March 9, 2016 Choir Special-

I Choose Christ

This Sunday, we will be in the loft leading worship for the congregation. Our special this week is I Choose Christ. At some point during the week, please take a few moments to ask the Lord to use us in a great way during worship; that we would be broken vessels for His use.

A True Heart

There is a story recorded in Matthew 15:21-28 and

Mark 7:24-30 about a Greek woman, Syro-

Phoenician by brith, who approached Jesus after

he had entered the region of Tyre and Sidon.

The woman followed Jesus and his disciples

begging him to heal her daughter who had an

unclean spirit. O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is

severely demon-possessed, she cried. Jesus did not

answer the woman immediately and was urged by

his disciples to send her away. Jesus replied, “I

was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

The woman then came and fell at Jesus’ feet,

worshipped him and said, Lord, help me! Jesus

answered her, It is not good to take the children’s bread

and throw it to the little dogs. To which the woman

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Please organize your music for tonight: 7:00 PM - 7:45 PM I Choose Christ- from sheet music It Is Well With My Soul- from sheet music Lamb of God- from sheet music The Cross Medley- from sheet music Unbroken Praise- from sheet music Refiner’s Fire- from Inderscribable Our Flag Was Still There- from sheet music

7:50 PM-8:30 PM

We Remember- review Lament- review Threshold of Glory- from Thres. of Glory pg. 3 Hallelujah! It Is Finished- from sheet music Christ the Lord is Risen- from sheet music Prepare the Way- from Eyes of Faith pg. 34 Redeemer, Savior, Friend- Eyes of Faith pg. 74 At The Foot of the Cross- Eyes of Faith pg. 102 Every Step- from Eyes of Faith pg. 57 This Is Love- from Eyes of Faith pg. 86 My Redeemer Lives- from Eyes of Faith pg. 121

*Orchestra will play all songs in RED.

Keep your Eyes on Christ

I will lift up my eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help? My

help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to be moved;

He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel shall

neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is

your shade at your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. The Lord shall preserve your going out and your

coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.

Psalm 121

Announcements- 1. Pray for each other- Don Johnston family in their

loss

2. Sound Check @ 9:15 AM- Worship Set

3. Dress Rehearsal Dates-

March 20 6-8 PM; March 24 6-8 PM;

4. Prayer Requests Online- request cards available

5. March 20th - Choir special is Prepare the Way & Threshold of Glory

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replied, True Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs

which fall from the master’s table. Jesus healed the

woman’s daughter that very hour.

This woman must have heard the stories about people

who had received healing by referring to Jesus as the

Son of David; blind Bartimeus for one example. She

knew that being a Gentile she had no claims on Jesus

as the Son of David, but she was desparate to see her

daughter healed. To get Jesus’ attention she

pretended to have a relationship with him that did not

exist. After the woman came to worship Jesus, he

exposed her hypocrisy by calling her a dog. (It is

interesting to note that the Greek word for worship

used in this passage means to kiss the hand or lick like

a dog.) Realizing her scheme had been exposed; the

woman approached Jesus from the true position of

her status and presented her plea. That was the

approach which got Jesus’ attention.

In the book of Amos we read where God says to

Israel that he hates and despises their feast days and

sacred assemblies. He said that he did not accept

their offerings and told them to remove the noise of

their music and songs because he wasn’t listening.

True worship flows from a true relationship with

God. One can use the expressions of worship used by

others, but if their relationship with God is not based

on truth, it will not be true worship. God is not

impressed with our methods of worship if those

methods express someone other than who we really

are. God desires truth in the inward parts.

Do you have a true relationship with the Father? Are

your expressions of worship based on someone else’s

relationship? Ask the Lord to give you truth in the

inward parts.

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