October 23, 2022

Today we began a new short sermon series that we will finish before Thanksgiving this year.
Anchor
Today was what is our Anchor of hope? Jesus of course!
He is our Sure Foundation our Strong Anchor in times of happiness, sadness, wealth, poverty, sickness and health. Jesus is our All in All!

Hebrews 6:19a
“This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a
 hope both sure and reliable…”

We continue to pray that you will invite Jesus into your life and make Him Lord of your life, if you haven't already.  
And if you need to take care of this please call Pastor Harvey at 323-316-7131 and he will be glad to pray with you.

Here is a reminder of our church building Sunday schedule..

9 am - Highland Park Christian Church adult and children's Sunday School
10 am - Highland Park Christian Church main worship service
12 noon - Iglesia Evangélica Génesis main worship service
2:30 pm -  Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal M.I. main worship service

Remember, Let us pray for you.  Just send an email to us and we will add you to our online prayer list.

We will continue to prepare these online worship pages for you. 

We will continue to keep uploading the sermon and providing the YouTube versions of the songs that we sang during worship. Even if you cannot join us, we'd still like to pray for you.

Again, We'd Love to Pray with and for You!

Give us a call or email Pastor Harvey at harvey.hpcc@gmail.com to request prayer or just chat/connect.  

Please comment down below and we will respond.  Let us know how we can help and if we have blessed you with this on-line worship.  Thanks!

This weekend we have prepared a worship page for you that includes...

Great YouTube versions of the Christian Hymns and contemporary songs that we sang today...

Pastor Harvey Simpson  - Anchor-Part 1-Hope

We hope this continues to bless YOU and draws you closer to God.

Remember, Denise and Harvey are a phone call away if you want to pray together or just chat.  
(Also remember that God is NOT far away, He has promised that He would never leave us - can I get an "Amen"!)

And don't forget you can comment below about anything that we can help you with or send us a Facebook message on the Facebook message app.

You can also use the "comments below to start any conversation with us.

Thanks for all of your support!
For Him and His Kingdom,
Pastors Harvey & Denise

Pastor Denise is still meeting LIVE with the children - come join her in Sunday school every Sunday at 9:00 am.  Sing, Pray and learn about God.

Also we are meeting LIVE for Adult Sunday School every Sunday at 9:00 am
right now we are studying
Biblical Family Values - next Sunday is Practicing Careful Stewardship.  Please join us!

          And Now It's Time to Worship Christ

          And Now It's Time to Worship Christ

Nothing But the Blood
artist: HeartCry Worship

The Solid Rock
Artist: David Wesley Virtual Choir

Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Artist: Austin Stone Worship

Alfredo -  Pray that his knee would NOT hinder him from activities or the ability to be mobile.
                   Pray also for his shoulder.  
                   Pray for his walk with God.
                   Pray for his friend Clemmie who is experiencing pain and loneliness.

Ray -       Pray for his mother, Gloria. 
                 Pray for his Uncle Manny.
                 Pray for Laura who has cancer.
                 Pray for traveling mercies for his mother as she travels to Laughlin.
             
Marlene -  Pray for Pam for God's touching and healing.
                   Pray for Debbie for God's touching and healing.
                   Pray for Tammy for God's touching and healing. 
                   Pray for Jean who needs a hip replacement.
                   Continue prayer for 4 year old Sage, please pray for full recovery/healing from leukemia and
                   remove her fear of the cancer.
                   Remember to pray for God's touch on all of these requests.

Margarito - A HUGE prayer of praise and thanksgiving for completing his radiation treatments.

Albert -   An unspoken prayer request.

Dorothy - Pray for a special unspoken request.
                   Pray for Francisca and her family.
                   Pray for the forthcoming Halloween for the children.

Harvey - Pray for his friend Jim who is recovering from "long-term" COVID.
                 Pray for his friend Eric is who is recovering from "long-term" COVID. 
                 Pray for his family.
                 Pray for our congregation, that we would be drawn closer to God, daily.
                 Pray for Denise, Harvey's bride!  It's her birthday month!
   

Denise - Pray for her cousin, Donald, who has health issues.
                Pray for the OCC shoe boxes AND all the children that will be receiving them.
                Esther, a lady Denise met this week, whose mother broke her hip.

Dino -     Pray for his brother in law, Lucio.

Bryan -   Pray for Kent, Bryan's father who is looking for a job.  
                 Pray for his family.
                 Pray of thanksgiving for unspoken requests.

After singing a few songs, then as a congregation we read together aloud the following reading from Matthew 9:9-13.

Matthew 14:25-31 NASB
Jesus Walks on the Water and Saves Peter

25 And in the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea.

26 When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out in fear.

27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.”

28 Peter responded and said to Him, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.”

29 And He said, “Come!” And Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water, and came toward Jesus.

30 But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and when he began to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”

31 Immediately Jesus reached out with His hand and took hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

The Haven of Rest
Artist: West Creek Harmony

Below is the bible text that we used in the sermon today.

ANCHOR-PART 1-HOPE

Hebrews 6:19
“This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and reliable…”

Hebrews 6:13-18
13 For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear an oath by no one greater, He swore by Himself,

14 saying, “indeed I will greatly bless you and I will greatly multiply you.”

15 And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise.

16 For people swear an oath by one greater than themselves, and with them an oath serving as confirmation is an end of every dispute.

17 In the same way God, desiring even more to demonstrate to the heirs of the promise the fact that His purpose is unchangeable, confirmed it with an oath,

18 so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to hold firmly to the hope set before us.

Hebrews 13:8 NASB
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, and forever.

Matthew 14:25-31 NASB
25 And in the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea.

26 When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out in fear.

27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.”

28 Peter responded and said to Him, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.”

29 And He said, “Come!” And Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water, and came toward Jesus.

30 But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and when he began to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”

31 Immediately Jesus reached out with His hand and took hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

All My Hope 
Artist: David Crowder

Again, Denise and I are available for prayer.

In Christ,

Pastor Harvey