For Sunday, April 12

How Great Thou Art

O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder
Thy pow’r throughout the universe displayed

Chorus
Then sings my soul, my Savior, God, to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
Then sings my soul, my Savior, God, to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art

When through the woods and forest glades I wander
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur
And see the brook and feel the gentle breeze

And when I think that God, His Son not sparing
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing
He bled and died to take away my sin

When Christ shall come with shouts of acclamation
And lead me home, what joy shall fill my heart
Then I shall bow in humble adoration
And there proclaim, “My God, how great Thou art”

His Mercy Is More

Chorus
Praise the Lord, His mercy is more
Stronger than darkness, new every morn’
Our sins they are many, His mercy is more

What love could remember no wrongs we have done
Omniscient, all-knowing, He counts not their sum
Thrown into a sea without bottom or shore
Our sins they are many, His mercy is more

What patience would wait as we constantly roam
What Father, so tender, is calling us home
He welcomes the weakest, the vilest, the poor
Our sins they are many, His mercy is more

What riches of kindness He lavished on us
His blood was the payment, His life was the cost
We stood ‘neath a debt we could never afford
Our sins they are many, His mercy is more

Never Cease to Praise

May we run this race, may we keep the faith
May our eyes be fixed on Jesus
That we’ll not lose heart in our struggle with sin
And through suffering know endurance
May we arm ourselves with the mind of Christ
To rejoice in trials and be not surprised
May our hearts be so consumed by You
That we never cease to praise

May our company be the saints You’ve called
May we all stand firm in one spirit
That the gospel’s truth may resound on earth
That all living things may hear it
May the fruits of faith mark the path we trod
Through the life of Christ, to the glory of God
May our hearts be so consumed by You
That we never cease to praise

May the words we share be Your grace and peace
May our tongues speak Your proclamations
That the many parts of the body of Christ
Be affirmed in their right relation
As we long and wait for the groom to come
May we learn to love and spur each other on
May our hearts be so consumed by You
That we never cease to praise

When the day arrives and the race is won
When our griefs give way to deliverance
We will fully know as we’re fully known
All our groans will end as new songs begin
And a multitude from every tribe and tongue
Wearing robes of white will stand before Your throne
And our hearts will be so consumed by You
That we’ll never cease to praise
May our hearts be so consumed by You
That we never cease to praise

Jesus Paid It All

I hear the Savior say
“Thy strength indeed is small
Child of weakness, watch and pray
Find in Me thine all-in-all”

Chorus
Jesus paid it all
All to Him I owe
Sin had left a crimson stain
He washed it white as snow

Lord, now indeed I find
Thy power, and Thine alone
Can change the leper’s spots
And melt the heart of stone

For nothing good have I 
Whereby Thy grace to claim
I’ll wash my garments white
In the blood of Calvary’s Lamb

And when, before the throne
I stand in Him complete
“Jesus died my soul to save”
My lips shall still repeat

Sermon: Faithful Under Pressure

Bible Passage:  Nehemiah 6:1-19 (clicking on the verse will take you to the Bible passage)

We Will Feast In the House of Zion

Chorus
We will feast in the house of Zion
We will sing with our hearts restored
“He has done great things,” we will say together
We will feast and weep no more

We will not be burned by the fire
He is the Lord our God
We are not consumed by the flood
Upheld, protected, gathered up

In the dark of night before the dawn
My soul be not afraid
For the promised morning, O, how long
O God of Jacob, be my strength

Every vow we’ve broken and betrayed
You are the faithful one
And from the garden to the grave
Bind us together, bring shalom

Benediction: Hebrews 13:20-21