Order of service: 25082013
Call to worship: Matthew 11:28-29
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
I am sorry my friends that I cannot say
this will be an easy service, there may be time when the good news seems far of
but let our first hymn be always in are hearts, let our first hymn be the
message of this service
Hymn H&P 559: What a friend we have in Jesus
Prayer of adoration / Thankgiving
Hymn: StF 526: Lord of all hopefuless
Being angry with god intro
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God on a
pedestal
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God the
vengeful and ever judgmental
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Pain and
suffering falls on us all
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You can
harm someone but not sin against them
Reading:
Psalm 13 1-4
Reading: Jeremiah 20:7-10
Short talk on how to walk with God
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When we our anger bring it to God
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God knows our pain
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God walks with us
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He will wait for us
Reading: John 6 35-40
Reading: John 3: 16-18
Conclusion
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Hate destroys our relationship with God
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God will heal us
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We must forgive to be forgiven
Sometimes
when we are angry or in pain we make matter worse by judging God reaction or by
missing his call – our next hymn reminds us that Jesus is always calling to us
no matter how far we are from him
Hymn: Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling
Lived prayer of forgiveness and confession
Lord's prayer (Sung)
Ofertory (collected but brought up during the prayer of dedication –
just left on alter)
Prayer of dedication
Why does God pursue is? Why does he never repay are
hate with hate because God is love because he loves us, because we our his
chosen children – are next hymn is a hymn
of celebration of this reality
Hymn Stf 443: Come
let us sing a wonderful love
Prayers of petitions / intersession
All age address:
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Ask
them how they’d cross various obstacles
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The
obstacles we put between us and God
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What
God done to come to them
If we allow God to find us, he will change us from
this earthly glory to his glory, his love is transforming turning our anger
into love – so let us rejice in this reforming love with our last hymn
Hymn: Stf 503: Love
divine, all love excelling
Dismal:
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