2nd January 2022 at 11:00 “My grace is sufficient for you"
Order of service 2nd January 2022
Welcome – Hazel
Call to Worship Psalm 46: 1 – 11
“God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells.
God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Come and see what the Lord has done,
the desolations he has brought on the earth.
He makes wars cease
to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the shields[d] with fire.
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.” - Alison
Opening prayer – Alison
Hymn Amazing Grace
Reverse sermon in the sack – Hazel to bring in an object and get people to give their ideas for a sermon.
Hymn Give thanks with a grateful heart
(Children’s Church Patricia & Alison)
Notices – Hazel
Bible Study Wednesday 5th January @ 19:30 on Zoom
Prayer meeting, Thursday 6th January @10:00 on Zoom
Prayer walk, Friday 7th January @ 10:00
Sunday morning worship 9th January @ 11:00
Reading 2 Corinthians 12: 6 - 10
“Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, or because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say, or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” – Steve
Hymn Because He Lives
Thought Eddie
Hymn Blessed Assurance
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 - Jonathan