Morning Service 19-4-2020

APPROACH TO GOD
(we are conscious that we are coming into God’s presence)

Call to Worship                 

Praise: Hymn 17 All creatures of our God and King

1 All creatures of our God and King lift up your voice and with us sing alleluia, alleluia. O burning sun with golden beam, and silver moon with softer gleam,

O praise Him, O praise Him, Alleluia!  Alleluia!  Alleluia!

2 O rushing wind that is so strong, and clouds that sail in heaven along, O praise Him, alleluia. O rising morn, in praise rejoice, and lights of evening, find a voice;

5 People and nations take your part, love and forgive with all your heart, sing praise now, alleluia. All who long pain and sorrow bear, praise God and on Him cast your care:

7 Let all things their Creator bless, and worship Him in humbleness; O praise Him, alleluia. Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son, and praise the Spirit, Three in One;

Prayer of Adoration and Confession   

Assurance of Pardon       

Affirmation of Faith: Apostles Creed

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

THANKSGIVING
(we thank God for his faithfulness to us)

Praise & Offering: Sing Psalms 43

1 Come!  Vindicate me, O my God!   Against this nation plead my cause!   Deliver me from wicked foes   And hypocrites who break your laws.

 2 You are my stronghold and my God;   Why then have you rejected me?   Why must I go about in grief,   Downtrodden by the enemy?

 3 O send your light forth and your truth!   Let them direct me in your grace   And bring me to your holy hill,   Into your sacred dwelling-place.  

 4 Then to God’s altar I will go,   To God, my joy and my delight,   And I will praise you with the harp.   O God, you are my God of might.

 5 Why are you downcast, O my soul?   Why are you so disturbed in me?   Trust God, for I will praise him yet;   My Saviour and my God is he.

Prayer of Intercession

THE WORD OF GOD
(we hear God’s Word read and preached)

Scripture Reading: Colossians 2: 1-15

Foundations of Faith –      Q 28, 29     

Praise: Hymn 561 Jesus bids us shine

1 Jesus bids us shine with a pure, clear light, like a little candle burning in the night. In this world is darkness; so let us shine, you in your small corner, and I in mine.

2 Jesus bids us shine, first of all for Him; well He sees and knows it, if our light grows dim. He looks down from heaven to see us shine, you in your small corner, and I in mine.

3 Jesus bids us shine, then, for all around; many kinds of darkness in the world are found — sin and want and sorrow; so we must shine, you in your small corner, and I in mine.

Sermon                              

RESPONSE TO THE WORD
(we respond to the Word of God)

Prayer

Praise: Yet not I but through Christ in me

1 Verse 1
What gift of grace is Jesus my redeemer
There is no more for heaven now to give
He is my joy, my righteousness, and freedom
My steadfast love, my deep and boundless peace

Refrain 1
To this I hold, my hope is only Jesus
For my life is wholly bound to his
Oh how strange and divine, I can sing: all is mine!
Yet not I, but through Christ in me

Verse2
The night is dark but I am not forsaken
For by my side, the Saviour He will stay
I labour on in weakness and rejoicing
For in my need, His power is displayed

Refrain 2
To this I hold, my Shepherd will defend me
Through the deepest valley He will lead
Oh the night has been won, and I shall overcome!
Yet not I, but through Christ in me

Verse 3
No fate I dread, I know I am forgiven
The future sure, the price it has been paid
For Jesus bled and suffered for my pardon
And He was raised to overthrow the grave

Refrain 3
To this I hold, my sin has been defeated
Jesus now and ever is my plea
Oh the chains are released, I can sing: I am free!
Yet not I, but through Christ in me

Verse 4
With every breath I long to follow Jesus
For He has said that He will bring me home
And day by day I know He will renew me
Until I stand with joy before the throne

Refrain 4
To this I hold, my hope is only Jesus
All the glory evermore to Him
When the race is complete, still my lips shall repeat:
Yet not I, but through Christ in me!

Refrain 4
To this I hold, my hope is only Jesus
All the glory evermore to Him
When the race is complete, still my lips shall repeat:
Yet not I, but through Christ in me!

Tag
When the race is complete, still my lips shall repeat:
Yet not I, but through Christ in me!
Yet not I, but through Christ in me!
Yet not I, but through Christ in me!

Benediction