Call to Worship As Pants the Hart Based on Psalm 42. Verses 1,5 Tate and Brady's New Version, 1696. Verses 2-4 Kathy Kuhl, 2005. Alt. Davide Marney, 2005 As pants the hart for cooling streams,when heated in the chase,,So longs my soul, O God, for thee,,and thy refreshing grace.,For thee, my God, O Lord,,my thirsty soul does pine;,O when shall I behold thy face,,thou Majesty divine!,Amen.,,My tears have fed me day and night,,while others always say,,"Where is thy God?" But I recall,the crowd along the way.,To God's house with glad shouts,,I led the festive throng.,So hope in God, His saving help,I'll praise with joyful song.,Amen.,,With roaring of thy cataracts,,the deep calls unto deep.,Thy billows all pass over me,,thy waves upon me sweep.,By day, Lord you command,your everlasting love. A,t night your song is in my heart,,in prayer to you above.,Amen.,,I say to God, "Why do I mourn,when enemies oppress?,Oh, why have you forgotten me?,My soul is in distress.",As with a deadly wound,,my enemies taunt me.,They mock and say, "Where is thy God?",,but I will hope in thee.,Amen.,,Why restless, why cast down, my soul?,Trust God and he'll employ,His aid for thee and change,these sighs to thankful hymns of joy.,Why restless, why cast down?,Hope still and you shall sing,The praise of him who is thy God,,thy health's eternal spring.,Amen.

Call to Worship Gracious Spirit, Dove Divine John Stocker, 1777 Gracious Spirit Dove Divine,,Let thy light within me shine,All my guilty fears remove,,Fill me full of heav'n and love.,,(Chorus:),Let me never from thee stray,,Keep me in the narrow way,,Fill my soul with joy divine,Keep me, Lord for ever thine.,,Speak thy pardoning grace to me,,Set the burdened sinner free,Lead me to the Lamb of God,,Wash me in his precious blood.,,(chorus),,Life and peace to me impart,Seal salvation on my heart,Breathe thyself into my breast,Earnest of immortal rest.,,(chorus)

Call to Worship Hiding In Thee William O. Cushing, 1876. Alt. Davide C. Marney, 2012 Oh safe to the Rock that is higher than I,My soul in its conflicts and sorrows would fly.,So sinful, so weary, thine would I be,thou blest Rock of Ages I'm hiding in thee.,,(Chorus:),Hiding in thee, Lord, hiding in thee,,O blest Rock of Ages I'm hiding in thee.,,In calm of the noontide, in sorrow's lone hour,,in times when temptation cast o'er me its pow'r,,in tempests of life, on its wide, heaving sea,,thou blest Rock of Ages, I'm hiding in thee.,,(chorus),,How oft in the conflict, when pressed by the foe,,I flee to my refuge and breathe out my woe!,How often when trials like sea billlows roll,,have I hid in thee O thou Rock of my soul!,,(chorus)

Call to Worship O, Breath of Life Bessie P. Head, 1914 O, Breath of Life, come sweeping through us,,revive your church with life and pow'r;,O, Breath of Life, come cleanse, renew us,,And fit your church to meet this hour.,,O, Wind of God, come bend us, break us,,Till humbly we confess our need;,Then in your tenderness remake us,,Revive, restore, for this we plead.,,O, Breath of Love, come breathe within us,,Renewing thought and will and heart;,Come, Love of Christ, afresh to win us,,Revive your church in every part.,,O, Heart of Christ, once broken for us,,'Tis there we find our strength and rest;,Our broken, contrite hearts now solace,,And let your waiting church be blest.,,Revive us, Lord! Is zeal abating,While harvest fields are vast and white?,Revive us, Lord, the world is waiting,Equip your church to spread the light.,,Better than life itself thy love,,Dearer that all beside to me:,For whom have I in heav'n above,,Or what on earth compared to thee?,,Praise with my heart, my mind, my voice.,For all they mercy I will give;,My soul shall still in God rejoice;,My tongue shall bless thee while I live.

Confession and Assurance Cast Thy Burden on the Lord Anonymous in Rowland Hill's Psalms and Hymns, 1783 Cast thy burden on the Lord,Only lean upon His word;,Thou wilt soon have cause to bless,His eternal faithfulness.,,He sustains thee by His hand,He enables thee to stand;,Those whom Jesus once hath loved,From His grace are never moved.,,Human counsels come to naught;,That shall stand which God hath wrought;,His compassion, love, and pow'r,Are the same for evvermore.,,Heav'n and earth may pass away,,God's free grace shall not decay;,He hath promised to fulfill,All the pleasure of His will.,,Jesus, Guardian of thy flock,,Be thyself our constant rock;,Make us, by thy pow'rful hand,,Strong as Zion's mountain stand.

Confession and Assurance Cast Thy Burden on the Lord - Responsive Reading John Bennetch

Confession and Assurance Change of Heart Davide C. Marney, 2014 I want to change;,My cold, cold heart to soften like the rain.,I promise you I want to change,,And be the man I'm meant to be.,,Don't know myself;,Can't feel, like a stone: no flesh, no bone.,I want to live, to breathe, to feel;,Not made of metal, a heart of steel.,,Somewhere inside,There is a heart that longs to beat again.,I've lacked attention, letting go,,Wand'ring, hoping it doesn't show,,But God can change;,This hard, hard heart was purchased through His pain.,So sinners such as I could change,,To be the man God wants for me.

Confession and Assurance Lord, In Humility I Stand Thomas Raffles, 1831. Alt. David Coffin, Jr. and Paul Wolfe, 2008 Lord, in humility I stand,,And lift my heart to thee;,Thy pardn'ing grace, O God, command,,Be merciful to me.,,Thy way of holiness 'tis best,But I've not hallowed thee.,Now is my soul by sin distressed,Be merciful to me.,,My guilt, my shame, I all confess;,I have no hope nor plea,But Jesus' blood and righteousness;,Be merciful to me.,,Here at thy cross I now take my stand,Nor from its shelter flee,,Till thou, O God, at my right hand,Art merciful to me.

Confession and Assurance Lord, Like the Publican I Stand Thomas Raffles, 1831. Lord, like the publican I stand,,And lift my heart to thee;,Thy pardn'ing grace, O God, command,,Be merciful to me.,,I smite upon my worn, anxious breast,,O'erwhelmed with agony;,O save my soul by sin oppressed,,Be merciful to me.,,My guilt, my shame, I all confess;,I have no hope nor plea,But Jesus' blood and righteousness;,Be merciful to me.,,Here at thy cross I still would wait,,Nor from its shelter flee,,Till thou, O God, in mercy great,,Art merciful to me.

Confession and Assurance Take Me, O My Father, Take Me Ray Palmer, 1864 Take me O my Father take me,,Take me, save me through thy Son;,That which thou would have me, make me,,Let thy will in me be done.,Long from thee my footsteps straying,Thorny proved the way I trod;,Weary come I now and praying.,Take me to thy love my God.,,Fruitless years with grief recalling,Humbly I confess my sin;,At thy feet, O Father falling,,To thy household take me in.,Freely now to thee I proffer,This relenting heart of mine;,Freely life and soul I offer.,Gift unworthy love like thine.,,Once the world's redeemer dying,Bore our sins upon the tree;,On that sacrifice relying,,Now I look in hope to thee.,Father take me all forgiving,Fold me to thy loving breast;,In thy love foreverer living.,I must be forever blest.

Confession and Assurance Three-Fold Amen Traditional

Confession and Assurance Throned Upon the Awful Tree John Ellerton, 1875 Throned upon the awful tree,,King of grief, I watch with thee.,Darkness veils thine anguished face:,none its lines of woe can trace:,none can tell what pangs unknown,hold thee silent and alone,,Silent through the three dread hours,,wrestling with the evil pow'rs,,Left alone with human sin,,gloom around thee and within,,till th'appointed time is nigh,,till the Lamb of God may die.,,Hark, that cry that peals aloud,upward through the whelming cloud!,Thou, the Father's only Son,,thou, His own Anointed One,,thou dost ask Him can it be?,"Why hast thou forsaken me?",,Lord, should fear and anguish roll,darkly o'er my sinful soul,,Thou, who once wast thus bereft,that thine own might ne're be left,,Teach me by that bitter cry,in the gloom to know thee nigh.

Death Jesus Lives, and So Shall I Christian F. Gellert, 1757. Tr. by J. D. Lang, 1826 Jesus lives and so shall I.,Death! Thy sting is gone forever!,He who deigned for me to die,Lives, the bands of death to sever.,He shall raise me from the dust:,Jesus is my Hope and Trust.,,Jesus lives and reigns supreme;,And His kingdom still remaining.,I shall also be with him,Ever living, ever reigning,,God has promised, be it must:,Jesus is my Hope and Trust.,,Jesus lives and by his grace,,Vict'ry o'er my passions giving.,I will cleanse my heart and ways,,Ever to his glory living,,Me He raises from the dust,,Jesus is my Hope and Trust.,,Jesus lives! I know full well.,Nought from Him my heart can sever.,Life nor death nor pow'rs of hell,,Joy nor grief, henceforth forever,,None of all his saints is lost:,Jesus is my Hope and Trust.,,Jesus lives, and death is now,But my entrance into glory.,Courage then, my soul, for thou,Hast a crown of life before thee.,Thou shalt find thy hopes were just:,Jesus is the Christian's Trust.

Offering Fill Thou My Life Horatius Bonar, 1866. Alt. Davide C. Marney, 1997 Fill Thou my life O Lord, my God.,In evry part With praise my God.,That my whole being may proclaim,Thy being and thy ways,,Fill thou my life, Lord,,Fill my life.,,Not for the lip of praise alone,,Nor even the heart to praise your Name.,I ask you for a life made up,Of praise in ev 'ry part;,A life of praise, Lord,,In each part.,,Fill ev'ry part of me with praise;,Let all my life, my being speak,Of thee and of thy love, O Lord,,Poor though I be, and weak.,Poor though I be, Lord,,Fill my heart.,,So shall you, Lord from me, from me,Receive the glory due your Name.,And so shall I begin on earth,The song forever new.,Receive from me, Lord,,Glory due.,,So shall each hour of day or night,With sacredness be fully filled.,But all my life, in ev 'ry step,,Be fellowship with thee.,In day or night, Lord,,You're with me.

Offering Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken Henry F. Lyte; text of 1833 Jesus, I my cross have taken,,All to leave and follow thee;,Destitute despised, forsaken,,Thou from hence my all shalt be:,Perish ev'ry fond ambition,All I've sought, or hoped, or known;,Yet how rich is my condition,,God and heav'n are still my own.,,Man may trouble and distress me,,'Twill but drive me to thy breast;,Life with trials hard may press me,,Heavn' will bring me sweetter rest:,O 'tis not in grief to harm me,While thy love is left to me;,O 'twere not in joy to charm me,,Were that joy unmixed with thee.,,Take, my soul, thy full salvation,,Rise o'er sin and fear and care;,Joy to find in ev'ry station,Something still to do or bear;,Think what Spirit dwells within thee,,What a Father's smile is thine,,What a Savior died to win thee:,Child of heav'n shouldst thou repine?,,Haste then on from grace to glory,,Armed by faith, and winged by prayer;,Heav'n's eternal day's before thee,,God's own hand shall guide thee there.,Soon shall close thy earthly mission,Swift shall pass thy pilgrim days;,Hope soon change to glad fruition,Faith to sight, and prayer to praise.

Offering Take Thou Our Thoughts William Hiram Foulkes, 1918. Alt. Davide C. Marney, 2018. Take Thou our thoughts, Lord we humbly pray;,Give us the mind of Christ every day;,Teach us to know the truth that sets us free;,Grant each thought to honor thee.,,(Chorus:),Take Thou ourselves, Lord,Our hearts, mind, and will;,Thy plans fulfill.,We yield our lives, Lord,Our time and talents, all.,We heed thy sovreign call.,,Take Thou our hearts, they are thine own;,Come in our souls and claim Thy throne;,Help us to spread abroad Thy endless love;,Make our lives like heav'n above.,,(chorus),,Take Thou our will, hold Thou full sway;,Have in our souls Thy perfect way;,Guard Thou each sacred hour from selfish ease;,Guide our lives as Thy would please.,,(chorus)

Offering Three-Fold Amen Traditional

Praise As Pants the Hart Based on Psalm 42. Verses 1,5 Tate and Brady's New Version, 1696. Verses 2-4 Kathy Kuhl, 2005. Alt. Davide Marney, 2005 As pants the hart for cooling streams,when heated in the chase,,So longs my soul, O God, for thee,,and thy refreshing grace.,For thee, my God, O Lord,,my thirsty soul does pine;,O when shall I behold thy face,,thou Majesty divine!,Amen.,,My tears have fed me day and night,,while others always say,,"Where is thy God?" But I recall,the crowd along the way.,To God's house with glad shouts,,I led the festive throng.,So hope in God, His saving help,I'll praise with joyful song.,Amen.,,With roaring of thy cataracts,,the deep calls unto deep.,Thy billows all pass over me,,thy waves upon me sweep.,By day, Lord you command,your everlasting love. A,t night your song is in my heart,,in prayer to you above.,Amen.,,I say to God, "Why do I mourn,when enemies oppress?,Oh, why have you forgotten me?,My soul is in distress.",As with a deadly wound,,my enemies taunt me.,They mock and say, "Where is thy God?",,but I will hope in thee.,Amen.,,Why restless, why cast down, my soul?,Trust God and he'll employ,His aid for thee and change,these sighs to thankful hymns of joy.,Why restless, why cast down?,Hope still and you shall sing,The praise of him who is thy God,,thy health's eternal spring.,Amen.

Praise Behold the Throne John Newton, 1749. Alt. Davide Marney, 2009 Behold the throne, the throne of grace,,The promise calls and draws us near.,There Jesus shows a smiling face,And waits to hear and answer prayer.,,(Chorus:),My soul, ask what you will,,You cannot be too bold;,Since His own blood He shed,,What else can He withhold?,My soul, ask what you will,,You cannot be too bold;,Since His own blood He shed,,What else can He withhold?,Behold the throne,,the throne of grace,,behold the throne.,,Thine image, Lord, bestow on me,,Thy presence Lord, and all Thy love;,I ask to serve Thee here below,,And reign with Thee in heav'n above.,,(Chorus:),Teach me to live by faith,,Conform my will to Thine;,Give vic'try over death,,And then in glory shine.,Teach me to live by faith,,Conform my will to Thine;,Give vic'try over death,,And then in glory shine.,And there behold,the throne of grace,,behold the throne.,,Beyond our thoughts, our utmost needs,,His love and pow'r alone can bless;,To praying souls He always grants,,More than they know, or can express.,,(Chorus:),That rich, atoning blood,,Which sprinkled round we see,,Provides for those who come,An all-prevailing plea.,It is the Lord's command,forever to provide,,Lord, open up Your hand,,That I may be supplied.,Let me behold,the throne of grace,,behold the throne.

Praise Gentle Mary Laid Her Child Joseph Simpson Cook, 1919 Gentle Mary laid her childLeadsheet,lowly in, in a manger;,there he lay, the Undefiled,,to the world, was a stranger.,Such a babe in such a place,,can he be, be the Savior?,Ask the saved of every race,who have found, found his favor.,,(Chorus:),Gentle Mary laid her child,,lowly in a manger.,,Angels sang about his birth,,wise men sought, sought and found him,heaven's star shone brightly forth,,glory all, all around him.,Shepherds saw the wondrous sight,,heard the angels, heard them singing;,all the plains were lit that night,,all the hills, hills were ringing.,,(Chorus:),Angels sang about his birth,,wise men sought and found him.,,Gentle Mary laid her child,lowly in, in a manger;,he is still the Undefiled,,but no more, is a stranger.,Son of God of humble birth,,beautiful is the story;,praise his name in all the earth,,hail the King, King of glory!,,(Chorus:),Gentle Mary laid her child,lowly in a manger.

Praise God Is My Great Salvation Davide C. Marney, 2009. Based on Psalm 27. (Chorus:),God is my great salvation;,God is my Savior!,,Whom have I to fear?,The Lord protects my life!,Though evil men attack,,they trip and fall.,I'm confident in Him;,though armies may surround me,,Though war itself be near,,I do not fear!,,(chorus),,One thing I desire,,one thing of Him I ask:,To live within His house,forevermore.,To gaze upon His throne,,to contemplate His majesty,,To shelter in His home,,when danger nears.,,(chorus),,He will lift me up,,and place me on a Rock;,The triumph will be mine,,the victory!,I'll raise a shout of joy,,sing praises and make offerings,,Sing praises to the Lord,,who saves my life!,,(chorus),,Teach me how to live,,and lead me in your path;,Oh, cast me not upon my enemies.,My heart was tired and faint,,until I had believed in Him.,I'll wait upon the Lord,,who strengthens me.,,(chorus)

Praise Great God of Wonders Samuel Davies, 1728-1761 Great God of wonders!,All thy ways are worthy of thyself divine;,And the bright glories of thy grace,,Among thine other wonders shine;,,(Chorus:),Who is a pard'ning God like thee?,Or who has grace so rich and free?,,Pardon from an offended God!,Pardon for sins of deepest dye!,Pardon bestowed through Jesus' blood!,Pardon that brings the rebel nigh!,,(chorus),,O may this glorious matchless love,,This God-like miracle of grace,,Teach mortal tongues, like those above,,To raise this song of lofty praise:,,(chorus)

Praise How Gentle God's Commands Philip Dodderidge, 1755. Alt. Davide C. Marney, 2008 How gentle God's commands,How kind his precepts are!,Come, cast your burdens down,And trust his constant care.,,Beneath his watchful eye,His saints securely dwell.,Oh haste to His throne,And sweet refreshment find.,Why should this anxious load,Press down your mind?,He who bears all,Shall guard you well.,,His goodness stands approved,,Unchanged from day to day.,I'll drop my burden at His feet,And bear a song away.

Praise Jesus Lives, and So Shall I Christian F. Gellert, 1757. Tr. by J. D. Lang, 1826 Jesus lives and so shall I.,Death! Thy sting is gone forever!,He who deigned for me to die,Lives, the bands of death to sever.,He shall raise me from the dust:,Jesus is my Hope and Trust.,,Jesus lives and reigns supreme;,And His kingdom still remaining.,I shall also be with him,Ever living, ever reigning,,God has promised, be it must:,Jesus is my Hope and Trust.,,Jesus lives and by his grace,,Vict'ry o'er my passions giving.,I will cleanse my heart and ways,,Ever to his glory living,,Me He raises from the dust,,Jesus is my Hope and Trust.,,Jesus lives! I know full well.,Nought from Him my heart can sever.,Life nor death nor pow'rs of hell,,Joy nor grief, henceforth forever,,None of all his saints is lost:,Jesus is my Hope and Trust.,,Jesus lives, and death is now,But my entrance into glory.,Courage then, my soul, for thou,Hast a crown of life before thee.,Thou shalt find thy hopes were just:,Jesus is the Christian's Trust.

Praise My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less Edward Mote, 1834 My hope is built on nothing less,than Jesus' blood and righteousness,I dare not trust the sweetest frame,,But wholly lean on Jesus' Name.,,(Chorus:),On Christ, the solid Rock I stand;,All other ground is sinking sand.,,When darkness veils his lovely face,,I rest on his unchanging grace;,in every high and stormy gale,,my anchor holds within the veil.,,(chorus),,His oath, His covenant his blood,support me in the whelming flood;,when all around my soul gives way,,he then is all my hope and stay.,,(chorus),,When he shall come with tumpet sound,,O may I then in him be found;,dressed in his rightteousness alone,,faultless to stand before the throne.,,(chorus)

Praise O God, You Are My God Alone James Montgomery, 1822. Alt. Davide C. Marney, 1995 O God, you are my God alone;,Early to thee my soul shall cry;,A pilgrim in a land unknown,,A thirsty land whose springs are dry.,,O that it were as it has been!,When, praying in the holy place,,Thy pow'r and glory I have seen,,And marked the footsteps of they grace.,,Yet, through this rough and thorny maze,,I follow hard on thee, my God:,Thy hand, unseen upholds my ways,,I safely tred where you have trod.,,Thee, in the watches of the night,,When I remember on my bed,,Thy presence makes the darkness light,,Thy guardian wings are round my head.

Preparation Bread of the World Reginald Herber, 1827 Bread of the world in mercy broken,,Wine of the soul in mercy shed,,By whom the words of life were spoken,,And in whose death our sins are dead.,,Look on the heart by sorrow broken,,Look on the tears by sinners shed,,And, by thy feast to us the token,That by thy grace our souls are fed.

Preparation Break Thou The Bread of Life Mary A. Lathbury, 1877. Alt. David Coffin, Jr. 1995 Break thou the bread of life,,dear Lord, to me,As thou did break the loaves,beside the sea;,Throughout the sacred page,I seek thee, Lord,,My spirit pants for thee,,O living Word.,,Bless thou the truth,,dear Lord, to me, to me,As thou did bless the bread,by Galilee;,Then shall all bondage cease,,All fetters fall;,And I shall find my peace,,my All in Lord.,,Thou art the Bread of Life,,O Lord, to me,Thy holy Word the truth,that saveth me;,Give me to eat and live,With thee above;,Teach me to love thy truth,,for thou art love.,,O send thy Spirit Lord,,now unto me,That He may touch my eyes,and make me see:,Show me the truth revealed,Within thy Word,,And in thy light I'll see,my gracious Lord.,,Yes, in thy light I see,my gracious Lord. love.

Preparation Holy Ghost, With Light Divine Andrew Reed, 1787. Alt. Davide C. Marney, 2012 Holy Ghost, with light divine,Shine upon this heart of mine;,Chase the shades of night away,,Turn the darkness into day.,Let me see my Savior's face,,Let me all His beauties trace;,Show those glorious truths to me,Which are only known to Thee.,,(Chorus:),Holy light divine,,Shine within this heart of mine.,,Holy Ghost, with pow'r divine,Cleanse this guilty heart of mine;,In thy mercy pity me,,From sin's bondage set me free.,Holy Ghost with joy divine Cheer,this saddened heart of mine;,Yield a sacred, settled peace,,Let it grow and still increase.,,(chorus),,Holy Spirit, all divine,,Dwell within this heart of mine;,Cast down every idol throne,,Reign supreme, and reign alone.,See, to Thee I yield my heart,,Shed Thy life through every part;,A pure temple I would be,,Wholly dedicate to Thee.,,(chorus)

Preparation How Gentle God's Commands Philip Dodderidge, 1755. Alt. Davide C. Marney, 2008 How gentle God's commands,How kind his precepts are!,Come, cast your burdens down,And trust his constant care.,,Beneath his watchful eye,His saints securely dwell.,Oh haste to His throne,And sweet refreshment find.,Why should this anxious load,Press down your mind?,He who bears all,Shall guard you well.,,His goodness stands approved,,Unchanged from day to day.,I'll drop my burden at His feet,And bear a song away.

Preparation Lord, Thy Word Abideth Sir Henry W. Baker, 1861. Alt. Davide C. Marney and Larry Yeager, 2005 Lord, thy Word abideth,,And our footsteps guideth;,Who its truth believeth,Joy receiveth.,When our foes are near us,,Then thy Word doth cheer us;,Word of consolation,And salvation.,,When the storms are o'er us,,And dark clouds before us,,Then its light directeth,And protecteth.,Who can tell the pleasure,,Who recount the treasure,,Of thy Word which liveth,,And abideth.,,Word of mercy, giving,Succor to the living;,Thy word comfort supplying,,To the dying.,O that we discerning,Its most holy learning,Lord, may love and fear thee,,And be near thee.

Preparation Psalm 137 Psalm 137 L.M. from The Psalter Hymnal, 1927 ed. By Babel's waters we sat and wept,For memory still to Zion clung;,The winds alone our harpstrings swept,,That on the weeping willows hung.,,There our rude captors, flushed in their pride,A song required to mock our wrongs;,Our spoilers called for songs of mirth,,"Come sing us one of Zion's songs.",,Not songs but sighs to us belong,When Zion's walls in ruin lie;,How shall we sing Jehovah's song,While in an alien land we die?,,O Zion fair, God's holy hill,Wherein our God delights to dwell,,Let my right hand forget her skill,If I forget to love thee well.,,Amen.

Preparation Speak the Word and Set Me Free John Newton, 1779 from Olney Hymns, No. 44 Savior, shine and cheer my soul,,Bid my dying hopes revive;,Make my wounded spirit whole,,Far away the tempter drive:,Speak the word and set me free,,Let me live alone to thee.,,(Chorus:),Speak the word and set me free!,Let me live alone to thee.,,Shall I sigh and pray in vain,,Will you still refuse to hear;,Will you not return again,,Must I yield to black despair?,You have taught my heart to pray,,Can you turn your face away?,,(chorus),,Once I thought my mountain strong,,Firmly fixed no more to move;,Then your grace was all my song,,Then my soul was filled with love:,Those were happy golden days,,Sweetly spent in prayer and praise.,,(chorus),,When my friends have said,,"Beware, Soon or late you'll find a change";,I could see no cause for fear,,Vain their caution seemed and strange;,Not a cloud obscured my sky,,Could I think a tempest nigh?,,(chorus),,Little, then, myself I knew,,Little thought of Satan's power;,Now I find their words were true,,Now I feel the stormy hour!,Sin has put my joys to flight,,Sin has changed my day to night.,,(chorus),,Satan asks, and mocks my woe,,"Boaster, where is now your God?",Silence, Lord, this cruel foe,,Let him know I'm bought with blood:,Tell him, since I know your name,,Though I change, you are the same.,,(chorus)

Preparation Take Thou Our Thoughts William Hiram Foulkes, 1918. Alt. Davide C. Marney, 2018. Take Thou our thoughts, Lord we humbly pray;,Give us the mind of Christ every day;,Teach us to know the truth that sets us free;,Grant each thought to honor thee.,,(Chorus:),Take Thou ourselves, Lord,Our hearts, mind, and will;,Thy plans fulfill.,We yield our lives, Lord,Our time and talents, all.,We heed thy sovreign call.,,Take Thou our hearts, they are thine own;,Come in our souls and claim Thy throne;,Help us to spread abroad Thy endless love;,Make our lives like heav'n above.,,(chorus),,Take Thou our will, hold Thou full sway;,Have in our souls Thy perfect way;,Guard Thou each sacred hour from selfish ease;,Guide our lives as Thy would please.,,(chorus)

Preparation Teach Me, O Lord Davide C. Marney, 2008. From Psalm 119:33-40, The Psalter, 1912 ed. Teach me O Lord, thy way of truth,,And from it I will not depart;,That I may steadfastly obey,,Give me an under standing heart.,,(Chorus:),Open my heart, Lord; Teach me your way.,Aleluia, Amen, Amen.,,In thy commandments make me walk,,For in thy law my joy shall be;,Give me a heart that loves thy will,,From discontent and envy free.,(chorus),,Turn thou my eyes from vanity,,And cause me in thy ways to tread;,O let thy servant prove thy Word,,And thus to godly fear be led.,,(chorus),,Turn thou away reproach and fear;,Thy righteous judgments I confess;,To know thy precepts I desire;,Revive me in thy righteousness.,,(chorus)

Preparation Three-Fold Amen Traditional

Resurrection Jesus Lives, and So Shall I Christian F. Gellert, 1757. Tr. by J. D. Lang, 1826 Jesus lives and so shall I.,Death! Thy sting is gone forever!,He who deigned for me to die,Lives, the bands of death to sever.,He shall raise me from the dust:,Jesus is my Hope and Trust.,,Jesus lives and reigns supreme;,And His kingdom still remaining.,I shall also be with him,Ever living, ever reigning,,God has promised, be it must:,Jesus is my Hope and Trust.,,Jesus lives and by his grace,,Vict'ry o'er my passions giving.,I will cleanse my heart and ways,,Ever to his glory living,,Me He raises from the dust,,Jesus is my Hope and Trust.,,Jesus lives! I know full well.,Nought from Him my heart can sever.,Life nor death nor pow'rs of hell,,Joy nor grief, henceforth forever,,None of all his saints is lost:,Jesus is my Hope and Trust.,,Jesus lives, and death is now,But my entrance into glory.,Courage then, my soul, for thou,Hast a crown of life before thee.,Thou shalt find thy hopes were just:,Jesus is the Christian's Trust.

Sending Behold the Throne John Newton, 1749. Alt. Davide Marney, 2009 Behold the throne, the throne of grace,,The promise calls and draws us near.,There Jesus shows a smiling face,And waits to hear and answer prayer.,,(Chorus:),My soul, ask what you will,,You cannot be too bold;,Since His own blood He shed,,What else can He withhold?,My soul, ask what you will,,You cannot be too bold;,Since His own blood He shed,,What else can He withhold?,Behold the throne,,the throne of grace,,behold the throne.,,Thine image, Lord, bestow on me,,Thy presence Lord, and all Thy love;,I ask to serve Thee here below,,And reign with Thee in heav'n above.,,(Chorus:),Teach me to live by faith,,Conform my will to Thine;,Give vic'try over death,,And then in glory shine.,Teach me to live by faith,,Conform my will to Thine;,Give vic'try over death,,And then in glory shine.,And there behold,the throne of grace,,behold the throne.,,Beyond our thoughts, our utmost needs,,His love and pow'r alone can bless;,To praying souls He always grants,,More than they know, or can express.,,(Chorus:),That rich, atoning blood,,Which sprinkled round we see,,Provides for those who come,An all-prevailing plea.,It is the Lord's command,forever to provide,,Lord, open up Your hand,,That I may be supplied.,Let me behold,the throne of grace,,behold the throne.

Sending Every Day Will I Bless Thee James McGranahan, 1840. Adapted by Davide C. Marney, 2006 (Chorus:),Every day will I bless Thee,,Every day, every hour.,With my heart I will praise Thee,,With all of my pow'r.,,For all of the kindness,Your love has expressed;,Your mercies abounding,And Your faithfulness,,(chorus),,Redeemed by your suff'ring,,My Savior and King,,Whatever the conflict,,To you will I cling.,,(chorus),,On you, O my Savior,,My hope all depends;,My every desire,I submissively bend.,,(chorus),,Oh give me Thy Spirit,,O grant me the power,,To walk in Thy goodness,,Through all of my hours.,,(chorus),,Every day, every hour,,I will bless my God.

Sending Lord, Thy Word Abideth Sir Henry W. Baker, 1861. Alt. Davide C. Marney and Larry Yeager, 2005 Lord, thy Word abideth,,And our footsteps guideth;,Who its truth believeth,Joy receiveth.,When our foes are near us,,Then thy Word doth cheer us;,Word of consolation,And salvation.,,When the storms are o'er us,,And dark clouds before us,,Then its light directeth,And protecteth.,Who can tell the pleasure,,Who recount the treasure,,Of thy Word which liveth,,And abideth.,,Word of mercy, giving,Succor to the living;,Thy word comfort supplying,,To the dying.,O that we discerning,Its most holy learning,Lord, may love and fear thee,,And be near thee.

Sending My Dear Redeemer Isaac Watts, 1709 My dear Redeemer and my Lord,,I read my duty in thy Word;,But in thy life the law appears,Drawn out in living characters.,,Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal,,Such def'rence to thy Father's will.,Such love and meakness, so divine;,I would transcribe and make them mine.,,Cold mountains and the midnight air,Witnessed the fervor of thy prayer;,The desert thy temptations knew,,Thy conflict and thy vict'ry too.,,Be thou my pattern; make me bear,More of thy gracious image here.,Then God the Judge shall own my name,Among the foll'owers of the Lamb.

Sending Teach Me, O Lord Davide C. Marney, 2008. From Psalm 119:33-40, The Psalter, 1912 ed. Teach me O Lord, thy way of truth,,And from it I will not depart;,That I may steadfastly obey,,Give me an under standing heart.,,(Chorus:),Open my heart, Lord; Teach me your way.,Aleluia, Amen, Amen.,,In thy commandments make me walk,,For in thy law my joy shall be;,Give me a heart that loves thy will,,From discontent and envy free.,(chorus),,Turn thou my eyes from vanity,,And cause me in thy ways to tread;,O let thy servant prove thy Word,,And thus to godly fear be led.,,(chorus),,Turn thou away reproach and fear;,Thy righteous judgments I confess;,To know thy precepts I desire;,Revive me in thy righteousness.,,(chorus)

Sending Three-Fold Amen Traditional

Testimony Mercy Janet A. Marney, 2013 You came to earth,,You came for me.,You laid down Your life,To set me free!,"I love you," You said,,"With everlasting love,",By mercy, O Lord.,,I did not seek,Your holy face;,My proud heart was cold,,My life a disgrace.,Yet mercy and love,Met justice in my place.,Your mercy, O Lord.,,The humble Son,Died on a cross,To conquer my pride,,To count it loss.,Your body, the bread,,The cup, the blood,You shed In mercy, O Lord.,,All that I am,All I can do,,My heart, my soul, my strength,I owe to You.,O show me how to walk,In everlasting love,With mercy, O Lord.