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CCK Student Weekend Away
2020
The Church
&
Bible Unwrapped
Joel
Name:
Room:
BU Group:
Next Term Take a break from the practice room or library and join us as we set our sights on something far more exciting and fulfilling: how we enjoy a relationship with God today!
Weekend Away Programme
Saturday
Breakfast 08:00 (until 9:00 to allow for washing up)
Church – 1 09:30
Break 10:20
Church – 2 10:50
Break 11:30
Bible Unwrapped 1 12:00
Lunch 13:30
Free afternoon Sports hall booked 2:30-3:30
Church – 3 17:30
Dinner 18:30
Bible Unwrapped 2 19:30
Evening Ents 20:45
Sunday
Breakfast 08:00 (until 9:00 to allow for washing up)
Bible Unwrapped 3 09:30
Break 10:45
Church – 4 + QT 11:15
Lunch 12:30
Clearing and 13:15
cleaning
CCKPM 17:30 time to put it into practice!!
Session 1: God’s plan for the Church
“What does it mean to be a Christian?”
“I am a Christian. But I don’t bother with church.”
Ephesians 1:15-23
Jesus, the church, and God’s plan
Tracing the plan:
Genesis 1:26-28: God’s purpose for man. But when is it fulfilled?
- Eden? A mini-world and a failed test…
- Abraham? Promises that sound familiar…
- Human history?
Page 1
Jesus Christ
Hebrews 2:6-8
Matthew 28:18-20
The Church
Ephesians 1:23
Romans 8:28-29
Revelation 22:1-5
The Church is at the centre of history!
Page 2
Session 2: God’s Plan Unfolding
The cosmic plan, and little old us?
Universal church v local church
Ephesians 4:1-16
How do churches grow?
Jesus gives gifts…
…who equip Christians…
…to do ministry
Page 3Why do we need to grow?
Stormy seas
A glorious goal
Thinking it through for CCK:
Instead of “consumers” – all hands on deck!
Instead of coasting – let’s get busy building!
Page 4Session 3: Church as Family
Standing out in a lonely world
1 Peter 1:13-2:3
Obedient Children of a Holy Father
Page 5Loving brothers and sisters
Sincere, earnest love:
- Because you share new, eternal DNA
- So root out the relational poison
- And long for more of the word
Page 6Session 4: Church as a Body
The great enemy: pride
The reality that kills pride: we are one body
Romans 12:1-8
Worship and life in the body
Be humble: you’re just a part-body
Be useful: your gifts are essential
Page 71 Corinthians 12:12-26
our differences
our mutual dependence
The reality of unity
Page 8Bible Unwrapped
Joel
Page 9Session 1
As you start, allocate a chair-person who will read out these instructions. Read the
whole session’s instructions before starting.
Bible unwrapped is a chance to work through an entire book of the Bible and think
about what God is telling us through the book. It’s a chance for you to spend time
grappling with God’s word, without a leader (they are just there to help you keep on
track and to time, and will not give you any pointers at all!). So, if you are prone to be
quiet – do speak up as we help one another better understand God’s work together. If
you are prone to speak too much - hold back and help everyone contribute. There are
some hints and tips to get you going – but then it’s over to you!
We’ve taken out the headings and the verse numbers – they were added in by the
editors and a the headings are a matter of interpretation rather than the inspired word
of God.
We’ll be looking through the Old Testament book of Joel. Many of us will never have
looked at Joel in the past at all! What does it actually mean? What does it teach us
about God? Why is it in the Bible? What does it teach us about how to follow God in
London and further afield? In 2 Timothy 3:16 Paul wrote that “all Scripture is God-
breathed and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness…” –
so how does Joel fit with that?
How to use Bible Unwrapped
This weekend we’ll have three Bible Unwrapped sessions. There are instructions on
what to do in each session, and space to make notes. The full text of Joel is also
included on at the end of this booklet for you to scribble and jot down notes and
thoughts.
Reading the Bible carefully and deliberately
As you read Joel it’s important to read the Bible text carefully and deliberately. The first
thing to do when approaching the Bible is to pray for God’s help – the Bible is God’s
word, and we need His Spirit to help us understand. So, at the start of each session (and
during each session!) pray for God to help you understand his word. As you read
through Joel it might be very tempting to skim over the details. If we do this we’ll miss
out on what’s being said. This kinds of questions will help:
What type of literature is this? (e.g. is it poetry, narrative, a speech…etc.?)
Is there anything we don’t understand? Are there any shocks or surprises?
Who are the characters? How do they react? Why do they react that way?
Are there any repeated themes or ideas?
Page 10 What’s the tone of the passage? How does it make us feel?
How is the passage structured? How would we split it up?
How does the passage flow? Are there linking words (but, therefore, for, so…etc.)?
How does it fit into the surrounding context?
How do we see God at work in this passage?
What is the author’s intention? Why did he write it? Why did he write it in this
way?
It’s time to get stuck in!!
Pray… appoint a time-keeper (note the finish time from the timetable)
Read through the book once or twice on your own. Read it as fast as you can, without
stopping over bits you don’t understand. Reading it quickly will help you get a feel for
the bigger narrative flow.
Then read it out loud once as a group. As it’s being read, note changes in scene, and
things you don’t understand.
Finally with the rest of the time, split the book up into 3 or 4 sections – look out for
changes of location/theme/time/scene to help. What’s a rough summary of each
section?
Section 1:
Section 2:
Section 3:
(Section 4):
What do you think the book of Joel is doing? What could you pray for even after this
brief look at the book?
Pray
If you have finished early, you’ll find it helpful to make a start on Session 2
Page 11Session 2
Pray… appoint a time-keeper (note the finish time from the timetable)
Zoom in on your first section (you may have started this last session). Read it through
carefully and deliberately, using the questions in the introduction. Note down any
observations.
Try and write down the one big thing the author is telling you in the section (the main
point).
Section 1 Main Point:
Do the same for Section 2 (and section 3 if you have 4 sections)
What has this session added to your understanding of the book as a whole? What could
you pray as a result?
Pray
If you have finished early, you’ll find it helpful to make a start on Session 3
Page 12Session 3
Pray… appoint a time-keeper (note the finish time from the timetable)
If you didn’t finish any sections from last time, quickly finish that now.
Now try and pull all of your sections together: What’s the big point of the book of Joel?
Section 1 Main Point:
Section 2 Main Point:
Section 3 Main Point:
(Section 4 Main Point):
What’s the overall message of the book? What’s the big thing that God is saying?
The next thing to think about is application…
How should we respond to the message of the book of Joel?
What does Joel teach us about God?
- What do we learn about His character?
- What do we learn about His plans for the world?
Page 13- How does this encourage us to live in the light of his plans for the world?
- What would this book have to say to the original readers? (People living before
Jesus came) To what extent does that apply to us today as well?
Why do we need to hear this truth?
- When do we struggle to believe it?
- What would change in our lives if we really did believe it?
How can this point us to Jesus and help us love Him more? What might it mean to
take refuge in him?
How does this encourage us when we’re sharing the gospel with others in London?
Pray
Page 141 The word of the LORD1 that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel:
2 Hear this, you elders;
3 give ear, all inhabitants of the land!
4 Has such a thing happened in your days,
5 or in the days of your fathers?
6 Tell your children of it,
7 and let your children tell their children,
8 and their children to another generation.
9 What the cutting locust left,
10 the swarming locust has eaten.
11 What the swarming locust left,
12 the hopping locust has eaten,
13 and what the hopping locust left,
14 the destroying locust has eaten.
15 Awake, you drunkards, and weep,
16 and wail, all you drinkers of wine,
17 because of the sweet wine,
18 for it is cut off from your mouth.
19 For a nation has come up against my land,
20 powerful and beyond number;
21 its teeth are lions' teeth,
22 and it has the fangs of a lioness.
23 It has laid waste my vine
24 and splintered my fig tree;
25 it has stripped off their bark and thrown it down;
26 their branches are made white.
27 Lament like a virgin wearing sackcloth2
28 for the bridegroom of her youth.
29 The grain offering and the drink offering3 are cut off
30 from the house of the LORD.
31 The priests mourn,
32 the ministers of the LORD.
33 The fields are destroyed,
34 the ground mourns,
35 because the grain is destroyed,
36 the wine dries up,
37 the oil languishes.
38 Be ashamed, O tillers of the soil;
39 wail, O vine dressers,
40 for the wheat and the barley,
41 because the harvest of the field has perished.
42 The vine dries up;
43 the fig tree languishes.
44 Pomegranate, palm, and apple,
45 all the trees of the field are dried up,
1
Wherever the word ‘LORD’ is written in capitals, it is God’s personal name, Yahweh, rather than just another word for ‘God’
2
A very rough, uncomfortable fabric that people wore as a sign of deep mourning or humiliation
3
In the Old Testament grain, wine and oil offerings maintained the people’s relationship with God
Page 1546 and gladness dries up
47 from the children of man.
48 Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests;
49 wail, O ministers of the altar.
50 Go in, pass the night in sackcloth,
51 O ministers of my God!
52 Because grain offering and drink offering
53 are withheld from the house of your God.
54 Consecrate a fast;
55 call a solemn assembly.
56 Gather the elders
57 and all the inhabitants of the land
58 to the house of the LORD your God,
59 and cry out to the LORD.
60 Alas for the day!
61 For the day of the LORD is near,
62 and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.
63 Is not the food cut off
64 before our eyes,
65 joy and gladness
66 from the house of our God?
67 The seed shrivels under the clods;
68 the storehouses are desolate;
69 the granaries are torn down
70 because the grain has dried up.
71 How the beasts groan!
72 The herds of cattle are perplexed
73 because there is no pasture for them;
74 even the flocks of sheep suffer.
75 To you, O LORD, I call.
76 For fire has devoured
77 the pastures of the wilderness,
78 and flame has burned
79 all the trees of the field.
80 Even the beasts of the field pant for you
81 because the water brooks are dried up,
82 and fire has devoured
83 the pastures of the wilderness.
84 Blow a trumpet in Zion4;
85 sound an alarm on my holy mountain!
86 Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
87 for the day of the LORD is coming; it is near,
88 a day of darkness and gloom,
89 a day of clouds and thick darkness!
90 Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains
91 a great and powerful people;
92 their like has never been before,
4
The hill on which the city of Jerusalem was built
Page 1693 nor will be again after them
94 through the years of all generations.
95 Fire devours before them,
96 and behind them a flame burns.
97 The land is like the garden of Eden before them,
98 but behind them a desolate wilderness,
99 and nothing escapes them.
100 Their appearance is like the appearance of horses,
101 and like war horses they run.
102 As with the rumbling of chariots,
103 they leap on the tops of the mountains,
104 like the crackling of a flame of fire
105 devouring the stubble,
106 like a powerful army
107 drawn up for battle.
108 Before them peoples are in anguish;
109 all faces grow pale.
110 Like warriors they charge;
111 like soldiers they scale the wall.
112 They march each on his way;
113 they do not swerve from their paths.
114 They do not jostle one another;
115 each marches in his path;
116 they burst through the weapons
117 and are not halted.
118 They leap upon the city,
119 they run upon the walls,
120 they climb up into the houses,
121 they enter through the windows like a thief.
122 The earth quakes before them;
123 the heavens tremble.
124 The sun and the moon are darkened,
125 and the stars withdraw their shining.
126 The LORD utters his voice
127 before his army,
128 for his camp is exceedingly great;
129 he who executes his word is powerful.
130 For the day of the LORD is great and very awesome;
131 who can endure it?
132 “Yet even now,” declares the LORD,
133 “return to me with all your heart,
134 with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
135 and rend5 your hearts and not your garments.”
136 Return to the LORD your God,
137 for he is gracious and merciful,
138 slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
139 and he relents over disaster.
5
To tear something into pieces
Page 17140 Who knows whether he will not turn and relent,
141 and leave a blessing behind him,
142 a grain offering and a drink offering
143 for the LORD your God?
144 Blow the trumpet in Zion;
145 consecrate a fast;
146 call a solemn assembly;
147 gather the people.
148 Consecrate the congregation;
149 assemble the elders;
150 gather the children,
151 even nursing infants.
152 Let the bridegroom leave his room,
153 and the bride her chamber.
154 Between the vestibule6 and the altar
155 let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep
156 and say, “Spare your people, O LORD,
157 and make not your heritage a reproach,
158 a byword among the nations.
159 Why should they say among the peoples,
160 ‘Where is their God?’”
161 Then the LORD became jealous for his land
162 and had pity on his people.
163 The LORD answered and said to his people,
164 “Behold, I am sending to you
165 grain, wine, and oil,
166 and you will be satisfied;
167 and I will no more make you
168 a reproach among the nations.
169 “I will remove the northerner far from you,
170 and drive him into a parched and desolate land,
171 his vanguard into the eastern sea,
172 and his rearguard into the western sea;
173 the stench and foul smell of him will rise,
174 for he has done great things.
175 “Fear not, O land;
176 be glad and rejoice,
177 for the LORD has done great things!
178 Fear not, you beasts of the field,
179 for the pastures of the wilderness are green;
180 the tree bears its fruit;
181 the fig tree and vine give their full yield.
182 “Be glad, O children of Zion,
183 and rejoice in the LORD your God,
184 for he has given the early rain for your vindication;
185 he has poured down for you abundant rain,
186 the early and the latter rain, as before.
6
The room in the temple at the furthest end to the alter
Page 18187 “The threshing floors shall be full of grain;
188 the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
189 I will restore to you the years
190 that the swarming locust has eaten,
191 the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter,
192 my great army, which I sent among you.
193 “You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,
194 and praise the name of the LORD your God,
195 who has dealt wondrously with you.
196 And my people shall never again be put to shame.
197 You shall know that I am in the midst of Israel,
198 and that I am the LORD your God and there is none else.
199 And my people shall never again be put to shame.
200 “And it shall come to pass afterwards,
201 that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh;
202 your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
203 your old men shall dream dreams,
204 and your young men shall see visions.
205 Even on the male and female servants
206 in those days I will pour out my Spirit.
207 “And I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood
208 and fire and columns of smoke. The sun shall be turned to
209 darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome
210 day of the LORD comes. And it shall come to pass that everyone
211 who calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved. For in Mount
212 Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as
213 the LORD has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom
214 the LORD calls.
215 “For behold, in those days and at that time, when I restore the
216 fortunes of Judah7 and Jerusalem, I will gather all the nations and
217 bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat8. And I will enter
218 into judgement with them there, on behalf of my people and my
219 heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the
220 nations and have divided up my land, and have cast lots for my
221 people, and have traded a boy for a prostitute, and have sold a
222 girl for wine and have drunk it.
223 “What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of
224 Philistia?9 Are you paying me back for something? If you are
225 paying me back, I will return your payment on your own head
226 swiftly and speedily. For you have taken my silver and my gold,
227 and have carried my rich treasures into your temples. You have
228 sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to
229 remove them far from their own border. Behold, I will stir them
230 up from the place to which you have sold them, and I will return
231 your payment on your own head. I will sell your sons and your
7
Also called the ‘southern kingdom’, it is the region in which Jerusalem is part
8
Jehoshaphat means ‘the LORD has judged’
9
Cities and regions neighbouring Israel, which Israel was often at war with
Page 19232 daughters into the hand of the people of Judah, and they will sell
233 them to the Sabeans10, to a nation far away, for the LORD has
234 spoken.”
235 Proclaim this among the nations:
236 Consecrate for war;
237 stir up the mighty men.
238 Let all the men of war draw near;
239 let them come up.
240 Beat your ploughshares into swords,
241 and your pruning-hooks into spears;
242 let the weak say, “I am a warrior.”
243 Hasten and come,
244 all you surrounding nations,
245 and gather yourselves there.
246 Bring down your warriors, O LORD.
247 Let the nations stir themselves up
248 and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
249 for there I will sit to judge
250 all the surrounding nations.
251 Put in the sickle,
252 for the harvest is ripe.
253 Go in, tread,
254 for the wine press is full.
255 The vats overflow,
256 for their evil is great.
257 Multitudes, multitudes,
258 in the valley of decision!
259 For the day of the LORD is near
260 in the valley of decision.
261 The sun and the moon are darkened,
262 and the stars withdraw their shining.
263 The LORD roars from Zion,
264 and utters his voice from Jerusalem,
265 and the heavens and the earth quake.
266 But the LORD is a refuge to his people,
267 a stronghold to the people of Israel.
268 “So you shall know that I am the LORD your God,
269 who dwells in Zion, my holy mountain.
270 And Jerusalem shall be holy,
271 and strangers shall never again pass through it.
272 “And in that day
273 the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
274 and the hills shall flow with milk,
275 and all the stream beds of Judah
276 shall flow with water;
277 and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the LORD
278 and water the Valley of Shittim.
10
A nation in southern Arabia
Page 20279 “Egypt shall become a desolation
280 and Edom a desolate wilderness,
281 for the violence done to the people of Judah,
282 because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
283 But Judah shall be inhabited for ever,
284 and Jerusalem to all generations.
285 I will avenge their blood,
286 blood I have not avenged,
287 for the LORD dwells in Zion.”
Page 21SONGS Page 22
All creatures of our God and King By faith, we see the hand of God
Lift up your voice and with us sing: In the light of creation’s grand design,
O praise him, Alleluia! In the lives of
You, burning sun with golden beam Those who prove His faithfulness,
You, silver moon with softer gleam Who walk by faith and not by sight
O praise Him, o praise Him 2. By faith, our fathers roamed the earth
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia With the pow’r of His promise in their
hearts
2. You, flowing water, pure and clear, Of a holy city built by God’s own hand,
make music for your Lord to hear A place where peace and justice reign
O praise him, Alleluia!
You, fire, so masterful and bright We will stand as children of the promise
giving to all both warmth and light We will fix our eyes on Him, our soul’s
O praise Him… reward
Till the race is finished and the work is done
3. All the redeemed washed by his blood, We’ll walk by faith and not by sight
come and rejoice in his great love.
O praise him, Alleluia! 3. By faith, the prophets saw a day
Christ has defeated every sin – When the longed-for Messiah would appear
cast all your burdens now on him! With the pow’r to
Break the chains of sin and death,
O praise Him… And rise triumphant from the grave
4. Let all things their Creator bless, 4. By faith, the church was called to go
And worship him in humbleness, In the pow’r of the Spirit to the lost
O praise him, Alleluia! To deliver captives and to preach good
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son, news
And praise the Spirit, Three in One In every corner of the earth
O praise Him… We will stand as children of the promise…
* Jonathan & Ryan Baird © 2013 Sovereign Grace
5. By faith, this mountain shall be moved
And the pow’r of the gospel shall prevail
For we know, in Christ, all things are
possible
For all who call upon His name
We will stand as children of the promise…
(x2)
* Keith & Kristyn Getty, Stuart Townend © 2009 Thankyou Music, Getty Music
Page 23Church of God elect and glorious Come, people of the risen King
Holy nation, chosen race Who delight to bring Him praise
Called as God’s own special people Come, all and tune your hearts to sing
Royal priests and heirs of grace To the Morning Star of grace
Know the purpose of your calling From the shifting shadows of the earth
Show to all God’s mighty deeds We will lift our eyes to Him,
Tell of love which knows no limits, Where steady arms of mercy reach
Grace which meets all human needs To gather children in
2. God has called you out of darkness Rejoice, rejoice
Into His most marv’llous light, Let every tongue rejoice
Bringing truth to life within you, One heart, one voice
Turning blindness into sight O Church of Christ, rejoice
Let your light so shine around you
2. Come, those whose joy is morning sun
That God’s name is glorified
And those weeping through the night
And all find fresh hope and purpose
Come, those who tell of battles won
In Christ Jesus crucified
And those struggling in the fight
3. Once you were an alien people, For His perfect love will never change
Strangers to God’s heart of love And His mercies never cease,
Christ has brought you home in mercy, But follow us through all our days
Citizens of heav’n above With the certain hope of peace
Let His love flow out to others Rejoice…
Let them feel the Saviour’s care
That they too may know His welcome 3. Come, young and old from every land,
And His countless blessings share Men and women of the faith
Come, those with full or empty hands
4. Church of God elect and holy, Find the riches of His grace
Be the people Christ intends – Over all the world, His people sing
Strong in faith and swift to answer Shore to shore, we hear them call
Each command your Master sends The truth that cries through every age –
Royal priests, fulfil your calling ‘Our God is all in all’
Through your sacrifice and prayer Rejoice… (x2)
Give your lives in joyful service * Keith & Kristyn Getty, Stuart Townend © 2007 Thankyou Music
Sing His praise, His love, declare
* James Seddon © 1982 Jubilate
Page 24I stand amazed in the presence O Church, arise and put your armour on
of Jesus the Nazarene, Hear the call of Christ our Captain
and wonder how he could love me, For now the weak can say that they are
a sinner, condemned, unclean. strong
In the strength that God has given
How marvellous! How wonderful!
With shield of faith and belt of truth,
And my song shall ever be:
We’ll stand against the devil’s lies
How marvellous! How wonderful!
An army bold, whose battle cry is love,
Is my Saviour’s love for me!
Reaching out to those in darkness
2. For me he prayed in the garden
2. Our call to war – to love the captive soul,
and bowed to the will divine;
But to rage against the captor
he had no tears for his own griefs,
And with the sword
but sweat drops of blood for mine.
That makes the wounded whole,
How marvellous...
We will fight with faith and valour
3. He took my sins and my sorrows, When faced with trials on every side
he made them his very own; We know the outcome is secure
he bore the burden to Calvary, And Christ will have
and suffered and died alone. The prize for which He died –
How marvellous... An inheritance of nations
4. When with the ransomed in glory 3. Come see the cross
his face I at last shall see, Where love and mercy meet
’twill be my joy through the ages As the Son of God is stricken
to sing of his love for me. Then see His foes
How marvellous… (x2) Lie crushed beneath His feet,
Public Domain For the Conqueror has risen
And as the stone is rolled away
And Christ emerges from the grave
This vict’ry march continues till the day
Every eye and heart shall see Him
4. So Spirit come, put strength in every
stride
Give grace for every hurdle
That we may run with faith to win the prize
Of a servant good and faithful
As saints of old still line the way,
Retelling triumphs of His grace,
We hear their calls and hunger for the day
When with Christ we stand in glory
* Keith Getty, Stuart Townend © 2005 Thankyou Music
Page 25There is a fountain filled with blood shines forth his light,
Drawn from Emmanuel’s veins chases the horrors of night,
And sinners plunged beneath that flood saints with his mercy surrounding.
Lose all their guilty stains
4. Praise to the Lord –
Lose all their guilty stains
O let all that is in me adore him!
Lose all their guilty stains
All that has life and breath
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
come now with praises before him!
Lose all their guilty stains
Let the ‘Amen’ sound from his people again
2. The dying thief rejoiced to see gladly with praise we adore him!
That fountain in his day
Let the ‘Amen’ sound from his people again,
And there have I, as vile as he,
gladly with praise we adore him!
Washed all my sins away
Let the ‘Amen’ sound from his people again,
Washed all my sins away...
gladly with praise we adore him!
Public Domain
3. Dear dying Lamb, Your precious blood
Shall never lose its pow’r God so loved that He gave His Son
Till all the ransomed Church of God To lay down His life for the sake of us
Be saved, to sin no more He bore the weight of our sin and shame
Be saved, to sin no more... With a cry, He said, ‘it is finished’
Christ the Lord overcame the darkness
4. E’er since by faith I saw the stream He's alive, death has been defeated
Your flowing wounds supply
For He made us a way
Redeeming love has been my theme
By which we have been saved
And shall be till I die
He's the Saviour of the World
And shall be till I die...
Public Domain So we lift up a shout for His fame and
renown
Praise to the Lord,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord
the Almighty, the King of Creation!
Jesus, Saviour of the World
O my soul, praise him,
for he is your health and salvation! 2. We must spread the word
Come, all who hear: Of His soon return
brothers and sisters, draw near, To reclaim the world for His glory
praise him in glad adoration! Let the church now sing of this coming King,
Crowned with majesty, our Redeemer
2. Praise to the Lord, And He reigns, ruler of the heavens
who has fearfully, wondrously, made us; And His name is Jesus the Messiah
life is his gift,
For He made us a way...
and when hopelessly falling, he stayed us.
What need or grief always will fail of relief? Christ the Lord overcame the darkness
Wings of his mercy will shade us. He's alive, death has been defeated
And He reigns, ruler of the heavens
3. Praise to the Lord,
And His name is Jesus the Messiah
who, when darkness of sin is abounding,
who, when temptation would triumph, For He made us a way...
* Ben Cantelon © 2010 Thankyou Music
all virtue confounding,
Page 26Speak, O Lord, as we come to You The Church’s one foundation
To receive the food of Your holy Word Is Jesus Christ her Lord
Take Your truth, plant it deep in us She is His new creation
Shape and fashion us in Your likeness By water and the Word
That the light of Christ might be seen today From heav’n He came and sought her
In our acts of love and our deeds of faith To be His holy Bride
Speak, O Lord, and fulfil in us With His own blood He bought her
All Your purposes for Your glory And for her life He died
2. Teach us, Lord, full obedience, 2. She is from every nation,
Holy reverence, true humility Yet one o’er all the earth
Test our thoughts and our attitudes Her charter of salvation –
In the radiance of Your purity One Lord, one faith, one birth
Cause our faith to rise, cause our eyes to One holy name she blesses
see Partakes one holy food
Your majestic love and authority And to one hope she presses
Words of pow’r that can never fail With every grace endued
Let their truth prevail over unbelief
3. The Church shall never perish
3. Speak, O Lord, and renew our minds Her dear Lord to defend,
Help us grasp the heights of Your plans for To guide, sustain and cherish
us Is with her to the end
Truths unchanged from the dawn of time Though there be those who hate her
That will echo down through eternity And false sons in her pale,
Against each foe or traitor
And by grace, we’ll stand on Your promises
She ever shall prevail
And by faith, we’ll walk as You walk with us
Speak, O Lord, till Your church is built
4. Mid toil and tribulation
And the earth is filled with Your glory
* Keith Getty, Stuart Townend © 2005 Thankyou Music And tumult of her war
She waits the consummation
Of peace for evermore
Till with the vision glorious
Her longing eyes are blessed
And the great Church victorious
Shall be the Church at rest
5. Yet she on earth has union
With God the Three in One
And mystic, sweet communion
With those whose rest is won
With all her sons and daughters,
Who by the Master’s hand,
Led through the deathly waters,
Repose in Eden-land
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