Today's Music
We Lift Your Name - Shana Wilson
Glorify Your Name - Lakewood Church
Draw Me Close To You - Micheal W. Smith
Your Presence Is Heaven - Israel Houghton
I Have To Believe - Rita Springer
Today's Liturgy
Call to Worship
Jesus, you are the true light.
Just as our eyes are drawn open by sunlight at the dawn of each new day, so do the eyes of our hearts respond to the presence of the light of Christ. Just as windows reflect and refract the natural beauty of sunlight, may our hearts do the same with His light.
Give us eyes that are eager to see You, and through which You can clearly be seen. Jesus, You are the Word, and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.
Though You walked among us, many did not recognize You. Yet to all who receive You, You give the right to become children of God.
Give us eyes that don’t overlook You, hearts that don't misjudge You, and lives that reflect Your glory. Jesus, You are full of grace and truth.
We lift our voices to You, our light, our hope, and our inheritance. Amen!
–Based on John 1:9-18
Confession
(Silent Reflection)
Father, as we confess the ways in which we’ve seen you incorrectly, lovingly take the scales from our eyes.
Expose the lies that disguise Your glory. Forgive us for the ways we have overlooked you, or doubted that you are enough. Help us acknowledge that You are the light through which all else is seen. Amen.
Assurance
The God who created all things has not left us in the dark.
In Christ, He has opened our eyes to see His glory, to know the hope of His calling, to taste the riches of His inheritance in the saints, and to walk in the power of His resurrection.