Song 1 – This is Amazing Grace

Hear God call you to worship through his Word:

“ 11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand.They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders.12 In a loud voice they were saying:

“Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain,
    to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength
    and honour and glory and praise!”

13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: 

“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb
    be praise and honour and glory and power,
for ever and ever!”

– Revelations 5:11–13 (NIV)

‭‭Let us worship the Lord!

Song 2 – Your Name

Song 3 – Sovereign Over Us

Song 4 – To the Cross

We take a moment now in our gathered worship to first bring to mind the ways in which we have fallen from the standard of holiness set before us by Christ, and then to pray together the following prayer of confession.

Confession of Sin
Most holy and merciful Father, 
We confess to you and to one another,
that we have sinned against you
by what we have done,
and by what we have left undone.

We have not loved you with our 
whole heart and mind and strength.
We have not fully loved our neighbours as ourselves.
We have not always had in us the mind of Christ.

You alone know how often we have grieved you
by wasting your gifts,
by wandering from your ways.

Forgive us, we pray you, most merciful Father;
And free us from our sin.
Renew in us the grace and strength
of your Holy Spirit,
for the sake of Jesus Christ,
your Son, our Saviour.

Amen

Assurance of Forgiveness


Brothers and sisters: 

hear, be reminded, and rejoice in the good news found in verses Romans 6:22–23:

“22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” 

Let us pray.

Song 5 – O, For a Thousand Tongues 

Our welcome team members will pass an offering basket during this song.

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Praise God, from whom all blessings flow
Praise Him, all creatures here below
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

Amen

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Hear the Word of the Lord:

^{” 13} I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. ¹⁴ This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.¹⁵ And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.

¹⁶ If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that you should pray about that. ¹⁷ All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death.

¹⁸ We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them. ¹⁹ We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. ²⁰ We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

²¹ Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.”

This is the Word of God. 

Resting on God’s Assurances
– 1 John 5:13-21

1. Rest on the Assurance of Salvation (v. 13)

2. Rest on the Assurance of Answered Prayer (vv. 14-20)

3. Rest on the Assurance of Christ’s Worthiness (v. 21)

Song 6 — The Solid Rock

Song 7 — Lead On, O King Eternal

Our Father in heaven, 
hallowed be your name;
your kingdom come;
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven. 
Give us this day our daily bread. 
And forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who have sinned against us.
And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. 
For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
Amen.

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