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"Changes"
Pastor Dave MacKinnon
Genesis 37-50
(The Life of Joseph)
(The Life of Joseph)
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Our intention in planning our weekly service is to interconnect the elements of the service with the sermon series and the sermon of that week. After two weeks in our Stress series we thought it appropriate to confess our sin to God that we have taken two weeks to process. We read a prayer together to acknowledge that sin is something we all deal with and all need God's grace for. We also personalize it with a time of silent confession. The songs we sang were initially to bring our sacrifice of praise by offering to God songs about His glory, His great worth, and His kingship. We framed our prayer of confession with the song "Shine into our Night" which draws on our need for God to continue to shine into the darkness in our life. We then sang a new song "I Shall Not Want" which extends the confession we prayed by confessing to God how we chase after other things, but the more we taste of His goodness, the less we desire things that he would not want for us. We ended by singing a more pensive version of "Blessed Be Your Name" in order to highlight our need to sing phrases like "You give and take away". I pray that this will become and anthem for us to remember God's sovereignty, provision, and how He is trustworthy.
Prayer of Confession
Reading from Hebrews 4:14-16
Prayer:
Almighty and most merciful Father,
We are thankful that your grace is higher than the heavens,
wider than our wanderings,
greater than all our sin.
Lord, sometimes our lives have such little focus:
We have so much to do;
We possess so much stuff;
We're driven by the need for still more--
and it easily seems to control us.
Forgive our careless attitudes toward your purposes,
our refusal to relieve the suffering of others,
our envy of those who have more than we have,
our obsession with creating a life of constant pleasure,
our indifference to the treasures of heaven,
our neglect of your wise and gracious law.
(Silent prayer of confession)
Help us to change our way of life
so that we may desire what is good,
love what you love,
and do what you command,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Music
Praise to the Lord the Almighty
by Catherine Winkworth | Joachim Neander
O Lord to You
Shine Into Our Night
by Joel Sczebel
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