North Main Street Church of God
Pick Up Your Mat and Walk
1201 North Main Street Ext. Butler, PA 16001 10/08/2023
Locations & Times
North Main Street Church of God
1201 N Main St Ext, Butler, PA 16001, USA
Sunday 10:30 AM
Sunday Morning
Join us on Sunday Mornings online where you can Check-in/Connect, Give, and Watch along with us.
https://northmaincog.org/online/Know Christ intimately,
Grow in Christ continually, and
Go for Christ daily
Check-in Here
Thanks for joining us! If it's your first time here we'd love to connect with you! Fill out the form below. <br> For our regular attenders, please check in with your name and email, if you need to update information
https://northmaincog.org/online-connection-form/Joining us online?
Thank you for joining us today! Please check in here:
https://northmaincog.org/online-connection-form/
Newcomers to North Main
If you are a newcomer, we’re so glad you’ve joined us! If you’re here in person, make sure to stop by the Welcome Center where we have a gift bag for you with some information about us and some delicious homemade chocolate chip COOKIES. <br> For those online please visit the website below and make sure to click the COMMUNICATION CARD button and fill that out so we can send you a free gift!
https://northmaincog.org/onlineChurch Mobile App
Did you know North Main has a church mobile app? Access videos anytime from your device and never miss a sermon. Securely and easily give your tithes, offerings, and donations. Instantly register for upcoming events, and stay in the know of what's happening. Contact Us at any time with a simple message. Find others in the North Main directory. To download go to:
https://northmaincog.org/app/Bible Reading Plan
Join us in 2023 as we read through the Bible in a year and highlight evidence of “KINDNESS” throughout our daily Scripture readings. Reading Guides and GREEN highlighters, the color that represents KINDNESS, are available at the Welcome Center. You can also access the resources digitally on NORTHMAINCOG.ORG/BIBLE
https://northmaincog.org/bible/
Events
For more information about events at North Main such as our upcoming softball games, women’s hikes, classes, and groups, please make sure to stop by the Welcome Center or visit our website at
https://northmaincog.org/eventsChild Dedication
Our church commits to partnering with you as you strive to raise your children in the ways of the Lord & teach them to know, love, & serve Jesus. The next child dedication service is coming up November 5th with a required class beforehand. Registration is required so make sure to go to our website or Welcome Center to sign up!
https://northmaincog.org/event/16064124-2023-11-05-sunday-worship-child-dedication/Discover North Main
We have a series of four Membership Classes that we would love everyone who considers North Main their church home to attend. The first one, DISCOVER NORTH MAIN, is starting next Sunday at 9am! Please pre-register at the Welcome Center. Childcare is available if you inform us of the need upon registration.
https://northmaincog.org/event/20616943-2023-10-15-discover-north-main/Give
We thank you for your faithful gifts. You can give online and, of course, on Sundays by using the secure drop boxes located outside the doors of the Sanctuary. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS.
https://northmaincog.org/give/
(John 5:1-15)
Yearly Theme: “Kindness is… Astounding”
Series Title: “Kindness 24/7”
October 8th, 2023
Persistence usually pays off.
We come to a miracle of Jesus today in the city of Jerusalem during one of the annual Jewish festivals. Jesus was in town celebrating the festival when he encountered a man who had been ill for some 38 years and unable get around. Sitting on his mat near the pool of Bethesda near the Temple courts, he encounters Jesus and will forever be changed by the chance meeting. Let’s take a look:
Key Point: “True agents of kindness press in when all others walk away.”
Let’s follow the progress of this particular miracle experience…
John 5:1-6 (NLT), Afterward Jesus returned to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish holy days. 2 Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered porches. 3 Crowds of sick people—blind, lame, or paralyzed—lay on the porches. 5 One of the men lying there had been sick for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, he asked him, “Would you like to get well?”
John 5:7 (NLT), “I can’t, sir,” the sick man said, “for I have no one to put me into the pool when the water bubbles up. Someone else always gets there ahead of me.”
John 5:8 (NLT), 8 Jesus told him, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk!”
9 Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up his sleeping mat and began walking! But this miracle happened on the Sabbath, 10 so the Jewish leaders objected. They said to the man who was cured, “You can’t work on the Sabbath! The law doesn’t allow you to carry that sleeping mat!”
Have you been sitting by a pool of promise awaiting a miracle for so long that you don’t think things will ever change? Are you merely going through the motions because that’s all you know to do at this point? Has brokenness and sorrow become your companions through the dark valley in which you’ve found yourself? Though GOD may seem distant, though He may seem too far to hear your cries for help, He’s truly just a breath away asking if you want to be well, and willing to answer Him with a resounding yes. And though your miracle may not be what you expect, He calls you to pick up your mat (whatever that is) and walk!
Key Point: “True agents of kindness press in when all others walk away.”
What divine characteristics do we see in Jesus even before he speaks to the man? How did Jesus know that the man had been sick for 38 years without asking him? Why did he choose to approach and heal this particular man among the multitude of others?
Why did Jesus ask the man if he wanted to be healed? Do you think the man wanted to be healed? Did this man’s healing depend on any effort or desire on his part?
What came first, the man’s healing or his obedience to the Lord’s command to walk? Why is the order significant? Discuss how salvation is ordered the same way. Reference Ephesians 2:1- 10.
Why did the Jewish religious leaders (Pharisees) scold the man for carrying his mat on the Sabbath? Did the man actually break the Sabbath law?
Past Sermons
To view past sermons, please visit our website below.
https://northmaincog.org/media-resources/sermons/Contact Us
If you would like to update your information or have a prayer request, please fill out the link below.
https://northmaincog.org/media-resources/contact-us/North Main Street Church of God
1201 North Main Street Ext.Butler, PA 16001 (724) 285-4214 info@northmaincog.org
http://www.northmaincog.org/Give
We thank you for your faithful gifts. You can give online at NORTHMAINCOG.ORG/GIVE, text "give" to (724) 313-2211, and, of course, on Sundays by using the secure drop boxes located outside the doors of the Sanctuary. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS.
https://www.northmaincog.org/giveMonday - Thursday
9:00am - 4:00pm