Order of Service – Sunday 13 February 2022

Blessings and woes

(words for hymns and bible readings follow the order of service)

Welcome and Notices
Call to worship
HYMN 560  [MP]  Praise my soul the King of Heaven
All-age time
Prayer & Lord’s Prayer
HYMN 351 [CH4]   Jesus hands were kind hands
Prayer
Reading:  Luke 6: 17-26
Video:  Blest Are They (with lyrics)
HYMN 170 [MP]  Give thanks with a grateful heart
Sermon
HYMN 59  [MP]  Blessed assurance
Prayers for the world
HYMN 1072 [MP]   In Christ alone
Benediction

 

HYMN 560  [MP]  Praise my soul the King of Heaven

1 Praise, my soul, the King of heaven:
to His feet thy tribute bring;
ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
who like thee His praise should sing?
Praise Him! Praise Him!
Praise Him! Praise Him!
Praise the everlasting King.
2 Praise Him for His grace and favour
to our fathers, in distress;
praise Him still the same for ever,
slow to chide, and swift to bless.
Praise Him! Praise Him!
Praise Him! Praise Him!
Glorious in His faithfulness.
3 Father-like He tends and spares us;
well our feeble frame He knows,
in His hands, He gently bears us,
rescues us from all our foes.
Praise Him! Praise Him!
Praise Him! Praise Him!
Widely as His mercy flows.
4 Angels, help us to adore Him;
ye behold Him face to face;
sun and moon, bow down before Him;
dwellers al in time and space.
Praise Him! Praise Him!
Praise Him! Praise Him!
Praise with us the God of grace.

HYMN 351 [CH4]   Jesus hands were kind hands 

1 Jesus’ hands were kind hands, doing good to all,
healing pain and sickness, blessing children small;
washing tired feet, and saving those who fall;
Jesus’ hands were kind hands, doing good to all.

2 Take my hand, Lord Jesus, let them work for you,
make them strong and gentle, kind in all I do;
let me watch you, Jesus, till I’m gentle too,
till my hands are kind hands, quick to work for you

 

Luke 6: 17-24  Blessings and woes
Jesus went down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coastal region around Tyre and Sidon,  who had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Those troubled by impure spirits were cured, and the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all.

Looking at his disciples, he said:
‘Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied.
Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you
and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.
‘Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven.
For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.
‘But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.
Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry.
Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.

 

HYMN 170 [MP]  Give thanks with a grateful heart

1 Give thanks with a grateful heart,
give thanks to the Holy One;
give thanks because He’s given
Jesus Christ, His Son.
Give thanks with a grateful heart
give thanks to the Holy One;
give thanks because He’s given
Jesus Christ, His Son.
2 And now let the weak say, ‘I am strong’
let the poor say, ‘I am rich’,
because what the Lord has done for us;
And now let the weak say, ‘I am strong’
let the poor say, ‘I am rich’,
because what the Lord has done for us;

HYMN 59  [MP]  Blessed assurance

1 Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine;
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God;
born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
Chorus: This is my story, this is my song,
praising my Saviour, all the day long;
this is my story, this is my song,
praising my Saviour, all the day long.

2 Perfect submission, perfect delight,
visions of rapture burst on my sight;
angels descending, bring from above
echoes of mercy, whispers of love.

3 Perfect submission, all is at rest
I in my Saviour am happy and blest;
watching and waiting, looking above
filled with His goodness, lost in His love.

 

HYMN 1072 [MP]   In Christ alone

1 In Christ alone my hope is found,
He is my light, my strength, my song;
this cornerstone, this solid ground,
firm through the fiercest drought and storm
what depths of peace
when fears are stilled,
when strivings cease!
My comforter, my all in all,
here in the love of Christ I stand.
2 In Christ alone – who took on flesh,
fullness of God in helpless Babe!
This gift of love and righteousness,
scorned by the ones he came to save,
till on that cross as Jesus died,
the wrath of God was satisfied;
for every sin on Him was laid;
here in the death of Christ I live.
3 There in the ground his body lay,
light of the world by darkness slain,
then, bursting forth in glorious day,
up from the grave He rose again!
And as he stands in victory
sin’s curse has lost its grip on me,
for I am His and He is mine –
brought with the precious blood of Christ.
4 No guilt in life, no fear in death,
this is the power of Christ in me;
from life’s first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no scheme of man
can ever pluck me from His hand;
till He returns or calls me home,
here in the power of Christ I’ll stand!