For to This End We Toil and Strive, Because We Have Our Hope Set

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this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people." I Timothy 4.10

Sunday Morning, November 29, 2009

Setup and Music Rehearsal: 8:00 Adult & Children’s Sunday School: 9:15 Fellowship with Coffee and Refreshments: 10:05 Worship Service: 10:30

Meeting at Colonial Forge High School, Stafford, VA 550 Courthouse Rd (west of I-95)

www.hopeofchrist.net

Pastor Leonard Bailey [email protected] 540-645-2880

All passages of Scripture are from the English Standard Version unless otherwise indicated. Copies are available for your use on the bookcase at the back of the auditorium. Please return them to the bookcase after the worship service. 2 CCLI# 2960788

3 Song of Gathering

O Come All Ye Faithful Words and Music by John Francis Wade, 1751 Translated by Frederick Oakley, 1841 O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O Come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem. Come and behold Him, Born the King of angels; O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord. God of God, Light of Light, Lo! He abhors not the Virgin’s womb; Very God, begotten not created. Refrain

Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation; Sing, all ye citizens of Heaven above! Glory to God in the highest; Refrain

Yea, Lord, we greet Thee, born this happy morning; Jesus, to Thee be all glory given; Word of the Father, late in flesh appearing. Refrain

Welcome and Announcements

Meditation Hebrews 11:11-12 By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised. Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descen- dants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumer- able grains of sand by the seashore.

4 Call to Worship Isaiah 2:2-5

Leader: In days to come the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; all the nations shall stream to it. Many peoples shall come and say,

People: Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.

Leader: For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. He shall judge between the nations, and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

All: O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the LORD!

Invocation

5 Songs of Praise

Revelation Song Music & Lyrics by Jennie Lee Riddle, 2004 Based on Ezekiel 1:26-28 & Revelation 4

Worthy is the Lamb who was slain. Holy, holy is He. Sing a new song to Him who sits on Heaven's mercy seat. (Repeat)

Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty. Who was and is and is to come. With all creation I sing, "Praise to the King of Kings. You are my everything and I will adore You."

Clothed in rainbows of living color, Flashes of lightning, rolls of thunder. Blessing and honor, strength, and glory, and power be To You, the only wise King.

(Chorus)

Filled with wonder, awestruck wonder, At the mention of Your Name. Jesus, Your Name is power, breath, and living water. Such a marvelous mystery.

(Chorus)

6 Lion of Judah Words and Music by Robin Mark, 1997

You're the Lion of Judah the Lamb who was slain You ascended to Heaven and evermore will reign At the end of the age When the earth You reclaim You will gather the nations before You

And the eyes of all men will be fixed on the Lamb Who was crucified With wisdom and mercy and justice You’ll reign At Your Father's side

(Chorus) And the angels will cry “Hail the Lamb Who was slain for the world, Rule in power” And the earth will reply “You shall reign As the King of all kings And the Lord of all lords”

There's a shield in our hand And a sword at our side There's a fire in our spirits that cannot be denied 'Cause the Father has told us For these You have died For the nations that gather before You

And the ears of all men need to hear of the Lamb Who was crucified Who descended to hell yet was raised up to reign At His Father's side

(Chorus)

Prayer of Confession Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, ever faithful to Your promises and ever close to Your church: the earth rejoices in hope of the Sav- ior’s coming and looks forward with longing to His return at the end of time. Prepare our hearts and remove the sadness that hinders us from feeling the joy and hope that His presence will bestow. Hear us as we confess our sins to You (pause) Jesus is Lord for ever and ever. Amen.

7 Assurance of Pardoning Grace John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Song of Assurance The Power of the Cross Words and Music by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend, 2005

Oh, to see the dawn of the darkest day: Christ on the road to Calvary Tried by sinful men, torn and beaten, then Nailed to a cross of wood

(Chorus) This, the pow'r of the cross: Christ became sin for us; Took the blame, bore the wrath—We stand forgiven at the cross

Oh, to see the pain written on Your face, Bearing the awesome weight of sin Ev'ry bitter thought, ev'ry evil deed Crowning Your bloodstained brow

(Chorus)

Now the daylight flees; now the ground beneath Quakes as its Maker bows His head Curtain torn in two, dead are raised to life; "Finished!" the vict'ry cry

(Chorus)

Oh, to see my name written in the wounds, For through Your suffering I am free Death is crushed to death; life is mine to live, Won through Your selfless love

(Final Chorus) This, the pow'r of the cross: Son of God—slain for us. What a love! What a cost! We stand forgiven at the cross

8 Offerings of Adoration & Thanksgiving

Song of Adoration & Thanksgiving

O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus Words by Samuel T. Francis ,1875 Music, Chorus, & Alternate Words by Bob Kauflin, 2008

O the deep, deep love of Jesus, Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free! Rolling as a mighty ocean In its fullness over me! Underneath me, all around me, Is the current of Your love Leading onward, leading homeward To Your glorious rest above!

Oh the deep, deep love, All I need and trust Is the deep, deep love of Jesus

O the deep, deep love of Jesus, Spread His praise from shore to shore How He came to pay our ransom Through the saving cross He bore; How He watches o’er His loved ones, Those He died to make His own; How for them He’s interceding, Pleading now before the throne!

(Chorus)

O the deep, deep love of Jesus, Far surpassing all the rest, It’s an ocean full of blessing In the midst of every test. O the deep, deep love of Jesus, Mighty Savior, precious Friend, You will bring us home to glory Where Your love will never end.

(Chorus)

Lighting of the Advent Wreath

9 Exhortation Rich Leino Genesis 21 Page 15

1. God's Promise brings life from death.

2. The grace of the Promise signified in a helpless child.

10 3. The Promise is an object of scorn.

4. The Promise and its "cash value".

11 Song of Meditation Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing Words, Robert Robinson Music, American folk tune

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 God's unchanging love.

Here I raise my Ebenezer; 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.

O to grace how great a debtor Daily I'm constrained to be! Let that grace now 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, O take and seal it, Seal it for Thy courts above.

Benediction

12 Calendar for this Week:

Today 6:00pm Concert of Prayer for the advancement of the Kingdom of God. At the Bailey home.

Monday 6:30pm Stafford Lakes Care Group at the Murphy home (Leader, James Murphy, 540-752-6118)

Tuesday 7:00pm Women’s Discipleship at the Bailey home “Prayer & Preparation” (Betty Gagnon, 540-479-1787)

Thursday 7:00pm No Praise team practice this week (Robert Turner, 703-622-9706)

Friday 6:00pm Aquia Harbor Care Group at the Leino home (Leader, Rich Leino, 540-446-5918)

Saturday 7:00am Men’s Leadership Training for all men at the Wright’s. We continue to discuss the Westminster Confession of Faith. (Pastor Leonard Bailey, 540-645-2880)

Next Sunday 8:00am Setup and Music Rehearsal

1:30pm Sunday School presentation for the Greenfield Nursing Home. Bring a bag lunch to eat after church in the cafeteria. (Kathryn Chapman, 540-318-6111)

Upcoming Events:

4th Sunday 10:30am Communion service followed by a potluck meal at Colonial Of Month Forge. Bring a main dish and side dish or dessert. Drinks will be provided.

Dec. 13 6:00pm Women’s Tea at Rowser Complex. Please invite a friend. Cost is $10 per lady. See insert for more details. (Amy Bailey, 540-720-4089)

Dec. 24 6:00pm Christmas Eve Service at NLIC. There will be a Christmas Open House at the Bailey home following the service. All are invited to come. (Pastor Leonard Bailey, 540-645-2880)

Nursery Ministry: Katie Murphy, 540-752-6118

Nov. 29 Sunday School: S. Gensimore / G. Gagnon **Be there by 9:00 am

Worship: A. Bailey / S. Leino / M. Davis **Be there by 10:15 am

Dec. 6 Sunday School: J. Murphy / S. Griffin Worship: A. Best / B. Davis / K. Davis

Refreshment Ministry Sign-up sheet on Refreshment Table

Nov. 29 – Larry & Peggy VanHooser Dec. 6 – Alan & Susan Joseph