Order of Worship
- Call to Worship (Psalm 2:1-6)
- Song of Praise: Our God (And If Our God is For Us)
- Confession of Sin (Matthew 6:33)
- Gospel of Grace (Luke 18:26-27; Ephesians 2:4-10)
- Song of Thanksgiving: His Mercy is More
- Pastoral Prayer
- Sermon – A Biblical Vision for Life (Ephesians4.11-16)
- Communion (Covenant Renewal)
- Lord’s Prayer
- Announcements
- Sending Song: I Will Wait for You (Psalm 130)
- Benediction
Call to Worship (Psalm 2:1-6)
“Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying, “As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.”” (Psalm 2:1–6)
Song of Praise: Our God (And If Our God is For Us)
VERSE 1
Water You turned into wine
Opened the eyes of the blind
There’s no one like You
None like You
Into the darkness You shine
Out of the ashes we rise
There’s no one like You
None like You
CHORUS
Our God is greater
Our God is stronger
God You are higher than any other
Our God is Healer
Awesome in power
Our God our God
VERSE 1
Into the darkness You shine
Out of the ashes we rise
There’s no one like You
None like You
CHORUS
Our God is greater
Our God is stronger
God You are higher than any other
Our God is Healer
Awesome in power
Our God our God (2x)
BRIDGE
And if our God is for us
Then who could ever stop us
And if our God is with us
Then what could stand against
And if our God is for us
Then who could ever stop us
And if our God is with us
Then what could stand against
CHORUS
Our God is greater
Our God is stronger
God You are higher than any other
Our God is Healer
Awesome in power
Our God our God (2x)
BRIDGE
And if our God is for us
Then who could ever stop us
And if our God is with us
Then what could stand against
And if our God is for us
Then who could ever stop us
And if our God is with us
Then what could stand against
CHORUS
Our God is greater
Our God is stronger
God You are higher than any other
Our God is Healer
Awesome in power
Our God our God
Confession of Sin (Matthew 6:33)
- “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” (Matthew 6:33)
Gospel of Grace (Luke 18:26-27; Ephesians 2:4-10)
- “Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?” But he said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”” (Luke 18:26–27)
- “But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” (Ephesians 2:4–10)
Song of Thanksgiving: His Mercy is More
CHORUS
Praise the Lord
His mercy is more
Stronger than darkness
New every morn
Our sins they are many
His mercy is more
VERSE 1
What love could remember
No wrongs we have done
Omniscient all knowing
He counts not their sum
Thrown into a sea
Without bottom or shore
Our sins they are many
His mercy is more
CHORUS
Praise the Lord
His mercy is more
Stronger than darkness
New every morn
Our sins they are many
His mercy is more
VERSE 2
What patience would wait
As we constantly roam
What Father so tender
Is calling us home
He welcomes the weakest
The vilest the poor
Our sins they are many
His mercy is more
CHORUS
Praise the Lord
His mercy is more
Stronger than darkness
New every morn
Our sins they are many
His mercy is more
VERSE 3
What riches of kindness
He lavished on us
His blood was the payment
His life was the cost
We stood ‘neath a debt
We could never afford
Our sins they are many
His mercy is more
CHORUS
Praise the Lord
His mercy is more
Stronger than darkness
New every morn
Our sins they are many
His mercy is more
TAG
Our sins they are many
His mercy is more
TAG
So much
Stronger than darkness
New every morn
Our sins they are many
His mercy is more
Pastoral Prayer
Sermon – A Biblical Vision for Life (Ephesians4.11-16)
Communion (Covenant Renewal)
- Words of Institution: “And when the hour came, he reclined at table, and the apostles with him. And he said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he said, “Take this, and divide it among yourselves. For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.” (Luke 22:14–20)
- Exhortation
- Prayer of Consecration and Commitment
- Invitation
- Partaking
Lord’s Prayer
Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come,
Your will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
And forgive us our debts,
As we have also forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For Yours is the kingdom,
And the power, and the glory,
Forever. Amen.
Announcements
Sending Song: I Will Wait for You (Psalm 130)
VERSE 1
Out of the depths I cry to You
In darkest places I will call
Incline Your ear to me anew
And hear my cry for mercy Lord
VERSE 2
Were You to count my sinful ways
How could I come before Your throne
Yet full forgiveness meets my gaze
I stand redeemed by grace alone
CHORUS
I will wait for You
I will wait for You
On Your word I will rely
I will wait for You
Surely wait for You
Till my soul is satisfied
VERSE 3
So put your hope in God alone
Take courage in His power to save
Completely and forever won
By Christ emerging from the grave
CHORUS
I will wait for You
I will wait for You
On Your word I will rely
I will wait for You
Surely wait for You
Till my soul is satisfied
VERSE 4
Now He has come to make a way
And God Himself has paid the price
That all who trust in Him today
Find healing in His sacrifice
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That all who trust in Him today
Find healing in His sacrifice
CHORUS 2
I will wait for You
I will wait for You
Through the storm
And through the night
I will wait for You
Surely wait for You
For Your love is my delight
CHORUS
I will wait for You
I will wait for You
On Your word I will rely
I will wait for You
Surely wait for You
Till my soul is satisfied