NCF Sunday Worship Livestream - November 15, 2026

Meditation - John 11:41b

“And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me.”

Call to Worship - Psalm 81:8–16

“Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me! There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down to a foreign god. I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. “But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me. So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels. Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways! I would soon subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes. Those who hate the Lord would cringe toward him, and their fate would last forever. But he would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.””

NT Reading - Matthew 24:3–14

“As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are but the beginning of the birth pains. “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake. And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

HBC - LD46 / Q120

Question 120. Why has Christ commanded us to address God thus: OUR FATHER?

To awaken in us, at the very beginning of our prayer, that filial reverence and trust toward God, which are to be the ground of our prayer; namely, that God has become our Father through Christ, and will much less deny us what we ask of Him in faith, than our parents refuse us earthly things.

Sermon Series - Renewal in Christ

Sermon Text - 2 Corinthians 13:1–4

“This is the third time I am coming to you. Every charge must be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. I warned those who sinned before and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again I will not spare them— since you seek proof that Christ is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you. For he was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God.”

Sermon Title - A New and Loving Warning

Sermon Summary:

You’ve just finished disciplining your child. It was difficult and exhausting. Both of you are emotional. As you begin to walk away, you turn around and say, “I really don’t want to have to do this again.” As Paul comes to the end of his letter, he looks back on these three letters and hopes it is the last. He hopes that the battle for the souls of the Corinthians church has been won and that they will continue in the grace and power of Jesus. Nonetheless, he leaves them with a stern warning. His patience has run out and if the church has not regained the righteous path some of the members will need to be disciplined. As we come to this passage, we again ask the question, “When is the proper time to discipline a church member and how can that person finally be restored by the grace of Jesus?”