Resistance

Resistance

SNIPPET

Jesus Christ lived in the midst of his enemies. At the end all his disciples deserted him. On the cross he was utterly alone, surrounded by evildoers and mockers. For this cause he had come, to bring peace to the enemies of God. So the Christian, too, belongs not in the seclusion of a cloistered life but in the thick of foes. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

SCRIPTURE

But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.  And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;  Acts 17:5,6 KJV

SONG

The Resistance by Skillet

https://youtu.be/jP_uUkBfCM4

[John Cooper & Jen Ledger:]

I am a nation, I am a million faces

Formed together, made for elevation

I am a soldier, I won't surrender

Faith is like a fire that never burns to embers

(Who's gonna stand up, who's gonna fight?)

The voice of the unheard

(Who's gonna break these chains and lies?)

Love is the answer

I gotta speak it, believe it, that's how I feel inside

I, I, can't, can't sit here quiet

[Jen Ledger:]

You can take my heart, you can take my breath

When you pry it from my cold, dead chest

[John Cooper:]

This is how we rise up

Heavy as a hurricane, louder than a freight train

This is how we rise up

Heart is beating faster, feels like thunder

Magic, static, call me a fanatic

It's our world, they can never have it

This is how we rise up

It's our resistance, you can't resist us

[John Cooper:]

Hey can you hear me? Hey, are you listening?

Sleeping in the shadows, could be making history

Walk through the fire, walk on the water

Used to be a slave, but now you are a conqueror

[Jen Ledger:]

They can take my heart, they can take my breath

When they pry it from my cold, dead chest

[John Cooper:]

This is how we rise up

Heavy as a hurricane, louder than a freight train

This is how we rise up

Heart is beating faster, feels like thunder

Magic, static, call me a fanatic

It's our world, they can never have it

This is how we rise up

It's our resistance, you can't resist us

[John Cooper & Jen Ledger:]

Up, up, up, up, up

We're rising up, up, up, up, up

The voice of the unheard

Rising up, up, up, up, up

We're rising up, up, up, up, up

Love is the answer

Rising up, up, up, up, up

We're rising up, up, up, up, up

Love is the answer

This is how we rise up

It's our resistance, you can't resist us

[John Cooper:]

This is how we rise up

Heavy as a hurricane, louder than a freight train

This is how we rise up

Heart is beating faster, feels like thunder

Magic, static, call me a fanatic

It's our world, they can never have it

This is how we rise up

It's our resistance, you can't resist us

SENTENCE PRAYER

Father; you have called us to resist the evil of this world, by loving the lost and by our blood.  By turning their hate for us, into love and sacrifice for Your Son Jesus.  As we love God will turn the world upside down.  May the enemies of God become the army of God!  Amen!  REM