Sunday Setup – Matthew 28:18

[music] [music] [music] [music] [music] Hey, Cross Church family and welcome to the Sunday setup. This is our time every Thursday at 2:00 where we digitally gather together to dive into our piece of scripture that we'll be studying this Sunday. We want to take some time to pray through it just like we'll be praising through it and preaching through it this Sunday so we can practice it next week. [music] Today we continue on in our series through the great commission. And as we're in Matthew chapter 28, uh today I want us to look at verse 18. And we'll bounce around a little bit outside of this verse, but I just want to focus here for our time today in Matthew 28. [music] Look in verse 18, right before Jesus gives the great commission where he's going to tell them to go and make disciples and baptize and make Jesus known throughout the world. In verse 18, it says this, right before this, says Jesus came near and he said to them that all authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. I want us to start this time with just praising God and a prayer prompt where we recognize how amazing our Jesus is. And I think it starts so easy. Starts right here. This is our prayer prompt is Jesus, you have authority because that Jesus, you have authority because you are God. Jesus, you have authority because you are the creator. Jesus, you have authority because you are eternal. Jesus, you have authority because pray those prayers to our [music] God. [music] [music] >> [music] [music] >> Jesus, you have authority because you are the ultimate God. You are the savior, the only savior who could come, who could die for our sins, who could raise again to defeat [music] death and show us a new life. God, you are a you are authoritative, Lord. You have authority, Jesus. Your name is above all other names because there is no one like you. [music] You are holy. You are blameless. You are eternal, God. And you are graceful, Lord. Your authority is different than all other authorities we see in our world. In this verse again, Jesus says that all authority has been given to me. And he says in heaven and on earth. Right now, we don't live in heaven. One day hopefully we will see heaven when we confess Jesus as our Lord. Believe in our heart that he has saved us. But on this side of earth, Jesus still has authority. And in this verse, before he gives the great commission, he's going to send them out. But he's not sending them out upon their own authority. He's sending them [music] out upon his authority. And here is our prayer prompt. As we think of the great commission, [music] as we think of how we are to go in this series, as we say, let's go in this next two years. Let's go fulfill the great commission. Here's our prayer prompt [music] is God, let us go in your authority, too. God, let us go in your authority to my neighbors. God, let us go in your authority to my workplace. God, let us go in your authority to my family. God, let us go in your authority [music] to pray those prayers specifically of who we need to share the gospel to in this [music] season and the next. [music] >> [music] [music] >> God, let us go in your authority in our personal lives, God, in our families. in our communities. God, let us go in your authority in our cities, God, in our state. God, let us go in your authority as we start more churches, Lord, as we fulfill the great commission one church at a time, God. Let us not go in our strength. Let us not go in our wits. Let us not go in our strategy. Let us not go in fill in the blank. God, let us go in your authority and your authority alone. God, we thank you that you have given us the great commission. But Lord, we thank you that it is not upon our power, but we are empowered by you. We are empowered by God, our savior, our Jesus Christ, to go and make Jesus known to the world around us. Lord, we thank you that you have chosen us, that you have allowed us to be a part of your will. And God, we just lift all this up in Jesus' [music] name. Amen. Hey, thank you guys for joining us today. Let us go in the authority of Jesus this week and let us gather together this Sunday and dive into God's word. Take care. [music] [music] [music] >> [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] [music] [music] >> [music]