Call To Worship
Isaiah 9:2, 9:6-7
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon his shoulders, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace! Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end!
DOXOLOGY
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Prase him all creatures here below
Praise him above ye heavenly hosts
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
COME THOU FOUNT
(Jesus) My restless heart find rest in you (x4)
Come thou fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing thy grace
Streams of mercy never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise
Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above
Praise the mount I'm fixed upon it, mount of thy redeeming love
Redeeming love
Here I raise my ebeneezer, hither by thy help I'm come
And I hope by thy good pleasure, safely to arrive at home
Jesus sought me when a stranger, wandering from the fold of God
He to rescue me from danger, interposed his precious blood
His precious blood
Oh to grace how great a debtor, daily I'm constrained to be
Let thy goodness like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to thee
Prone to wander Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love
Here's my heart Lord take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above (repeat line)
(Jesus) My restless heart finds rest in you (x4)
CONFESSION & ASSURANCE
CONFESSION
Simple Confession: In the Advent season, we remember that Jesus has come for us, even while we have moved away from him. Today, let your confession be naming the ways you have moved away from God, even as He has continued to pursue you...
(Silence)
ASSURANCE
LEADER
To all who put their hope in God
Jesus, the long expected Savior, was born to set us free.
He has broken the curse of sin, He releases us from our fears,
He delivers us from death and invites us to rest in Him.
LEADER
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
He is the desire of every nation and the joy of every longing heart.
He makes straight all that is crooked.
LEADER
We who have walked in darkness have seen a great light.
To us a son is given, to us a child is born.
The government rests upon his shoulders, and He is our Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace.
He has made his blessings flow- as far as the curse is found!
TOGETHER
Thanks be to God!
EMMANUEL
Emmanuel, Emmanuel
Emmanuel, Emmanuel
Wonderful, Counselor
Lord of life, Lord of all
Prince of Peace, Mighty God, Holy One
Emmanuel
You have come for us (x3)
Emmanuel
You are God with us (x3)
Emmanuel
COME THOU LONG-EXPECTED JESUS
Come thou long-expected Jesus
Born to set thy people free
From our fears and sins release us
Let us find our rest in thee
Born thy people to deliver
Born a child and yet a king
Born to reign in us forever
Now thy gracious kingdom bring
Come thou long-expected Jesus (x2)
Israel's strength and consolation
Hope of all the earth thou art
Dear desire of every nation
Joy of every longing heart
Benediction
Galatians 4:4-7
“But 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.”
With the authority of Jesus, you are sent back into a weary world as heirs of God in Christ to bring rejoicing!