A prayer for the Ephesians<\/p>\n
(words for hymns and bible reading can be found below the order of service)<\/p>\n
Welcome and Intimations
\nCall to Worship
\nDedication
\nMP 560 Praise my soul
\nPrayer and Lord\u2019s Prayer
\nIntroduction to reading
\nReading Ephesians 3 : 14 – 21
\nMP 857\u00a0 I the Lord of sea and sky
\nReflection 1
\nVideo 10000 Reasons Matt Redman
\nReflection 2
\nMP 445 Lord the Light of your love
\nIntercessions
\nMP 33\u00a0 And can it be
\nBenediction<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Call to Worship MP 560 Praise my soul<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Praise, my soul, the King of heaven: 2 Praise Him for His grace and favour 3 Father-like He tends and spares us; 4 Angels, help us to adore Him; Ephesians 3: 14 – 21 MP 857\u00a0 I, the Lord of sea and sky<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 I, the Lord of sea and sky; Chorus<\/em> 2 I, the Lord of snow and rain, 3 I, the Lord of wind and flame, MP 445 Lord the Light of your love<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Lord, the light of Your love is shinning, Chorus<\/em> 2 Lord, I come to Your awesome presence, 3 As we gaze on Your kingly brightness MP 33\u00a0 And can it be<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 And can it be that I should gain 2 ‘Tis mystery all! The Immortal dies: 3 He left His Father’s throne above – 4 Long my imprisoned spirit lay 5 No condemnation now I dread; A prayer for the Ephesians (words for hymns and bible reading can be found below the order of service) Welcome and Intimations Call to Worship Dedication MP 560 Praise my soul Prayer and Lord\u2019s Prayer Introduction to reading Reading Ephesians … Continue reading
\n<\/strong>Lord your love calls us here
\nYour love calls us to worship you
\nYou are the Lord whose perfect love casts out fear
\nSo may we know the freedom your love brings
\nAnd in worship sing your song of praise
\nTo your glory
\nAnd in honour of your name<\/p>\n
\nto His feet thy tribute bring;
\nransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
\nwho like thee His praise should sing?
\nPraise Him! Praise Him!
\nPraise Him! Praise Him!
\nPraise the everlasting King.<\/p>\n
\nto our fathers, in distress;
\npraise Him still the same for ever,
\nslow to chide, and swift to bless.
\nPraise Him! Praise Him!
\nPraise Him! Praise Him!
\nGlorious in His faithfulness.<\/p>\n
\nwell our feeble frame He knows,
\nin His hands, He gently bears us,
\nrescues us from all our foes.
\nPraise Him! Praise Him!
\nPraise Him! Praise Him!
\nWidely as His mercy flows.<\/p>\n
\nye behold Him face to face;
\nsun and moon, bow down before Him;
\ndwellers al in time and space.
\nPraise Him! Praise Him!
\nPraise Him! Praise Him!
\nPraise with us the God of grace.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>For this reason, I kneel\u00a0before the Father,\u00a0from whom every family\u00a0in heaven and on earth derives its name.\u00a0
\n<\/sup><\/strong>I pray that out of his glorious riches\u00a0he may strengthen you with power\u00a0through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts\u00a0through faith.
\nAnd I pray that you, being rooted\u00a0and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord\u2019s holy people,\u00a0to grasp how wide and long and high and deep\u00a0is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge\u2014that you may be filled\u00a0to the measure of all the fullness of God.
\nNow to him who is able\u00a0to do immeasurably more than all we ask\u00a0or imagine, according to his power\u00a0that is at work within us,\u00a0to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.<\/p>\n
\nI have heard My people cry.
\nAll who dwell in dark and sin
\nMy hand will save.
\nI who made the stars of night,
\nI will make their darkness bright.
\nWho will bear My Light to them?
\nWhom shall I send?<\/p>\n
\nHere I am, Lord.<\/em>
\nIs it I, Lord?<\/em>
\nI have heard You calling in the night,<\/em>
\nI will go, Lord,<\/em>
\nif You lead me.<\/em>
\nI will hold Your people in my heart.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI have borne My people’s pain.
\nI have wept for love of them.
\nThey turn away.
\nI will break their hearts of stone,
\ngive them hearts for love alone.
\nI will speak My word to them.
\nWhom shall I send?
\nChorus\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI will tend the poor and lame,
\nI will set a feast for them.
\nMy hand will save.
\nFinest bread I will provide
\ntill their hears are satisfied.
\nI will give My life to them.
\nWhom shall I send?
\nChorus<\/em><\/p>\n
\nin the midst of the darkness, shinning;
\nJesus, Light of the world,
\nshine upon us:
\nset us free
\nby the trust You now bring us –
\nshine on me, shine on me.<\/p>\n
\nShine, Jesus, shine,<\/em>
\nfill this land with the Father’s glory;<\/em>
\nblaze, Spirit, blaze,<\/em>
\nset our hearts on fire.<\/em>
\nFlow, river, flow,<\/em>
\nflood the nations with grace and mercy:<\/em>
\nsend forth Your word, Lord,<\/em>
\nand let there be light!<\/em><\/p>\n
\nfrom the shadows into Your radiance;
\nby Your blood
\nI may enter Your brightness;
\nsearch me, try me,
\nconsume all my darkness –
\nshine on me, shine on me.
\nChorus<\/em><\/p>\n
\nso our faces display Your likeness,
\never changing from glory to glory:
\nmirrored here,
\nmay our lives tell Your story –
\nshine on me, shine on me.
\nChorus<\/em><\/p>\n
\nan interest in the Saviour’s blood?
\nDied He for me, who caused His pain?
\nFor me , who Him to death pursued?
\nAmazing love! how can it be
\nthat Thou, my God,
\nshould die for me!<\/p>\n
\nwho can explore His strange design?
\nin vain the first-born seraph tries
\nto sound the depths of live divine.
\n‘Tis mercy all! let earth adore,
\nlet angel minds inquire no more.<\/p>\n
\nso free so infinite His grace –
\nemptied Himself of all but love,
\nand bled for Adam’s helpless race.
\n‘Tis mercy all, immense and free;
\nfor, O my God, it found out me!<\/p>\n
\nfast bound in sin and nature’s night;
\nThine eye diffused a quickening ray –
\nI woke, the dungeon flamed with light;
\nmy chains fell off, my heart was free.
\nI rose, went forth, and followed Thee.<\/p>\n
\nJesus, and all in Him, is mine!
\nAlive in Him, my living Head,
\nand clothed in righteousness divine,
\nbold I approach the eternal throne,
\nand claim the crown, through Christ, my own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"