Download: Readings and Song Lyrics for January 25, 2026
Pre-service Song
God of Every Grace
O let not his world of sorrows steal my only hope away,
for the power of Your gospel shines within this jar of clay.
In affliction, You bring wisdom that my comforts can displace.
How my true and greatest treasure is in You, the God of grace.
Now to the God of ev’ry grace, who counts my tears, who holds my days,
I sing through sorrows, sing with faith.
O praise the God of ev’ry grace.
Weary with the weight I carry, give my wings of faith to rise,
for You know each grief that lingers through the watches of the night.
Surely You have borne our suff’rings at the cross took up our pain.
And You lead us on to glory as we trust You God of grace.
Now to the God of ev’ry grace, who counts my tears, who holds my days,
I sing through sorrows, sing with faith.
O praise the God of ev’ry grace.
There’s a dawning hope before us that I know is soon to break
as I wait upon our mercy, which will swallow ev’ry ache.
Cries of joy and songs of vict’ry when we enter heaven’s gates.
All your children, home together, all with You, the God of grace.
Now to the God of ev’ry grace, who counts my tears, who holds my days,
I sing through sorrows, sing with faith.
O praise the God of ev’ry grace.
Now to the God of ev’ry grace, who counts my tears, who holds my days,
I sing through sorrows, sing with faith.
O praise the God of ev’ry grace.
O praise the God of ev’ry grace.
By Bryan Fowler, Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty and Matt Boswell
© 2023 Getty Music Publishing; Messenger Hymns; Be Essential Songs; bryanfowlersongs
Call To Worship
We confess the supremacy of God in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Call to Worship
Psalm 113 (ESV)
Praise the Lord!
Praise, O servants of the Lord,
praise the name of the Lord!
Blessed be the name of the Lord
from this time forth and forevermore!
From the rising of the sun to its setting,
the name of the Lord is to be praised!
The Lord is high above all nations,
and his glory above the heavens!
Who is like the Lord our God,
who is seated on high,
who looks far down
on the heavens and the earth?
He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
to make them sit with princes,
with the princes of his people.
He gives the barren woman a home,
making her the joyous mother of children.
Praise the Lord!
Our Sung Call to Worship
Come People of the Risen King
Come people of the Risen King
Who delight to bring Him praise.
Come all and tune your hearts to sing,
To the Morning Star of grace.
From the shifting shadows of the earth,
We will lift our eyes to Him.
Where steady arms of mercy reach
To gather children in.
Chorus:
Rejoice, rejoice,
Let ev’ry tongue rejoice.
One heart, one voice,
O Church of Christ rejoice.
Come those who joy is morning sun,
and those weeping through the night.
Come those who tell of battles won,
And those struggling in the fight.
For His perfect love will never change
And His mercies never cease,
But follow us through all our days
With the certain hope of peace. (Chorus)
Come young and old from every land,
Men and women of the faith.
Come those with full or empty hands
Find the riches of His grace.
Over all the work His people sing,
Shore to shore we hear them call,
The truth that cries through ev’ry age
Our God is all and all. (Chorus)
By Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, and Stuart Townend
© 2007 Thankyou Music Ltd
Confession
We confess our need for mercy through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Confession
Psalm 130 (ESV)
Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD!
O Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my pleas for mercy!
If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness,
that you may be feared.
I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,
and in his word I hope;
my soul waits for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning,
more than watchmen for the morning.
O Israel, hope in the LORD!
For with the LORD there is steadfast love,
and with him is plentiful redemption.
And he will redeem Israel
from all his iniquities.
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
New City Catechism Questions 22-24
Remember the Gospel!
Why must the Redeemer be truly human?
That in human nature he might on our behalf
perfectly obey the whole law
And suffer the punishment for human sin;
And also that he might sympathize with our weaknesses.
Why must the Redeemer be truly God?
That because of his divine nature his obedience
And suffering would be perfect and effective;
And also that he would be able to bear
The righteous anger of God against sin
And yet overcome death.
Why was it necessary for Christ, the Redeemer, to die?
Since death is the punishment for sin,
Christ died willingly in our place
To deliver us from the power and penalty of sin
And to bring us back to God.
By his substitutionary atoning death,
He alone redeems us from hell
And gains for us forgiveness of sin,
Righteousness, and everlasting life.
Our Sung Profession of Assurance
Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder
Let us love and sing and wonder,
Let us praise the Savior’s name.
He has hushed the law’s loud thunder,
He has quenched Mount Sinai’s flame.
He has washed us with His blood, (He has washed us with His blood)
He has washed us with His blood, (He has washed us with His blood)
He has washed us with His blood, (He has washed us)
He has brought us nigh to God.
Let us love the Lord who bought us,
Pitied us when enemies,
Called us by His grace and taught us,
Gave us ears and gave us eyes.
He has washed us with His blood, (He has washed us with His blood)
He has washed us with His blood, (He has washed us with His blood)
He has washed us with His blood, (He has washed us)
He presents our souls to God.
Let us sing though fierce temptation
Threatens hard to bear us down,
For the Lord, our strong salvation,
Holds in view the conqueror’s crown.
He who washed us with His blood, (He who washed us with His blood)
He who washed us with His blood, (He who washed us with His blood)
He who washed us with His blood, (He who washed us)
Soon will bring us home to God.
Let us wonder grace and justice
Join and point to mercy’s store.
When through grace in Christ our trust is,
Justice smiles and asks no more.
He who washed us with His blood, (He who washed us with His blood)
He who washed us with His blood, (He who washed us with His blood)
He who washed us with His blood, (He who washed us)
Has secured our way to God.
Let us praise and join the chorus
Of the saints enthroned on high.
Here they trusted Him before us,
Now their praises fill the sky.
Thou hast washed us with Thy blood, (Thou hast washed us with Thy blood)
Thou hast washed us with Thy blood, (Thou hast washed us with Thy blood)
Thou hast washed us with Thy blood, (Thou hast washed us)
Thou art worthy Lamb of God.
By John Newton and Laura Taylor
© 2001 Laura Taylor Music
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
Psalm 30 (ESV)
A Psalm of David. A song at the dedication of the temple.
1I will extol you, O LORD, for you have drawn me up
and have not let my foes rejoice over me.
2 O LORD my God, I cried to you for help,
and you have healed me.
3 O LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol;
you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit.
4 Sing praises to the LORD, O you his saints,
and give thanks to his holy name.
5 For his anger is but for a moment,
and his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may tarry for the night,
but joy comes with the morning.
6 As for me, I said in my prosperity,
“I shall never be moved.”
7 By your favor, O LORD,
you made my mountain stand strong;
you hid your face;
I was dismayed.
8 To you, O LORD, I cry,
and to the LORD I plead for mercy:
9 “What profit is there in my death,
if I go down to the pit?
Will the dust praise you?
Will it tell of your faithfulness?
10 Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me!
O LORD, be my helper!”
11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
you have loosed my sackcloth
and clothed me with gladness,
12 that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
This is the word of the Lord.
The grass withers and the flower falls
but the word of the Lord endures forever.
Sermon
Psalm 30 – “On Conversion” – Pastor Dean VanEvery
Sermon Discipleship Questions
1. What encouraged you?
2. What convicted you?
3. Is there anything in your life that needs to change?
God of Every Grace (Distribution Song)
O let not his world of sorrows steal my only hope away,
for the power of Your gospel shines within this jar of clay.
In affliction, You bring wisdom that my comforts can displace.
How my true and greatest treasure is in You, the God of grace.
Now to the God of ev’ry grace, who counts my tears, who holds my days,
I sing through sorrows, sing with faith.
O praise the God of ev’ry grace.
Weary with the weight I carry, give my wings of faith to rise,
for You know each grief that lingers through the watches of the night.
Surely You have borne our suff’rings at the cross took up our pain.
And You lead us on to glory as we trust You God of grace.
Now to the God of ev’ry grace, who counts my tears, who holds my days,
I sing through sorrows, sing with faith.
O praise the God of ev’ry grace.
There’s a dawning hope before us that I know is soon to break
as I wait upon our mercy, which will swallow ev’ry ache.
Cries of joy and songs of vict’ry when we enter heaven’s gates.
All your children, home together, all with You, the God of grace.
Now to the God of ev’ry grace, who counts my tears, who holds my days,
I sing through sorrows, sing with faith.
O praise the God of ev’ry grace.
Now to the God of ev’ry grace, who counts my tears, who holds my days,
I sing through sorrows, sing with faith.
O praise the God of ev’ry grace.
O praise the God of ev’ry grace.
By Bryan Fowler, Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty and Matt Boswell
© 2023 Getty Music Publishing; Messenger Hymns; Be Essential Songs; bryanfowlersongs
Celebration of the Lord’s Supper
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
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
Blessing
Jude 24-25 (ESV)
Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling
and to present you blameless before the presence
of his glory with great joy,
to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord,
be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority,
before all time and now and forever.
Amen.
Scripture text for next Sunday: Psalm 31