Neath a load of guilt and shame.

Then the hand of Jesus touched me,

And now I am no longer the same.

He touched me, Oh He touched me,

And oh the joy that floods my soul!

Something happened and now I know,

He touched me and made me whole.

Since I met this blessed Savior,

Since He cleansed and made me whole,

I will never cease to praise Him,

I'll shout it while eternity rolls.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFzeNQFWB2o HE TOUCHED ME with

LYRICS - ELVIS PRESLEY

Jesus, name above all names

Jesus, name above all names

Beautiful Savior, glorious Lord.

Emmanuel, God is with us,

Blessed Redeemer, Living Word.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEBAHFFJdW8

Taking of the Bread and Wine

• The bread:– The body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which

was given for you, preserve your body and

soul to eternal life. Take and eat this in

remembrance that Christ died for you, and

feed on him in your heart by faith with

thanksgiving.

– Lets eat together

• The wine:– The blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which

was shed for you, preserve your body and

soul to eternal life. Drink this in

remembrance that Christ's blood was shed

for you, and be thankful.

– Lets drink together

Prayer After Communion

Almighty God,

we thank you for feeding us

with the body and blood of your Son Jesus Christ.

Through him we offer you our souls and bodies

to be a living sacrifice.

Send us out

in the power of your Spirit

to live and work

to your praise and glory.

Amen.

Isn't he beautiful?

Isn't he beautiful?

Beautiful, isn't he?

Prince of peace,

son of God.

Isn't he?

Isn't he wonderful?

Wonderful, isn't he?

Counsellor,

almighty God.

Isn't he?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIMsX1cpSBs

Isn't he beautiful – by John wimber

Talk

Craig

Touch Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raEj9MC-5yw Touch a Finger

- Doug Horley

touch…

Touch is to be human

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_HSYB3EPNk • Borg Queen stimulates Data - YouTube

Touch

• Touch is fundamental to being human

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nqN9c3FWn8

The Power of a Parent's Touch

We need to Touch

• How many people have you touched this week?

• Some old people – the only human touch is a hand shake on Sunday

from the minister

• Clinical psychologist and theologian , Rob Wilson - most moral lapses are

related to lack of good physicality in

the real world.

• People have been over working or just concentrating on one thing,

• The danger of a virtual world• One of the reasons why I took up

Judo

C S Lewis Screwtape Letters

- And now for your blunders. You allowed your patient to walk down to the old mill and have tea there - a walk through country he really likes, and taken alone. In other words you allowed him two real positive Pleasures.

Were you so ignorant as not to see the danger of this? The characteristic of Pains and Pleasures is that they are unmistakably real, and therefore, as far as they go, give the man who feels them a touchstone of reality. How can you have failed to see that a real pleasure was the last thing you ought to have let him meet?

Didn’t you foresee that it would just kill by contrast all the trumpery which you have been so laboriously teaching him to value? And that the sort of pleasure which the walk gave him was the most dangerous of all? That it would peel off from his sensibility the kind of crust you have been forming on it, and make him feel that he was coming home, recovering himself?

Do not touch…

• Genesis– Genesis 2 vs 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from

any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of

good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”…

– Genesis 3 1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat

from any tree in the garden’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit

from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the

tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”

• Rules– Colossians 2 vs 22 20 Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of

this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its

rules: 21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? 22 These rules, which

have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely

human commands and teachings. 23 Such regulations indeed have an appearance

of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh

treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.

Danger – Touching Holiness

• Exodus 19:12 Put limits for the people around the mountain and

tell them, ‘Be careful that you do

not approach the mountain or

touch the foot of it. Whoever

touches the mountain is to be

put to death.

• Numbers 19:11 “Whoever touches a human corpse will be

unclean for seven days.

• Numbers 19:22 Anything that an unclean person touches becomes

unclean, and anyone who

touches it becomes unclean till

evening.”

Jesus broke all the rules on touching• Luke 7 vs 36 36 When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went

to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37 A woman in that town who lived a sinful

life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an

alabaster jar of perfume. 38 As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet

his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume

on them.

• 39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a

sinner.”

Rubens 1620

The Feast in

the House of

Simon the

Pharisee

Touching Leapers

• Luke 5 vs 12 12 • While Jesus was in one of the

towns, a man came along who

was covered with leprosy.[b]

When he saw Jesus, he fell

with his face to the ground

and begged him, “Lord, if you

are willing, you can make me

clean.”

• 13 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am

willing,” he said. “Be clean!”

And immediately the leprosy

left him.

Touching Dead People

Luke 7 vs 12

As he approached the town gate,

a dead person was being carried

out—the only son of his mother,

and she was a widow. And a large

crowd from the town was with

her. 13 When the Lord saw her, his

heart went out to her and he said,

“Don’t cry.” 14 Then he went up

and touched the bier they were

carrying him on, and the bearers

stood still. He said, “Young man, I

say to you, get up!” 15 The dead

man sat up and began to talk, and

Jesus gave him back to his mother.

Touching a woman with a flow of blood

Luke 8 vs 42 As Jesus was on his way, the

crowds almost crushed him. 43 And a woman

was there who had been subject to bleeding for

twelve years,[c] but no one could heal her. 44

She came up behind him and touched the edge

of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding

stopped.

45 “Who touched me?” Jesus asked.

When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the

people are crowding and pressing against you.”

46 But Jesus said, “Someone touched me; I

know that power has gone out from me.”

47 Then the woman, seeing that she could not

go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his

feet. In the presence of all the people, she told

why she had touched him and how she had

been instantly healed. 48 Then he said to her,

“Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in

peace.”

Christ and the Woman with the

Issue of Blood 1565-70" Paolo

Veronese (Caliari)

Why So serious?

• She Made Everyone she touched Unclean• She made Jesus unclean

• Leviticus 15:25 25 “‘When a woman has a discharge of blood for many days at a time other than her monthly period or has a

discharge that continues beyond her period, she will be unclean

as long as she has the discharge, just as in the days of her

period. 26 Any bed she lies on while her discharge continues

will be unclean, as is her bed during her monthly period, and

anything she sits on will be unclean, as during her period. 27

Anyone who touches them will be unclean; they must wash

their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till

evening.

Conclusion

• Don’t drown in a virtual world– Films, games, facebook, work

• Get out and walk if you can– Vivian – I can sit in my garden , close my eyes and imagine I

am somewhere else

• Don’t think legalism will save you– don’t touch, don’t eat, don’t be with that person…– no power to help

• Ask for a touch from the lord– If you are willing you can make me clean– “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!”

Touch of Heaven

How I live for the moments

Where I'm still in Your presence

All the noise dies down

Lord speak to me now

You have all my attention

I will linger and listen

I can't miss a thing

Lord I know my heart wants more of You

My heart wants something new

So I surrender all

All I want is to live within Your love

Be undone by who You are

My desire is to know You deeper

Lord I will open up again

Throw my fears into the wind

I am desperate for a touch of heaven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v

=2qywlTSvPW0 Touch of Heaven

with lyrics (Acoustic /Live Hillsong

Worship)

Thank you

Have a Great week

Say Safe

Stay close to God

Ill Fly Away

1. Some glad morning

when this life is over,

I'll fly away.

To a home on God's celestial

shore,

I'll fly away.

chorus

I'll fly away, O Glory,

I'll fly away. (In the morning)

When I die, Hallelujah, bye and

bye,

I'll fly away.

2. When the shadows

of this life are gone,

I'll fly away.

Like a bird from prison bars has

flown

I'll fly away.

I'll fly away,…

3 Just a few more weary days

and then, I'll fly away.

To a land where joy shall never

end,

I'll fly away.

I'll fly away…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA4JyAONd_I

I'll Fly Away - written by Albert E. Brumley

Song covered by Johnny Cash for his album "My Mother's Hymn Book".