A Word for Want

Series: Words of Comfort

A Word for Want

May 16, 2021 | Mike Stancak

As we continue in our series covering what the Bible has to say to give us comfort, we arrive at Psalm 23. This is a poem in which David is looking back on the events of his life so far and seeing the way in which God has shepherded him through it all. Once the Christian sees God’s hand in her past, she comes to trust him for the future. The shepherd who was there before can be trusted to remain. We shall not want.

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TCC Order of Worship, 05.16.21

WELCOME 

CALL TO WORSHIP

John 10

Rescuer

by Rend Collective Experiment

 

Chorus

He's our Rescuer He's our Rescuer

We are free from sin forevermore

Oh how sweet the sound Oh how grace abounds

We will praise the Lord our Rescuer

 

Verse 1

There is good news for the captive Good news for the shamed

There is good news for the one who walked away

There is good news for the doubter the one religion failed

For the good Lord has come to seek and save

 

Verse 2

He is beauty for the blind man Riches for the poor

He is friendship for the one the world ignores

He is pasture for the weary Rest for those who strive

Oh the good Lord is the way the truth the life

Yes the good Lord is the way the truth the life

 

Bridge (2x)

So come and be chainless come and be fearless

Come to the foot of Calvary

There is redemption for every affliction

Here at the foot of Calvary

 

Jesus Is Better

By Austin Stone Worship

 

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

 

SERMON

Satisfied In You (Psalm 42)

By The Sing Team

 

Verse 1

I have lost my appetite; and a flood is welling up behind my eyes

So I eat the tears I cry

And if that were not enough they know

Just the words to cut and tear and prod

When they ask me “Whereʼs your God?”

 

PRE-CHORUS:

Why are you downcast, oh my soul?

Why so disturbed within me?

I can remember when you showed your grace to me

 

CHORUS:

As a deer pants for water, so my soul thirsts for you,

And when I survey Your splendor, You so faithfully renew

Like a bed of rest for my fainting flesh, I am satisfied in you

 

VERSE 2:

When Iʼm staring at the ground;

Itʼs an inbred feedback loop that brings me down 

So itʼs time to lift my brow and remember better days;

When I loved to worship you and all your ways 

Singing sweetest songs of praise

 

BRIDGE:

Let my sighs give way to songs that sing about your faithfulness

Let my pain reveal your glory as my only real rest

Let my losses show me all I truly have is you

‘Cause all I truly have is You

 

VERSE 3:

So when Iʼm drowning out at sea

And your breakers and your waves crash down on me 

Iʼll recall your safety scheme

Youʼre the one who made the waves

And your Son went out to suffer in my place

And to tell me that I’m safe

 

PRE-CHORUS:

Why are you downcast, oh my soul?

Why so disturbed within me?

I can remember when you showed your grace to me

 

CHORUS:

As a deer pants for water, so my soul thirsts for you,

And when I survey Your splendor, You so faithfully renew

Like a bed of rest for my fainting flesh, I am satis - fied in you

 

OUTRO:

Why am I down? Why so disturbed? I am satisfied in you

I am satisfied in you I am satisfied in you I am satisfied in you

 

Your Great Name

By Michael Neale and Krissy Nordhoff

 

Verse 1

Lost are saved find their way

At the sound of Your great Name

All condemned feel no shame

At the sound of Your great Name

Ev'ry fear has no place

At the sound of Your great Name

The enemy he has to leave

At the sound of Your great Name

 

Chorus

Jesus worthy is the Lamb that was slain for us

The Son of God and man

You are high and lifted up

And all the world will praise Your great Name

Your great Name

 

Verse 2

All the weak find their strength

At the sound of Your great Name

Hungry souls receive grace

At the sound of Your great Name

The fatherless find their rest

At the sound of Your great Name

The sick are healed the dead are raised

At the sound of Your great Name

 

Bridge (2x)

Redeemer my Healer Lord Almighty 

Defender my Savior You are my King

 

COMMUNION

Let Not I But Through Christ In Me

By CityAlight

VERSE 1

What gift of grace is Jesus my redeemer

There is no more for heaven now to give

He is my joy, my righteousness, and freedom

My steadfast love, my deep and boundless peace

To this I hold, my hope is only Jesus

For my life is wholly bound to his

Oh how strange and divine, I can sing: all is mine!

Yet not I, but through Christ in me

Verse2

The night is dark but I am not forsaken

For by my side, the Saviour He will stay

I labour on in weakness and rejoicing

For in my need, His power is displayed

To this I hold, my Shepherd will defend me

Through the deepest valley He will lead

Oh the night has been won, and I shall overcome!

Yet not I, but through Christ in me

Verse 3

No fate I dread, I know I am forgiven

The future sure, the price it has been paid

For Jesus bled and suffered for my pardon

And He was raised to overthrow the grave

To this I hold, my sin has been defeated

Jesus now and ever is my plea

Oh the chains are released, I can sing: I am free!

Yet not I, but through Christ in me

Verse 4

With every breath I long to follow Jesus

For He has said that He will bring me home

And day by day I know He will renew me

Until I stand with joy before the throne

To this I hold, my hope is only Jesus

All the glory evermore to Him

When the race is complete, still my lips shall repeat:

Yet not I, but through Christ in me

When the race is complete, still my lips shall repeat:

Yet not I, but through Christ in me

Yet not I, but through Christ in me

Yet not I, but through Christ in me!

Yet not I, but through Christ in me!

Rejoice 

By Dustin Kensrue

Verse 1

Come and stand before your Maker Full of wonder, full of fear

Come behold His power and glory Yet with confidence draw near

For the one who holds the heavens And commands the stars above

Is the God who bends to bless us With an unrelenting love

CHORUS 1

Rejoice, come and lift your hands and raise your voice

He is worthy of our praise Rejoice, sing the mercies of your King

And with trembling, rejoice

VERSE 2

We are children of the promise the beloved of the Lord

Won with everlasting kindness bought with sacrificial blood 

Bringing reconciliation to a world that longs to know 

The affections of a Father who will never let them go

Verse 3

All our sickness, all our sorrows Jesus carried up the hill

He has walked this path before us He is walking with us still

Turning tragedy to triumph Turning agony to praise

There is blessing in the battle So take heart and stand amazed

Rejoice, when you cry to Him He hears Your voice

He will wipe away your tears 

Rejoice, in the midst of suffering He will help you sing

BENEDICTION

Series Information

Though we may be emerging from the pandemic, many of us are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel with feelings of fatigue and fear. This past year made clear to us all the weakness of our institutions, the frailty of our lives, and our desperate need for grace. In times like this, calls to action can fall flat because we’re simply struggling to get out of bed.
But Christ is not just the Lord of the Great Commission, but he is the gentle and lowly Shepherd. For the next four Sundays we want to take time to remember the great words of comfort that we have been given - for security, for hope, for courage - and spend time abiding in the goodness of Christ, which lasts longer than the trials at hand. 

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