Jesus anointed at Bethany

(The words for hymns and bible reading follows the Call to Worship)

Welcome and Intimations
Call to Worship
MP 799: All I once held dear
All Age Talk
Prayer and Lord’s Prayer
MP 809: Blessed be the name
Reading  John 12 : 1 – 8
Video The Alabaster Jar – Gateway worship with lyrics
Prayer
MP 1040: Come now is the time to worship
Sermon
MP 624: Take my life and let it be
Prayer of Intercession
MP 51: Be thou my vision
Benediction

Call to Worship

Rejoice
the Lord has done great things for us

We Rejoice
Our mouths are filled with laughter.
Our tongues with shouts of joy

We Rejoice
for those who sow in tears may reap with shouts of joy

From Psalm 126

MP 799: All I once held dear

1 All I once held dear,
built my life upon,
all this world reveres,
and wars to own,
I have counted loss;
spend and worthless now,
compared to this:

Chorus: Knowing You, Jesus,
knowing You,
there is no greater thing.
You’re my all,
You’re the best,
You’re my joy, my righteousness,
and I love you, Lord.

2 Now my heart’s desire
is to know You more,
to be found in You
and known as Yours,
to possess but faith
what I could not earn,
all-surprising gift
of righteousness
Chorus

3 Oh, to know the power
of Your risen life,
and to know You in
Your sufferings,
to become like You
in Your death, my Lord,
so with You to live
and never die.
Chorus

MP 809: Blessed be the name

1 Blessed be the name of the Lord,
blessed be the name of the Lord,
blessed be the name of the Lord most high!
blessed be the name of the Lord,
blessed be the name of the Lord,
blessed be the name of the Lord most high!

Chorus The name of the Lord is a strong tower,
the righteous run into it,
and they are saved;
The name of the Lord is a strong tower,
the righteous run into it,
and they are saved;

2 Glory to the name of the Lord,
glory to the name of the Lord,
glory to the name of the Lord most high!
glory to the name of the Lord,
glory to the name of the Lord,
glory to the name of the Lord most high!
Chorus

3 Holy is the name of the Lord,
holy is the name of the Lord,
holy is the name of the Lord most high!
holy is the name of the Lord,
holy is the name of the Lord,
holy is the name of the Lord most high!
Chorus

Reading  John 12 : 1 – 8

Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honour. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him.

 Then Mary took about half a litre of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, ‘Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages’

He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it.

 ‘Leave her alone,’ Jesus replied. ‘It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial. You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.’

MP 1040: Come now is the time to worship

Come, now is the time to worship.
Come, now is the time to give your heart,
Come, just as you are, to worship,
Come, just as you are, before your God, come

One day every tongue will confess that You are God,
one day every know will bow.
Still the greatest treasure remains for those who gladly choose You now.
One day every tongue will confess that You are God,
one day every know will bow.
Still the greatest treasure remains for those who gladly choose You now.

Come, now is the time to worship.
Come, now is the time to give your heart,
Come, just as you are, to worship,
Come, just as you are, before your God, come

MP 624: Take my life and let it be

1 Take my life, and let it be
consecrated, Lord, to Thee;
take my moments and my days,
let them flow in ceaseless praise.

2 Take my hands, and let them move
at the impulse of Thy love;
take my feet, and let them be
swift and beautiful for Thee.

3 Take my voice, and let me sing
always, only, for my King;
take my lips, and let them be
filled with messages from Thee.

4 Take my silver and my gold,
not a mite would I withhold;
take my intellect, and use
every power as Thou shalt choose.

5 Take my will, and make it Thine;
it shall be no longer mine:
take my heart, it is Thine own,
it shall be Thy loyal throne.

6 Take my love, my Lord, I pour
at Thy feet its treasure store:
take myself, and I will be
ever, only, all, for Thee

MP 51: Be thou my vision

1 Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
naught be all else to me, save that Thou art –
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.

2 Be Thou my wisdom, Thou my true Word;
I ever with Thee, Thou with me, Lord;
Thou my great Father, I Thy true son;
Thou in me dwelling, and I will Thee one.

3 Be Thou my battle-shield, sword for the fight,
be Thou my dignity, Thou my delight.
Thou my soul’s shelter, Thou my high tower:
raise Thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.

4 Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,
Thou mine inheritance, now and always:
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,
High King of heaven, my treasure Thou art.