Everlasting salvation for Zion 

(Words for Hymns and Bible readings follow the call to worship)

Welcome & Intimations
Call to Worship
MP 631: Tell out my soul
Dedication of Offering
All age Time
Prayer & Lord’s Prayer
Video: Jesus strong and Kind
Reading Isaiah 51 : 1- 3
Hebrews 11:32-34 & 11: 39 – 12:2
Prayer
MP428: Lord for the years
Reflection
CH4 172: Sing for God’s glory
Reflection
Silence
Prayer
MP 16: All my hope on God is founded
Blessing

Call to Worship

Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and extol him with music and song. 

For the Lord is the great God,
the great King above all gods.

Come, let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;
for he is our God
and we are the people of his pasture,
the flock under his care.

From Psalm 95

MP 631: Tell out my soul

1 Tell out, my soul, for the greatness of the Lord!
Unnumbered blessings give my spirit voice;
tender to me the promise of His word;
in God my Saviour shall my heart rejoice.

2 Tell out, my soul, the greatness of His name!
Make known His might, the deeds His arm has done;
His mercy sure, from age to age the same;
His holy name, the Lord, the Mighty One.

3 Tell out, my soul, the greatness of His might!
Powers and dominions lay their glory by.
Proud hearts and stubborn wills are out to flight,
the hungry fed, the humble lifted high.

4 Tell out, my soul, the glories of His word!
Firm is His promise, and His mercy sure.
Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord
to children’s children and for evermore!

Reading Isaiah 51 : 1- 3 

‘Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness
and who seek the Lord:
look to the rock from which you were cut
and to the quarry from which you were hewn;
look to Abraham, your father,
and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
When I called him he was only one man,
and I blessed him and made him many.
The Lord will surely comfort Zion
and will look with compassion on all her ruins;
he will make her deserts like Eden,
her wastelands like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and the sound of singing. 

Reading Hebrews 11:32-34 & 11: 39 – 12:2 

And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.

These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised,
since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect. 

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy that was set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 

MP428: Lord for the years

1 Lord, for the years Your love has kept and guided,
urged and inspired us, cheered us on our way,
sought us and saved us, pardoned and provided:
Lord of the years, we bring our thanks today.

2 Lord, for that word, the word of life which fires us,
speaks to our hears and sets our souls ablaze,
teaches and trains, rebukes us and inspires us:
Lord of the word, receive Your people’s praise.

3 Lord, for our land in this our generation,
spirits oppressed by pleasure, wealth and care:
for young and old, for commonwealth and nation,
Lord of your land, be pleased to hear our prayer.

4 Lord, for our world where men disown and doubt You,
loveless in strength, and comfortless in pain,
hungry and homeless, lost indeed without You:
Lord of the world, we pray that Christ may reign.

5 Lord, for ourselves; in living power remake us –
self on the cross and Christ upon the throne,
past put behind us, for the future take us:
Lord of our lives, to live for Christ alone.

CH4 172: Sing for God’s glory

1 Sing for God’s glory that colours the dawn of creation,
racing across the sky, trailing bright clouds of elation;
sun of delight, succeeds the velvet of the night,
warming the earth’s exultation.

2 Sing for God’s power that shatters the chains that would bind us,
searing the darkness of fear and despair that could blind us,
touching our shame with love that will not lay blame,
reaching out gently to find us.

3 Sing for God’s justice disturbing each easy illusion,
tearing down tyrants and putting our pride to confusion;
lifeblood of right, resisting evil and slight,
offering freedom’s transfusion.

4 Sing for God’s saints who have travelled faith’s journey before us,
who in our weariness give us their hope to restore us,
in them we see the new creation to be,
spirit of love made flesh for us

MP 16: All my hope on God is founded 

1 All my hope on God is founded,
all my trust He shall renew;
He, my guide through changing order,
only good and only true,
God unknown, He alone
calls me heart to be His own.

2 Pride of man and earthly glory,
sword and crown betray His trust;
all that human toil can fashion,
tower and temple, fall to dust.
But God’s power, hour by hour,
is my temple and my tower.

3 Day by day our mighty giver
grants to us His gifts of Love;
in His will our souls find pleasure,
leading to our home above.
Love shall stand at his hand,
joy shall wait for His command.

4 Still from man to God eternal
sacrifice of praise be done,
high above all praises praising
for the gift of Christ His Son.
Hear God’s call one and all:
we who follow shall not fall