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SWALLOWED UP DEATH

The whole of nature groans with longing,
We ache for that promised glory;
Still we rejoice because we know
Plans formed of old, faithful and sure.

The whole of nature groans with longing,
We wait for that promised glory;
Still we rejoice because we know
That sorrow’s end is coming.

He will swallow up death,
And wipe the tears from our faces;
He will swallow up death,
And wipe the tears from our faces!
We’ll sing, “This is our God we waited for,
And he saved us!”
He will swallow up death,
And wipe the tears from our faces!

Here in the darkness of our mourning,
We wait for the light that’s coming;
And on that day we will return,
With joy and gladness singing:

He will swallow up death,
And wipe the tears from our faces;
He will swallow up death,
And wipe the tears from our faces!
We’ll sing, “This is our God we waited for,
And he saved us!”
He will swallow up death,
And wipe the tears from our faces!

Behold your God, he will come and save you!
Behold your God, he will come and save you!

Behold your God, he will come and save you!
Behold your God, he will come and save you!

Behold your God, he will come and save you!
Behold your God, he will come and save you!

And he will swallow up death,
And wipe the tears from our faces;
He will swallow up death,
And wipe the tears from our faces!
We’ll sing, “This is our God we waited for,
And he saved us!”
He will swallow up death,
And wipe the tears from our faces!

Words: Megan Pettipoole and David Potter; Music: Luke and Megan Pettipoole; © Coram Deo Music; CCLI License #11029770

REJOICE

Come and stand before your Maker,
full of wonder, full of fear!
Come behold his power and glory,
yet with confidence draw near!
For the One who holds the heavens
and commands the stars above
is the God who bends to bless us
with an unrelenting love!

Rejoice!
Come and lift your hands and raise your voice!
He is worthy of all praise! Rejoice!
Sing the mercies of your King,
And with trembling rejoice!

We are children of the promise,
the beloved of the Lord,
Won with everlasting kindness,
bought with sacrificial blood;
Bringing reconciliation
to a world that longs to know
the affections of a Father
who will never let them go!

Rejoice!
Come and lift your hands and raise your voice!
He is worthy of all praise! Rejoice!
Sing the mercies of your King,
And with trembling rejoice!

All our sickness, all our sorrows
Jesus carried up the hill.
He has walked this path before us,
he is walking with us still,
Turning tragedy to triumph,
turning agony to praise;
There is blessing in the battle
so take heart and stand amazed!

Rejoice!
When you cry to him he hears your voice!
He will wipe away your tears! Rejoice!
In the midst of suffering
he will help you sing!

Rejoice!
Come and lift your hands and raise your voice!
He is worthy of all praise! Rejoice!
Sing the mercies of your King,
And with trembling rejoice!

Words/Music: Dustin Kensrue & Stuart Townend; © 2013 Modern Hymnal Publishing, Dead Bird Theology, It’s All About Jesus Music, We Are Younger We Are Faster Music, and Unknown; CCLI License #11029770

BAPTISM

REYMI EVE COLE SWYGERT

daughter of Micah and Paige Swygert

CONFESSION OF FAITH

THE APOSTLES’ CREED

I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth,

and 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, dead, and buried;
He descended into hell.
The third day He arose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven,
and sits on the right hand
of God the Father Almighty;
from thence he shall 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.

* – universal

PASTORAL PRAYER

GIVING

GOD, ALL NATURE SINGS THY GLORY

God, all nature sings thy glory,
and thy works proclaim thy might;
Ordered vastness in the heavens,
ordered course of day and night;
Beauty in the changing seasons,
beauty in the storming sea;
All the changing moods of nature
praise the changeless Trinity.

Clearer still we see thy hand in man
whom thou hast made for thee;
Ruler of creation’s glory,
image of thy majesty.
Music, art, the fruitful garden,
all the labor of his days,
Are the calling of his Maker
to the harvest feast of praise.

But our sins have spoiled thine image;
nature, conscience only serve
As unceasing, grim reminders
of the wrath which we deserve.
Yet thy grace and saving mercy
in thy Word of truth revealed
Claim the praise of all who know thee,
in the blood of Jesus sealed.

God of glory, power, mercy,
all creation praises thee;
We, thy creatures, would adore thee
now and through eternity.
Saved to magnify thy goodness,
grant us strength to do thy will;
With our acts as with our voices
thy commandments to fulfill.

Words: David Clowney, 1960; Music: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1824; © 1960 Intervarsity Christian Fellowship; CCLI License #11029770

SERMON

SERIES: THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS

SERMON: THE SPIRIT OF GLORY

SCRIPTURE: ROMANS 8:18-25

18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. 23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

OUTLINE

Long for the Revealing

Groan for the Not Yet

Wait for the Hope

ETERNAL WEIGHT OF GLORY

Now the days and hours and moments
Of our suff’ring seem so long;
And the toilsome wait and wond’ring
Threaten silence to our song.
Now our pain is real and pressing
Where our faith is thin and weak,
But our hope is set on Jesus;
And we cling to him, our strength.

Oh eternal weight of glory!
Oh inheritance divine!
We will see our Lord redeeming
Every past and future time.
All our pains will be transfigured,
Like the scars of Christ our Lord.
We will see the weight of glory,
And our broken years restored.

For behold! I tell a myst’ry:
At the trumpet sound we’ll wake
“Death is swallowed up in vict’ry!”
When we meet our King of Grace
Every year we thought was wasted
Every night we cried “How long?”
All will be a passing moment
In our Savior’s vict’ry song!

We will see our wounded Savior.
We’ll behold him face to face;
And we’ll hear our anguished stories
Sung as vict’ry songs of grace.

For behold! I tell a myst’ry:
At the trumpet sound we’ll wake
“Death is swallowed up in vict’ry!”
When we meet our King of Grace
Every year we thought was wasted
Every night we cried “How long?”
All will be a passing moment
In our Savior’s vict’ry song!

Words/Music: Wendell Kimbrough; © 2015 Wendell Kimbrough; CCLI License #11029770

BENEDICTION