Celebrating Christ...Serving the City

Celebrating Christ...Serving the City Worship Guide March 7th, 2021 | 3rd Sunday of Lent Mission Statement All Souls exists to be used by God to make followers of Jesus through transformative worship, spiritual friendships, and being a faithful presence in our city Welcome/Announcements God’s Salutation 1 Corinthians 1:3 “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” God calls us to worship - stand Psalm 51 Leader: Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities People: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Leader: Cast me not away from your presence and take not your Holy Spirit from me People: Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you. Leader: Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness. People: O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. truth | grace | joy | hospitality | beauty 2 Opening Prayer We ask you, Almighty God, look upon the hearty desires of your humble servants, and stretch forth the right hand of your Majesty, to be our defense against all our enemies, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. God prepares Behold Our God our hearts - song Who has held the oceans in His hands? Who has numbered every grain of sand? Kings and nations tremble at His voice All creation rises to rejoice Behold our God seated on His throne Come, let us adore Him Behold our King! Nothing can compare Come, let us adore Him! Who has given counsel to the Lord? Who can question any of His words? Who can teach the One who knows all thing? Who can fathom all his wondrous deeds? Behold our God seated on His throne Come, let us adore Him Behold our King! Nothing can compare Come, let us adore Him! Who has felt the nails upon His hands Bearing all the guilt of sinful man? God eternal humbled to the grave Jesus, Savior risen now to reign! Words & Music: Sovereign Grace, Bob Kauflin truth | grace | joy | hospitality | beauty 3 We praise our God - song Pensive Doubting Fearful Heart Pensive, doubting, fearful heart, hear what Christ the Savior says Every word should joy impart, change thy mourning into praise Yes, he speaks, and speaks to thee; may he help thee to believe! Then thou presently wilt see, thou has little cause to grieve Fear thou not, nor be ashamed, all thy sorrows soon shall end I who heaven and earth have framed, Am thy husband and thy friend I the High and Holy One, Israel’s God by all adored As thy Savior will be known, Thy Redeemer and thy Lord For a moment I withdrew, and thy heart was filled with pain But my mercies I’ll renew, thou shalt soon rejoice again Though I scorn to hide my face, very soon my wrath shall cease ‘Tis but for moment’s space, Ending in eternal peace When my peaceful bow appears, Painted on the watery cloud ‘Tis to dissipate thy fears, Lest the earth should be overflowed ‘Tis an emblem too of grace, of my covenant love a sign Though the mountains leave their place, thou shalt be forever mine Though afflicted, tempest-tossed, comfortless awhile thou art, Do not think thou can be lost, thou art graven on my heart All thy walls I will repair, thou shalt be rebuilt anew And in thee it shall appear, what a God of love can do Words & Music: Indelible Grace Music Leader: The praise of God's people! People: Praise be to God! truth | grace | joy | hospitality | beauty 4 New Testament Reading John 2:13-22 13The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. 15And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. 16And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make my Father’s house a house of trade.” 17His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” 18So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?” 19Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” 21But he was speaking about the temple of his body. 22When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken. Reader: The Gospel of the Lord People: Praise to you, Lord Christ. We confess our sins “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” -1 John 1:9 All: Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your Name. Amen truth | grace | joy | hospitality | beauty 5 We receive assurance of God's pardon 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 “For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart. Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.” All: Amen! Thank you, Jesus, for living, dying, and rising for our sins! We now take a moment to pass the peace of Christ to one another. Not as a break from worship, but a continuation. truth | grace | joy | hospitality | beauty 6 Is He Worthy? Do you feel the world is broken? (We do) Do you feel the shadows? (We do) But do you know that all the dark won’t stop the light from getting through? (We do) Do you wish that you could see it all made new? (We do) Is all creation groaning? (It is) Is a new creation coming? (It is) Is the glory of the Lord to be the light withing our midst? (It is) Is it good that we remind ourselves of this? (It is) Is anyone worthy? Is anyone whole? Is anyone able to break the seal and open the scroll? The Lion of Judah who conquered the grave He is David’s root and the Lamb who died to ransom the slave Is He worthy? Is He worthy? Of all blessing and honor and glory Is He worthy of this? He is Does the Father truly love us? (He does) Does the Spirit move among us? (He does) And does Jesus, our Messiah hold forever those He loves? (He does) Does our God intend to dwell again with us? (He does) Is anyone worthy? Is anyone whole? Is anyone able to break the seal and open the scroll? The Lion of Judah who conquered the grave He is David’s root and the Lamb who died to ransom the slave From every people and tribe, every nation and tongue He has made us a kingdom and priests to God To reign with the Son Is He worthy? Is He worthy? Of all blessing and honor and glory Is He worthy? Is He worthy? Is He worthy of this? He is! Words & Music: Andrew Peterson truth | grace | joy | hospitality | beauty 7 Pastoral Prayers of The We sinners beseech you to hear us, O Lord God: That it may please you to rule People and govern your holy Church universal in the right way, People: We beseech you to hear us, good Lord. To give all your people increase of grace to hear your Word with humility, to receive it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruit of the Spirit, to bring into the way of truth all who have erred and are deceived, to give us a heart to love and fear you, and diligently to keep your commandments, to bless and keep all your people People: We beseech you to hear us, good Lord That it may please you to rule the hearts of your servant Joseph, our President, Greg our Governor, and John our Mayor, and all others in authority, that they may do justice, and show mercy, and walk humbly before you People: We beseech you to hear us, good Lord To make wars to cease in all the world, and to give to all nations unity, peace, and concord.

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