Worship Guide
Sunday, December 25th, 2022
Call to Worship
John 1:1,14(ESV)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God . . . And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Worshiping God by Singing
O Come, All Ye Faithful
O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
come and behold him born the King of angels;
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
Christ the Lord.
God of God, Light of Light;
lo, he abhors not the virgin’s womb,
very God, begotten, not created;
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
Christ the Lord.
Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation,
sing, all ye citizens of heav’n above;
glory to God in the highest;
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
Christ the Lord.
Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning;
Jesus, to thee be all glory giv’n;
Word of the Father, late in flesh appearing;
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
Christ the Lord.
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Worshiping God by Confessing Our Faith
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Worshiping God by Singing
Good Christian Friends, Rejoice
Good Christian friends, rejoice
with heart and soul and voice;
give you heed to what we say:
Jesus Christ was born today.
Heav’n and earth before him bow,
and he is in the manger now.
Christ is born today!
Christ is born today!
Good Christian friends, rejoice
with heart and soul and voice;
now you hear of endless bliss:
Jesus Christ was born for this!
He has opened heaven's door,
and we are blest forevermore.
Christ was born for this!
Christ was born for this!
Good Christian friends, rejoice
with heart and soul and voice;
now you need not fear the grave:
Jesus Christ was born to save!
Calls you one and calls you all
to gain his everlasting hall.
Christ was born to save!
Christ was born to save!
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God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
God rest you merry gentlemen let nothing you dismay
remember Christ our Savior was born on Christmas Day,
to save us all from Satan's pow'r when we were gone astray;
O tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
From God our heavenly Father, a blessed angel came;
and unto certain shepherds brought tidings of the same:
how that in Bethlehem was born the Son of God by name.
O tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
“Fear not, then,” said the angel “let nothing you affright;
this day is born a Savior of a pure virgin bright,
to free all those who trust in him from Satan's pow'r and might.”
O tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
The shepherds at those tidings rejoiced much in mind,
and left their flocks a feeding, in tempest storm, and wind:
and went to Bethlehem straightway, the Son of God to find.
O tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
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Prayer
Missionary of the Week: Feed My Starving Children
Community Church of the Week: New Salem Baptist Church
Rev. Kevin Massey
Presbytery Church of the Week: New Covenant Presbyterian Church
Rev. Daniel Miller
Worshiping God by Hearing His Word
Series: Responding to Jesus
Sermon: The Simeon Response
Luke 2:35-35
25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, 28 he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said, 29 “Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word; 30 for my eyes have seen your salvation 31 that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, 32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.” 33 And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him. 34 And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed 35 (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”
The “Simeon response” to Jesus is ____________ ____________ and ____________.
____________ ____________ can bring us this level of true ____________-____________.
The ____________ ____________ is the one who leads us to experience Jesus this way.
Action point:
____________ for the ____________ to bring you joyful contentment and satisfaction in ____________.
By the work of the Spirit let’s ____________ ____________ as our ____________ in ____________.
Worshiping God by Singing
In Christ Alone
In Christ alone my hope is found,
He is my light, my strength, my song;
This Cornerstone, this solid ground,
firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
when fears are stilled, when strivings cease.
My Comforter, my All in all,
here in the love of Christ, I stand.
In Christ alone, who took on flesh,
fullness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness,
scorned by the ones He came to save.
Till on the cross as Jesus died,
the wrath of God was satisfied.
For every sin on Him was laid;
here in the death of Christ I live.
There in the ground His body lay,
Light of the world, by darkness slain;
Then bursting forth in glorious day,
up from the grave He rose again!
And as He stands in victory,
sin’s curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine,
bought with the precious blood of Christ.
No guilt in life, no fear in death,
this is the pow'r of Christ in me.
From life's first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny.
No pow'r of hell, no scheme of man
can ever pluck me from His hand.
'Til He returns or calls me home,
here in the pow'r of Christ I'll stand.
©2001 Thankyou Music. Keith Getty | Stuart Townsend.
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