Call to Worship
Adapted from Psalm 128
Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, and who walks in his ways!
You shall eat the fruit of your labor.
You shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.
Your family will be fruitful, and will thrive.
May the Lord bless you!
May He prosper you all the days of your life!
May you live to see many generations.
Peace be upon the people of God.
In Christ Alone
Keith Getty, Stuart Townend
In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
My comforter, my all in all
Here in the love of Christ I stand
In Christ alone, Who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
Till on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live
There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ
No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life’s first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand
Prayer
Heavenly Father,
You are our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
We pray for mercy, Lord.
Be merciful to our neighbors who are sick and ill.
Be merciful to those who have lost loved ones.
Be merciful to our brothers and sisters who are weak and vulnerable.
Be merciful to the people serving on the front lines.
Be merciful to our leaders, and governing officials.
Be merciful to business owners and families facing financial stress.
Be merciful to parents juggling increased responsibilities.
Please forgive our sins, through the death and resurrection of Jesus. And draw near to us. And be merciful to us.
In Christ’s name.
Amen.
New City Catechism
Question 9
What does God require in the first, second, and third commandments?
First, that we know and trust God as the only true and living God.
Second, that we avoid all idolatry and do not worship God improperly.
Third, that we treat God’s name with fear and reverence, honoring also his Word and works.
Lift High the Name of Jesus
Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, Ed Cash, Fionan de Darra
Lift high the name of Jesus
Of Jesus our King
Make known the power of His grace
The beauty of His peace
Remember how His mercy reached
And we cried out to Him
He lifted us to solid ground
To freedom from our sin
Oh sing my soul
And tell all He’s done
Till the earth and heavens are filled with His glory
Lift high the name of Jesus
Of Jesus our Lord
His power in us is greater than
Is greater than this world
To share the reason for our hope
To serve with love and grace
That all who see Him shine through us
Might bring the Father praise
Oh sing my soul
And tell all He’s done
Till the earth and heavens are filled with His glory
Lift high the name of Jesus
Of Jesus our Light
No other name on earth can save
Can raise a soul to life
He opens up our eyes to see
The harvest He has grown
We labor in His fields of grace
As He leads sinners home
Oh sing my soul
And tell all He’s done
Till the earth and heavens are filled with His glory
Interview
Dorothy Evans
Song
Helen Howarth Lemmel
O soul, are you weary and troubled?
No light in the darkness you see?
There’s light for a look at the Savior
And life more abundant and free
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace
Through death into life everlasting
He passed, and we follow Him there
O’er us sin no more hath dominion
For more than conquerors we are
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace
His Word shall not fail you, He promised
Believe Him and all will be well
Then go to a world that is dying
His perfect salvation to tell
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace
Scripture
Luke 13:18-21
18 He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? 19 It is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.”
20 And again he said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? 21 It is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Robert Robinson
Come, Thou Fount of every blessing
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace
Streams of mercy never ceasing
Call for songs of loudest praise
Teach me some melodious sonnet
Sung by flaming tongues above
Praise the name! I’m fixed upon it
Name of Thy redeeming love
Here I raise my Ebenezer
Hither by Thy help I’ve come
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure
Safely to arrive at home
Jesus sought me when a stranger
Wandering from the fold of God
He, to rescue me from danger
Interposed His precious blood
Oh to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter
Bind my wandering heart to Thee
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it
Prone to leave the God I love
Here’s my heart, oh take and seal it
Seal it for Thy courts above
Benediction
1 Peter 2:11-12
Dear friends,
I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.
May you life a holy, godly life; so that when people see you, they glorify God because of it.
