Hope in Loss

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Order of Service

Opening Songs

10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)
Jonas Myrin and Matt Redman CCLI 20455650

Chorus

Bless the Lord, oh my soul
Oh my soul, Worship His holy name
Sing like never before
Oh my soul, I’ll worship Your holy name

Verse 1

The sun comes up, it’s a new day dawning
It’s time to sing Your song again
Whatever may pass and whatever lies before me
Let me be singing when the evening comes

Verse 2

You’re rich in love, and You’re slow to anger
Your name is great, and Your heart is kind
For all Your goodness I will keep on singing
Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find

Verse 3

And on that day when my strength is failing
The end draws near and my time has come
Still my soul will sing Your praise unending
Ten thousand years and then for evermore


There Is A Fountain
William Cowper CCLI 20455650

VERSE 1

There is a fountain filled with blood,
Drawn from Immanuel’s veins;
And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,
Lose all their guilty stains

Lose all their guilty stains,
Lose all their guilty stains;
And sinners, plunged beneath that flood,
Lose all their guilty stains

VERSE 2

The dying thief rejoiced to see
That fountain in his day
And there have I, though vile as he
Washed all my sins away 

Washed all my sins away
Washed all my sins away
And there have I, though vile as he
Washed all my sins away

VERSE 3 

Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood
Shall never lose its pow’r,
Till all the ransomed church of God
Be saved to sin no more

Be saved to sin no more,
Be saved to sin no more;
Till all the ransomed church of God
Be saved to sin no more

VERSE 4

E’er since by faith I saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply,
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be till I die

And shall be till I die,
And shall be till I die;
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be till I die


Creed

Everyday Liturgy: “Daybreak”

Liturgist: O children of the Living God,
what is your Father's greatest desire
for you this day?

Congregation: That we should love our eternal King
with all our hearts,
with all our souls,
with all our minds
and with all our strength.

Liturgist: And how would you show this love?
Congregation: By remembering him at all times.
By cultivating thankfulness
for his many blessings, and trusting
his good providence
for the meeting of our needs.
By loving all whose lives intersect our own.
By choosing to serve rather
than to be served, to be wounded
rather than to wound, and by bearing
patiently with the failings of others,
extending the same kindness,
mercy and compassion that God in Christ
has so graciously offered us.

We would also love him by serving
with faithfulness and due passion
in our various vocations,
by delighting in all things he has created
for our benefit and pleasure, and by caring
well for all he has given us to steward.

Liturgist: O children of the Living God, you would do
well to practice your love in these ways today!
Do you now possess the needed strength
to perfectly accomplish such holy requirements?

Congregation: We do not. We are weak and inconsistent,
and often buffeted by fear and pride
and selfishness. But being impoverished
and ill-equipped as we are,
we will look to the grace of God
and to the sanctifying work of the Spirit
to accomplish his purposes
in and through us this day,
as we, in grateful response,
seek to choose that which pleases him.

Liturgist: We open our hearts anew to you this morning,
O Lord, that the love of the Father
and the life of Christ
and the breath of the Spirit
would quicken within us
a greater affection for your ways.

Congregation: Work your will in us, Lord Christ.



Scripture

Lamentations 1:1-2 | 5:19-22


Sermon



Closing Song

The Goodness of Jesus
CityAlight
Fiona Aghajanian, Harrison Druery, Michael Farren, Jaywan Maxwell, Jonny Robinson, Rich Thompson

Verse 1 

Come you weary heart now to Jesus
Come you anxious soul now and see
There is perfect love and comfort for your tears
Rest here in His wondrous peace

Chorus

Oh the goodness, the goodness of Jesus
Satisfied he is all that I need
May it be, come what may, that I rest all my days
In the goodness of Jesus

Verse 2

Come find what this world cannot offer
Come and find your joy here complete
Taste the living water, never thirst again
Rest here in His wondrous peace

Verse 3

Come and find your hope now in Jesus 
He is all he said he would be
Grace is overflowing from the Saviour's heart
Rest here in His wondrous peace