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Sunday 29th March 2020

Welcome

Song: In Christ alone

Verse 1

In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light my strength my song
This Cornerstone this solid Ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love what depths of peace
When fears are stilled when strivings cease
My Comforter my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand

Verse 2

In Christ alone who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
Till on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live

Verse 3

There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ

Verse 4

No guilt in life no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life’s first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand

CCLI Song # 3350395 Keith Getty | Stuart Townend

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Prayer

Reading: John 10:1-18 (NASB)

Parable of the Good Shepherd

10 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. ² But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. ³ To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ⁴ When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. ⁵ A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.” ⁶ This figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them.

⁷ So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. ⁸ All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. ⁹ I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. ¹⁰ The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and ^[a]have it abundantly.

¹¹ “I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. ¹² He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. ¹³ He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep. ¹⁴ I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me, ¹⁵ even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. ¹⁶ I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd. ¹⁷ For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again. ¹⁸ No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father.”

Song: It’s not that I would choose you Lord

It’s not that I would choose You Lord 
That just could never be
This heart would still refuse You Lord
Had You not chosen me.
From the sin that stained my soul you have cleansed and set me free
Before all time You chose me
That I should live for Thee.

For all Your grace that called me
Taught my heart and mind
For all the world enthralled me 
While I remained still blind.
Now my heart knows only You 
And for Your grace I thirst
I know that if I love You
You have loved me first.

Praise the God of all creation
Praise the Fathers endless love
Praise the Lamb our Expiation
Priest and King enthroned above
Praise the Spirit of Salvation 
By whom all our spirits live
Undivided adoration 
to our Lord And God we give.*

 Prayer

Reading: Psalm 23 (NASB)

The Lord, the Psalmist’s Shepherd.

A Psalm of David.

23 The Lord is my shepherd,
I ^[a]shall not want.
² He makes me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside ^[b]quiet waters.
³ He restores my soul;
He guides me in the ^[c]paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.

⁴ Even though I walk through the ^[d]valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no ^[e]evil, for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
⁵ You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You ^[f]have anointed my head with oil;
My cup overflows.
^6 [g]Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life,
And I will ^[h]dwell in the house of the Lord ^[i]forever.

Sermon

Song: My Hope Rests Firm

Verse 1

My hope rests firm on Jesus Christ
He is my only plea
Though all the world should point and scorn
His ransom leaves me free
His ransom leaves me free

Verse 2

My hope sustains me as I strive
And strain towards the goal
Though I still stumble into sin
His death paid for it all
His death paid for it all

Verse 3

My hope provides me with a spur
To help me run this race
I know my tears will turn to joy
The day I see His face
The day I see His face

Verse 4

My hope is to be with my Lord
To know as I am known
To serve Him gladly all my days
In praise before His throne
In praise before His throne

CCLI Song # 3334768 Keith Getty | Richard Creighton

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Close in Prayer

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Sunday 22nd March 2020

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Sermon notes

Order of service

Welcome
Amazing Grace
1. Amazing grace!
How sweet the sound
that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost,
but now am found,
was blind but now I see.
 
2. ’Twas grace that taught
my heart to fear,
and grace my fears relieved;
how precious did
that grace appear
the hour I first believed.
 
3. Through many dangers,
toils and snares,
I have already come;
’tis grace that brought
me safe thus far,
and grace will lead me home.
 
4. When we’ve been there
ten thousand years,
bright, shining as the sun,
we’ve no less days
to sing God’s praise
than when we first begun.*

 
Prayer
 
 

It Is Well
1. When peace like a river,
attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot,
Thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul.
 
(Chorus)
It is well (It is well)
with my soul (with my soul)
It is well, it is well with my soul.
 
2. Though Satan should buffet,
though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has regarded
my helpless estate,
And has shed His own blood
for my soul.
 
(Chorus)
It is well (It is well)
with my soul (with my soul)
It is well, it is well with my soul.
 
3. My sin – O the bliss
of this glorious thought –
My sin, not in part, but the whole
Is nailed to the cross
and I bear it no more;
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
O my soul!
 
(Chorus)
It is well (It is well)
with my soul (with my soul)
It is well, it is well with my soul.
 
4. O Lord, haste the day
when the faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll,
The trump shall resound
and the Lord shall descend;
Even so – it is well with my soul.
 
(Chorus)
It is well (It is well)
with my soul (with my soul)
It is well, it is well with my soul.
 
 
Bible readings
Genesis 11:1-9 (NASB)
11 Now the whole earth ^[a]used the same language and ^[b]the same words. ² It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and ^[c]settled there. ³ They said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.” And they used brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar. ⁴ They said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.” ⁵ The Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men hadbuilt. ⁶ The Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have ^[d]the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be ^[e]impossible for them. ⁷ Come, let Us go down and there confuse their ^[f]language, so that they will not understand one another’s ^[g]speech.” ⁸ So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city. ⁹ Therefore its name was called ^[h]Babel, because there the Lord confused the ^[i]language of the whole earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth.
 
Ephesians 2:18-22 (NASB)
¹⁸ for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father. ¹⁹ So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the ^[a]saints, and are of God’s household, ²⁰ having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, ²¹ in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy ^[b]temple in the Lord, ²² in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.
 
Sermon
 
 Great Is Thy Faithfulness
1) Great is Thy faithfulness,
O God my Father;
There is no shadow
of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not,
Thy compassions they fail not;
As Thou hast been
Thou forever wilt be.
 
(Chorus)
Great is Thy faithfulness,
great is Thy faithfulness;
Morning by morning
new mercies I see;
All I have needed
Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me.
 
2) Summer and winter,
and springtime and harvest;
Sun, moon and stars
in their courses above,
Join with all nature
in manifold witness;
To Thy great faithfulness,
mercy and love.
 
(Chorus)
 
3) Pardon for sin,
and a peace that endureth,
Thine own dear presence
to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today
and bright hope for tomorrow,
blessings all mine,
with ten thousand beside!
 
(Chorus)
 
Please finish in a time of prayer together in your home.