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
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
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