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So Will I - Hillsong Worship

The Water And The Blood - Sojourn Music

Solid Rock- Midtown Worship

Indescribable - Chris Tomlin

Today's Liturgy

Call to Worship

We worship you, Lord of heaven, with our mouths,
for from your speech you made all of creation.
Holy Trinity, you live in perfect serenity, always possessing all you need.
Yet still you beckoned creation into being with your powerful Word.

You published your grace in the fashioning stars down to the molecules that hold all things together.
You wove threads of grace and blessing into the fabric of the universe.
Your love fills the spaces between our atoms.
Your breath fills our lungs.
And so with every breath, we praise you Lord our God, the Maker of all.

The universe still echoes with your resounding proclamations:
“Good. . . Good. . . Good”
And we, your creatures, sing back to you this morning calling you,
“Good. . . Good. . . Good”

–Inspired by Gen 1; Col 1:16-17; Rev 4:11

Amen church, let’s sing to our Creator this morning.

Confession

Amen church - The Lord our God is our creator and our savior. Let us come before his grace and kindness with repentance. Read with me a paraphrase from James 3 as our prayer this morning.

Just as a small rudder steers a great ship so our words are powerful instruments.
Humanity has tamed every kind of creature— beasts, birds, reptiles, and sea creatures— yet none of us have tamed our tongues.
With the same mouth we sing praises to God and curse our brothers and sisters who are made in God’s image.

This should not be so.
No spring produces both fresh and salt water and no tree produces two kinds of fruit.
Forgive us, Lord, for the way we’ve used our words to cut your image bearers down instead of building them up.
Teach us, Lord of life, to use our words as instruments of goodness
and life instead of wickedness and death. Amen.

–From James 3:1-12

Assurance

We place our hope in the God whose words called creation out of the void in the beginning.
As rain and snow fall to the earth, watering it and making it bear fruit,
so the Word of the Lord comes down with power: never wasted, never forgotten, always accomplishing His perfect will.

–From Isaiah 55:10–11

We place our hope in the Word of God which will remain even when all things pass away.
God’s Word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path.
It is living, active, and sharper than any sword,
revealing truth, cutting through lies, and leading us in life everlasting.

–From Psalm 119:105; Hebrews 4:12

We place our hope in the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ, who dwelt among us and died on our behalf.

God stepped into His own creation, not with power to conquer, but with mercy to save.

Jesus bore our sins in His body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.

–From John 1:14; 1 Peter 2:24

Psalm 19: What Does Science Have to Do with My Faith?

Timothy Paul Jones

1 The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
2 Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.
3 There is no speech, nor are there words,
whose voice is not heard.
4 Their voice goes out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world.
In them he has set a tent for the sun,
5 which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,
and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
6 Its rising is from the end of the heavens,
and its circuit to the end of them,
and there is nothing hidden from its heat.

7 The law of the Lord is perfect,
reviving the soul;
the testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the simple;
8 the precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes;
9 the fear of the Lord is clean,
enduring forever;
the rules of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold,
even much fine gold;
sweeter also than honey
and drippings of the honeycomb.
11 Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
in keeping them there is great reward.
12 Who can discern his errors?
Declare me innocent from hidden faults.
13 Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins;
let them not have dominion over me!
Then I shall be blameless,
and innocent of great transgression.
14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

Psalm 19:1-14

Scripture and science point to the same God; so, if Scripture and science seem to be in conflict, it could be because we’re trying to force one of them—or both of them!—to do something they weren’t designed to do.

The Natural World Declares God’s Glory.
The Natural World Isn’t Enough to Guide You to God’s Glory.
We and the Natural World Are Groaning for a Glory that Is Yet to Be.
Application: Delight in both books- let the Book of Nature stir worship, and let the Book of Scripture draw you into relationship with God.

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