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image :: Bird on Foot, Walter Battiss (20th century, South African)
Preparation for Worship ::: Head Over All
“Every call to worship is a call into the Real World… I encounter such constant and widespread lying about reality each day and meet with such skilled and systematic distortion of the truth that I’m always in danger of losing my grip on reality. The reality, of course, is that God is sovereign and Christ is Savior.” (Eugene Peterson)
“You have put all things under his feet.” (Psalm 8:6)
:: Behold Our God (Baird & Altrogge, 2011) [bandcamp width=100% height=42 album=427149551 size=small bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 t=12]
:: Crown Him With Many Crowns (Matthew Bridges 1851) [bandcamp width=100% height=42 album=430611362 size=small bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 t=4]
:: O God Our Help in Ages Past (Isaac Watts, 1719) [bandcamp width=100% height=42 album=220393897 size=small bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 t=6]
:: The Power of the Cross (Townend & Getty, 2005) [bandcamp width=100% height=42 album=2885207056 size=small bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 t=11]
:: Rejoice the Lord Is King (Charles Wesley, 1744)
:: What Wondrous Love Is This (Traditional American) [bandcamp width=100% height=42 album=637168784 size=small bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 t=10]
Call to Worship ::: Psalm 95:1-3,6
Oh come, let us sing to the Lord;
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
For the Lord is a great God,
and a great King above all gods.
Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
Old Testament Reading ::: Daniel 6:26
He is the living God,
enduring forever;
His Kingdom shall never be destroyed,
and His dominion shall be to the end.
Sermon ::: Ephesians 1:19-23
19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might 20 that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. 22 And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
We Confess Our Sin Together
Our gracious Father, You sent Your Son to die and rise to new life in order that death might be brought to an end and that we, too, might live a new life. Yet we often chosen death over life. In our thoughts, words, and deeds we have rebelled against You and Your intentions for us. We have broken our fellowship with You, whose love is better than life and whom to know is life itself. We have sinned against others, sometimes unintentionally and sometimes deliberately, and have diminished their lives. We have invited Your wrath, who were created to reflect Your glory. Father, forgive us our sin for Jesus’ sake. And grant that the same Spirit that raised Christ might convict and renew us, that we might walk in Your ways, to the glory of Your holy name. Amen.
Words of Encouragement ::: Colossians 3:1,3-4
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.