Service Preview for October 23, 2022

Service Preview for October 23, 2022

Download: Readings and Song Lyrics for October 23, 2022

Pre-Service Song
Yet Not I But Through Christ in Me

Verse 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.

Verse 2
The night is dark but I am not forsaken
For by my side, the Savior he will stay.
I labour 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.

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

Song Ending
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.

Words and Music by Jonny Robinson, Rich Thompson , Michael Farren
©2018 CityAlight Music, Farren Love And War Publishing, Integrity’s Alleluia! Music

Call To Worship
We confess the supremacy of God in Christ through both responsive reading and song.

Our Spoken Call to Worship
Psalm 72:18-19, Daniel 2:20 (ESV)

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,
who alone does wondrous things.

Blessed be his glorious name forever;
may the whole earth be filled with his glory!

Blessed be the name of God forever and ever,
to whom belong wisdom and might.

Blessed be his name;
For he is the one who gives and takes away.

Blessed be the name of the LORD!

Our Sung Call to Worship
Blessed Be Your Name

Verse 1
Blessed be Your name
In the land that is plentiful,
Where Your streams of abundance flow,
Blessed be Your name.

Verse 2
Blessed be Your name
When I’m found in the desert place,
Though I walk through the wilderness,
Blessed be Your name. (Pre-Chorus, Chorus)

Pre-Chorus
Every blessing You pour out
I’ll turn back to praise.
When the darkness closes in,
Lord still I will say,

Chorus
Blessed be the name of the Lord,
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord,
Blessed be Your glorious name.

Verse 3
Blessed be Your name
When the sun’s shining down on me,
When the world’s all as it should be.
Blessed be Your name.

Verse 4
Blessed be Your name
On the road marked with suffering,
Though there’s pain in the offering,
Blessed be Your name. (Pre-Chorus, Chorus)

Bridge
You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord blessed be Your name. (Repeat then Chorus)

Words and music by Beth Redman and Matt Redman
©2002 Thankyou Music

Confession
We confess our need for mercy through both responsive reading and song.

Our Spoken Confession
From Isaiah 64:6

What good can we do? What righteousness is in us?
For we are a selfish and sinful people.

All of us have become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags.
There is no good we can do and no righteousness in us.

Apart from Jesus’ righteousness, we are like dirty rags.

Time of silent confession.

Assurance and Peace
We profess our assurance of salvation and peace in Christ through both responsive reading and song.

Remember the Gospel
From Isaiah 43:19

“See, I am doing a new thing! I am making a way
in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
To give drink to my people, my chosen,
the people I formed for
myself that they may proclaim my praise.”

Praise the Lord for what he has done for us!
Praise our Redeemer for rescuing us from sin.
Praise the Lord for making a way for us,
and for taking upon himself our punishment.

Let our praises be a fulfilling of our purpose,
a sweet and joyful noise to Him.

Our Sung Profession of Assurance
His Mercy is More

Verse 1
What love could remember no wrongs we have done?
Omniscient, all-knowing, He counts not their sum.
Thrown into a sea without bottom or shore—
Our sins they are many, His mercy is more. (Chorus)

Chorus
Praise the Lord, His mercy is more
Stronger than darkness, new every morn
Our sins they are many, His mercy is more.

Verse 2
What patience would wait as we constantly roam?
What Father so tender is calling us home?
He welcomes the weakest, the vilest, the poor,
Our sins they are many, His mercy is more. (Chorus)

Verse 3
What riches of kindness He lavished on us—
His blood was the payment, His life was the cost!
We stood ‘neath a debt we could never afford.
Our sins they are many, His mercy is more. (Chorus 2X’s)

Words and Music by Matt Boswell and Matt Papa
©2016 Getty Music Hymns and Songs, Getty Music Publishing, Love Your Enemies Publishing, Messenger Hymns

To God Be the Glory

Verse 1
To God be the glory, great things He has done;
So loved He the world that He gave us His Son,
Who yielded His life an atonement for sin,
And opened the life gate that all may go in. (Chorus)

Chorus
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear His voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord
Let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father, through Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory, great things He has done.

Verse 2
O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,
To every believer the promise of God;
The vilest offender who truly believes,
That moment from Jesus a pardon receives. (Chorus)

Verse 3
Great things He has taught us, great things He has done,
And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;
But purer and higher and greater will be
Our wonder, our victory, when Jesus we see. (Chorus)

Tag
And give Him the glory, great things He has done.

Words by Fanny Crosby, Music by William H. Doane
©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 a Mission Moment to highlight the different missions giving
opportunities we have at Grand. Members are encouraged to give to GABC Missions to support these missions.

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
Isaiah 42:1-17 (CSB)

1“This is my servant; I strengthen him, this is my chosen one; I delight in him. I have put my Spirit on him; he will bring justice to the nations.
2 He will not cry out or shout or make his voice heard in the streets.
3 He will not break a bruised reed, and he will not put out a smoldering wick; he will faithfully bring justice.
4 He will not grow weak or be discouraged until he has established justice on earth. The coasts and islands will wait for his instruction.”
5 This is what God, the LORD, says—
who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it
and spirit to those who walk on it—
6 “I am the LORD. I have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will hold you by your hand.
I will watch over you, and I will appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
7 in order to open blind eyes, to bring out prisoners from the dungeon, and those sitting in darkness from the prison house.
8 I am the LORD. That is my name, and I will not give my glory to another or my praise to idols.
9 The past events have indeed happened.
Now I declare new events; I announce them to you before they occur.”
10 Sing a new song to the LORD; sing his praise from the ends of the earth, you who go down to the sea with all that fills it, you coasts and islands with your inhabitants.
11 Let the desert and its cities shout, the settlements where Kedar dwells cry aloud. Let the
inhabitants of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.
12 Let them give glory to the LORD and declare his praise in the coasts and islands.
13 The LORD advances like a warrior; he stirs up his zeal like a soldier. He shouts, he roars aloud, he prevails over his enemies.
14 “I have kept silent from ages past; I have been quiet and restrained myself. But now, I will groan like a woman in labor, gasping breathlessly.
15 I will lay waste mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn rivers into islands and dry up marshes.
16 I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on paths they have not known.
I will turn darkness to light in front of them and rough places into level ground.
This is what I will do for them, and I will not abandon them.
17 They will be turned back and utterly ashamed— those who trust in an idol and say to a cast image, ‘You are our gods!’

This is the word of the Lord.
The grass withers, and the flower falls,
but the word of the Lord endures forever.

Sermon
Isaiah 42:1-17 – The Lord’s Servant – Pastor Eric Schumacher

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 both song and spoken word.

Sending Song
For the Cause

Verse 1
For the cause of Christ the King we give our lives, an offering
‘Til all the earth resounds with ceaseless praise to the Son.
For the cause of Christ we go with joy to reap, with faith to sow
As many see and many put their trust in the Son. (Chorus)

Chorus
Christ we proclaim,
The Name above every name:
For all creation, every nation,
God’s salvation through the Son!

Verse 2
For the King once lifted high to cries of rage, of “crucify!”
Endured the cross as every sin was laid on the Son.
To the King who conquered death to free the poor and the oppressed
For lasting peace for life and liberty in the Son. (Chorus)

Verse 3
Let it be my life’s refrain: To live is Christ, to die is gain;
Deny myself, take up my cross and follow the Son!
Let it be my life’s refrain: To live is Christ, to die is gain;
Deny myself, take up my cross and follow the Son! (Chorus 2X’s)

Words and Music by Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty and Stuart Townend
©2016 Getty Music Publishing, Townend Songs

Blessing
From Psalm 142:7

May the Lord continually set you free
from the burdens common to man,
that you might praise His name forever and ever.

Amen

Scripture text for next Sunday: Isaiah 42:18-43:21