“Who is like you, O Lord, among the
gods? Who is like you, majestic in
holiness, awesome in glorious deeds,
doing wonders?”
Exodus 15:11
Come Into This House
Gary Oliver
Come into this house, magnify the Lord
Lift up holy hands, our hearts in one accord
He’s worthy, worthy of all our praise
He’s worthy, worthy of all our praise
(repeat)
Sing a melody, sing unto the Lord
He has given us a song and a sword
He’s worthy, worthy of all our praise
He’s worthy, worthy of all our praise
Worthy of honor and glory
Worthy of power and praise
Worship and bow down before him
Exalt His name today
Come into this house, magnify the Lord
Lift up holy hands, our hearts in one accord
He’s worthy, worthy of all our praise.
He’s worthy, worthy of all our praise.
Sing a melody, sing unto the Lord
He has given us a song and a sword
He’s worthy, worthy of all our praise
He’s worthy, worthy of all our praise
Worthy of honor and glory
Worthy of power and praise
Worship and bow down before him
Exalt His name today
Come into this house, magnify the Lord
Lift up holy hands, our hearts in one accord
He’s worthy, worthy of all our praise.
He’s worthy, worthy of all our praise.
“Come Into This House” by Carman and Gary Oliver
© 1991 CMI-HP Publishing (Admin. by Word Music Group, Inc.) /
Lehsem Music, LLC (dba Lehsem Songs)
CCLI License #503207
Responsive Call To Worship
Psalm 47
Leader: Clap your hands, all peoples!
Shout to God with loud songs of joy!
People: For the Lord, the Most High, is to
be feared, a great king over all the earth.
Responsive Call To Worship
Leader: He subdued peoples under us,
and nations under our feet.
People: He chose our heritage for us, the
pride of Jacob whom he loves.
Responsive Call To Worship
Leader: God has gone up with a shout,
the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
People: Sing praises to God, sing praises!
Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
Responsive Call To Worship
Leader: For God is the King of all the
earth; sing praises with a psalm!
People: God reigns over the nations; God
sits on his holy throne.
All: The princes of the peoples gather as
the people of the God of Abraham. For the
shields of the earth belong to God; he is
highly exalted!
You Are Good
Israel Houghton
Lord, You are good
And Your mercy endureth forever.
Lord, You are good
And Your mercy endureth forever.
People from every nation and tongue,
From generation to generation,
We worship You, hallelujah, hallelujah!
We worship You for who You are.
We worship You, hallelujah, hallelujah!
We worship You for who You are.
You are good!
Lord, You are good
And Your mercy endureth forever.
Lord, You are good
And Your mercy endureth forever.
People from every nation and tongue,
From generation to generation,
We worship You, hallelujah, hallelujah!
We worship You for who You are.
We worship You, hallelujah, hallelujah!
We worship You for who You are.
You are good!
You are good all the time,
All the time, you are good
(repeat several times)
Lord, You are good
And Your mercy endureth forever.
Lord, You are good
And Your mercy endureth forever.
(repeat)
People from every nation and tongue,
From generation to generation,
We worship You
Hallelujah, hallelujah!
We worship You for who You are
(repeat)
For who You are…
For who You are…
You are Good!
“Lord You are Good” by Israel Houghton
© 2001 Integrity's Praise! Music
CCLI License #503207
Say So
Israel Houghton
What does it mean to be saved?
Isn’t it more than just a prayer to pray?
More than just a way to heaven?
What does it mean to be His?
To be formed in His likeness?
Know that we have a purpose:
To be salt and light
In the world, in the world
To be salt and light in the world!
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
Say so, say so!
(repeat)
Oh, that the church would arise
So that we would see with Jesus’ eyes
We could show the world heaven
Show what it means to be His
To be formed in his likeness
Show them they have a purpose:
To be salt and light
In the world, in the world
To be salt and light in the world!
(repeat)
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
Say so, say so!
(repeat)
I am redeemed! I am redeemed!
I am redeemed! I am redeemed!
I am redeemed! Say so, say so, say so!
(repeat)
To be salt and light
In the world, in the world
To be salt and light in the world
(4x)
Let the redeemed of the Lord rise up!
Let the redeemed of the Lord rise up!
Let the redeemed of the Lord rise up,
Rise up, rise up!
(repeat)
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
Say so, say so!
“Say So” by Israel Houghton and Michael Gungor
© 2006 Vertical Worship Songs / New Breed Extended / Integrity's Praise! Music /
Sound Of The New Breed (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing)
CCLI License #503207
Confession of Sin
Holy Father, we have sinned times without
number. We are guilty of pride and unbelief.
We neglect to seek you in our daily lives.
Our sins and shortcomings present us with
lists of accusations, but we thank you that
they will not stand against us, for all have
been laid on Jesus who bled for us.
Confession of Sin
Father, Son and Holy Spirit, deliver us from
every evil habit, every interest of former sins,
everything that dims the brightness of your
grace in us and prevents us from delighting
in you. In Christ’s Name we pray, for your
glory and honor. Amen.
Silent time for personal confession
Westminster Confession of Faith
Shorter Catechism
Q. 87. What is repentance unto life?
A. Repentance leading to life is a saving
grace, by which a sinner having truly
realized his sin and grasped the mercy of
God in Christ, turns from his sin with grief
and hatred and turns to God with full
resolve and effort after new obedience.
My Life is In Your Hands
Kirk Franklin
You don’t have to worry
And don’t you be afraid
Joy comes in the morning
Troubles they don’t last always
For there’s a friend named Jesus
Who will wipe your tears away
And if your heart is broken
Just lift your hands and say:
“Oh! I know that I can make it;
I know that I can stand.
No matter what may come my way,
My life is in Your hands!”
“With Jesus I can take it;
With Him I know I can stand.
No matter what may come my way,
My life is in Your hands!”
You don’t have to worry
And don’t you be afraid
Joy comes in the morning
Troubles they don’t last always
For there’s a friend named Jesus
Who will wipe your tears away
And if your heart is broken
Just lift your hands and say:
“Oh! I know that I can make it;
I know that I can stand.
No matter what may come my way,
My life is in Your hands!”
“With Jesus I can take it;
With Him I know I can stand.
No matter what may come my way,
My life is in Your hands!”
So when your tests and trials
They seem to get you down
And all your friends and loved ones
Are nowhere to be found
Remember there’s a friend in Jesus
Who will wipe your tears away
And if your heart is broken
Just lift your hands and say:
“Oh! I know that I can make it;
I know that I can stand.
No matter what may come my way,
My life is in Your hands!”
“With Jesus I can take it;
With Him I know I can stand.
No matter what may come my way,
My life is in Your hands!”
“I know that I can make it;
I know that I can stand.
No matter what may come my way,
My life is in Your hands!”
“With Jesus I can take it;
With Him I know I can stand.
No matter what may come my way,
My life is in Your hands!”
No matter what may come my way,
My life is in Your hands!
(repeat)
“My Life Is In Your Hands” by Kirk Franklin
© 1996 Lilly Mack Music (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing)
CCLI License #503207
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Scripture Reading
Luke 8:4-15
4 And
when a great crowd was gathering
and people from town after town came to
him, he said in a parable, 5 “A sower went
out to sow his seed. And as he sowed,
some fell along the path and was trampled
underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured
it. 6 And some fell on the rock, and as it
grew up, it withered away, because it had
no moisture.
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7 And
some fell among thorns, and the
thorns grew up with it and choked it. 8 And
some fell into good soil and grew and
yielded a hundredfold.” As he said these
things, he called out, “He who has ears to
hear, let him hear.” 9 And when his
disciples asked him what this parable
meant, 10 he said, “To you it has been
given to know the secrets of the kingdom
of God,
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but for others they are in parables, so that
‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they
may not understand.’ 11 Now the parable is
this: The seed is the word of God. 12 The
ones along the path are those who have
heard; then the devil comes and takes away
the word from their hearts, so that they may
not believe and be saved. 13 And the ones
on the rock are those who, when they hear
the word, receive it with joy.
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But these have no root; they believe for a
while, and in time of testing fall
away. 14 And as for what fell among the
thorns, they are those who hear, but as
they go on their way they are choked by
the cares and riches and pleasures of life,
and their fruit does not mature. 15 As for
that in the good soil, they are those who,
hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest
and good heart, and bear fruit with
patience.
Isaiah 6
1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord
sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the
train of his robe filled the temple.
2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six
wings: with two he covered his face, and with two
he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
3 And one called to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory!”
4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the
voice of him who called, and the house was filled with
smoke.
5 ¶ And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a
man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a
people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the
King, the LORD of hosts!”
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his
hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from
the altar.
7 And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this
has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and
your sin atoned for.”
8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I
send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send
me.”
9 ¶ And he said, “Go, and say to this people:
“ ‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand;
keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’
10 Make the heart of this people dull,
and their ears heavy,
and blind their eyes;
lest they see with their eyes,
and hear with their ears,
and understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”
11 Then I said, “How long, O Lord?”
And he said:
“Until cities lie waste
without inhabitant, and houses without people,
and the land is a desolate waste,
12 and the LORD removes people far away,
and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
13 And though a tenth remain in it,
it will be burned again,
like a terebinth or an oak,
whose stump remains
when it is felled.”
The holy seed is its stump.
1)
Captivated by Holiness
“ In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the
Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up;
and the train of his robe filled the temple. “
“The glory of God is the manifestation of his
holiness. God's holiness is the incomparable
perfection of his divine nature; his glory is the
display of that holiness. "God is glorious"
means: God's holiness has gone public.”
John Piper
And one called to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory!” vs 3
2)
Convicted of Sinfulness
And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am
a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst
of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have
seen the King, the LORD of hosts!” vs 5
Applications:
1)
Capture His Beauty in Creation
2)
Capture His Holiness in the Gospel
3)
Capture His Presence in Communion
"Who among the gods is like you, O
LORD? Who is like you — majestic in
holiness, awesome in glory, working
wonders?”
Exodus 15:11
“Who is a God like you, who pardons
sin and forgives the transgression of
the remnant of his inheritance? You do
not stay angry forever but delight to
show mercy.”
Micah 7:18
"Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all you who
remain of the house of Israel, you whom I have
upheld since you were conceived, and have
carried since your birth.
4 Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I
am he who will sustain you. I have made you and
I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue
you.
5 ¶ "To whom will you compare me or count me
equal? To whom will you liken me that we may be
compared?.....9 Remember the former things,
those of long ago; I am God, and there is no
other; I am God, and there is none like me.”
Isaiah 46: 3
Applications:
1)
Capture His Beauty in Creation
2)
Capture His Holiness in the Gospel
3)
Capture His Presence in Communion
“And one called to another and said:
‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the
whole earth is full of his glory!’”
Isaiah 6:3