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Order of Worship
September 21, 2025
Welcome
Gathering the Family Together
Psalm 47
Refrain: Sing out your praise to God, to the King sing out your praise.
- All peoples, clap your hands, shout your joy to God.
For God above is awesome, King of all the earth. (Refrain)
- The one who conquers peoples sets them at our feet
Chooses for beloved Jacob a land to be our pride. (Refrain)
- God ascends the hill to cheers and trumpet blasts.
Sing out your praise to God, to the King sing out your praise. (Refrain)
- For God rules the earth; sing praise with all your skill.
God rules over nations, high on the sacred throne. (Refrain)
- Alien rulers join the people of Abraham’s God;
All the powers on earth belong to God on high. (Refrain)
By Hal H. Hopson. Music from Psalms for All Seasons, © 1987, International Committee for English in the Liturgy (ICEL). ARR CCLI #172212.
Call To Worship
Scripture Reading: I Timothy 1:12-14
12 I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service,
13 though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,
14 and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
Prayer of Invocation
Declaring What We Believe
The Apostle’s 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 Ghost, Born of the virgin Mary;
Suffered under Pontius Pilate;
Was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell;
The third day He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven,
And sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
From whence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost;
The holy universal church; The communion of saints;
The forgiveness of sins; The resurrection of the body;
And the life everlasting. Amen.
We Respond to God’s Presence
Give Him Glory!
- Give glory to Creation’s God, the Source of all that is.
With but a word, He made the world, and thus the world is His.
His greatness shouts from distant stars. His goodness shines as light.
He made all things to bring Him joy, and in Him we delight!
Chorus:
We cry,
“Glory! Honor! Blessing to the King!
Power! Splendor!” all creation sings.
We cry,
“Wisdom! Riches! Thanks unto the Lamb!”
Endless praises to the great “I Am!”
- Give glory to Redemption’s Lamb, the Savior of the lost,
Who wore our flesh, then bore our curse upon a cruel cross.
He took the filth and guilt of sin; He took the wrath it earned.
He reconciled our souls to God—the wayward have returned!
(Repeat Chorus)
- Give glory to the coming King, the Lord of heaven and earth!
The fallen world, like fallen men, awaits its second birth.
“Behold, I shall make all things new,” He promised groaning men.
Dominion shall belong to Christ, and all be right again!
(Repeat Chorus)
By Faith
Verse 1: By faith we see the hand of God
In the light of creation’s grand design
In the lives of those who prove His faithfulness
Who walk by faith and not by sight
Verse 2: By faith our fathers roamed the earth
With the power of His promise in their hearts
Of a holy city built by God's own hand
A place where peace and justice reign
Refrain: We will stand as children of the promise
We will fix our eyes on Him our soul’s reward
Till the race is finished and the work is done
We’ll walk by faith and not by sight
Verse 3: By faith the prophets saw a day
When the longed-for Messiah would appear
With the power to break the chains of sin and death
And rise triumphant from the grave
Verse 4: By faith the church was called to go
In the power of the Spirit to the lost
To deliver captives and to preach good news
In every corner of the earth
Repeat Refrain
Verse 5: By faith this mountain shall be moved
And the power of the gospel shall prevail
For we know in Christ all things are possible
For all who call upon His name
Repeat Refrain
Words and Music by Keith & Kristyn Getty & Stuart Townend. 2009 Thankyou Music (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing) Gettymusic (Admin. by Music Services, Inc.)
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Jesus Saves
Freedom’s calling, chains are falling, hope is dawning bright and true.
Day is breaking, night is quaking. God is making all things new.
Jesus saves.
- Hear the heart of heaven beating, “Jesus saves, Jesus saves,”
And the hush of mercy breathing, “Jesus saves, Jesus saves.”
Hear the host of angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King.”
And the sounding joy repeating, “Jesus saves.”
- See the humblest hearts adore Him. Jesus saves. Jesus saves.
And the wisest bow before Him. Jesus saves. Jesus saves.
See the sky alive with praise, melting darkness in its blaze.
There is light forevermore in “Jesus saves.”
- He will live, our sorrow sharing. Jesus saves. Jesus saves.
He will die our burden bearing. Jesus saves. Jesus saves.
“It is done!” will shout the cross, “Christ has paid redemptions’ cost!”
While the empty tomb’s declaring, “Jesus saves!”
Freedom’s calling, chains are falling, hope is dawning bright and true.
Day is breaking, night is quaking. God is making all things new. (Repeat)
Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
- Oh, to grace, how great a debtor, Jesus saves. Jesus saves.
Are the saints who shout together, Jesus saves. Jesus saves.
Rising up so vast and strong, lifting up salvation’s song.
The redeemed will sing forever, “Jesus saves!”
Rising up so vast and strong, lifting up salvation’s song.
The redeemed will sing forever, “Jesus saves!”
by David Moffitt and Travis Cottrell © 2007 New Spring, /First Hand Revelation Music. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission.
Children’s Lesson
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
Today’s Message
Sermon Series: Guard the Gospel: Shepherd the Flock
“The Gospel is for Sinners”
I Timothy 1:12-20
Notes
I. Paul’s Past: A ________________
(I Timothy 1:12-13a)
II. Paul’s Salvation: Mercy for the ____________
(I Timothy 1:13b-17)
III. Paul’s Charge: ____________ for the Gospel
(I Timothy 1:18-20)
We Are Sent Forth in Worship
to Share the Gospel
Psalm 24E Blue Psalter, pg 151
Lift Up the Gates Eternal
Refrain: Lift up the gates eternal, lift up your voices;
The king of glory comes, the nation rejoices.
- See, all the earth is God’s, its people and nations:
God built it on the deeps and laid its foundations.
- Who can go up this mountain, who stand in praising?
Those who are pure, who come with clean hands upraising.
- They shall receive forgiveness, and have God’s blessing
If they will search for God, their Savior confessing. (Refrain)
- Come, lift your voices high, be lifted to glory;
The Lord our God approaches, come, shout the story.
- Who is this glorious one, for whom we are waiting?
We wait the mighty Lord, our God celebrating. (Refrain)
- Come, lift your heads with joy; come, lift up your tower;
The King of glory comes in full might and power.
- Who is this King of glory of whom we’re singing?
Our God, this Lord of hosts, the victory is bringing. (Refrain)
Verses text copyright 1986 Arlo D. Duba. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Refrain text copyright 1966 by Willard F. Jabusch
Benediction
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