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Call To Worship
We confess the supremacy of God in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Call to Worship
From Galatians 1:3-5; Psalm 116: 13, 14, 18
Saints of Grand, what is your only source of comfort and encouragement in this new year of 2021?
Our help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
With joy, receive these words of greeting from Galatians:
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and
the Lord Jesus Christ,
who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from
this present evil age,
according to the will of our God and Father,
to Whom be glory forever and ever.
Amen!
Praise Him, O children of the Lord!
Praise the name of the Lord!
We love you, Lord, for You hear our voices;
You hear our cry for mercy.
How can we repay the Lord for all His goodness to us?
We lift up the cup of salvation and
call on the name of the Lord.
We will fulfill our vows to the Lord,
in the presence of all His people,
in the courts of the Lord’s house.
Praise the Lord!
Our Sung Call to Worship
All Glory Be to Christ
Verse 1
Should nothing of our efforts stand,
No legacy survive
Unless the Lord does raise the house,
In vain its builders strive.
To you who boast tomorrow’s gain,
Tell me what is your life
A mist that vanishes at dawn,
All glory be to Christ! (Chorus)
Chorus
All glory be to Christ our king!
All glory be to Christ!
His rule and reign we’ll ever sing,
All glory be to Christ!
Verse 2
His will be done, His kingdom come,
On earth as is above
Who is Himself our daily bread,
Praise Him the Lord of love.
Let living water satisfy
The thirsty without price
We’ll take a cup of kindness yet
All glory be to Christ! (Chorus)
Verse 3
When on the day the great I Am,
The faithful and the true
The Lamb who was for sinners slain,
Is making all things new,
Behold our God shall live with us
And be our steadfast light
And we shall e’re his people be,
All glory be to Christ! (Chorus 2X’s)
Words by Dustin Kensure, Music by Kings Kaleidoscope
©2012 We Are Younger We Are Faster Music
Confession
We confess our need for mercy through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Confession
From Henry Law Family Prayers, Isaiah 64:6
“All of us have become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; all of us wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind!”
Holy Father, Almighty God, we feel our weakness,
our ignorance, our deep corruptions.
We meekly knock at mercy’s gate.
Regard us in tender love—for Jesus’ sake.
Bend down Your ear—and grant Your smile.
We are blind—be our light.
We are ignorant—be our wisdom.
We are steeped in selfishness—pluck all SELF out of us.
In the deep sense of our guilt, we fly for refuge into the
wounded side of Jesus!
Be merciful, be merciful to us—whose only hope is in Your
unfailing mercy.
Our sins rise higher than the heavens
but Your merits on our behalf surpass the very heaven of
heavens!
Our unrighteousness would weigh us down to hell
but Your glorious righteousness exalts us to Your heavenly throne!
All things in us call for our damnation
but all things in You demand our forgiveness.
We appeal, then, from Your throne of perfect justice—
to Your throne of boundless grace!
Time of silent confession.
Our Sung Confession
Lord I Need You
Verse 1
Lord, I come, I confess,
Bowing here I find my rest,
And without You, I fall apart.
You’re the one that guides my heart. (Chorus)
Chorus
Lord, I need You! Oh, I need You!
Ev’ry hour I need You!
My one defense, my righteousness—
Oh, God, how I need You.
Verse 2
Where sin runs deep, Your grace is more.
Where grace is found is where You are.
And where You are, Lord, I am free;
Holiness is Christ in me. (Chorus)
Bridge
So teach my song to rise to You
When temptation comes my way.
And when I cannot stand I’ll fall on You.
Jesus, You’re my hope and stay.
Words and Music by Jesse Reeves, Matt Maher, Christy Nockels and Daniel Carson
©2011 sixsteps Music, Sweater Weather Music, Thankyou Music, Valley Of Songs Music, worshiptogether.com songs
Assurance and Peace
We profess our assurance of salvation and peace in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Remember the Gospel
From Henry Law Family Prayers
Blessed Jesus, we hide ourselves in the sure cover of
Your wrath-appeasing wounds!
Grant us to hear Your voice assuring us:
that by Your stripes we are healed;
that You have been bruised for our iniquities;
that You have been made sin for us—
that we might have Your divine righteousness;
and that all our vile and grievous iniquities are forgiven
and buried in the ocean of Your sin-concealing blood!
We are guilty—yet pardoned!
We are lost in ourselves—yet fully saved in You!
Enable us to cling firmly to Your cross—
even as we now seek safety and repose beneath its
sin-atoning shelter!
Let floods of sustaining grace from Your inexhaustible
treasury,
enrich our poor and weary souls,
in the name of Jesus Christ.
Our Sung Profession of Assurance
Be Thou My Vision
Verse 1
Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art:
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.
Verse 2
Be Thou my wisdom, and Thou my true Word;
I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord:
Thou my great Father, and I Thy true son,
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.
Verse 3
Riches I heed not, or man’s empty praise,
Thou mine inheritance, now and always:
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,
High King of heaven, my treasure Thou art.
Verse 4
High King of heaven, my victory won,
May I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heav’n’s Sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall
Still be my vision, O Ruler of all.
Ending
Still be my vision, O Ruler of all.
Words by Mary E. Byrne & Eleanor H. Hull
Music: Traditional Irish Melody
Public Domain
Thanksgiving and Petition
We Give Thanks in Prayer and Offer Petitions to God
We express our gratitude to God our Father for Christ’s work on the cross for us and bring our requests before him. In bringing our requests, we confess that we believe God truly is a good father, who cares about our needs and gives us what he knows is best.
We Give Thanks by Giving
We give financial offerings to support the work of the church because of our gratitude to God. By giving we confess we are trusting in God’s provision for us as well.
On the first Sunday of each month we have two offerings—one for the general fund and a second one for the benevolence ministry of our church.
You may give electronically at gabcames.org/giving/ or place your offering in the boxes at the back of the sanctuary or send a check in the mail.
Scripture Reading
Joshua 1:1-5 (ESV)
1After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, 2 “Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel. 3 Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses. 4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your territory. 5 No man shall be able to stand
before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.”
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God!
Sermon
Sermon Series: People of God’s Promise
Sermon Title: People of God’s Promise
Sermon Text: Joshua 1:1-2
Pastor Michael Felkins
Sermon Discipleship Questions
1. What encouraged you?
2. What convicted you?
3. Is there anything in your life that needs to change?
Sending
Having heard and confessed the Gospel, we are sent into the world on mission in Christ, which we express in spoken word.
Blessing
May the God who has already authored the events in 2021,
and the Savior who daily walks by our side,
and the Spirit who fills us with life abundant,
grace His people this coming year with peace and hope and joy,
Amen.