Worship Online
Sunday, April 26, 2020
Worshiping in homes throughout the Quad Cities and beyond
In an age of abounding unbelief and skepticism, we shall find that the resurrection of Christ will bear any weight that we can lay upon it. –J. C. Ryle
Giving of Tithes and Offerings
You are able to give online, through the mail, or through your bank’s bill pay service.
Recommendation from Pastor Steve
John Piper invites readers around the world to stand on the solid Rock, who is Jesus Christ, in whom our souls can be sustained by the sovereign God who ordains, governs, and reigns over all things to accomplish his wise and good purposes for those who trust in him. Piper offers six biblical answers to the question, What is God doing through the coronavirus?—reminding us that God is at work in this moment in history.
Click here: Coronavirus and Christ
Links for Worship
There are two links for you to click for worship, and each one will take you to a combined video. The complete order is below.
Part 2: Sermon, Hymn of Response, and Benediction
Prelude It Is Not Death to Die
O Jesus, conquering the grave,
your precious blood has power to save.
Those who trust in you will in your mercy find
that it is not death to die.
Welcome & Prayer Matt Hampson
Call to Worship
Matt Hampson
based on Ephesians 1:20-23
The same power that raised Jesus from the dead is at work in us! God has graciously opened our eyes and enlightened our hearts, calling us to the hope of a glorious inheritance. Through his great power and might, He has raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in Heaven. Even now, Jesus Christ has been placed as head of the church. His rule, authority, and power is above all others.
Our King, Jesus, has brought us from death to life.
Our King, Jesus, has brought us into the family of God.
Our King, Jesus, is above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. His fullness fills all in all.
Rejoice! The Lord is King!
hymns of praise
Rejoice, the Lord is King!
Be Unto Your Name
Christ Our Hope in Life and Death
corporate Prayer of lament and confession
Jim Sanderlin
Assurance of Pardon
Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; our God is merciful.
The LORD preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.
-Psalm 115:5,6
New Testament Reading
Read aloud:Matthew 7:24-27
Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.
Congregational Prayer
Greg Lehmann
Sermon
Lamentations 3:19-33
“Experiencing God’s Goodness in the Midst of Affliction”
Dr. Steve Miller
hymn of response
Great is Thy Faithfulness
Benediction
Read aloud:
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. -II Corinthians 13:14
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