Series: Words of Comfort
A Word for Hopelessness
May 23, 2021 | Mike Stancak
Our Father comforts as a good father does: sometimes with a snuggle, and other times with a clap on the back as we get back in the game. Christian hope is the latter; it is a fortifying hope. The comfort it gives is the kind that invites us into overflowing life, because Christ is alive.
TCC Order of Worship, 05.23.21
WELCOME
CALL TO WORSHIP
1 Peter 1:3-5
CONFESSION
(Book of Common Prayer 2019)
Almighty and most merciful Father,
we have erred and strayed from your ways like lost sheep.
We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts.
We have offended against your holy laws.
We have left undone those things which we ought to have done,
and we have done those things which we ought not to have done;
and apart from your grace, there is no health in us.
O Lord, have mercy upon us.
Spare all those who confess their faults.
Restore all those who are penitent,
according to your promises declared to all people in Christ Jesus our Lord.
And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake,
that we may now live a godly, righteous, and sober life,
to the glory of your holy Name.
Amen.
CONFESSION OF FAITH (based on 1 Cor. 15:50-57)
Leader: I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.
Congregation: For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.
Leader: When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
Congregation:
“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
Leader: The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
Congregation: But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Leader: Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
This I Believe
by Ben Fielding and Matt Crocker
Verse 1
Our Father everlasting,
the all creating One
God Almighty
Through Your Holy Spirit;
conceiving Christ the Son
Jesus Our Savior
Chorus 1
I believe in God our Father,
I believe in Christ the Son
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
our God is three in one
I believe in the resurrection,
that we will rise again
For I believe
in the Name of Jesus
Verse 2:
Our Judge and our Defender;
suffered and crucified
Forgiveness is in You
Descended into darkness,
You rose in glorious life
Forever seated high
Bridge (x2):
I believe in You
I believe You rose again
I believe that Jesus Christ is Lord
Chorus 2:
I believe in life eternal,
I believe in the virgin birth
I believe in the Saints' communion
and in Your holy Church
I believe in the resurrection;
when Jesus comes again
For I believe in the Name of Je - sus
Holy Spirit
By Bryan Torwalt and Katie Torwalt
Verse 1
There's nothing worth more that will ever come close
No thing can compare You're our living hope
Your Presence, Lord
I've tasted and seen of the sweetest of loves
Where my heart becomes free and my shame is undone
In Your Presence, Lord
Chorus
Holy Spirit You are welcome here
Come flood this place and fill the atmosphere
Your glory God is what our hearts long for
To be overcome by Your Presence Lord
Your Presence Lord
Bridge
Let us become more aware of Your Presence
Let us experience the glory of Your goodness
SERMON
Jesus Is Better
By Brett Land and Aaron Ivey
Verse 1
There is no other so sure and steady
My hope is held in Your hand
When castles crumble and breath is fleeting
Upon this rock I will stand
upon this rock I will stand
Chorus
Glory Glory we have no other King
But Jesus Lord of All
We raise the anthem, our loudest praises ring
We crown Him Lord of All
Verse 2
Your kindly rule has shattered and broken
The curse of sin's tyranny
My life is hidden 'neath Heaven's shadow
Your crimson flood covers me
Your crimson flood covers me
Bridge
In all my sorrows Jesus is better make my heart believe
In every victory Jesus is better make my heart believe
Than any comfort Jesus is better make my heart believe
More than all riches Jesus is better make my heart believe
Our souls declaring Jesus is better make my heart believe
And our song eternal Jesus is better make my heart believe
Champion
By Bryan Torwalt and Katie Torwalt
Verse 1
O Victory You have won
victorious You have come
What was stolen
You brought back to us
(repeat)
Chorus
Our Champion You fight for us
You made a way where there was none
Our Champion You're strong in us
The debt we owed You paid in blood
Verse 2
The One in whom we belong
we'll lift our voice join Your song
We were orphaned now forever Yours
Bridge
We will shout it out from the mountaintops
That our God is good He has overcome
Let all the earth ev'ry tribe and tongue
We will sing it out He has overcome
COMMUNION
Great Are You Lord
By Leslie Jordan and David Leonard
Verse 1
You give life You are love
You bring light to the darkness
You give hope You restore ev'ry heart that is broken
And great are You Lord
Chorus 1
It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
We pour out our praise
It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise to You only
Bridge
And all the earth will shout Your praise
Our hearts will cry these bones will sing
Great are You Lord
(REPEAT)
My One Comfort
By Dustin Kensrue
Verse 1
My one comfort both in life and death
Is that I am not my own
I was bought with blood and I confess
I belong to You alone
Chorus
By the Father's good decree
Jesus You've delivered me
By Your Spirit set me free
To follow You
Bridge
Jesus You have taken hold of me
And in Your grip of grace I'm finally free
BENEDICTION
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