Welcome to Sojourn’s weekly worship music set list review & service recap for this second Sunday of Advent. You’ll not only read a list of the songs we led, but also the readings and prayers from our liturgy. You can also watch the video stream of the whole service from our Facebook page, or here below.
Our liturgy is written by worship director Justin Shaffer in collaboration with worship directors at other Sojourn churches.
This Sunday Pastor Stephen Pierce preached Matthew 4:12-17 in our series from Matthew 3-4, HIStory: Finding The More You Were Made For. To learn more about Sojourn Church, click here.
March 10, 2019 – HIStory pt 4 – Stephen Pierce from Sojourn Collective on Vimeo.
My Maker and My King
CALL TO WORSHIP
Welcome to sojourn! …
1 Clap your hands, all you nations;
shout to God with cries of joy.
2 For the Lord Most High is awesome,
the great King over all the earth. -Psalm 47:1-2 NIV
Let’s worship our King, our Lord, our VISION
Be Thou My Vision
CONFESSION
If we’re honest, we often want Jesus plus something else. He promises to satisfy all of our needs, but we live as if he doesn’t know our needs. Pray this historic prayer with me.
Lord Jesus,
We are blind, be our light,
We are ignorant, be our wisdom,
We are self-willed, be our mind,
Open our ears to understand Your Spirit’s voice
Melt our conscience and remove it’s hardness
Awaken us to the slightest touch of evil
When Satan tempts us, remind us of your wounds; that your blood streamed to wash us clean
We were strangers, outcasts, slaves, and rebels, but Your cross has brought us near
Help us to love You as You have loved us
Open our eyes to see Your beauty and be fully satisfied in You
-Adapted from The Valley Of Vision
Satisfied In You
ASSURANCE/GIVING
This is the Christ in whom our only true hope and trust is found:
For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth
by means of Christ’s blood on the cross. This includes us who were once far away from God. We were his enemies, separated from him by our evil thoughts and actions. Yet now he has reconciled us to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought us into his own presence, and we are holy and blameless as we stand before him without a single fault. Col. 1:17-22
Thank you Lord! Hear this word as we prepare our tithes and offerings:
I urge you, in view of God’s mercy,
to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—
this is your spiritual worship.
—from Romans 12:1, NIV
God has given us everything….both spiritually and physically. We have opportunity to respond to his goodness and offer our gifts so his Gospel can continue to be preached. Let’s pray:
Almighty God, giver of every good and perfect gift,
teach us to render to you all that we have and all that we are,
that we may praise you,
not with our lips only, but with our whole lives,
turning the duties, the sorrows, and the joys of all our days
into a living sacrifice to you,
through our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Let’s sing and give in thanksgiving for all he IS and all he’s done!
There is a Fountain Filled With Blood
PASSING OF THE PEACE
Let’s celebrate the blessing of peace we share as we greet one another today 🙂
[Sermon]
[Communion]
I Surrender All
Great Are You Lord
BENEDICTION
The grace of Christ attend you,
the love of the Father surround you,
the Holy Spirit keep you now and forevermore.
Peace be with you all!