"Change My Heart, O God" Eddie Espinoza

February 28, 2021

Awe For every tear, there is a promise A love that never lets me go For every doubt, Your Word speaks louder And I will trust, I will trust in You alone

Hands to the sky Heart opened wide I stand in awe I stand in awe of You All my sin washed away On that glorious day I stand in awe I stand in awe of You

Where there was fear, now there is freedom When I was lost, You made a way Now mercy triumphs over judgement When You rose When You rose up from that grave When You rose When You rose up from that grave

Hands to the sky Heart opened wide I stand in awe I stand in awe of You All my sin washed away On that glorious day I stand in awe I stand in awe of You

Oh, the wonder of it all The King who left His throne From heaven to die for me Now death can't hold me down Your resurrection power Is bursting alive in me

Hands to the sky Heart opened wide I stand in awe I stand in awe of You All my sin washed away On that glorious day I stand in awe I stand in awe of You

I stand in awe I stand in awe of You

Sovereign Sovereign in the mountain air Sovereign on the ocean floor With me in the calm With me in the storm

Sovereign in my greatest joy Soverign in my deepest cry With me in the dark With me at the dawn

In your everlasting arms All the pieces of my life From beginning to the end I can trust you

In your never failing love You work everything for good God whatever comes my way I will trust you

Sovereign in the mountain air Sovereign on the ocean floor With me in the calm With me in the storm

Sovereign in my greatest joy Sovereign in my deepest cry With me in the dark With me at the dawn

In your everlasting arms All the pieces of my life From beginning to the end I can trust you

In your never failing love You work everything for good God whatever comes my way I will trust you

God whatever comes my way I will trust you

All my hopes All I need Held in your hands

All my life All of me Held in your hands

All my fears All my dreams Held in your hands

All my hopes All I need Held in your hands

All my life All of me Held in your hands

All my fears All my dreams Held in your hands

In your everlasting arms All the pieces of my life From beginning to the end I can trust you

In your never failing love You work everything for good God whatever comes my way I will trust you

God whatever comes my way I will trust you

Confession and Forgiveness

At the Cross (Love Ran Red) There’s a place Where mercy reigns And never dies

There’s a place Where streams of grace Flow deep and wide

Where all the love I’ve ever found Comes like a flood Comes flowing down

At the cross, at the cross I surrender my life I’m in awe of You I’m in awe of You

Where Your love ran red And my sin washed white I owe all to You I owe all to You, Jesus

There’s a place Where sin and shame Are powerless

Where my heart Has peace with God And forgiveness

Where all the love I’ve ever found Comes like a flood Comes flowing down

At the cross, at the cross I surrender my life I’m in awe of You I’m in awe of You Where Your love ran red And my sin washed white I owe all to You I owe all to You.

Here…my hope is found Here…on Holy ground Here I bow down Here I bow down

Here…arms open wide Here…you saved my life Here I bow down Here I bow down

At the cross, at the cross I surrender my life I’m in awe of You I’m in awe of You

Where Your love ran red And my sin washed white I owe all to You I owe all to You.

At the cross, at the cross I surrender my life I’m in awe of You I’m in awe of You

Where Your love ran red And my sin washed white I owe all to You I owe all to You I owe all to You I owe all to You, Jesus

Old Testament Genesis 15:1-18 (excerpts) Abram said, "O Sovereign Lord, You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir." Then the word of the Lord came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but a son coming from your own body will be your heir." He took him outside and said, "Look up at the heavens and count the stars- -if indeed you can count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be." Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness. He also said to him, "I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it." But Abram said, "O Sovereign Lord, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?" So the Lord said to him, "Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon." Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other.... As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him. Then the Lord said to him, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a good old age. In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here...." When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces. On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, "To your descendants I give this land....”

Epistle Titus 3:4-7 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.

Gospel John 3:1-6 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, "Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him." In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again." "How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!" Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.”

The Apostles' Creed I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

Object Lesson

Evidence All throughout my history Your faithfulness has walked beside me The winter storms made way for spring In every season, from where I'm standing

I see the evidence of Your goodness All over my life, all over my life I see Your promises in fulfillment All over my life, all over my life

Help me remember when I'm weak Fear may come but fear will leave You lead my heart to victory You are my strength and You always will be

I see the evidence of Your goodness All over my life, all over my life I see Your promises in fulfillment All over my life, all over my life

See the cross, the empty grave The evidence is endless All my sin rolled away Because of You, oh Jesus

I see the evidence of Your goodness All over my life, all over my life I see Your promises in fulfillment All over my life, all over my life

Why should I fear? Oh, the evidence is here Why should I fear? Oh, the evidence is here

Message

Prayers of the People of God [If you would like to send a card or call to someone for whom we prayed, please contact Pastor John.]

The Lord’s Prayer Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Announcements

Yes I Will I count on one thing The same God that never fails Will not fail me now You won't fail me now

In the waiting The same God who's never late Is working all things out You're working all things out

Yes I will, lift You high in the lowest valley Yes I will, bless Your name Oh, yes I will, sing for joy when my heart is heavy All my days, oh yes I will

I count on one thing The same God that never fails Will not fail me now You won't fail me now

In the waiting The same God who's never late Is working all things out Is working all things out

Oh, yes I will, lift You high in the lowest valley Yes I will, bless Your name Oh, yes I will, sing for joy when my heart is heavy For all my days, oh yes I will For all my days, oh yes, I will

And I choose to praise To glorify, glorify The Name of all names That nothing can stand against And I choose to praise To glorify, glorify The Name of all names That nothing can stand against

And I choose to praise To glorify, glorify The Name of all names That nothing can stand against

And I choose to praise To glorify, to glorify The Name of all names That nothing can stand against

Oh, yes I will, lift You high in the lowest valley Yes I will, bless Your name Oh, yes I will, sing for joy when my heart is heavy All my days, oh yes, I will For all my days, oh yes, I will For all my days, yes, I will

Songwriters: Eddie Hoagland / Jonathan Smith / Mia Fieldes