Here is the worship guide for Sunday, June 23, 2024.
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Opening Prayer
Hymn: “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
Words: Robert Robinson. Music: traditional American melody.
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 Thy redeeming love.
Hither to Thy love has blest me; Thou has brought me to this place;
And I know Thy hand will bring me safely home by Thy good grace.
Jesus sought me when a stranger, wandering from the fold of God,
He, to rescue me from danger, bought me with His precious blood.
Oh, 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, oh, 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 the 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.
Hymn: “O Church of Christ, Invincible”
Words and music: Matt Boswell and Stuart Townend.
O Church of Christ, invincible, the people of the Lord,
empowered by the Spirit’s breath and nourished by His word.
His covenant of grace will be our portion evermore,
for He who called us will not change, our help and our reward.
O chosen people called by grace, the sons of Abraham,
who walk by faith in things unseen, and on His promise stand,
That every nation of the earth will hear of boundless love
That causes broken hearts to heal and pays our debts with blood.
O Church of Christ in sorrow now, where evil lies in wait;
when trials and persecutions come this light will never fade.
For though the hordes of hell may rage, their power will not endure;
Our times are in the Father’s hand, our anchor is secure.
O Church of Christ, upon that day when all are gathered in,
when every tear is wiped away with every trace of sin;
Where justice, truth and beauty shine, and death has passed away;
Where God and man will dwell as one for all eternity!
Song: “It’s Your Grace”
Words and music: Bob Kauflin and Doug Plank.
You will save whom You will save; we’re the lost and helpless ones,
the rebels and the renegades who spurned Your holy love.
You will save whom You will save; mercy will be magnified.
Everyone has gone astray and followed after lies,
but You have loved us and opened our eyes
It’s Your grace from beginning to the end.
It’s Your grace; we will never comprehend
why You drew the ones who ran from You;
what can we do but offer You praise?
You will save whom You will save; we were captive to our wills,
and if our hearts had not been changed we’d flee Your mercy still.
You will save whom You will save; who can question what You do?
You’re the potter, we’re the clay; You can make us as You choose,
and there is no one who boasts before You.
It’s Your grace from beginning to the end.
It’s Your grace; we will never comprehend
why You drew the ones who ran from You;
what can we do but offer You praise?
You will save whom You will save; yet the promised hope remains:
You will rescue anyone who calls upon Your name.
You will save whom You will save; faithful love won’t be denied
Christ has overcome the grave and for our sins He died,
and when He comes back His glory will shine.
It’s Your grace from beginning to the end.
It’s Your grace; we will never comprehend
why You drew the ones who ran from You;
what can we do but offer You praise?
Time of Prayer
Sermon: “Evangelistic Sorrow”
Romans 9:1–13 (ESV)
1 I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh. 4 They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises. 5 To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
6 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel, 7 and not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring, but “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.” 8 This means that it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring. 9 For this is what the promise said: “About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son.” 10 And not only so, but also when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac, 11 though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls— 12 she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” 13 As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
Hymn: “By Faith”
Words and music by Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, and Stuart Townend
By faith we see the hand of God in the light of creation’s grand design.
In the lives of those who prove His faithfulness, who walk by faith and not by sight
We will stand as children of the promise; we will fix our eyes on Him our soul’s reward;
till the race is finished and the work is done. We’ll walk by faith and not by sight.
By faith our fathers roamed the earth, with the power of His promise in their hearts,
of a holy city built by God’s own hand, a place where peace and justice reign.
We will stand as children of the promise; we will fix our eyes on Him our soul’s reward;
till the race is finished and the work is done. We’ll walk by faith and not by sight.
By faith the prophets saw a day when the longed-for Messiah would appear,
with the power to break the chains of sin and death, and rise triumphant from the grave.
We will stand as children of the promise; we will fix our eyes on Him our soul’s reward;
till the race is finished and the work is done. We’ll walk by faith and not by sight.
By faith the church was called to go in the power of the Spirit to the lost.
To deliver captives and to preach good news in every corner of the earth.
We will stand as children of the promise; we will fix our eyes on Him our soul’s reward;
till the race is finished and the work is done. We’ll walk by faith and not by sight.
By faith this mountain shall be moved, and the power of the gospel shall prevail;
for we know in Christ all things are possible for all who call upon His name.
We will stand as children of the promise; we will fix our eyes on Him our soul’s reward;
till the race is finished and the work is done. We’ll walk by faith and not by sight.
Benediction
1 Thessalonians 5:23–24, 28
23 Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.
28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.