Jesus drives out an evil spirit
(words for hymns can be found below the order of service)
Welcome
Call to Worship
MP 48 Be still and know
Prayer and Lord’s Prayer
Mark 1:21-28
Video Oh the deep, deep love of Jesus ( Audrey Assad)
Reflection
MP 709 To him we come
Prayer for others
MP 444 Lord speak to me
Blessing
Call to Worship
How wonderful are the things the Lord does!
All who are delighted with them want to understand them.
All God does is full of honour and majesty;
his righteousness is eternal.
In all he does he is faithful and just;
all his commands are dependable. They last for all time;
His commands were given in truth and righteousness.
God is to be praised forever.
From Psalm 111
MP 48 Be still and know
1 Be still and know that I am God.
Be still and know that I am God.
Be still and know that I am God.
2 I am the Lord that healeth thee.
I am the Lord that healeth thee.
I am the Lord that healeth thee.
3 In Thee, O Lord, I put my trust.
In Thee, O Lord, I put my trust.
In Thee, O Lord, I put my trust.
Mark 1:21-28
They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.
The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law.
Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an impure spirit cried out,
“What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”
“Be quiet!” said Jesus sternly. “Come out of him!”
The impure spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek.
The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching—and with authority! He even gives orders to impure spirits and they obey him.”
News about him spread quickly over the whole region of Galilee.
Hymn MP 709: To him we come
1 To Him we come –
Jesus Christ our Lord,
God’s own living Word,
His dear Son:
in Him there is no east and west,
to all He offers peace and rest –
loving Lord!
2 In Him we live –
Christ our strength and stay,
life and truth and way,
friend divine:
His power can break the chains of sin,
still all life’s storms without, within,
help us the daily fight to win –
living Lord!
3 For Him we go –
soldiers of the cross,
counting all things loss
Him to know;
going to every land and race,
preaching to all redeeming grace,
building His church in every place –
conquering Lord!
4 With Him we serve –
His the work we share
with saints everywhere,
near and far;
one in the task which faith requires,
one in the zeal which never tires,
one in the hope His love inspires –
coming Lord!
5 Onward we go –
faithful, bold, and true,
called His will to do
day by day
till, at the last, with joy we’ll see
Jesus, in glorious majesty;
live with Him through eternity –
reigning Lord!
MP 444 Lord speak to me
1 Lord speak to me, that I may speak
in living echoes of Thy tone;
as Thou hast sought, so let me seek
Thy erring children, lost and lone.
2 O lead me, Lord, that I may lead
the wandering and the wavering feet;
O feed me, Lord, that I may feed
Thy hungering ones with manna sweet.
3 O strengthen me, that, while I stand
firm on the rock, and string in Thee,
I may stretch out a loving hand
to wrestlers whth the troubled sea.
4 O use me, Lord, use even me,
just as Thou wilt, and whenm and where,
until Thy blessed face I see,
Thy rest, Thy joy, Thy glory share.