Sunday Celebration 07/17/2022
Affirmation of Faith, Affirmation Chorus, Song Lyrics, and Today’s Scriptures are listed after the order of worship below:
WELCOME & INVOCATION & AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
AFFIRMATION CHORUS: “IN THIS PLACE”
SING AND CELEBRATE:
1. EVERY PRAISE
.2. THIRSTY
3. DO IT AGAIN
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE:
ISAIAH 58:1-12
MATTHEW 5:43-48
EPHESIANS 4:14-15
SPECIAL MUSIC
PRAISE AND PRAYER
SPECIAL MUSIC
TODAY’S SERMON: “POINTING FINGERS”
FINAL SONG
Our Affirmation of Faith
We believe in God the creator of us all, whose desire for
diversity is seen in the rainbow of humanity. With unrelenting
passion God Seeks to be in relationship with all of us.
We believe in Jesus the Christ, who is the embodiment of
God’s redeeming grace; And in the Holy Spirit through whom
that grace continues its restoring work.
We believe in the Church. It is the body of Christ on the earth
today. As ministers of this church, we are all called like Jesus,
to heal, to deliver, to teach, and to serve.
We believe that together we can change the world,
in our time and for all time Amen!
Affirmation Chorus: In This Place
In this place, There’s joy that I can’t explain
In this place, There’s healing for all my pain
There is love unlike I’ve ever known
Everybody here makes me feel at home
As we gather here, I know I’m not alone
I feel God’s presence, Moving in this place..
EVERY PRAISE
Every praise is to our God. Every word of worship with one accord
Every praise every praise is to our God. Sing hallelujah to our God
Glory hallelujah is due our God
Every praise every praise is to our God. (Repeat 2x)
Every praise is to our God. God my Savior, God my Healer,
God my Deliverer, Yes He is, yes He is (Repeat )
God my Savior, God my Healer, God my Deliverer
Yes He is, yes He is, Yes He is, yes He is
Every praise is to our God. Every word of worship with one accord
Every praise every praise (Repeat 7x)… Is to our God
THIRSTY
My soul is thirsty, My soul is thirsty for you
My soul is thirsty, My soul is thirsty for you
As the deer is thirsty for the water
So does my soul long for thee
My spirit… Needs… Refreshing
Father, I’m Thirsty, Thirsty For You (repeat all)
Darnell: Let me Drink from the fountain that never shall run dry
From the fountain of everlasting life
For if I drink of your water, I will never thirst again
Let me draw from your living well
My soul is thirsty, My soul is thirsty for you
My soul is thirsty, My soul is thirsty for you
As the deer is thirsty for the water, So does my soul long for thee
My spirit… Needs… Refreshing Father, I’m Thirsty,
Father, I’m Thirsty, Father, I’m Thirsty, Thirsty For You
DO IT AGAIN
Randy: Walking around these walls
I thought by now they’d fall. But You have never failed me yet
Tammy: Waiting for change to come
Knowing the battle’s won. For You have never failed me yet
Chorus: Your promise still stands, Great is Your faithfulness, your faithfulness
I’m still in Your hands, This is my confidence, You’ve never failed me yet
(Randy) Never failed me yet
Verse: I know the night won’t last, Your Word will come to pass
My heart will sing Your praise again, God, You are still enough
Keeping me in Your love, My heart will sing Your praise again (Chorus 2x)
Bridge I’ve seen You move, You move the mountains
And I believe, I’ll see You do it again, You made a way, where there was no way
And I believe, I’ll see You do it again, I’ve seen You move, You move the mountains
And I believe, I’ll see You do it again, You made a way, where there was no way
And I believe, I’ll see You do it again, I’ve seen You move, You move the mountains
And I believe, I’ll see You do it again, You made a way, where there was no way
And I believe, I’ll see You do it again, I’ll see You do it again OH (pause) (Chorus 2x)
Outro: Oh, You’ve never failed me yet, And I never will forget
You’ve never failed me yet, And I never will forget
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE:
Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a
trumpet. Declare to my people their rebellion and to the descendants of Jacob their sins.
For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a
nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands of its God. They ask
me for just decisions and seem eager for God to come near them. ‘Why have we fasted,’
they say, ‘and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have
not noticed?’ Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your
workers. Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife, and in striking each other with wicked
fists. You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on high. Is this
the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for people to humble themselves? Is it only for
bowing one’s head like a reed and for lying in sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a
fast, a day acceptable to the Lord? “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose
the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and
break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor
wanderer with shelter – when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away
from your own flesh and blood? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your
healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness[ will go before you, and the glory
of the Lord will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you
will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. “If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the
hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness,
and your night will become like the noonday. The Lord will guide you always; he will
satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like
a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. Your people will rebuild the
ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of
Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings. ISAIAH 58:1-12
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell
you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons
and daughters of your Father in heaven. God causes the sun to rise on the evil and the
good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love
you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you
greet only your sisters or brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even
sinful people do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
MATTHEW 5:43-48
Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here
and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their
deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every
respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. EPHESIANS 4:14-15