January 18, 2026
 
 
WORSHIP IN REVERENCE
 
Prelude                                                                                                                                        Deacon Garlan Garner
 
Call to Worship                                                                                                                                            Psalm  113:1-9
 
Opening Prayer Moment                                                                                                                                   Pulpit 
 
Hymn of praise                                                                                                                           #1 Holy! Holy! Holy!
 
Scripture                                                                                                                                                         Isaiah   40:21-31                                                                         
 Selection                                                                                                                                                                                  Choir
 
Welcome Visitors & Announcements                                                Mrs. Rosa Marie Bouier
 
Offertory Scripture                                                                                                                        Proverbs 3:9-10
 
Morning Offering                                                                                                                                                       Ushers 
 
Doxology 
 
Hymn of Preparation                                                                                                                  #411 Lift Him Up
 
MORNING MESSAGE

SERMON                                     
 
                                              “WHAT IS NEEDED AFTER PRAYER”
                                                             1 Kings 19:1-10
                                                     Dr. Lucious Fullwood
                
 Invitation to Christian Discipleship
 
Invitation Selection                                                          #164 I Have Decided to Follow Jesus
 
Closing Prayer and Benediction
 
Attendance: 1-11-2026
 
Worship Service 
Sanctuary:   118
Online Views:   143    
 
Sunday School: 
in person:  34
Online:  23
 
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SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
 
THE GREATEST ACT OF KINDNESS WE CAN GIVE     Craig A. Cooper
 
Andrew brought his brother Peter to Jesus. What a mercy this was! Introducing someone to Jesus is the single greatest act of kindness you can bestow upon them. It may also be the single greatest act of service you can do for the church.
 
If you’ve read the book of Acts, you know that Peter was the one who stood up and preached on the day of Pentecost where three thousand people received the word and responded with faith in Christ. That moment marked the beginning of the Christian church (Acts 2).

The impact of Peter’s life on Christendom cannot be overstated, and Andrew is responsible for making that introduction. What a tender mercy to both men, and to the church. Some have suggested that this introduction from Andrew was perhaps as great a service to the church as anyone has ever done. We have no idea what Jesus is going to do in someone’s life or through someone’s life when we introduce them to Jesus.

I love the recollection of Charles Spurgeon’s testimony. Spurgeon was a renowned nineteenth-century Baptist preacher whom God used in powerful ways (and still uses mightily through his writings). He is responsible for winning countless souls to Christ.
 
Spurgeon recalls that God sent a snowstorm one Sunday morning while he was walking to church and, since he could go no farther, he turned in to a Primitive Methodist Chapel with about twelve people in attendance. The pastor was not able to make it as he was snowed in, and a common man took his place to minister the Word from Isaiah 45:22: “Look unto me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth.”

A simple, uneducated man was used by God to ignite a flame of faith in Charles Spurgeon who later became one of the greatest preachers to ever herald the gospel of grace.

We don’t have to have all the answers. Like Andrew, we simply follow Jesus, we walk with Jesus, and then in love we invite others to come and see for themselves, and then we watch what only Jesus can do!
 
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The worship service for today is live streamed. It can be heard later on YouTube and the Church website (www.bellevuebaptistchurchchicago.org) To listen to the service go to Church website and select the media tab for the sermon
 
Thursday Evening Prayer and Bible Study (6:30-8:30 p.m.) Call the Church office with an email address to receive the link. For members who will be using their phones, you may call this number: 1-312-626-6799 and enter the following meeting ID and passcode for the Zoom meeting.
 
Meeting ID: 421 100 2593
Passcode: 849750