ALL I HAVE IS CHRIST
Call to Worship: Psalm 16:1-6
The boundary lines of our lives have fallen in pleasant places by God for our good, our joy, and His glory. And although God exists outside of time and space, uncreated, and without boundary or limit, He has chosen in and through Christ to step into time and space, take on our flesh and bone, and become our sin so that we might become His righteousness, to rescue us from the power of Satan, sin and death. We are going to introduce a new song to you this morning that gives us language for celebrating who Jesus is and what He has done. We’ll teach you the chorus first…
HOLD HIM HIGH
BETTER IS ONE DAY/FACEDOWN
Sermon: 1 Timothy 6:2-10
The Psalmist says ‘The sorrows of those who run after another God shall multiply… but at the right hand of God, pleasures forevermore.’ We must run to God, who satisfies the desires of every living thing. Let’s use these next songs as prayers of confession, and prayers of petition - asking God to shape us…
I SHALL NOT WANT
BE THOU MY VISION
Benediction
King
Resurrection Sunday: Liturgy + Set List
FOREVER NOW A CROWN
Call to Worship: 10th Presbyterian Church Call to Worship
CHRIST THE LORD IS RISEN TODAY
LAMB OF GOD
Let’s confess what we celebrate as followers of Jesus. I will read the parts marked ‘Leader,’ together we’ll read the parts marked ‘All’:
LEADER: Alleluia! Christ is risen.
ALL: He is risen indeed. Alleluia!
LEADER: Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
ALL: He has given us new life and hope. He has raised Jesus from the dead.
LEADER: God has claimed us as his own.
ALL: He has brought us out of darkness. He has made us light to the world.
LEADER: Alleluia! Christ is risen.
ALL: He is risen indeed. Alleluia!—based on 1 Peter 1:3-5, the Worship Sourcebook
Sermon: Hebrews 2:14-18
If God in Christ had never stepped down from heaven, laying aside his glory, taken on his flesh and blood, lived the perfect life, died the death we deserve, become our sin, if none of those things had ever happened, God would still be worthy of our worship, adoration, and obedience. How much more, as followers of Jesus should we respond with worship, adoration, and obedience in light of the propitiation of Christ? We’re going to respond now as we sing about how Jesus is, what He has done, and who He has called us to be. Would you stand if you’re able…
THANK YOU JESUS FOR THE BLOOD
NO BODY
Benediction
February 13: Liturgy + Set List
BEFORE THE THRONE
Call to Worship: Psalm 24
Let there be no mistake, we gather to lift our eyes to the King of Glory. The One who made and sustains all things, who has pursued us with His goodness and mercy. Let’s sing together:
GOODNESS OF GOD
IN CHRIST ALONE
Sermon: Joshua 5:13-6:27
If we were honest, each of us desire to be our own king. And more than that, each of use desire all of the benefits of living in God’s kingdom while remaining king of our own lives. We want God’s justice enacted on those who have wronged us. We want to receive God’s goodness, kindness, grace, love, mercy and forgiveness, but we don’t want Jesus to be our King. Because if Jesus is king it means that you are not. Jesus is a king who disrobes himself of glory and majesty, steps into our world to pursue treasonous and rebellious sinners like you and me. Jesus is king and that is good news for you and me. Let’s sing:
GOD WITH US
REVIVE US AGAIN
15 December: O Rex Gentium (O King of Nations)
O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum:
veni, et salva hominem, quem de limo formasti
O King of the nations, and their desire, the cornerstone making both one:
Come and save the human race, which you fashioned from clay.
We live in nations plagued by sin. Even our most gifted and moral leaders are but clay. Every kingdom will ultimately fall before the eternal King and His kingdom without end. 'The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice…’ - Psalm 97:1
For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon his shoulder,
and his name shall be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. - Isaiah 9:6
He shall judge between the nations,
and shall decide disputes for many peoples;
and they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war anymore. - Isaiah 2:4
But now, O Lord, you are our Father;
we are the clay, and you are our potter;
we are all the work of your hand. - Isaiah 64:8
May his name endure forever,
his fame continue as long as the sun.
May all nations be blessed in him.
May Jesus Christ be praised!
—based on Psalm 72, NRSV
Taken from the Worship Sourcebook
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September 15: Tuesday Refocus
‘O God, You are my God; earnestly I seek You;
my soul thirst for You;
my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.’ Psalm 63:1
Eternity is set in the heart of every person, is it any wonder we have desires that are satisfied only by the Eternal One (Ecc 3:11)? The longings of our hearts and desires of our souls send us searching for One who will be found (Jer 29:13).
‘So I have looked upon You in the sanctuary,
Beholding Your power and glory.
Because Your steadfast love is better than life,
My lips will praise You.’ Psalm 63:2-3
All eyes will one day see Him, and the sight of Him will either produce worship or wailing (Rev 1:7). All revelation leads to response, so even a glimpse now finds a confession of worship: ‘…Your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise You’
‘So I will bless You as long as I live;
In Your name I will lift up my hands.’ Psalm 63:4
Hands-raised is a sign of surrender. A giving over of myself to the One who satisfies, the One who has revealed Himself, the One whose love is better than life.
Lord, forgive our apathy and half-hearted pursuit of You. The One who loves us to the uttermost. Reveal our desires, satisfy our longings, lift our gaze and our hands. In Christ’s name, amen.
Looking,
AB