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Order of Service: August 30, 2020
Call to Worship: Psalm 136:1-3,26 — Jenni Briggs
Song: Psalm 136 (Your Mercy Endures)
Prayer of Confession/Lament— Nate Joffe
Song: Give Us Your Heart
Statement of Assurance — Allen Sanderson
Scripture Reading— Terri Joffe
Sermon: Jonah 4 — Tim Briggs
Communion
Song: How Deep the Father’s Love
Benediction: Revelation 1:5 — Allen Sanderson
Call to Worship
Psalm 136:1-3,26 (Responsive reading, the congregation reads aloud the bolded portions)
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
2 Give thanks to the God of gods,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
Give thanks to the God of heaven,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
Psalm 136 (Your Mercy Endures)
Give Thanks To The Lord
For He is Good, He is Good, Good
Give Thanks To The Lord
For He is Good, He is Good, Good, Good
Your Mercy endures forever and ever
Your Mercy endures
To Him Who Alone
Does Great Wonders, Does Great Wonders Be Praise
To Him Who Spread Out
The Earth Upon The Waters, The Earth Upon The Waters We Say
Your Mercy endures forever And ever
Your Mercy endures
Your Mercy endures forever And ever
Your Mercy endures
God of Gods And Lord of Lords
Your Mercy endures, Your Mercy endures
God of Gods And Lord of Lords
Your Mercy endures, Your Mercy endures
Give Thanks To The Lord
For He is Good, He is Good, Good
Give Thanks To The Lord
For He is Good, He is Good, You’re Good, God
Give Us Your Heart
Scripture Reading — Jonah 4
Jonah’s Anger and the Lord‘s Compassion
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. 2 And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster. 3 Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.” 4 And the Lord said, “Do you do well to be angry?”
5 Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city. 6 Now the Lord God appointed a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant. 7 But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered. 8 When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.” 9 But God said to Jonah, “Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.” 10 And the Lord said, “You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and perished in a night. 11 And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?”
How Deep the Father’s Love
How deep the Father’s love for us,
How vast beyond all measure,
That He should give His only Son
To make a wretch His treasure.
How great the pain of searing loss –
The Father turns His face away,
As wounds which mar the Chosen One
Bring many sons to glory.
Behold the man upon a cross,
My sin upon His shoulders;
Ashamed, I hear my mocking voice
Call out among the scoffers.
It was my sin that held Him there
Until it was accomplished;
His dying breath has brought me life –
I know that it is finished.
I will not boast in anything,
No gifts, no power, no wisdom;
But I will boast in Jesus Christ,
His death and resurrection.
Why should I gain from His reward?
I cannot give an answer;
But this I know with all my heart –
His wounds have paid my ransom.
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3122 Fincher Farm Rd., Suite 250
Matthews, NC 28105-5466