Download: Readings and Song Lyrics for June 8, 2025
Pre-service Song
Immanuel (Come and Behold)
Come and behold, the Son
The Son who was born to save
To save us from sin and live with us.
Come and behold, the Lord
The Lord who has come to dwell
To dwell and to be our God with us.
He is
Immanuel! Our God is with us!
The Holy One, a son, Jesus.
Sent to fulfill all that was spoken,
The Holy One, the Son, Immanuel!
Come and behold, the Lamb
The Lamb who has come to die
To die so that we might live with Him.
He is
Immanuel! Our God is with us!
The Holy One, a son, Jesus.
Sent to fulfill all that was spoken,
The Holy One, the Son, Immanuel!
Do not fear! Our God is near,
The Lord of lords appeared
for you and for me; Let us sing!
Shout for joy! This baby boy
will sin and death destroy.
All praise to the conquering King. (Repeat)
Immanuel! Our God is with us!
The Holy One, a son, Jesus.
Sent to fulfill all that was spoken,
The Holy One, the Son, Immanuel!
Come and behold all you
All you who can feel your need
Your need for the Son, the Lord, the Lamb, the King!
By Ashley Hoobler and Eric Schumacher
Call To Worship
We confess the supremacy of God in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Call to Worship
Psalm 24:7-10 (ESV)
Lift up your heads, O gates!
And be lifted up, O ancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in.
Who is this King of glory?
The Lord, strong and mighty,
The Lord, mighty in battle!
Lift up your heads, O gates!
And lift them up, O ancient doors,
That the King of glory may come in.
Who is this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts,
He is the King of glory!
Our Sung Call to Worship
Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee
Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee,
God of glory, Lord of Love;
Hearts unfold like flow’rs before Thee,
Opening to the sun above.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness;
Drive the dark of doubt away.
Giver of immortal gladness,
Fill us with the light of day!
All Thy works with joy surround Thee,
Earth and heav’n reflect Thy rays,
Stars and angels sing around Thee,
Center of unbroken praise.
Field and forest, vale and mountain,
Flowery meadow, flashing sea,
Chanting bird and flowing fountain
Call us to rejoice in Thee.
Thou art giving and forgiving,
Ever blessing, ever blest.
Wellspring of the joy of living,
Ocean-depth of happy rest!
Thou our Father, Christ our Brother—
All who live in love are Thine;
Teach us how to love each other,
Lift us to the joy divine.
Mortals join the mighty chorus,
Which the morning stars began;
Father love is reigning o’er us,
Brother love binds man to man.
Ever singing, march we onward,
Victors in the midst of strife.
Joyful music lifts us sunward
In the triumph song of life.
Words by Henry van Dyke, Music by Ludwig van Beethoven and Edward Hodges
©Public Domain
Confession
We confess our need for mercy through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Confession
Isaiah 53:1-6 (ESV)
Who has believed what he has heard from us?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
For he grew up before him like a young plant,
and like a root out of dry ground;
he had no form or majesty that we should look at this,
and no beauty that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by men,
a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
and as one from whom men hide their faces
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Surely he has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with his wounds we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned—every one—to his own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
Time of silent confession.
Our Sung Confession
Immanuel (Come and Behold)
Come and behold, the Son
The Son who was born to save
To save us from sin and live with us.
Come and behold, the Lord
The Lord who has come to dwell
To dwell and to be our God with us.
He is
Immanuel! Our God is with us!
The Holy One, a son, Jesus.
Sent to fulfill all that was spoken,
The Holy One, the Son, Immanuel!
Come and behold, the Lamb
The Lamb who has come to die
To die so that we might live with Him.
He is
Immanuel! Our God is with us!
The Holy One, a son, Jesus.
Sent to fulfill all that was spoken,
The Holy One, the Son, Immanuel!
Do not fear! Our God is near,
The Lord of lords appeared
for you and for me; Let us sing!
Shout for joy! This baby boy
will sin and death destroy.
All praise to the conquering King. (Repeat)
Immanuel! Our God is with us!
The Holy One, a son, Jesus.
Sent to fulfill all that was spoken,
The Holy One, the Son, Immanuel!
Come and behold all you
All you who can feel your need
Your need for the Son, the Lord, the Lamb, the King!
By Ashley Hoobler and Eric Schumacher
Assurance and Peace
We profess our assurance of salvation and peace in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Remember the Gospel
Galatians 4:4-7 (ESV)
Remember the Gospel!
When the fullness of time had come,
God sent forth his Son,
born of woman,
born under the law,
to redeem those who were under the law,
so that we might receive adoption as sons.
And because you are sons,
God has sent the Spirit of his Son
into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”
So you are no longer a slave, but a son,
and if a son, then an heir through God.
Our Sung Profession of Assurance
Be Thou My Vision
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.
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.
Riches I heed not, nor 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.
High King of heaven, my victory won,
May I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heaven’s sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall
Still be my vision, O Ruler of all.
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall
Still be my vision, O Ruler of all.
Words by Mary E. Byrne & Eleanor H. Hull, Music: Traditional Irish Melody
©Public Domain
Come Adore The Humble King
Come adore the humble King,
lowly in the manger;
Fall before His majesty,
Hail the little Savior.
Hope what hope no tongue could tell,
God has come with us to dwell;
His name is Emmanuel,
O praise the humble King.
Come adore in humble state,
He the song of angels;
Join the wise who call His name
and with all creation.
Who oh who would condescend,
God unknown now calls us friend;
Love that none could comprehend,
O praise the humble King.
Come adore the King who came
to our world to save us;
Born to heal our prideful race,
crown us with forgiveness.
Fall oh fall before the One
who in mercy left His throne.
Christ, the Lord, God’s only Son;
His glories now we sing,
O praise the humble King.
Come adore, come adore, come adore the King.
Bow before, come adore the Name above all names. (Repeat)
By Matt Papa and Matt Boswell
© 2018 Getty Music Hymns and Songs; Getty Music Publishing; Love Your Enemies Publishing; Messenger Hymns
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.
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
Matthew 1:18-25 (ESV)
18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name Immanuel”
(which means, God with us). 24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord
commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.
This is the word of the Lord.
The grass withers and the flower falls
but the word of the Lord endures forever.
Sermon
Matthew 1:18-25 – Marvel at Jesus, Live for His Glory: The Wonder of His Birth
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
Joy to the World
Joy to the world! The Lord is come;
Let earth receive her King;
Let ev’ry heart prepare Him room,
And heav’n and nature sing,
And heav’n and nature sing,
And heav’n, and heav’n and nature sing.
Joy to the earth! The Savior reigns;
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as the curse is found.
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders of His love.
And wonders, wonders of His love.
Words by Isaac Watts, Music by George Frederick Handel
©Public Domain
Blessing
Psalm 67:1-3 (ESV)
May God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face to shine upon us,
that your way may be known on earth,
your saving power among all nations.
Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you!
Scripture text for next Sunday: Jonah 1:1-17