April 30, 2023

Order of Worship

Sunday, April 30, 2023

Welcome and Announcements

Gathering the Family Together

Spirit of Heaven

1. Spirit of Heaven, flood over me,

forming Christ in all that I do.

Turn every sinful desire in me

into holy passion for You.

Refrain:     O, Spirit of God, come down; Let mercy and grace abound.

My passionate prayer shall be: Christ in me.

2. Spirit of beauty and holiness,

come refine with fire from above,

Till I am cast in Your righteousness

and I love the things that you love.                (Refrain)

3. Breathe Your forgiveness when darkness falls

and my heart is heavy with sin.

Fill me with faith for the higher cause

of the ceaseless praise of the King.                (Refrain)

Copyright ©2007 Thankyou Music/Adm. By worthiptogether.com songs excl. UK & Europe, adm by Kingsway Music tym@kingsway.co.uk Used by permission CCLI

Call To Worship

Scripture Reading:                                                              1 John 4:1-6

¹ Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

² By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

³ and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.

⁴ Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

⁵ They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.

⁶ We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

Prayer of Invocation

Declaring What We Believe

Romans 5:1-8

All:            Therefore, since we have been justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Men:         Through him we have also obtained access by faith
into this grace in which we stand,
and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

All:            Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings,
knowing that suffering produces endurance,
and endurance produces character,
and character produces hope,
and hope does not put us to shame
because God’s love has been poured into our hearts
through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Women:    For while we were still weak,
at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

All:            For one will scarcely die for a righteous person – though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die –
but God shows his love for us
in that while we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.

We Respond to God’s Presence

Red Hymnal #458                “Take My Life, and Let It Be Consecrated”

Red Hymnal #32                                             “How Firm a Foundation”

When We See Your Face

Verse 1

Though the dark is overwhelming And the brightest lights grow dim

Though the Word of God is trampled on by foolish men
Though the wicked never stumble and abound in every place
We will all be humbled when we see Your face.

Verse 2

And the demons we’ve been fighting those without and those within

Will be underneath our feet to never rise again.

All our sins will be behind us through the blood of Christ erased,

And we’ll taste Your kindness when we see Your face.

Chorus:     We will see, we will know

Like we’ve never known before.

We’ll be found, we’ll be home

We’ll be Yours forevermore.

Verse 3

All the waiting will be over. Every sorrow will be healed.

All the dreams it seemed could never be will all be real,

And You’ll gather us together in Your arms of endless grace,

As Your Bride forever when we see Your face

Repeat Chorus

Tag:          And You’ll gather us together

In your arms of endless grace

As Your Bride forever when we see Your face

Music and words by Bob Kauflin and Jordan Kauflin © 2017 Sovereign Grace Praise/BMI (adm. by Integrity Music) Sovereign Grace Music, a division of Sovereign Grace Churches. All rights reserved. CCLI: #172212

Children’s Sermon

Pastoral Prayer

The basket to receive His tithes and our offerings

is located on the left as you leave the Sanctuary.

We Worship Through Hearing

Sermon Hymn:

Red Hymnal #411                                    “Am I a Soldier of the Cross?”

Today’s Message

Sermon Series: The Upside-Down Church

“The Gospel Free of Charge”

II Corinthians 11:1-15

Notes

I. Free in ______________ Protection                (II Cor. 11:1-6)

II. Free with _____________ Devotion (II Cor. 11:7-11)

III. Free from ______________ Apostles                (II Cor. 11:12-15)

We Are Sent Forth in Worship

to Share the Gospel

Yet Not I, But Through Christ in Me

1. What gift of grace is Jesus my Redeemer.

There is no more for heaven now to give.

He is my joy, my righteousness and freedom,

My steadfast love, my deep and boundless peace.

To this I hold: my hope is only Jesus,

For my life is wholly bound to His.

Oh, how strange and divine, I can sing: All is mine!

Yet not I, but through Christ in me.

2. The night is dark, but I am not forsaken,

For by my side the Savior--He will stay.

I labor on in weakness and rejoicing,

For in my need, His power is displayed.

To this I hold: my Shepherd will defend me.

Through the deepest valley, He will lead.

Oh, the night has been won and I shall overcome!

Yet not I, but through Christ in me.

3. No fate I dread, I know I am forgiven.

The future sure, the price--it has been paid.

For Jesus bled and suffered for my pardon,

And He was raised to overthrow the grave.

To this I hold: my sin has been defeated.

Jesus now and ever is my plea.

Oh, the chains are released, I can sing--I am free!

Yet not I, but through Christ in me.

4. With every breath, I long to follow Jesus,

For He has said that He will bring me home.

And day by day, I know He will renew me

Until I stand with joy before the throne.

To this I hold: my hope is only Jesus.

All the glory evermore to Him.

When the race is complete, still my lips shall repeat:

Yet not I, but through Christ in me.

5. To this I hold: my hope is only Jesus.

All glory evermore to Him.

When the race is complete, still my lips shall repeat:

Yet not I, but through Christ in me.

When the race is complete, still my lips shall repeat:

Yet not I, but through Christ in me.

Yet not I, but through Christ in me.

Yet not I, but through Christ in me.

© Jonny Robinson, Rich Thompson, & Michael Farren

Benediction