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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.Song: You are Welcome Here
Holy Spirit of God draw near
You are wanted and welcome here
May Your presence be loved and feared
You are wanted and welcome here
There is no greater thing we could ask for
than the presence of the Lord
Oh God let freedom reign
Your Spirit sets us free
We want to be where You are
Holy Spirit of God draw near
You are wanted and welcome here
May Your presence be loved and feared
You are wanted and welcome here
There is no greater thing we could ask for
than the presence of the Lord
Oh God let freedom reign
Your Spirit sets us free
We want to be where You are
There is no greater thing we could ask for
than the presence of the Lord
Oh God let freedom reign
Your Spirit sets us free
We want to be where You are
we hear | Psalm 119:50, 52, 76
(leader) This is our comfort in our affliction, that your promise gives me life. When we think of your Word from of old, we take comfort, O LORD.
(all) Let your steadfast love comfort us according to your promise to your servants
we respond | SONG: Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling
Softly and tenderly
Jesus is calling
Calling for you and for me
See, on the portals
he’s waiting and watching
Watching for you and for me
Come home, come home
Ye who are weary, come home
Earnestly, tenderly Jesus is calling
Calling, O sinner, come home
Why should we tarry
when Jesus is pleading
Pleading for you and for me
Why should we linger
and heed not his mercies
Mercies for you and for me
Time is now fleeting
the moments are passing
Passing from you and from me
Shadows are gathering
deathbeds are coming
Coming for you and for me
Oh! For the wonderful love
he has promised
Promised for you and for me
Though we have sinned
he has mercy and pardon
Pardon for you and for 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 | Lamentations 1:16-17, Jeremiah 31:31-34
“For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears; for a comforter is far from me, one to revive my spirit…
Zion stretches out her hands, but there is none to comfort her…
“Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the LORD. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
we confess | Prayer
Lord have mercy. Comfort us.
Forgive our iniquity and remember our sin no more.
Lay it all on Jesus, the sacrificial Passover lamb.
Give us new covenant life – that we may be fully your people, as you are our God.
Amen.
we rest | SONG: Jesus Thank You
The mystery of the cross
I cannot comprehend
The agonies of Calvary
You the perfect Holy One, crushed Your Son
Who drank the bitter cup reserved for me
Your blood has washed away my sin
Jesus, thank You
The Father’s wrath completely satisfied
Jesus, thank You
Once Your enemy
now seated at Your table
Jesus, thank You
By Your perfect sacrifice I’ve been brought near
Your enemy You’ve made Your friend
Pouring out the riches of Your glorious grace
Your mercy and Your kindness know no end
Lover of my soul I want to live for You
Your blood has washed away my sin
Jesus, thank You
The Father’s wrath completely satisfied
Jesus, thank You
declaration | James 1:12
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
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 | A Matter of Words • James 3:1-12 | David Royes
we respond | SONG: The Solid Rock
My Hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness
I dare not trust the sweetest frame
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name
On Christ the solid rock I stand
All other ground in sinking sand
All other ground in sinking sand
When darkness veils His lovely face
I rest on His unchanging grace
In every high and stormy gale
My anchor holds within the veil
On Christ the solid rock I stand
All other ground in sinking sand
All other ground in sinking sand
His oath, His covenant, His blood
Support me in the whelming flood
When all around my soul gives way
He then is all my hope and stay
On Christ the solid rock I stand
All other ground in sinking sand
All other ground in sinking sand
When He shall come with trumpet sound
O may I then in Him be found
Dressed in His righteousness alone
Faultless to stand before the throne
On Christ the solid rock I stand
All other ground in sinking sand
All other ground in sinking sand
On Christ the solid rock I stand
All other ground in sinking sand
All other ground in sinking sand
SONG: Evermore
You are peace, when war is all around us
You are rest, when our souls are tired
Been alive since the day that you found us
To our cold hearts, you’re a raging fire
From the grave, from the grave
you have called us
Every soul can be made alive
We are saved from the shame
and the darkness
Evermore brought into the light
No one else spins the earth, holds the heavens
No one else hears our secret cries
Lord, your kingdom is constant and endless
And your grace is a wonderful surprise
At the sound of your name
chains are broken
At the sound of your name
wounds are healed
At the sound of your name
salvation is revealed
Evermore brought into the light
Evermore we are one with Christ
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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