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Sunday, February 27, 2022

Music for 02/27/2022

WORSHIP

Great Things

Verse 1

Come let us worship our King
Come let us bow at His feet
He has done great things
See what our Savior has done
See how His love overcomes
He has done great things
He has done great things

Chorus

O Hero of Heaven You conquered the grave
You free every captive and break every chain
O God You have done great things
We dance in Your freedom awake and alive
O Jesus our Savior Your name lifted high
O God You have done great things

Verse 2

You’ve been faithful through every storm
You’ll be faithful forevermore
You have done great things
And I know You will do it again
For Your promise is yes and amen
You will do great things
God You do great things

Bridge

Hallelujah God above it all
Hallelujah God unshakable
Hallelujah You have done great things
(REPEAT)
You’ve done great things

Ending

You have done great things
O God You do great things

CCLI Song # 7111321

Jonas Myrin | Phil Wickham

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Goodness Of God

Verse 1

I love You Lord
Oh Your mercy never fails me
All my days
I've been held in Your hands
From the moment that I wake up
Until I lay my head
I will sing of the goodness of God

Chorus

All my life You have been faithful
All my life You have been so so good
With every breath that I am able
I will sing of the goodness of God

Verse 2

I love Your voice
You have led me through the fire
In darkest night
You are close like no other
I've known You as a father
I've known You as a friend
I have lived in the goodness of God

Bridge

Your goodness is running after
It’s running after me
Your goodness is running after
It’s running after me
With my life laid down
I’m surrendered now
I give You everything
Your goodness is running after
It's running after me

CCLI Song # 7117726

Ben Fielding | Brian Johnson | Ed Cash | Jason Ingram | Jenn Johnson

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I Stand Amazed (How Marvelous)

Verse 1

I stand amazed in the presence
Of Jesus the Nazarene
And wonder how He could love me
A sinner condemned unclean

Chorus

(Singin') (Ev'rybody singin')
How marvelous how wonderful
And my song shall ever be
How marvelous how wonderful
Is my Savior's love for me

Verse 2

He took my sins and my sorrows
He made them His very own
(And) He bore the burden to Calvary
And suffered and died alone

Verse 3

And with the ransomed in glory
His face I at last shall see
It will be my joy through the ages
To sing of His love for me

CCLI Song # 4674207

Charles Hutchinson Gabriel | Chris Tomlin

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Living Hope

Verse 1

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

Verse 2

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

Chorus

Hallelujah praise the One who set me free
Hallelujah death has lost its grip on me
You have broken every chain
There’s salvation in Your name
Jesus Christ my living hope

Verse 3

Then came the 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
(REPEAT)
Jesus Yours is the victory whoa

Ending

Jesus Christ my living hope
Oh God You are my living hope

CCLI Song # 7106807

Brian Johnson | Phil Wickham

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Saturday, February 5, 2022

FAITH IN GOD'S PLANS part One

FAITH IN GOD'S PLANS

REFLECTION:

Think about a news story you've heard that seemed impossible at first to believe … but turned out to be true. How did you react? What questions did you have?

Read Genesis 18:1 - 15 and 21:1 - 3

18 The Eternal One appeared once again to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, while he was resting at the entrance to his tent in the middle of a hot afternoon. 2 Abraham glanced up and saw there were three men standing nearby. They seemed to appear out of nowhere. As soon as he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent out to where they were standing and greeted them warmly, instinctively bowing to the ground.

Abraham: 3 My lord, if you would like to stay for a while, I beg you not to pass me by. I am your humble servant. 4 Let me send someone for water in order to wash your feet. Please go and sit down under that tree over there and rest. 5 Meanwhile, let me send for some bread so that you can nourish yourselves. After that I will not detain you further—you may be on your way—since you have come and honored your servant with your presence.

Three Men: Please, go and do what you have suggested.

6 In spite of the heat, Abraham hurried into his tent to Sarah.

Abraham (to Sarah): Sarah, we have guests. Quickly prepare three measures[a] of our best flour, knead it, and make cakes.

7 Then Abraham ran to where his herds were pastured. He took a tender calf and gave it to one of his servants, who rushed off to prepare the choice meat. 8 When it was ready, Abraham took curds and milk, along with the meat, and he placed all of this lavish feast before his honored guests. He stood nearby under the tree while they ate to their fill.

Three Men: 9 Where is Sarah, your wife?

Abraham: She’s right in there . . . in the tent.

One of the Men: 10 I will return here to you when life emerges from the womb[b] of your wife, Sarah. She will give birth to a son.[c]

Now Sarah was behind her guests, listening to all of this from the entrance of the tent. 11 Abraham and Sarah were quite old at this time, well advanced in years, and Sarah had long ago gone through menopause. 12 So Sarah laughed to herself, saying under her breath, “At my age—old and decrepit, as is my husband—both of us long past having any desire to engage in lovemaking?” 13 But the Eternal heard what Sarah said and addressed Abraham.

Eternal One: Why does Sarah laugh and say to herself, “There’s no way I’m going to give birth at my age!” 14 Is anything too difficult for the Eternal One to accomplish? At a time that I will determine, I will return here to you when life emerges from her womb. I’m telling you, Sarah will give birth to a son.[d]

15 Sarah was embarrassed and tried to deny laughing. She feared these were no ordinary guests.

Sarah: I wasn’t laughing.

Eternal One: That is not true, Sarah. You did laugh.

GENESIS 21:1 - 3

1 The Eternal One kept His promise, 2 and Sarah conceived and gave birth to Abraham’s son (in their advanced age) exactly as the Eternal had indicated. 3 Abraham named his child, who was born to Sarah, Isaac.

1. How did the Lord appear to Abraham in the story? How did Abraham respond?

2. How did Sarah react when she overheard the visitors speaking with Abraham?

3. Why do you think she responded this way? What could have been some of the thoughts running through her mind?

4. Why do you think Sarah then denied her response to the three visitors?

5. What does this story tell you about Sarah and her faith at this point?

6. How did God respond to Sarah's laughter and lack of faith?

Friday, January 21, 2022

LESSON FIVE TRUSTING IN GOD ALONE Part Two

LESSON FIVE TRUSTING IN GOD ALONE - Part Two

Jim's Note: As Bob and Gail pointed out last week, Genesis 16 takes place after the animal sacrifice & covenant ritual but BEFORE the event where The Lord comes to Abram.

Genesis 17:15. God also said to Abraham, "As for Sarai you wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her."

REVIEW

Read Genesis 16:1-12. The Voice

1 Despite God’s promise, years went by. Still Abram’s wife Sarai remained childless. But she did have an Egyptian servant girl whose name was Hagar. Sarai had an idea so she approached her husband.

Sarai (to Abram): 2 You can see that the Eternal One has still not allowed me to have any children. Why don’t you sleep with my servant girl? Maybe I could use her as a surrogate and have a child through her!

Abram listened to Sarai and agreed to follow her plan. 3 After they had lived 10 years in Canaan, Abram’s wife Sarai took her servant girl Hagar, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram as a wife. 4 So Abram slept with Hagar. It was not long before she conceived. But as soon as she knew she was pregnant with Abram’s child, Hagar’s attitude changed and she became haughty toward Sarai. 5 Sarai would not tolerate her servant looking down on her, so she approached Abram again.

Sarai (to Abram): This is all your fault. I allowed my servant girl to be intimate with you, and as soon as she saw she was pregnant with your child, she started behaving arrogantly and disrespectfully toward me! I have done nothing to deserve this. Let the Eternal One judge who is in the wrong here—you or me!

Abram (to Sarai): 6 Sarai—look, she’s still your servant girl. Do whatever you want with her. She’s under your control.

So Sarai clamped down on Hagar severely, and Hagar ran away. 7 The Special Messenger of the Eternal One found Hagar alone by a spring of water out in the desert. It was the spring of water along the road that went to Shur.

Special Messenger: 8 Hagar, Sarai’s servant girl? Where have you come from, and where are you planning to go?

Hagar: I am running away from my mistress, Sarai!

Special Messenger: 9 Hagar, go back to your mistress, and change your attitude. Be respectful, and listen to her instructions. You’re pregnant, and you need to go home. 10 Trust me: I am going to give you many children and many descendants, so many you won’t be able to count them!

    Look, you are pregnant,
        and you’re going to have a son.
    I want you to call him Ishmael
        because the Eternal One has heard your anguished cries.

    Just to warn you, though:
    Ishmael, your son, is going to be a wild and rowdy man;
        he’ll put his fist in every face,
    And everyone will turn against him,
        and he will live at odds with all of his relatives.

REACTION

7. How did God extend grace to Abram, Sarai, and Hagar? (Where did Hagar come from?)

8. In what ways can you identify with Sarai's plight? When have you been tempted to move ahead of God's plans?

9. What does this story reveal about God's sovereign control over all the events in your life?

10. What does this story say about how God can use you in spite of the mistakes you make?

11. Why is it often easier to run from the problems rather than face them?

12. How can you depend on God to help you deal with a current situation?

Saturday, January 8, 2022

WORSHIP MUSIC FOR JANUARY 9, 2022

House Of The Lord

Verse 1
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
My God He holds the victory yeah

Chorus 1
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

Interlude
Oh oh oh
We shout out Your praise

Verse 2
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 up on that cross
Then He rose up from that grave
My God’s still rolling stones away

Bridge
('Cause) 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

Interlude
There is joy in this house oh yeah
There is joy there is joy
And we won't be quiet
We're gonna shout out Your praise

Chorus 2
There’s joy in the house of the Lord
There’s joy in the house of the Lord today
We're gonna shout out Your praise
There is joy
There is joy surely in this place
We won't be quiet
We shout Your praise

Ending
We shout out Your praise
There is joy in this house
There is joy in this house today
We shout out Your praise
We shout out Your praise

CCLI Song # 7168995
Jonathan Smith | Phil Wickham
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God So Loved (Live At The Wheelhouse)

Verse 1

Come all you weary

Come all you thirsty

Come to the well that never runs dry

Drink of the water

Come and thirst no more

Verse 2

Come all you sinners

Come find His mercy

Come to the table He will satisfy

Taste of His goodness

Find what you're looking for

Chorus 1

For God so loved the world that He gave us

His one and only Son to save us

Whoever believes in Him will live forever

Verse 3

Bring all your failures

Bring your addictions

Come lay them down at the foot of the cross

Jesus is waiting there

With open arms

Chorus 2

For God so loved the world that He gave us

His one and only Son to save us

Whoever believes in Him will live forever

The power of hell forever defeated

Now it is well I'm walking in freedom

For God so loved God so loved the world

Bridge

Praise God praise God

From whom all blessings flow

Praise Him praise Him

For the wonders of His love

Chorus 3

For God so loved the world that He gave us

His one and only Son to save

Verse 4

Bring all your failures

Bring your addictions

Come lay them down at the foot of the cross

Jesus is waiting

God so loved the world

CCLI Song # 7138599

Andrew Bergthold | Ed Cash | Franni Cash | Martin Cash | Scott Cash

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BE THOU MY VISION

Verse 1

Be Thou my Vision O Lord of my heart
Naught be all else to me save that Thou art
Thou my best thought by day or by night
Waking or sleeping Thy presence my light

Verse 2
Riches I heed not
Nor man's empty praise
Thou mine inheritance
Now and always
Thou and Thou only
Be first in my heart
High King of heaven
My treasure Thou art

Chorus
Lead me on, precious Father
Lead me on, precious Lord
Be my eyes in this darkness
Lead me on, precious God

Verse 3
High King of heaven
When vict'ry is won
May I reach heaven's joys
O bright heaven's Sun
Heart of my own heart
Whatever befall
Still be my vision
O Ruler of all

Chorus
Lead me on, precious Father
Lead me on, precious Lord
Be my eyes in this darkness
Lead me on, precious God

Eleanor Henrietta Hull | Mary Elizabeth Byrne/Robert Payne/David Ellis
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Music: Public Domain
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Lord I Need You

Verse 1

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

Chorus 1

Lord I need You oh I need You

Ev'ry hour I need You

My one defense my righteousness

Oh God how I need You

Verse 2

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

Where You are Lord I am free

Holiness is Christ in me

Bridge

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

And when I cannot stand I'll fall on You

Jesus You're my hope and stay

Chorus 2

Lord I need You oh I need You

Ev'ry 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

CCLI Song # 5925687

Christy Nockels | Daniel Carson | Jesse Reeves | Kristian Stanfill | Matt Maher

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LESSON FIVE TRUSTING IN GOD ALONE - Part One

Then Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan.

GENESIS 16:3 NKJV

REFLECTION

Think of a time when you acted out of frustration. What was the situation? What was the result of your actions? If you could do it over, what would you change?

[Your Response Here]

SITUATION

Abram’s faith in God caused him to leave his homeland and journey to the land of Canaan—much as the Israelites under Moses were doing as they made their way through the wilderness. For Abram, the road was not always easy. At one point, he was forced to separate with his nephew Lot and allowed him to take the fertile plains of the Jordan valley. Another time, he took his family to Egypt to avoid a famine, and while he was there he claimed his wife was his sister in order to win favor with the Pharaoh. But perhaps his greatest misstep took place when he and his wife grew impatient while waiting for God’s promise of a son to come to pass. Abram and Sarai, much like us today, felt the need to “help” God’s plans along by coming up with their own plan of rescue. It would prove to be a decision with lasting implications.

OBSERVATION

Read Genesis 16:1-12. The Voice

Abram (to Sarai): 6 Sarai—look, she’s still your servant girl. Do whatever you want with her. She’s under your control.

Special Messenger: 8 Hagar, Sarai’s servant girl? Where have you come from, and where are you planning to go?

Hagar: I am running away from my mistress, Sarai!

    Look, you are pregnant,
        and you’re going to have a son.
    I want you to call him Ishmael
        because the Eternal One has heard your anguished cries.

EXPLORATION & DISCUSSION

1. What prompted Sarai to come up with this plan for Abram to have an heir?

2. Abram knew that God had promised he would have a son who was his “own flesh and blood” (Genesis 15:4). How might this have affected his decision to go along with Sarai’s plan?

3. What caused the plan to deteriorate? Why do you think this occurred?

4. In what ways did Sarai’s plan for having children demonstrate a lack of faith in God’s plan? In what ways was she trying to “help” God’s plans along?

5. Why do you think the angel of the Lord told Hagar to go back to Sarai and “submit to her” (16:9)? What other promise did God provide to Hagar?

6. Tradition holds that Hagar’s child, Ishmael, became the father of the Arab people, while Sarai’s child, Isaac, became the father of the Israeli people. Assuming this is true, what were the long-term results from Sarai’s taking the situation into her own hands?

INSPIRATION

“So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife. He slept with Hagar, and she conceived” (Genesis 16:3–4). Abram and Sarai now have an heir, but it isn’t the heir God intended. They have gone outside of God’s plan, and soon things begin to unravel. Hagar starts to despise Sarai. Sarai starts to despise Hagar. Abram is caught in the middle. The situation gets so bad that Abram finally gives up trying to work it out. “Indeed your maid is in your hand,” he says to his wife. “Do to her as you please” (verse 6 NKJV).

In many ways, strange as it may seem, Sarai’s humanness is refreshing. Should you ever need a reminder of God’s tolerance, you’d find it in her story. If you ever wonder how in the world God could use you to change the world, just look at this couple. They made a lot of bad decisions. But Abram also made one for his family that changed everything: “He trusted God to set him right instead of trying to be right on his own” (Romans 4:3 MSG). Because of this, God offered grace to both Sarai and Abram in spite of their faults and missteps. He credited their charge account and covered their debts. - (Taken from Ten Women of the Bible by Max Lucado )

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Saturday, November 27, 2021

WORSHIP MUSIC FOR NOVEMBER 28

Rachow, Ava, Grey & Eva
Tuesday

O come O come Emmanuel

Verse 1

O come O come Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear

Chorus

Rejoice rejoice Emmanuel
Shall come to thee O Israel

Verse 2

O come Thou Dayspring come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night
And death's dark shadows put to flight

Verse 3

O come Thou Wisdom from on high
And order all things far and nigh
To us the path of knowledge show
And cause us in her ways to go

Verse 4

O come Desire of nations bind
All peoples in one heart and mind
Bid envy strife and quarrels cease
Fill the whole world with heaven's peace

CCLI Song # 31982

John Mason Neale | Thomas Helmore

Music: Public Domain

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Devan, Aaron, Einstein & Nora
Thanksgiving

For God so loved

Chorus

For God so loved the world
That He gave His only Son
That whosoever believes will not perish
They shall have eternal life

Verse 1

I shall hold to the cross
I shall hold to God alone
For His love has salvaged me
For His love has set me free

Verse 2

I shall wait upon the Lord
I shall wait upon His Word
And by His grace I am released
By His grace I am redeemed

Bridge

By His precious blood
I have been set free
For the glory of Jesus' Name
I surrender all now to Christ alone
In Jesus I am saved

Tag

Yes they shall have eternal life

CCLI Song # 7102394

Marty Sampson | Matt Crocker

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Maya, Buttercup, Al
Tuesday

Who is like the Lord

Chorus

Who is like the Lord
Nobody
Who is like the Lord
No-no-no-no-no-nobody
Who is like the Lord
Nobody
Who is like the Lord
No-no-no-no-no-nobody

Verse

If our God is for us
Who can be against us
He will keep His promise
There's nobody like Him
What can separate us
From the love of Jesus
He will keep His promise
There's nobody like Him
Nobody like Him oh

Interlude

There is none in heaven or earth like You
Oh there is none in heaven or earth like You
There is none in heaven or earth like You
There is none in heaven or earth like You oh

Bridge

Lord we declare
Who can compare
Who would even dare
There is no one like You

CCLI Song # 3383630
Israel Houghton

Sound Of The New Breed (Admin. by Integrity Music)

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Monti & Brea
Monday

Lord I need You

Verse 1

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

Chorus 1

Lord I need You oh I need You
Ev'ry hour I need You
My one defense my righteousness
Oh God how I need You

Verse 2

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
Where You are Lord I am free
Holiness is Christ in me

Bridge

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
And when I cannot stand I'll fall on You
Jesus You're my hope and stay

Chorus 2

Lord I need You oh I need You
Ev'ry 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

CCLI Song # 5925687
Christy Nockels | Daniel Carson | Jesse Reeves | Kristian Stanfill | Matt Maher

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