We worship the God who was.
We worship the God who is,
We worship the God who evermore will be.
He opened the prison doors.
He parted the raging sea.
Our God. He holds the victory.
CHORUS: There’s joy in the house of the Lord.
There’s joy in the house of the Lord today.
And we won’t be quiet.
We shout out Your praise!
There’s joy in the house of the Lord.
Our God is surely in this place.
And we won’t be quiet.
We shout out your praise.
We sing to the God who heals,
We sing to the God who saves,
We sing to the God who always makes a way
‘Cause He hung upon that cross,
And He rose up from that grave.
My God’s still rolling stones away! CHORUS: (continued on next page)
BRIDGE: We were the beggars, now we’re royalty.
We were the prisoners, now we’re running free.
We are forgiven, accepted, redeemed by His grace.
Let house of the Lord sing praise. (Sing Twice)
CHORUS: There’s joy in the house of the Lord.
There’s joy in the house of the Lord today.
And we won’t be quiet.
We shout out Your praise!
There’s joy in the house of the Lord.
Our God is surely in this place.
And we won’t be quiet.
We shout out your praise.
We shout out your praise!
Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness,
And all these things shall be added unto you.
Allelu, Alleluia.
Ask and it shall be given unto you; Seek and ye shall find;
Knock and the door shall be opened unto you.
Allelu, Alleluia.
Man does not live by bread alone but by every word;
That proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.
Allelu, Alleluia.
How great the chasm that lay between us,
How high the mountain I could not climb.
In desperation I turned to heaven
And spoke Your name into the night.
Then through the darkness Your loving kindness
Tore through the shadows of my soul.
The work is finished, the end is written.
Jesus Christ, my Living Hope.
Hallelujah! Praise the One who set me free!
Hallelujah! Death has lost its grip on me.
You have broken ev’ry chain,
There’s salvation in Your name.
Jesus Christ, my Living Hope.
Who could imagine so great a mercy?
What heart could fathom such boundless grace?
The God of ages stepped down from glory
To wear my sin and bear my shame.
The cross has spoken. I am forgiven.
The King of Kings calls me His own.
Beautiful Savior, I’m yours forever.
Jesus Christ, my Living Hope.
Hallelujah! Praise the One who set me free!
Hallelujah! Death has lost its grip on me.
You have broken ev’ry chain,
There’s salvation in Your name.
Jesus Christ, my Living Hope.
Then came that morning that sealed the promise.
Your buried body began to breathe.
Out of the silence the roaring Lion
Declared the grave has no claim on me.
Jesus, Yours is the victory.
Hallelujah! Praise the One who set me free!
Hallelujah! Death has lost its grip on me.
You have broken ev’ry chain,
There’s salvation in Your name.
Jesus Christ, my Living Hope.
Jesus Christ, my Living Hope.
God, You are my Living Hope!
We worship the God who was.
We worship the God who is,
We worship the God who evermore will be.
He opened the prison doors.
He parted the raging sea.
Our God. He holds the victory.
CHORUS: There’s joy in the house of the Lord.
There’s joy in the house of the Lord today.
And we won’t be quiet.
We shout out Your praise!
There’s joy in the house of the Lord.
Our God is surely in this place.
And we won’t be quiet.
We shout out your praise.
We sing to the God who heals,
We sing to the God who saves,
We sing to the God who always makes a way
‘Cause He hung upon that cross,
And He rose up from that grave.
My God’s still rolling stones away! CHORUS:
BRIDGE: We were the beggars, now we’re royalty.
We were the prisoners, now we’re running free.
We are forgiven, accepted, redeemed by His grace.
Let the house of the Lord sing praise. (Sing Twice) CHORUS:
We shout out your praise!
4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For in Scripture it says:
“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame.”
7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,
“The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,”
8 and,
“A stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.”
They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.
9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.”
5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
9 Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. 11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves.
10 As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. 12 As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.
INVOCATION
Pastor: We begin our worship in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Congregation: Amen.
CONFESSION AND ABSOLUTION
P: We gather here today before our Lord and Creator. He created us to serve Him and to love one another. But we have separated ourselves from Him with our sins. So let us now confess our sins to Him and ask for His forgiveness.
C: Merciful Father, I confess that I am a sinner. I make no excuses for my sins. I have sinned against You by the things I have done and the things I have not done. I come before You this morning in need of Your forgiveness.
I need Thee ev’ry hour, Most gracious Lord;
No tender voice like Thine can peace afford.
Chorus I need Thee, oh, I need Thee;
Ev’ry hour I need Thee!
Oh, bless me now, my Saviour;
I come to Thee.
I need Thee ev’ry hour; Stay Thou nearby.
Temptations lose their pow’r, When Thou art nigh. Chorus:
P: Jesus died to take away all of your sins. You are forgiven. You have been washed in the blood of the Lamb, Jesus Christ, and come before Him this morning forgiven of all your sins. You are His child, and an heir of eternal life. May God’s grace strengthen you to live each day as His forgiven and dearly loved child.
C: Amen.
Your grace and mercy brought me through.
I'm living this moment because of You.
I want to thank You and praise You too.
Your grace and mercy brought me through.
Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary,
Pure and holy, tried and true.
With thanksgiving, I’ll be a living
Sanctuary for You. (repeat last song only)
P: God is good…
C: All the time.
P: All the time…
C: God is good.
P: How great the love the Father has lavished on us…
C: That we should be called children of God.
P: Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we can ask or imagine
C: To the only wise God be glory in the church throughout all generations.
P: Let God’s people say:
C: Amen.
APOSTLES’ CREED
C: I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker 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, 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 Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE
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 Cor. 4:18)
Thank you, Lord, for saving my soul.
Thank You, Lord, for making me whole.
Thank You, Lord, for giving to me
Thy great salvation so rich and free. (Repeat)
PRAYERS
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.
For prayer chain requests, email prayer@livinghopereunion.church.)
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.
GREET ONE ANOTHER
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