2014-11-22



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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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