Audlem Baptist Church Online Service for the 16^th March 2025 Ezekiel This is the sixth service in this series.
The Presence God Establishes
	Welcome and Introduction Like our previous series, these sermons come from Chichester Baptist Church. They are right up to date. Although Ezekiel lived six hundred years before Christ, there are a lot of parallels between the situation he faced then and our own day. This six week series will give us much to think about as we try to make sense of “where is God in all the events around the world that fill our television news and our social media?” The service this week is a communion service so if you would like to join with them in this, take a minute or two now to organise some bread and wine or juice.
	Song: Abide With Me In this series I have tried to use the same hymns that were used in Chichester before and after the message. This is their choice of song that led into the message. Although it has the title ‘Abide with me’ it is not the hymn that you will be thinking of! Click here to watch the video.
	Bible Passage and the Message: The Presence God Establishes This message is the last in our series in Ezekiel and is from the 23^rd of February. Following the song we have just listened to, the video starts with Ellen, who introduces Dawn who reads from Ezekiel chapter 47, starting at verse 1. If you have a Bible or Bible app to hand, please find this passage when you start the video. This week Andy Morgan brings the message. Click the filmstrip icon below to start watching the YouTube video. It should start automatically at about 39 minutes into the complete service. You can, of course, continue watching through the song and participate in their communion. Otherwise, I suggest that you stop the video when Andy finishes speaking and the band returns to the stage. We will watch a video of the song that they sang to close. Click here to watch the video. You can adjust the YouTube settings using the controls at the bottom right of the screen. The gear wheel on the left adjusts the quality (480 may be enough) and the box frame on the right shows the video full screen. New! YouTube will display Subtitles by toggling the control indicated by the red arrow
	Song: King of Kings This is the hymn that they sang to prepare for the Lord’s Supper. Click here to watch the video.
	Our Own Prayers As you watched the message today was there a moment when you sensed the Holy Spirit speaking directly to you? Then tell Jesus about it. Or maybe you simply had a ‘lightbulb’ moment which you would like to thank God for. Spend a few moments to thank God for all his goodness to you in the last week. Spend a few minutes in confession. Take a few minutes to pray for others who you feel burdened for. If you have received the Church Email, it will give you some suggestions. Now spend a few moments praying for the fellowship of the church to which we belong and its witness to friends, family, neighbours, the young and the old, and to the wider world. Please pray for our “Film Nights at ABC” which started three weeks ago. During February and March we will show every episode from Series One of “The Chosen”. Pray that the Holy Spirit will prompt many people to come and watch. The portrayal of Jesus is so powerful that it is almost impossible not to be affected.
	A Closing Prayer Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.