Morning Service Sunday 4 September 2022

Welcome and Intimations

Prayer and 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.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power, and the glory
for ever and ever.
Amen.

MP 760 When we walk with the Lord

1. When we walk with the Lord
   in the light of His word,
   what a glory He sheds on our way!
   While we do His good will,
   He abides with us still,
   and with all who will trust and obey.
   

   Trust and obey.
   for there’s no other way
   to be happy in Jesus,
   but to trust and obey.
   

2. Not a shadow can rise,
   not a cloud in the skies,
   but His smile quickly drives it away;
   not a doubt nor a fear,
   not a sigh nor a tear.
   can abide while we trust and obey.
   

   Trust and obey.
   for there’s no other way
   to be happy in Jesus,
   but to trust and obey.
   

3. Not a burden we bear,
   not a sorrow we share,
   but our toil He doth richly repay;
   not a grief nor a loss,
   not a frown nor a cross,
   but is blest if we trust and obey.
   

   Trust and obey.
   for there’s no other way
   to be happy in Jesus,
   but to trust and obey.
   

4. But we never can prove
   the delights of His love,
   until all on the altar we lay;
   for the favour He shows,
   and the joy He bestows
   are for them who will trust and obey.
   

   Trust and obey.
   for there’s no other way
   to be happy in Jesus,
   but to trust and obey.
   

5. Then in fellowship sweet,
   we will sit at His feet,
   or we’ll walk by His side in the way.
   What He says we will do,
   where He sends we will go,
   never fear, only trust and obey.
   

   Trust and obey.
   for there’s no other way
   to be happy in Jesus,
   but to trust and obey.
   

© John Henry Sammis

1. Luke 14: 25-33

Children’s Message

MP 165 Give me a heart that will love the unlovely

1. Give me a heart that will love the unlovely,
   open my eyes to the needy and lost,
   help me, O Lord, to show Your love in action,
   give, without counting the cost,
   give, without counting the cost.
   

2. Help me remember I’m empty without You,
   help me to find my strength only in You.
   I can give nothing unless You first fill me,
   Your love alone must shine through,
   Your love alone must shine through.
   

3. Make me be willing to go where You send me,
   make me be ready to answer Your call.
   Give me a heart that rejoices to serve You,
   sharing the best love of all,
   sharing the best love of all.
   

© Gillian Hutchinson

Meditation

Hymn MP 168 Give me the faith

Tune: St Catherine

1. Give me the faith which can remove
   and sink the mountain to a plain;
   give me the childlike, praying love,
   which longs to build Thy house again;
   Thy love let it my heart o’erpower,
   let it my ransomed soul devour.
   

2. I would the precious time redeem,
   and longer live for this alone -
   to spend and to be spent for them
   who have not yet my Saviour known;
   fully on these my mission prove,
   and only breathe to breathe Thy love.
   

3. My talents, gifts, and graces, Lord,
   into Thy blessed hands receive;
   and let me live to preach Thy word,
   and let me to Thy glory live;
   my every sacred moment spend
   in publishing the sinners’ friend.
   

4. Enlarge, inflame, and fill my heart
   with boundless charity divine;
   so shall I all my strength exert,
   and love them with a zeal like Thine;
   and lead them to Thine open side,
   the sheep for whom their shepherd died.
   

© Charles Wesley

Offering

Prayer of Intercession

MP 302 I want to walk with Jesus Christ

1. I want to walk with Jesus Christ,
   all the days I live of this life on earth;
   to give to Him complete control
   of body and of soul.
   

   Follow Him, follow Him,
   yield your life to Him –
   He has conquered death,
   He is King of kings;
   accept the joy which He gives to those
   who yield their lives to Him.
   

2. I want to learn to speak to Him,
   to pray to Him, confess my sin,
   to open my life and let Him in,
   for joy will then be mine.
   

   Follow Him, follow Him,
   yield your life to Him –
   He has conquered death,
   He is King of kings;
   accept the joy which He gives to those
   who yield their lives to Him.
   

3. I want to learn to speak of Him -
   my life must show that He lives in me;
   my deeds, my thoughts, my words must speak
   all of His love for me.
   

   Follow Him, follow Him,
   yield your life to Him –
   He has conquered death,
   He is King of kings;
   accept the joy which He gives to those
   who yield their lives to Him.
   

4. I want to learn to read His word,
   for this is how I know the way
   to live my life as pleases Him,
   in holiness and joy.
   

   Follow Him, follow Him,
   yield your life to Him –
   He has conquered death,
   He is King of kings;
   accept the joy which He gives to those
   who yield their lives to Him.
   

5. O Holy Spirit of the Lord,
   enter now into this heart of mine;
   take full control of my selfish will
   and make me wholly Thine!
   

   Follow Him, follow Him,
   yield your life to Him –
   He has conquered death,
   He is King of kings;
   accept the joy which He gives to those
   who yield their lives to Him.
   

© C Simmonds

Blessing