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worship as communal exchange
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) We will sing of your steadfast love and justice; to you, O Lord, we will make music!
(all) We will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh, when will you come to us!
SONG: Praise the Lord
Show us who You are
Show us who You’ve always been
Who You’ll always be
Make us love the Truth
Open up our ears to hear, our eyes to see
Fill our hearts with faith
Teach our souls to say
Praise the Lord for all He is and all that He had done
Praise the Lord! His name is great is victory is won
Praise the Lord!
You are who You are
You are who You’ve always been
Who You’ll always be
Thank You for the Truth
Thank You for the ears to hear, the eyes to see
You’ve filled our hearts with faith
You’ve caused our souls to say
Praise the Lord for all He is and all that He had done
Praise the Lord! His name is great is victory is won
Praise the Lord!
Show us who You are
Show us who You’ve always been
Who You’ll always be
Make us love the Truth
Open up our ears to hear, our eyes to see
Fill our hearts with faith
Teach our souls to say
Praise the Lord for all He is and all that He had done
Praise the Lord! His name is great is victory is won
Praise the Lord for all He is and all that He had done
Praise the Lord! His name is great is victory is won
Praise the Lord!
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 | Matthew 5:13-16
“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?
It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
we rest | SONG: Come Thou Fount
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 mount! I’m fixed upon it
Mount of God’s unchanging love
Here I raise my Ebenezer
Here by thy great help I’m 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
O 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, O take and seal it
Seal it for Thy courts above
O that day when freed from sinning
I shall see Thy lovely face
Clothed then in blood washed-linen
How I’ll sing Thy sovereign grace
Come, my Lord, no longer tarry
Take my ransomed soul away
Send thine angels now to carry
Me to realms of endless day
we confess | Valley of Vision Prayer “Backsliding”
Heavenly Father, save me entirely from sin.
I know that I am righteous through the righteousness of another, but I pant and pine for likeness to thyself. I am thy child and should bear thy image, enable me to recognize my death unto sin; when it tempts me to be deaf unto its voice. Deliver me from the invasion as well as the dominion of sin. Grant me to walk as Christ walked, to live in the newness of his life, the life of love, the life of faith, the life of holiness. Forgive and kill my vices, have mercy on my unbelief, on my corrupt and wandering heart. Cleanse my spiritual adultery and give me chastity; close my heart to all but thee. Let thy victory be apparent to my consciousness, and displayed in my life before others. Amen.
we rest | SONG: Thy Mercy My God
Thy mercy my God is the theme of my song
The joy of my heart and the boast of my tongue
Thy free grace alone from the first to the last
Hath won my affection and bound my soul fast
Without Thy sweet mercy I could not live here
Sin would reduce me to utter despair
But through Thy free goodness my spirit revive
And He that first made me still keeps me alive
Thy mercy is more than a match for my heart
Which wonders to feel its own hardness depart
Dissolved by Thy goodness, I fall to the ground
And weep to the praise of the mercy I’ve found
Great Father of mercies, Thy goodness I own
And the covenant love of Thy crucified Son
All praise to the Spirit whose whisper divine
Seals mercy and pardon and righteousness mine
All praise to the Spirit whose whisper divine
Seals mercy and pardon and righteousness mine
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 | Love’s Holy Rejoicing • 1 Cor 13:6; Luke 7:36-50
we respond | My Heart is Filled with Thankfulness
My heart is filled with thankfulness
To Him who bore my pain
Who plumbed the depths of my disgrace
And gave me life again
Who crushed my curse of sinfulness
And clothed me with His light
And wrote His law of righteousness
With pow’r upon my heart
My heart is filled with thankfulness
To Him who walks beside
Who floods my weaknesses with strength
And causes fears to fly
Whose ev’ry promise is enough
For ev’ry step I take
Sustaining me with arms of love
And crowning me with grace
My heart is filled with thankfulness
To him who reigns above
Whose wisdom is my perfect peace
Whose ev’ry thought is love
For ev’ry day I have on earth
Is given by the King
So I will give my life, my all
To love and follow him
For ev’ry day I have on earth
Is given by the King
So I will give my life, my all
To love and follow him
SONG: Mighty God We Thank and Praise You
Mighty God we thank and praise you
for this meal, this Bread of Life
Precious blood and body, broken
From your Son our Savior, Christ
In these myst’ries you assure us
we are members of your Son
Heirs of your eternal Kingdom
with all faithful people, One
Humbly now we ask you, Father
In your grace to make us strong
That with all the saints before us
In good works we may press on
Send us out to love and serve you
Send us out to sing your praise
Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Pow’r and glory to your name
Amen Amen Amen
Amen Amen
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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