Sunday Meditation, June 6

Abiding in Christ for Joy

Scripture for Meditation: John 15:10, 11

If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

Hymn of Invocation: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing 

Come, Thou Fount of ev’ry 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 Thy redeeming love.

Here I raise mine 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, wand’ring 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 Thy goodness, like a fetter, bind my wand’ring 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.

Oh that day when freed from sinning I shall see Thy lovely face,
Full arrayed in blood-washed linen how I’ll sing Thy sovereign grace.
Come, my Lord, no longer tarry bring Thy promises to pass;
For I know Thy pow’r will keep me till I’m home with Thee at last.

Robert Robinson, 1735-1790
V. 4 alt. words by Bob Kauflin. Sovereign

Hymn of Joy: My Worth Is Not in What I Own

My worth is not in what I own,
Not in the strength of flesh and bone,
But in the costly wounds of love
At the cross.

My worth is not in skill or name,
In win or lose, in pride or shame,
But in the blood of Christ that flowed
At the cross.

Refrain: 
I rejoice in my Redeemer,
Greatest Treasure, 
Wellspring of my soul;
I will trust in Him, no other. 
My soul is satisfied in Him alone. 

As summer flowers we fade and die;
Fame, youth and beauty hurry by,
But life eternal calls to us 
At the cross. 

I will not boast in wealth or might,
Or human wisdom’s fleeting light,
But I will boast in knowing Christ
At the cross.

Refrain
Two wonders here that I confess:
My worth and my unworthiness,
My value fixed – my ransom paid
At the cross.

Refrain

Words and music by Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty and Graham Kendrick ©2014 Getty Music Publishing (BMI) / Makeway Music (Admin by musicservies.org). Used by permission. CCLI #2783020

Prayer of Blessing

Responsive Reading: Psalm 80:8-11

You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it. You cleared the ground for it; it took deep root and filled the land. The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches. It sent out its branches to the sea and its shoots to the River. . . .

Turn again, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven, and see; have regard for this vine, the stock that your right hand planted, and for the son whom you made strong for yourself.

They have burned it with fire; they have cut it down; may they perish at the rebuke of your face! But let your hand be on the man of your right hand, the son of man whom you have made strong for yourself! Then we shall not turn back from you; give us life, and we will call upon your name!

Restore us, O Lord God of hosts! Let your face shine, that we may be saved!

Hymn of Supplication: Abide with Me 

Abide with me; fast falls the eventide;
The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide.
When other helpers, fail and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, abide with me. 

I need Thy presence, every passing hour.
What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's power?
Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, abide with me.

Hold Thou Thy cross, before my closing eyes;
Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies.
Heav'n’s morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee;
In life, in death, Lord, abide with me. 

Words: Henry F. Lyte, 1793-1847; alt. by Justin Smith
Music: Justin Smith. © 2007 Justin Smith Music. Used by permission. CCLI #2783020

Prayer of Corporate Confession

Silence for Personal Confession

Assurance of Pardon: Hebrews 12:1, 2

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Response: Thanks be to God.

Hymn of Longing: One Day*

 One day You'll make everything new, Jesus
One day You will bind every wound;
The former things shall all pass away.
No more tears.

One day You'll make sense of it all, Jesus.
One day every question resolved;
Every anxious thought left behind.
No more fear.

Chorus:
When we all get to heaven,
What a day of rejoicing that will be;
When we all see Jesus,
We'll sing and shout the victory.

One day we will see face to face, Jesus.
Is there a greater vision of grace,
And in a moment, we shall be changed,
On that day.

And one day we'll be free, free indeed, Jesus.
One day all this struggle will cease,
And we will see Your glory revealed
On that day.

Chorus 2x

Yes, one day we will see face to face, Jesus.
Is there a greater vision of grace?
And in a moment, we shall be changed;
Yes, in a moment, we shall be changed;
In a moment, we shall be changed
On that day.

Chorus:
When we all get to heaven,
What a day of rejoicing that will be,
When we all see Jesus,
We'll sing and shout the victory,
We'll sing and shout the victory.

Songwriters: Matt Redman / Beth Redman / Leonard Jarman
One Day (When We All Get To Heaven) lyrics © Capitol Christian Music Group

*Children may leave during this song.

Ministry of the Word

Hymn of Delight: O Lord, My Rock and My Redeemer

*All Scripture, English Standard Version. © 2001 by Crossway Bibles. Used by permission.