Songs:
“Grace Greater Than Our Sin“ by Julia H. Johnston
“He Is Making All Things Right” by Ben Shive, Bryan Fowler, Skye Peterson
“Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me“ by Jonny Robinson, Michael Farren, and Rich Thompson
“He Is“ by David Crowder, Hank Bentley, and Jeff Pardo
“Doxology” by Thomas Ken and Louis Bourgeois
All songs are used by Permission. CCLI License #200369
Call To Worship: Make a Joyful Noise
Leader: Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!
All: I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God While I have my being.
Leader: Believers in Christ, bless the Lord; Let all that is within you Bless his holy name!
All: My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior! Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, For his steadfast love endures forever! Amen!
Confession: The Providence of God
Leader: What do you understand by the providence of God?
People: Providence is the almighty and ever present power of God by which God upholds, as with his hand, heaven and earth and all creatures, and so rules them that: leaf and blade, rain and drought, fruitful and lean years, food and drink, health and sickness, prosperity and poverty—all things, in fact, come to us not by chance but by his fatherly hand.
Leader: How does the knowledge of God’s creation and providence help us?
People: We can be patient in adversity, thankful in prosperity, and for the future we can have good confidence in our faithful God and Father that no creature will separate us from his love…
Source: Heidelberg Catechism, Questions 27 & 2
Classic Prayer: Cornelius Plantinga
O God, your people give you hearty thanks for your matchless grace…Rescuer of the shamed, you reach into human pits to lift the fallen. We sink into addiction, and you come to heal. We sink into folly, and you come to correct. We sink into corruption, and you come to sanctify. Refuge of all who suffer, we look for shelter in the shadow of your wings. Rain and hail and wind beat on your wings, but they do not fold. They are spread like Jesus’s arms on the cross, spread out to protect all who seek shelter beneath them. O God, wondrous in love for sinners, we give you thanks for your saving grace.