The Lord’s Day—April 19, 2020

Order of Worship


CALL TO WORSHIP (Psalm 135)
Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord!
Give praise, O servants of the Lord,
Who stand in the house of the Lord,
In the courts of the house of our God!
Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good!
Sing to his name, for it is pleasant!


INVOCATION


HYMNS OF PRAISE


Our Great God
Words: Fernando Ortega & Mac Powell
Music: Mac Powell
©Word Music, Inc./ASCAP/Dejamesolo Music/Vandura 2500 Songs

Eternal God, unchanging, mysterious and unknown
Your boundless love, unfailing, in grace and mercy shown
Bright seraphim in ceaseless flight around Your glorious throne
They raise their voices day and night in praise to You alone

Chorus:
Hallelujah! Glory be to our great God!
Hallelujah! Glory be to our great God!

Lord, we are weak and frail, helpless in the storm
Surround us with Your angels, hold us in Your arms
Our cold and ruthless enemy, his pleasure is our harm
Rise up, O Lord, and he will flee before our sovereign God

Chorus:
Hallelujah! Glory be to our great God!
Hallelujah! Glory be to our great God!

Let every creature in the sea and every flying bird
Let every mountain, every field, and valley of the earth
Let all the moons and all the stars in all the universe
Sing praises to our living God who rules them by His word

Chorus:
Hallelujah! Glory be to our great God!
Hallelujah! Glory be to our great God! (Repeat)


Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners
Public Domain
Words: John Wilbur Chapman
Music: Rowland Prichard

Jesus! What a friend for sinners!
Jesus! Lover of my soul;
Friends may fail me, foes assail me,
He, my Savior, makes me whole.

Chorus:
Hallelujah! What a Savior! Hallelujah! What a friend!
Saving, helping, keeping, loving, He is with me to the end.

Jesus! What a strength in weakness!
Let me hide myself in Him.
Tempted, tried, and sometimes failing,
He, my strength, my victory wins.
Chorus

Jesus! What a help in sorrow!
While the billows o’er me roll,
Even when my heart is breaking,
He, my comfort, helps my soul.
Chorus

Jesus! I do now receive Him,
More than all in Him I find.
He hath granted me forgiveness,
I am His, and He is mine.
Chorus


Fairest Lord Jesus
Words: Anonymous, Music: Schlesische Volkslieder, arr. by Don Chapman.
Sheet music may be photocopied for licensee only. ©2003 Hearts to God.

Fairest Lord Jesus, ruler of all nature,
O Thou of God and man the Son,
Thee will I cherish, Thee will I honor,
Thou my soul’s glory, joy and crown.

Fair are the meadows, fairer still the woodlands,
Robed in the blooming garb of Spring;
Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer,
Who makes the woeful heart to sing.

Fair is the sunshine, fairer still the moonlight,
And all the twinkling starry host;
Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer
Than all the angels heaven can boast.

Beautiful Savior! Lord of all the nations!
Son of God and Son of Man!
Glory and honor, praise, adoration,
Now and forever more be Thine.


In Christ Alone (My Hope is Found)
Words and Music by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend;
Copyright ©2002 Thankyou Music, Worshiptogether.com

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 power of Christ in me;
From life's first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand:
Till He returns or calls me home,
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.
 
 
THE NICENE CREED (Jon North)
https://www.rca.org/resources/nicene-creed

CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER


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SCRIPTURE READING (Bruce MacPherson) - Exodus 7:1-25
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+7&version=ESV

SERMON (Nathan Parker, Senior Pastor)
“God’s Goal for Himself”


BENEDICTION