Decisions, Decisions - Maple Grove Ministries

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Announcements
• Baby Dedication later today in honor of Jacob Anthony
Eager
• Service Project Thursday Night – Moyer’s at 5:30 for
burgers and hot dogs, then go to Exeter
• There will be no Pizza and Movie Night in April – Good
Friday service at the Mount instead.
• Allyson’s Bridal Shower 4/6 after church
• Fire Company Breakfast on 4/13 so no service that day
• Resurrection Sunday service on 4/20 at BFC
• Children’s ministry meeting right after service
You Love Me Anyway
The question was raised
As my conscience fell
A silly little lie
It didn’t mean much
But it lingers still
In the corner of my mind
Still you call me to walk
On the edge of this world
To spread my dreams and fly
But the future’s so far
My heart is so frail
I think I’d rather stay inside
But You love me anyway
Its like nothing in life
That I’ve ever known
Yes You love me anyway
Oh Lord, How you love me
How you love me
It took all of my strength
To simply be still
To seek but never find
All the reason we change
The reasons I doubt
And why do loved ones have to die
But You love me anyway
Its like nothing in life
That I’ve ever known
Yes You love me anyway
Oh Lord, How you love me
How you love me
I am the thorn in Your crown
But you love me anyway
I am the sweat from Your brow
But you love me anyway
I am the nail in Your wrist
But you love me anyway
I am Judas’ kiss
But you love me anyway
See now I am the man who yelled
Out from the crowd
For Your blood to be spilled on this
Earth-shaking ground
And I turned away with a smile
on my face
With this sin in my heart
Tried to bury Your grace
Then alone in the night
I still called out to You
So ashamed of my life, my life,
my life
But You loved me anyway
Oh God
How You loved me
But You love me anyway
Its like nothing in life
That I’ve ever known
Yes You love me anyway
Oh Lord, How you love me
How you love me
You love me
Yes You love me
Yes You love me
Yes You love me
How you love me
How You love me
How You love me
Great I Am
I wanna to be close, close to your side
So heaven is real and death is a liar
I wanna hear voices of angels above
Singing as one
I Hallelujah, Holy Holy
God Almighty
The Great I Am
Who is worthy
None beside Thee
God Almighty
The Great I Am
I wanna be near, near to Your heart
Loving the world, hating the dark
I want to see dry bones living again
Singing as one
I Hallelujah, Holy Holy
God Almighty
The Great I Am
Who is worthy
None beside Thee
God Almighty
The Great I Am
The mountains shake before Him
The demons run and flee
At the mention of the Name
King of Majesty
There is no power in hell
Or any who can stand
Before the power
And the presence of
The Great I am (3x)
Hallelujah, Holy Holy
God Almighty
The Great I Am
Who is worthy
None beside Thee
God Almighty
The Great I Am
Strong God
Father to the fatherless
Defender of the weak
Freedom for the prisoner
We Sing
This is God in His Holy place
This is God clothed in love and
strength
Sing out
Lift your voice and cry out
Awesome is our strong God
Mighty is our God
With us in the wilderness
Faithful to provide
Every breath and every step
We see
Sing out
Lift your voice and cry out
Awesome is our strong God
Mighty is our God
Sing out
Raise your hands and shout out
Awesome is our strong God
Mighty is our God
There is no higher, no
There is no greater, no
There is none stronger
Than our God
Sing out
Lift your voice and cry out
Awesome is our strong God
Mighty is our God
Sing out
Raise your hands and shout out
Awesome is our strong God
Mighty is our God
There is no higher, no
There is no greater, no
There is none stronger
Than our God
Here in Your presence
Found in Your hands
Fullness of Joy
Every fear
Suddenly wiped away
Here in Your presence
All of my gains
Now fade away
Every crown
No longer on display
Here in Your presence
Heaven is trembling
In awe of Your wonder
The kings and their kingdoms
Are standing amazed
Here in Your presence
We are undone
Here in Your presence
Heaven and earth become one
Here in Your presence
All things are new
Here in Your presence
Everything bows before You
Found in Your hands
Fullness of Joy
Every fear
Suddenly wiped away
Here in Your presence
All of my gains
Now fade away
Every crown
No longer on display
Here in Your presence
Heaven is trembling
In awe of Your wonder
The kings and their kingdoms
Are standing amazed
Here in Your presence
We are undone
Here in Your presence
Heaven and earth become one
Here in Your presence
All things are new
Here in Your presence
Everything bows before You
Wonderful
Beautiful
Glorious
Matchless in Every Way
Here in Your presence
We are undone
Here in Your presence
Heaven and earth become one
Here in Your presence
All things are new
Here in Your presence
Everything bows before You
Closer
Your love has ravished my heart
And taken me over, taken me over
And all I want is to be
With you forever, with you forever
Pull me a little closer
Take me a little deeper
I want to know Your heart
I want to know Your heart
Cause Your love is so much
sweeter
Than anything I’ve tasted
I want to know Your heart
I want to know Your heart
Your love has ravished my heart
And taken me over, taken me over
And all I want is to be
With you forever, with you forever
Pull me a little closer
Take me a little deeper
I want to know Your heart
I want to know Your heart
Cause Your love is so much
sweeter
Than anything I’ve tasted
I want to know Your heart
I want to know Your heart
Whoa, whoa
How great Your love if for me
Whoa, whoa,
How great is Your love
Pull me a little closer
Take me a little deeper
I want to know Your heart
I want to know Your heart
Cause Your love is so much
stronger
Than anything I’ve faced and
I want to know Your heart
I want to know Your heart
Decisions, Decisions…..
Joshua 24
• He called everyone together – it was a day of
significance
• He reminded them of the history of the
children of Israel
• He took them close to 700 years earlier, when
God made a promise to Abraham
• He reminded them of the recent victories that
God gave them over their enemies
Now therefore!
• Verse 14 brings them to the brink of a large
decision they will make over their lives and he
asks the question in verse 15
Fast forward 1000 years
• Those same children of Israel made a
commitment to serve the Lord
• They turned their backs on Him because
compromise seemed easier
• Their stubbornness, pride, and trusting
themselves caused nothing but trouble
• Assyria, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and
now Romans were their masters
Paul utters these words
• Romans 6:16-23
• He says again – choose whom you will serve
Fast forward another 2000 years
• Every one of us has decisions to make every
single day
• A study of 200 middle aged people done by
Cornell University estimated a person makes
up to 35,000 decisions in one day (where to
sit, where to eat, what to say, where to go etc)
• What is your line in the sand? What is true
north to you?
Self application?
• So are you already born again? Have you
made the public declaration of who you will
serve. How are you doing with that?
• Have you never made that decision? How is
that working out for you? What are you
waiting for?
Jacob Anthony Eager
• Today, Daniel and Jesse will declare who they
will serve as they raise their latest gift from
God
• Galatians 4:1 – They are stewards, parents of a
gift. They will watch, protect, train, and teach
until Jacob can make his own line in the sand
to accept and live for Jesus
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