Order of Service – Sunday 13 March 2022

Jesus’ Sorrow for Jerusalem

(Words for hymns and bible reading follow the call to worship)

Welcome & Intimations
Call to Worship
MP 564 : Praise to the Lord
All Age time
Prayer & Lord’s Prayer
MP 664 : The Spirit lives ( v 1,2,5 & 6)
Prayer
Video It is well with my soul
Reading    Luke 13: 31 – 35
MP 162 : From heaven you came
Reflection
CH4 534 : Who would true valour
Prayer for Others
MP 200 :Great is thy faithfulness
Benediction

Call to Worship

The Lord is my light and my salvation;
I will fear no one.
The Lord protects me from all danger;
I will never be afraid.
I have asked the Lord for one thing;
one thing only do I want:
to live in the Lord’s house all my life,
to marvel there at his goodness,
and to ask for his guidance.
In times of trouble, he will shelter me;
he will keep me safe in his Temple
and make me secure on a high rock.
Trust in the Lord. Have faith, do not despair.
Trust in the Lord.

MP 564 : Praise to the Lord

1 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty,
the King of creation;
O my soul praise Him,
for He is thy health and salvation;
all ye who hear,
brothers and sisters, draw near,
praise Him in glad adoration.

2 Praise to the Lord, who o’er all things
so wondrously reigneth,
shelter thee under His wings,
yea, so gently sustaineth:
hast thou not seen?
all that is needful hath been
granted in what He ordaineth.

3 Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper
thy work, and defend thee!
surely His goodness and mercy
here daily attend thee.
Ponder anew
what the Almighty can do,
who with His love doth befriend thee.

4 Praise to the Lord!
O let all that is in me adore Him!
All that hath life and breath come now
with praises before Him!
Let the amen
sound from His people again:
gladly for aye we adore Him.

MP 664 : The Spirit lives ( v 1,2,5 & 6)

1 The Spirit lives to set us free,
walk, walk in the light;
He binds us all in unity,
walk, walk in the light.
Chorus  Walk in the light,
walk in the light,
walk in the light,
walk in the light of the Lord.

2 Jesus promised life to all,
walk, walk in the light;
the dead were wakened by His call,
walk, walk in the light.
Chorus

5 By Jesus’ love our wounds are healed,
walk, walk in the light;
the Father kindness is revealed,
walk, walk in the light.
Chorus

6 The Spirit lives in you and me,
walk, walk in the light;
His light will shine for all to see,
walk, walk in the light.
Chorus

Luke 13 : 31 – 35 New International Version

Jesus’ Sorrow for Jerusalem
At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him,
“Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.”
He replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘I will keep on driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.
In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.”

MP 162 : From heaven you came

1 From heaven you came, helpless babe,
entered our world, Your glory veiled,
not to be served but to serve,
and give Your life that we might live.
Chorus
This is our God, the Servant King,
He calls us now to follow Him,
to bring our lives as a daily offering
of worship to the Servant King.

2 There in the garden of tears
my heavy load he chose to bear;
His heart with sorrow was torn,
‘Yet not my will but yours,’ He said.
Chorus

3 Come see His and and His feet,
the scars that speak of sacrifice,
hands that flung stars into space
to cruel nails surrendered.
Chorus
4 So let us learn how to serve
and in our lives enthrone Him,
each other’s needs to prefer,
for it is Christ we’re serving.
Chorus

CH4 535 : Who would true valour

1 Who would true valour see,
let him come hither;
one here will constant be,
come wind, come weather;
there’s no discouragement
shall make him one relent
his first avowed intent
to be a pilgrim.

2 Who so beset him round
with dismal stories,
do but themselves confound;
his strength the more us,
No lion can him fright;
he’ll with a giant fight,
but he will have a right
to be a pilgrim.

3 Hobgoblin nor foul fiend
can daunt his spirit:
he knows he at the end
shall life inherit.
Then fancies fly away;
he’ll fear not what men say;
he’ll labour night and day
to be a pilgrim.

CH4 153 /MP 200: Great is thy faithfulness

1 Great is Thy faithfulness,
O God my Father,
there is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not,
Thy compassions they fail not,
as Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be.
Chorus
Great is Thy faithfulness,
great is Thy faithfulness;
morning by morning
new mercies I see;
all I have needed
Thy hand hath provided –
great is Thy faithfulness,
Lord unto me!
2 Summer and winter,
And springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars
in their courses above,
join with all nature in manifold witness
to Thy great faithfulness,
mercy and love.
Chorus
3 Pardon for sin,
and peace that endureth,
Thine own dear presence
to cheer and to guide;
strength for today
and bright hope for tomorrow,
blessing all mine
with ten thousand beside!
Chorus