WORSHIP TOGETHER

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GATHERING & WELCOME

CALL TO WORSHIP

PSALM 16:7–11

I bless the LORD who gives me counsel;

even in the night my heart instructs me.

I have set the LORD always before me;

because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;

my flesh also dwells secure.

For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,

or let your holy one see corruption

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

HOLY, HOLY, HOLY

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning
our song shall rise to thee.
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!

Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee,
Casting down their golden crowns
around the glassy sea.
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee
Who wert, and art, and evermore shalt be!

Holy, holy, holy, though the darkness hide thee;
Though the eye of sinful man
thy glory may not see.
Only thou art holy—there is none beside thee—
Perfect in pow’r, in love, and purity!

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!
All thy works shall praise thy name
in earth, and sky, and sea!
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!

Words: Reginald Heber; Music: John Dykes; CCLI License 11029770

JESUS, STRONG AND KIND

Jesus said that if I thirst,
I should come to him.
No one else can satisfy.
I should come to him.

Jesus said if I am weak,
I should come to him.
No one else can be my strength.
I should come to him

For the Lord is good and faithful;
He will keep us day and night!
We can always run to Jesus;
Jesus, strong and kind!

Jesus said that if I fear,
I should come to him.
No one else can be my shield.
I should come to him.

For the Lord is good and faithful;
He will keep us day and night!
We can always run to Jesus;
Jesus, strong and kind!

Jesus said if I am lost,
He will come to me!
And he showed me on that cross
He will come to me!

For the Lord is good and faithful;
He will keep us day and night!
We can always run to Jesus;
Jesus, strong and kind!

Words/Music: Rich Thompson, Jonny Robinson, Michael Farren, Colin Buchanan; © 2019 CityAlight Music, Wanaaring Road Music, and Remaining portion is unaffiliated; CCLI License 11029770

NEW TESTAMENT READING

JOHN 14:1–7

¹ “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. ² In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? ³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. ⁴ And you know the way to where I am going.” ⁵ Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” ⁶ Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. ⁷ If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”

PASTORAL PRAYER

GIVING

IN CHRIST ALONE

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 the 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 pow’r of Christ in me.
From life’s first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.
No pow’r of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from his hand;
Till he returns, or calls me home—
Here in the pow’r of Christ I’ll stand.

Words/Music: Keith Getty & Stuart Townend, w/ Alison Krauss; © 2016 Integrity Music; CCLI License 11029770

SERMON

PROVERBS 4

¹ Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, ² for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. ³ When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, ⁴ he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live. ⁵ Get wisdom; get insight; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth. ⁶ Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; love her, and she will guard you. ⁷ The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight. ⁸ Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her. ⁹ She will place on your head a graceful garland; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.”

¹⁰ Hear, my son, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many. ¹¹ I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness. ¹² When you walk, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble. ¹³ Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life. ¹⁴ Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil. ¹⁵ Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on. ¹⁶ For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble. ¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. ¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day. ¹⁹ The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.

²⁰ My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. ²¹ Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. ²² For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh. ²³ Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. ²⁴ Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. ²⁵ Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. ²⁶ Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. ²⁷ Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.

HOW TO GAIN WISDOM

GOOD SHEPHERD OF MY SOUL

Good Shepherd of my soul,
come dwell within me;
Take all I am and mold
your likeness in me.
Before the cross of Christ,
this is my sacrifice:
A life laid down and ready to follow.

The troubled find their peace
in true surrender;
The prisoners their release
from chains of anger.
In springs of living grace
I find a resting place
To rise refreshed and ready to follow.

I’ll walk this narrow road
with Christ before me;
Where thorns and thistles grow,
and cords ensnare me.
Though doubted and denied,
He never leaves my side,
But lifts my head and calls me to follow.

And when my days are gone,
my strength is failing,
He’ll carry me along
through death’s unveiling.
Earth’s struggles overcome,
heaven’s journey just begun:
To search Christ’s depths and ever to follow.
To search Christ’s depths and ever to follow.

Words/Music: Fionan de Barra, Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty & Stuart Townend; © 2014 Townend Songs and Getty Music Publishing; CCLI License 11029770

BENEDICTION