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called to come in

God comes near and calls his people out of the world, and takes hold of us and brings us into the community of Himself.

we hear | Psalm 145:14-18

(leader) O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

(all) For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor? Or who has given a gift to him that he should be repaid?

(leader) For from him, and through him and to him are all things.  To him be glory forever, Amen!

SONG: Great is Thy Faithfulness

Great is Thy faithfulness
O God my Father
There is no shadow
of turning with Thee
Thou changest not
Thy compassions, they fail not
As Thou hast been
Thou forever will be

Great is Thy faithfulness
Great is Thy faithfulness
Morning by morning
new mercies I see
All I have needed
Thy hand hath provided
Great is Thy faithfulness
Lord unto me

Summer and winter and
springtime and harvest
Sun, moon and stars
in their courses above
Join with all nature
in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness
mercy and love

Great is Thy faithfulness
Great is Thy faithfulness
Morning by morning
new mercies I see
All I have needed
Thy hand hath provided
Great is Thy faithfulness
Lord unto me

Pardon for sin
and a peace that endureth
Thine own dear presence
to cheer and to guide
Strength for today
and bright hope for tomorrow
Blessings all mine
with ten thousand beside

Great is Thy faithfulness
Great is Thy faithfulness
Morning by morning
new mercies I see
All I have needed
Thy hand hath provided
Great is Thy faithfulness
Lord unto me

confessing our sin

God the Spirit reminds us that God the Father has saved us through the righteous life and sacrificial death of Christ the Son – and in faith we rest on his gracious interest to renew us yet again.

we hear | Galatians 5:16-25

So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.  The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.

we confess | Valley of Vision Prayer

So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.  The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.

we rest | SONG: From the Depths of Woe

From depths of woe I raise to Thee
the voice of lamentation
Lord, turn a gracious ear to me
and hear my supplication

If Thou iniquities dost mark
Our secret sins and misdeeds dark
O who shall stand before Thee
O who shall stand before Thee

To wash away the crimson stain
Grace, grace alone availeth
Our works, alas are all in vain
In much the best life faileth

No man can glory in Thy sight
All must alike confess Thy might
And live alone by mercy
And live alone by mercy

What though I wait the livelong night
And till the dawn appeareth
My heart still trusteth in His might
It doubteth not nor feareth

Do thus, O ye of Israel’s seet
Ye of the Spirit born indeed
And wait till God appeareth
And wait till God appeareth

Though great our sins and sore our woes
His grace much more aboundeth
His helping love no limit knows
Our utmost need it soundeth

Our Shepherd good and true is He
Who will at last His Israel free
From all their sin and sorrow
From all their sin and sorrow

Though great our sins and sore our woes
His grace much more aboundeth
His helping love no limit knows
Our upmost need it soundeth

Our Shepherd good and true is He
Who will at last His Israel free
From all their sin and sorrow 
(All their sin and sorrow)
From all their sin and sorrow 
(All their sin and sorrow)

declaration | Hosea 14:4

(leader) The Lord says to his people…I will heal their apostasy. I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them.

consecrated by the Word

God declares the finished gospel of his Son, and continues his powerful, internal work of  change/consecration by his Spirit.

sermon |  •  Titus 2:1-11

we respond | SONG: In Christ Alone

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 it’s 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

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

SONG: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven

Praise, my soul, the King of heaven
to his feet your tribute bring
Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven
evermore his praises sing
Alleluia, alleluia
Praise the everlasting King

Praise him for his grace and favor
to his people in distress
Praise him, still the same as ever
slow to chide, and swift to bless
Alleluia, alleluia
Glorious in his faithfulness

Fatherlike he tends and spares us
well our feeble frame he knows
In his hand he gently bears us
rescues us from all our foes
Alleluia, alleluia
Widely yet his mercy flows

Angels, help us to adore him
you behold him face to face
Sun and moon, bow down before him
dwellers all in time and space
Alleluia, alleluia
Praise with us the God of grace

compelled to go out

God blesses us and charges us go out and extend his kingdom into the broken world around us, making disciples of all nations

 

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