Arise My Soul Arise

Charles Wesley, John Twit

 

Arise, my soul, arise,
Shake off your guilty fears;
The bleeding sacrifice,
In my behalf appears;
Before the throne my Surety stands,
Before the throne my Surety stands,
My name is written on His hands.

Arise (arise), arise (arise), arise
Arise, my soul, arise.
Arise (arise), arise (arise), arise
Arise, my soul, arise.
Shake off your guilty fears and rise

He ever lives above,
For me to intercede;
His all redeeming love,
His precious blood, to plead;
His blood atoned for every race,
His blood atoned for every race,
And sprinkles now the throne of grace.

Arise (arise), arise (arise), arise
Arise, my soul, arise.
Arise (arise), arise (arise), arise
Arise, my soul, arise.
Shake off your guilty fears and rise

Five bleeding wounds He bears;
Received on Calvary;
They pour effectual prayers;
They strongly plead for me:
"Forgive him, O forgive, " they cry,
"Forgive him, O forgive, " they cry,
"Nor let that ransomed sinner die!"

The Father hears Him pray
His dear anointed One;
He cannot turn away
The presence of His Son;
The Spirit answers to the blood,
The Spirit answers to the blood
And tells me I am born of God.

Arise (arise), arise (arise), arise
Arise, my soul, arise.
Arise (arise), arise (arise), arise
Arise, my soul, arise.
Shake off your guilty fears and rise

My God is reconciled;
His pardoning voice I hear;
He owns me for His child;
I can no longer fear
With confidence I now draw nigh,
With confidence I now draw nigh,
And "Father, Abba, Father, " cry.

Arise (arise), arise (arise), arise
Arise, my soul, arise.
Arise (arise), arise (arise), arise
Arise, my soul, arise.
Shake off your guilty fears and rise

 

 

Call to Worship
Psalm 107:33-43:

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good!  His love endures forever!

Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story.  Those he redeemed from the hand of the foe.  Those he gathered from farthest lands of the earth.

He turned rivers into a desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground, and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who lived there.  He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs; there he brought the hungry to live, and they founded a city where they could settle.

They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest; he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased, and he did not let their herds diminish.

Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled by oppression, calamity and sorrow; he who pours contempt on nobles made them wander in a trackless waste.  But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks.

The upright see and rejoice, but all the wicked shut their mouths.  Let the one who is wise heed these things and ponder the loving deeds of the Lord.

 

 

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
Anthony J. Showalter, Elisha A. Hoffman

 

What a fellowship, what a joy divine
Leaning on the everlasting arms
What a blessedness, what a peace is mine
Leaning on the everlasting arms

Leaning, leaning
Safe and secure from all alarms
Leaning, leaning
Leaning on the everlasting arms

Oh, how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way
Leaning on the everlasting arms!
Oh, how bright the path grows from day to day
Leaning on the everlasting arms!

Leaning, leaning
Safe and secure from all alarms
Leaning, leaning
Leaning on the everlasting arms

What have I to dread, what have I to fear
Leaning on the everlasting arms?
I have blessed peace with my Lord so near
Leaning on the everlasting arms

Leaning, leaning
Safe and secure from all alarms
Leaning, leaning
Leaning on the everlasting arms

 

 

Congregational Prayer
Based on 2 Corinthians 7:10.

Our Father in heaven,

We are never more in need of the gospel than right now.  We often are overcome by indwelling sin, as it deceives us into believing that we must obey its demands.

Sometimes it feels that for every step forward we make in godliness, we take two steps backward.  We confess our sin to you - sins of pride, unbelief, dishonesty, selfishness, and more.  Help us to grieve over it.  And to turn from it.  And fight against it.

We look to you as our only hope.  Our savior.  The author and perfecter of our faith.

Amen.

 


New City Catechism
Question 13

Can anyone keep the law of God perfectly?

Since the fall, no mere human has been able to keep the law of God perfectly, but consistently breaks it in thought, word, and deed.

 

 

The One Who Saves Our Lives
Jason Sleichter

How unsearchable His ways
How amazing is His grace
Holy is the Ancient of Days
The Beginning and the End
Greatest King and greatest Friend
Worthy is the Lamb

We have seen Your glory
For You’ve opened our eyes

So we’ll shout Your praise
We’ll seek Your face
And give You all the glory
We’ll shout the praise
Of Your Matchless grace
And offer heartfelt cries
To the One who saves our lives

You were here before all time
You will never leave our side
Oh how beautiful is Your blood bought Bride
You are faithful to the end
To deliver us from sin
Jesus our God

We have seen Your glory
For You’ve opened our eyes

So we’ll shout Your praise
We’ll seek Your face
And give You all the glory
We’ll shout the praise
Of Your Matchless grace
And offer heartfelt cries
To the One who saves our lives

We have seen Your glory
Justice wrapped in mercy
Humanity and Divinity
Majesty in humility
We have seen Your glory
For You’ve opened our eyes

So we’ll shout Your praise
We’ll seek Your face
And give You all the glory
We’ll shout the praise
Of Your Matchless grace
And offer heartfelt cries
To the One who saves our lives

 

Sermon
The Parable of the Dishonest Manager 
Luke 16:1-13

1 He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. 2 And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’ 3 And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. 4 I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.’ 5 So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ 6 He said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’ 7 Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ 8 The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light. 9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.

10 “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. 11 If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? 12 And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own? 13 No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

 

Be Thou My Vision
Mary E. Byrne, Eleanor H. Hull

 

Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art
Thou my best Thought, by day or by night
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light

 

Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word
I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord
Thou my great Father, I Thy true son
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one

 

Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise
Thou mine Inheritance, now and always
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart
High King of Heaven, my Treasure Thou art

 

High King of Heaven, my victory won
May I reach Heaven's joys, O bright Heav'n's Sun
Heart of my own heart, whate'er befall
Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all

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