Your blood speaks a better word than all the empty claims I’ve heard upon this earth, Speaks righteousness for me, and stands in my defense; Jesus, it’s Your blood.

Your blood speaks a better word than all the empty claims I’ve heard upon this earth, Speaks righteousness for me, and stands in my defense; Jesus, it’s Your blood.

What can wash away our sins? What can make us whole again? Nothing but the blood, nothing but the blood of Jesus. What can wash us pure as snow, welcomed as the friends of God? Nothing but Your blood, nothing but Your blood, King Jesus.

Your cross testifies in grace, tells of the Father’s heart to make a way for us. Now boldly we approach; not earthly confidence, it’s only by Your blood.

What can wash away our sins? What can make us whole again? Nothing but the blood, nothing but the blood of Jesus. What can wash us pure as snow, welcomed as the friends of God? Nothing but Your blood, nothing but Your blood, King Jesus.

How Great is Our God

Leader: The splendor of the King, clothed in majesty; Let all the earth rejoice, all the earth rejoice.

Leader: He wraps Himself in light, and darkness tries to hide, And trembles at His voice, and trembles at his voice.

Leader: How great is our God! Sing with me. How great is our God! And all will see how great, how great is our God!

And age to age He stands, and time is in His hands; Beginning and the End, Beginning and the End.

The God –head three in one, Father, Spirit, Son, The Lion and the Lamb, the Lion and the Lamb.

How great is our God! Sing with me. How great is our God! And all will see how great, how great is our God!

Name above all names, Worthy of all praise. My heart will sing How great is our God!

Name above all names, Worthy of all praise. My heart will sing How great is our God!

How great is our God! Sing with me. How great is our God! And all will see how great, how great is our God!

How great is our God! Sing with me. How great is our God! And all will see how great, how great is our God!

*INVOCATION AND OPENING PRAYER Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. People: Amen.

*INVOCATION AND OPENING PRAYER Pastor: Almighty God, our heavenly Father, Your mercies are new every morning; and though we deserve only punishment, You receive us as Your children and provide for all our needs of body and soul. Grant that we may heartily acknowledge Your merciful goodness,

*INVOCATION AND OPENING PRAYER Pastor: give thanks for all Your benefits, and serve You in willing obedience; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. People: Amen.

*CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS Pastor: Let us confess our sins to God our Father. People: Lord God, by nature we are sinful and spiritually blind. In our darkness, we have staggered about, placing our love and trust in false gods that we can see with our physical eyes:

*CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS People: false gods such as money, family, and our own selves. Forgive us for not seeking You above all, and grant us eyes of faith to find forgiveness in the light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

*CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS People: We humbly ask that for the sake of Your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us, so that we may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways to the glory of Your holy name. Amen.

*CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS Pastor: “For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.” Ephesians 5:8–9 Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and for His sake forgives you all your sins.

*CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS Pastor: As a called and ordained servant of the Word, I announce the grace of God to all of you, and in the stead and by the command of my Lord Jesus Christ, I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. People: Amen.

TAKE A MOMENT TO ENJOY EACH OTHER IN CHRIST

OLD TESTAMENT READING: Isaiah 42:14–21 14 For a long time I have held my peace; I have kept still and restrained myself; now I will cry out like a woman in labor; I will gasp and pant. 15 I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their vegetation; I will turn the rivers into islands, and dry up the pools. 16 And I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know, in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I do, and I do not forsake them.

OLD TESTAMENT READING: Isaiah 42:14–21 17 They are turned back and utterly put to shame, who trust in carved idols, who say to metal images, "You are our gods." 18 Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see! 19 Who is blind but my servant, or deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is blind as my dedicated one, or blind as the servant of the LORD? 20 He sees many things, but does not observe them; his ears are open, but he does not hear.

OLD TESTAMENT READING: Isaiah 42:14–21 21 The LORD was pleased, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify his law and make it glorious. Lector: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God.

EPISTLE: Ephesians 5:8–14 8 For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light 9 (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), 10 and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. 11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. 12 For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. 13 But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, 14 for anything that becomes visible is light.

EPISTLE: Ephesians 5:8–14 Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you." Lector: This is the Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God.

The Holy Gospel

*HOLY GOSPEL: John 9:1–7, 13–17, 34–39 1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" 3 Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

*HOLY GOSPEL: John 9:1–7, 13–17, 34–39 6 Having said these things, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud 7 and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing. … 13 They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. 14 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. 15 So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight.

*HOLY GOSPEL: John 9:1–7, 13–17, 34–39 And he said to them, "He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see." 16 Some of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" And there was a division among them. 17 So they said again to the blind man, "What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet." … 34 They answered him, "You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?"

*HOLY GOSPEL: John 9:1–7, 13–17, 34–39 And they cast him out. 35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" 36 He answered, "And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?" 37 Jesus said to him, "You have seen him, and it is he who is speaking to you." 38 He said, "Lord, I believe," and he worshiped him.

*HOLY GOSPEL: John 9:1–7, 13–17, 34–39 39 Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind." Pastor: This is the Gospel of the Lord. People: Praise to You, O Christ.

Our God

Water You turned into wine, opened the eyes of the blind; there’s no one like You, none like You. Into the darkness You shine; out of the ashes, we rise. There’s no one like You, none like You.

Our God is greater, our God is stronger; God, You are higher than any other. Our God is healer, awesome in power, our God, our God.

Into the darkness You shine; out of the ashes, we rise. There’s no one like You, none like You.

Our God is greater, our God is stronger; God, You are higher than any other. Our God is healer, awesome in power, our God, our God.

And if our God is for us then who could ever stop us, and if our God is with us then what could stand against?

What could stand against?

Our God is greater, our God is stronger; God, You are higher than any other. Our God is healer, awesome in power, our God, our God.

And if our God is for us then who could ever stop us, and if our God is with us then what could stand against?

Then what could stand against?

Our God is greater, our God is stronger; God, You are higher than any other. Our God is healer, awesome in power, our God, our God.

“Are You Living as Children of the Light?” Ephesians 5: 8-14 by Pastor David L. Sawhill

Holy is Our God

Holy is our God, whose name we praise forever, Glory to the Son, who reigns in majesty!

Come, Spirit, come and fill our hearts with wisdom, That we may long to worship You alone.

Our Father is the great Creator of all we have and all we see.

He made us in His image that we may honor and worship Him.

Holy is our God, whose name we praise forever, Glory to the Son, who reigns in majesty!

Come, Spirit, come and fill our hearts with wisdom, That we may long to worship You alone.

For Jesus is the Father’s only Son, given in love for ev’ryone.

Lamb of sacrifice, and humble King, He gave His life so we might live.

Holy is our God, whose name we praise forever, Glory to the Son, who reigns in majesty!

Come, Spirit, come and fill our hearts with wisdom, That we may long to worship You alone.

Oh Spirit, come and unite us in one communion with our Lord.

Free us from the chains that bind us, for the Comforter has come.

Holy is our God, whose name we praise forever, Glory to the Son, who reigns in majesty!

Come, Spirit, come and fill our hearts with wisdom, That we may long to worship You alone.

That we may long to worship you alone.

Could everyone please sign an attendance card and pass it to the side aisle.

I Offer My Life

All that I am, all that I have, I lay them down before You, O Lord; All my regrets, all my acclaim, the joy and the pain, All my regrets, all my acclaim, the joy and the pain, I’m making them Yours.

Lord, I offer my life to You, everything I’ve been through, Use it for Your glory. Lord, I offer my days to You, lifting my praise to You

As a pleasing sacrifice. Lord, I offer You my life.

Things in the past, things yet unseen, Wishes and dreams that are yet to come true;

All of my hopes, all of my plans, My heart and my hands are lifted to You.

Lord, I offer my life to You, everything I’ve been through, Use it for Your glory. Lord, I offer my days to You, lifting my praise to You

As a pleasing sacrifice. Lord, I offer You my life.

*PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH EACH PETITION ending with Pastor: Lord, in Your mercy, People: hear our prayer. Pastor: Let us pray for the whole people of God in Christ Jesus and for all people according to their needs.

*PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH Pastor: Into Your hands, O Lord, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in Your mercy; through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. People: Amen.

*THE LORD’S PRAYER: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;

*THE LORD’S PRAYER: and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. AMEN.

*BLESSING Pastor: My eyes are ever toward the L ORD, People: for He will pluck my feet out of the net.Psalm 25:15

*BLESSING Pastor: The L ORD bless you and keep you. The L ORD make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The L ORD look upon you with favor and + give you peace. Numbers 6:24–26 People: Amen.

Shine Jesus Shine

Lord, the light of Your love is shining, In the midst of the darkness shining; Jesus, Light of the world, shine upon us, Set us free by the truth You now bring us; Shine on me, shine on me. Shine on me, shine on me.

Shine, Jesus, shine, fill this land with the Father’s glory. Blaze, Spirit, blaze, Set our hearts on fire.

Flow, river, flow, Flood the nations with grace and mercy. Send forth Your word, Lord, and let there be light.

Lord, I come to Your awesome presence, From the shadows into Your radiance; By the blood I may enter Your brightness; Search me, try me, consume all my darkness; Shine on me, shine on me. Shine on me, shine on me.

Shine, Jesus, shine, fill this land with the Father’s glory. Blaze, Spirit, blaze, Set our hearts on fire.

Flow, river, flow, Flood the nations with grace and mercy. Send forth Your word, Lord, and let there be light.

As we gaze on Your kingly brightness, So our faces display Your likeness; Ever changing from glory to glory, Mirror’d here may our lives tell Your story; Shine on me, shine on me. Shine on me, shine on me.

Shine, Jesus, shine, fill this land with the Father’s glory. Blaze, Spirit, blaze, Set our hearts on fire.

Flow, river, flow, Flood the nations with grace and mercy. Send forth Your word, Lord, and let there be light.

Shine, Jesus, shine, fill this land with the Father’s glory. Blaze, Spirit, blaze, Set our hearts on fire.

Flow, river, flow, Flood the nations with grace and mercy. Send forth Your word, Lord, and let there be light.

HAVE A BLESSED WEEK