23rd January 2022 at 11:00 “Joy, a bridge over the darkness”
Order of service 23rd January 2022 “Joy, a bridge over the darkness”
Welcome – Keith
Call to worship Philippians 1: 18 – 25
“And because of this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, for I know that through your prayers and God’s provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance. I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labour for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body. Convinced of this, I know that I will remain, and I will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith, so that through my being with you again your boasting in Christ Jesus will abound on account of me.”
Opening prayer Lucas
Hymn How great thou art
Sermon in the sack Luke
Hymn Be Thou my vision
This gives me Joy all
Lord’s prayer Lucy anna
Notices:
Bible Study, Wednesday 26th @ 19:30
Prayer meeting, Thursday 27th @ 10:00
Prayer walk, Friday 28th @ 10:00
Cleaning rota
Pastor on leave Monday 24th – Thursday 27th
Eddie bringing the Word of God next week
Hymn Old rugged cross
Reading Isiah 51: 9 – 16
“Awake, awake, arm of the Lord,
clothe yourself with strength!
Awake, as in days gone by,
as in generations of old.
Was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces,
who pierced that monster through?
Was it not you who dried up the sea,
the waters of the great deep,
who made a road in the depths of the sea
so that the redeemed might cross over?
Those the Lord has rescued will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
“I, even I, am he who comforts you.
Who are you that you fear mere mortals,
human beings who are but grass,
that you forget the Lord your Maker,
who stretches out the heavens
and who lays the foundations of the earth,
that you live in constant terror every day
because of the wrath of the oppressor,
who is bent on destruction?
For where is the wrath of the oppressor?
The cowering prisoners will soon be set free;
they will not die in their dungeon,
nor will they lack bread.
For I am the Lord your God,
who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
the Lord Almighty is his name.
I have put my words in your mouth
and covered you with the shadow of my hand—
I who set the heavens in place,
who laid the foundations of the earth,
and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.’” Jonathan
Hymn Yet Not I But Through Christ in Me
Thought “Joy, a bridge over the darkness”
Hymn 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)
Blessing
May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God,
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all evermore. Amen - Steve