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I hear the Savior say, “Thy strength indeed is small,

Child of weakness watch and pray, Find in Me thine all in all.”

Chorus: Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe;

Sin had left a crimson stain,

He washed it white as snow.

Lord, now indeed I find, Thy pow’r and Thine alone

Can change the leper’s spots, And melt the heart of stone. Chorus:

For nothing good have I, Whereby Thy grace to claim

I’ll wash my garments white, In the blood of Calvary’s lamb. Chorus:

And when before the throne, I stand in Him complete,

“Jesus died my soul to save.” My lips shall still repeat. Chorus:

Speak, O Lord, as we come to You

To receive the food of Your holy Word.

Take Your truth, plant it deep in us;

Shape and fashion us in Your likeness,

That the light of Christ might be seen today

In our acts of love and our deeds of faith.

Speak, O Lord, and fulfill in us

All Your purposes for Your glory.

Speak, O Lord, and renew our minds;

Help us grasp the heights of Your plans for us—

Truths unchanged from the dawn of time

That will echo down through eternity.

And by grace we'll stand on Your promises,

And by faith we'll walk as You walk with us.

Speak, O Lord, as Your church is built

And the earth is filled with Your glory.

In Christ alone my hope is found

He is my light, my strength, my song

This cornerstone, this solid ground

Firm through the fiercest drought and storm

What heights of love, what depths of peace

When fears are stilled, when strivings cease

My Comforter, my All in all,

Here in the love of Christ, I stand.

In Christ alone Who took on flesh,

Fullness of God in helpless Babe

This gift of love and righteousness

Scorned by the ones He came to save

Till on that cross as Jesus died,

The wrath of God was satisfied

For every sin on Him was laid,

Here in the death of Christ, I live.

There in the ground His body lay,

Light of world by darkness slain

Then bursting forth in glorious day

Up from the grave He rose again

And as He stands in victory,

Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me

For I am His and He is mine,

Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

No guilt in life, no fear in death,

This is the power of Christ in me

From life’s first cry to final breath,

Jesus commands my destiny

No power of hell, no scheme of man

Can ever pluck me from His hand,

Till He returns or calls me home,

Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand.

Oh, to see the dawn of the darkest day

Christ on the road to Calvary

Tried by sinful men, torn and beaten, Then

Nailed to a cross of wood

Chorus: This, the power of the cross Christ became sin for us

Took the blame, bore the wrath We stand forgiven at the cross

Oh, to see the pain written on Your face

Bearing the awesome weight of sin

Every bitter thought, every evil deed

Crowning Your bloodstained brow Chorus

Now the daylight flees, now the ground beneath

Quakes as its Maker bows His head

Curtain torn in two, dead are raised to life

‘Finished!’ the victory cry Chorus

Oh, to see my name written in the wounds

For through Your suffering I am free

Death is crushed to death, life is mine to live

Won through Your selfless love

This, the power of the cross Son of God slain for us

What a love! What a cost! We stand forgiven at the cross

This the power of the cross Christ became sin for us

Took the blame, bore the wrath We stand forgiven at the cross

¹⁸You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm; ¹⁹to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them, ²⁰because they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.” ²¹The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”

²²But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, ²³to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, ²⁴to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

¹⁸“And I, because of what they have planned and done, am about to comeand gather the people of all nations and languages, and they will come and see my glory.

¹⁹“I will set a sign among them, and I will send some of those who survive to the nations—to Tarshish, to the Libyans and Lydians (famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to the distant islands that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. They will proclaim my glory among the nations. ²⁰And they will bring all your people, from all the nations, to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the Lord—on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels,” says the Lord. “They will bring them, as the Israelites bring their grain offerings, to the temple of the Lord in ceremonially clean vessels. ²¹And I will select some of them also to be priests and Levites,” says the Lord.

²²“As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me,” declares the Lord, “so will your name and descendants endure. ²³From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me,” says the Lord.

²²Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. ²³Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?”

He said to them, ²⁴“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. ²⁵Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’

“But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’

²⁶“Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’

²⁷“But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!’

²⁸“There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out. ²⁹People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God. ³⁰Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last.”

INVOCATION

Pastor: We worship this morning in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Congregation: Amen.

OPENING SENTENCES (Revelation 19)

P: Salvation and glory and power belong to our God.

C: For true and just are His judgments

P: Praise our God, all you His servants,

C: You who fear Him both small and great

P: For our Lord God Almighty reigns.

C: Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him glory!

PRAYER

C: O God of peace, we turn aside from an unsettled world, seeking rest for our spirits, and light for our thoughts. We bring our work to be sanctified, our wounds to be healed, our sins to be forgiven, and our hopes to be renewed. In You there is perfect harmony and peace. Draw us to You, and ease the tensions of our lives. Lead us out of the emptiness of this world, and fill us with Your peace. For Jesus’ sake. Amen.

CONFESSION OF SINS

P: Dear friends, let us approach God with a true heart and confess our sins, asking Him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to forgive us.

C: Lord of life, I confess that I am by nature dead in sin.

For faithless worrying and selfish pride,

For sins of habit and sins of choice,

For the evil I have done and the good I have failed to do

You should cast me away from Your presence forever.

O Lord, I am sorry for my sins. Forgive me, for Jesus sake.

P: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. In His great mercy, God made us alive in Christ even when we were dead in our sins. Hear the word of Christ through His called servant: I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

C: Amen.

Just as I am, without one plea But that Thy blood was shed for me

And that Thou bidd’st me come to Thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

All my hope is in Jesus Thank God my yesterday’s gone

All my sins are forgiven I’ve been washed by the blood

Just as I am, Thou wilt receive, Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;

Because Thy promise I believe, O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

All my hope is in Jesus Thank God my yesterday’s gone

All my sins are forgiven I’ve been washed by the blood

Just as I am; Thy love unknown Has broken ev’ry barrier down.

Now to be Thine, yea, Thine alone, O Lamb of God, I come, I come.

All my hope is in Jesus Thank God my yesterday’s gone

All my sins are forgiven I’ve been washed by the blood

PRAYER FOR A LIFE OF SERVICE

C: Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace:

Where there is hatred, let me sow love;

Where there is injury, pardon;

Where there is doubt, faith;

Where there is despair, hope;

Where there is darkness, light;

And where there is sadness, joy.

Heavenly Father, grant that I may not so much seek

To be consoled, as to console;

To be understood, as to understand;

To be loved, as to love;

For it is in giving that we receive,

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

In Your Son’s name, we pray. Amen.

NOTE: After each reading…

P: This is the Word of the Lord.

C: Thanks be to God.

PSALM 103

P: Praise the LORD, O my soul;

C: All my inmost being, praise His holy name.

P: Praise the LORD, O my soul,

C: And forget not all His benefits—

P: Who forgives all your sins

C: And heals all your diseases,

P: Who redeems your life from the pit

C: And crowns you with love and compassion,

P: Who satisfies your desires with good things

C: So that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

P: The LORD works righteousness

C: And justice for all the oppressed.

P: He made known His ways to Moses,

C: His deeds to the people of Israel:

P: The LORD is compassionate and gracious,

C: Slow to anger, abounding in love.

P: He will not always accuse,

C: Nor will He harbor His anger forever;

P: He does not treat us as our sins deserve

C: Or repay us according to our iniquities.

P: For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

C: So great is His love for those who fear Him;

P: As far as the east is from the west,

C: So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

P: As a father has compassion on his children,

C: So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him;

P: For He knows how we are formed,

C: He remembers that we are dust.

P: As for man, his days are like grass,

C: He flourishes like a flower of the field;

P: The wind blows over it and it is gone,

C: And its place remembers it no more.

P: But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord's love is with those who fear Him,

C: And His righteousness with their children's children—

P: With those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts.

C: The LORD has established His throne in heaven,

P: And His kingdom rules over all.

C: Praise the LORD, you His angels,

P: You mighty ones who do His bidding, who obey His word.

C: Praise the LORD, all His heavenly hosts,

P: You His servants who do his will.

C: Praise the LORD, all His works everywhere in His dominion.

P: Praise the LORD, O my soul.

ALL: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, forever and ever. Amen.

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE

APOSTLES’ CREED

I believe in God the Father, Maker of the heav’n and earth,

And in Jesus Christ, our Saviour, God’s own Son of human birth,

Virgin-born, the Lord incarnate, Whom the Spirit did conceive.

Suffered under Pontius Pilate. He’s the God whom I believe.

Crucified, was dead and buried; Down to hell in victory;

From the dead He rose the third day; Up to heav’n triumphantly.

There at God’s right hand He’s ruling. By His will the world is led.

He will come to judge the nations, Both the living and the dead.

I believe in God the Spirit, In His Church, His chosen band.

They are joined in sweet communion. Holy in His sight they stand.

I believe in sins forgiven. I believe I’ll rise again.

I believe in life eternal. Amen! Amen! Amen!

Sermon

THANK OFFERING

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but what is unseen.

For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

(2 Corinthians 4:18)

OFFERING SONG

Thanks, Thanks, I give You thanks for all You’ve done.

I am so blessed; my soul is at rest. O Lord, I give You thanks. (Repeat)

PRAYER of the CHURCH

THE LORD’S PRAYER: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power and the glory are Yours now and forever. Amen.

(Our prayer team is always ready to go to the throne of the Father for you.

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For confidential prayers, call or text 720-243-0228.)

BENEDICTION

P: The Lord bless you and keep you.

The Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you.

The Lord look on you with favor and give you peace.

Amen. Amen. Amen.

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