Prelude
*Call to Worship
If God is for us, who is against us?
He who gave us his son,
now gives us the Spirit in power!
The Holy One is in our midst:
equipping us for life in the service of Christ.
In Christ we are more than conquerors,
for nothing in creation can separate us from the
love of God!
May the all surpassing grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be
with you.
And the unshakable love of God be with you.
The joyous communion of the Holy Spirit be with you.
And also with you!
*God’s Greeting
*Opening Hymn: “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
1.Come, thou Fount of every blessing,
tune my heart to sing thy grace;
streams of mercy, never ceasing,
call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount I’m fixed upon it,
mount of thy redeeming love.
2.Here I raise mine Ebenezer;
hither by thy help I’m come;
and I hope, by thy good pleasure,
safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
wandering from the fold of God;
he, to rescue me from danger,
interposed his precious blood.
3.O to grace how great a debtor
daily I’m constrained to be!
Let thy goodness, like a fetter,
bind my wandering heart to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
prone to leave the God I love;
here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
seal it for thy courts above.
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Children’s Song: “My God is So Big”
Confession and Assurance
Congregational Prayer
*Song of Preparation: “Lord, I Need You”
Lord, I come, I confess. Bowing here, I find my rest.
And without You, I fall apart.
You’re the one that guides my heart.
Lord, I need You, oh, I need You.
Every hour I need You.
My one defense, my righteousness;
Oh, God, how I need You.
Where sin runs deep, Your grace is more.
Where grace is found is where You are.
And where You are Lord, I am free. Holiness is Christ in me.
Lord, I need You, oh, I need You.
Every hour I need You.
My one defense, my righteousness;
Oh, God, how I need You.
So, teach my song to rise to You
When temptation comes my way.
And when I cannot stand, I’ll fall on You.
Jesus, You’re my hope and stay. (x2)
Lord, I need You, oh, I need You.
Every hour I need You.
My one defense, my righteousness;
Oh, God, how I need You.
My one defense, my righteousness;
Oh, God, how I need You.
“Lord I Need You” Jesse Reeves, Kristian Stanfill, Matt Maher, Christy Nockels, Daniel Carson © 2011 worshiptogether.com songs
Scripture: Romans 8:18-28
18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that[a] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.
22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[b] have been called according to his purpose.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Prayer for Illumination
Sermon: “Seven Things I’ve Learned from the Coronavirus”
Prayer of Application
*Song of Response: “A New Hallelujah”
Can you hear? There’s a new song,
Breaking out from the children of freedom?
Every race and every nation,
Sing it out, sing a new hallelujah.
Let us sing love to the nations,
Bringing hope of the grace that has freed us.
Make it known and make Him famous,
Sing it out, sing a new hallelujah.
Arise, let the church arise!
Let love reach to the other side.
Alive, come alive;
Let the song arise!
All the world sings a new song,
Reaching out with a new hallelujah.
Every son and every daughter,
Everyone sing a new hallelujah.
Arise, let the church arise!
Let love reach to the other side.
Alive, come alive;
Let the song arise!
Arise, let the church arise!
Let love reach to the other side.
Alive, come alive;
Let the song arise!
Everyone sing a new hallelujah.
Everyone sing a new hallelujah.
“A New Hallelujah” Debby Smith, Michael W. Smith, Paul Baloche © 2008, 2011 Smittfly Music/Word Music LLC/Intregrity’s Hosanna
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Dedication of Tithes and Offerings
Offerings: 1) General Fund 2) Christian Education
Mission Moment
*Parting Blessing
*Closing Hymn: “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow”
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
praise him, all creatures here below;
praise him above, ye heavenly host;
praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Amen. Amen.
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Postlude