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In Jesus' Name — Israel Houghton

Been So Good — Elevation Worship

I Shall Not Want — Audrey Assad

Refiner — Maverick City Music

Thank You Jesus for the Blood — Charity Gayle

Out of Hiding — Tye Tribbett

Liturgy & Sermon

Call to Worship

We worship you, Lord of heaven, with our voices.

With your speech you made all of creation.

Holy Trinity, you live in perfect serenity, always possessing all you need.

And yet you beckoned creation into being with your powerful Word.

You created the staggering display of stars.

You formed everything, from the greatest galaxies to the minuscule molecules that hold it all together.

You wove threads of grace and blessing into the fabric of the universe.

Your love fills the spaces between us.

Your breath fills our lungs.

And so with every breath, we praise you, Lord our God, Maker of all.

To whom could we compare our God?

Who in all creation is equal to Him?

He alone is Yahweh! There is no one like him!

He declares the end from the beginning.

All his plans come to pass,

All he speaks will be accomplished.

–based on Isaiah 46:5, 9-11

Confession

Father, we acknowledge our shortcomings and confess that

we have strayed from your perfect love.

In our brokenness, we turn to You.

We seek the forgiveness that only Your mercy can provide.

For the times we have resisted Your lordship—

choosing control over surrender, our way over Yours—

Lord, have mercy. Help us to submit to Your will.

For the times we were impatient and did not consult you in our decisions,

Please forgive us and help us to seek your wisdom in all of our lives,

We look to you for the strength to walk in total obedience.

May the grace of your Spirit transform us into the likeness of Your Son, Jesus Christ.

In his name we pray, Amen.

Assurance

Help us to hold fast to your word and to these glorious truths:

When I am brokenhearted, the Lord is near; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.

When my closest friends betray or abandon me:

I will not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord is with me; he will not fail me or abandon me.

When I am too weak to withstand the trial, I will remember these words:

Jesus says, “I have told you these things so that you will have peace.

Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows.

But take heart, I have overcome the world.”

When my own failures loom large in my mind, I will remember these truths:

I was dead because of my sins and my sinful nature.

Then God made me alive with Christ and forgave all my sins.

He canceled the record of the charges against me and nailed it to the cross.

–adapted from Psalm 34:18; Deuteronomy 31:8; John 16:33; Colossians 2:13-14

Scripture Reading & Sermon

God, This Is Not the Answer I Expected
Pastor Timothy Paul Jones

5 Look at the nations and observe—
be utterly astounded!
For I am doing something in your days
that you will not believe
when you hear about it.
6 Look! I am raising up the Chaldeans,
that bitter, impetuous nation
that marches across the earth’s open spaces
to seize territories not its own.
7 They are fierce and terrifying;
their views of justice and sovereignty
stem from themselves.
8 Their horses are swifter than leopards
and more fierce than wolves of the night.
Their horsemen charge ahead;
their horsemen come from distant lands.
They fly like eagles, swooping to devour.
9 All of them come to do violence;
their faces are set in determination.
They gather prisoners like sand.
10 They mock kings,
and rulers are a joke to them.
They laugh at every fortress
and build siege ramps to capture it.
11 Then they sweep by like the wind
and pass through.
They are guilty; their strength is their god.
12 Are you not from eternity, LORD my God?
My Holy One, you will not die.
LORD, you appointed them to execute judgment;
my Rock, you destined them to punish us.

Habakkuk 1:5–12

In the times when justice tarries, I may not understand what comes next, but I can take my complaints to the One who goes first.

Even If I Knew What Comes Next, It Wouldn’t Make My Waiting Any Easier (Habakkuk 1:5–11)
Even If I Can’t Comprehend What God Does, I Can Trust Who God Is (Habakkuk 1:12)
Even If I Don’t See God’s Goodness Yet, I Will (Habakkuk 1:5; Acts 13:39–41)