Sunday, August 17, 2025

Announcements                                                             Pastor Jonathan Cole
Adoration

• Prelude
• Psalm – Psalm 82
• “God Judges in the Midst of Gods”                           Worship Hymn

Confession

• Welcome and Invocation                                          Pastor Mike Holt
• New Testament – Hebrews 11:29-12:2

Assurance

• “How Firm a Foundation”                                                               #364
• “May the Mind of Christ, My Savior”                                           #377

Thanksgiving

• Gospel – Luke 12:49-56                     Pastor Shannon Whisenhunt

Petition and Intercession

• Pastoral Prayer                                                   Pastor Israel Arguello
• “Speak, O Lord”                                                                                  #368

Instruction from God’s Word

• Sermon – Matthew 17:24-27                 Pastor Stephen Garrick, Sr.
• “Not In Me”                                                                                           #405

Charge and Benediction

• Benediction
• “Trust and Obey”                                                              Worship Hymn
• Special Called Business Meeting

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God Judges in the Midst of Gods
1. God judges in the midst of gods;
He stands among the strong.
And to the wicked and unjust,
The cry goes out: how long?
 
2. Defend the poor and fatherless;
Do justice to the weak.
Deliver from the wicked hand
The needy and the meek.
 
3. They neither know nor understand;
In darkness deep they stray.
And the foundations of the earth
Are shaken underway.
 
4. I said to them, "You all are gods
And sons of the Most High.
But as the rulers, you shall fall,
And like all men, shall die."
 
5. Arise, O God, and judge the earth,
Your great decree assured;
The world as Your inheritance,
And every nation Yours!
   
How Firm a Foundation
1. How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said,
To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?
 
2. "Fear not! I am with thee; O be not dismayed,
For I am thy God, and will still give thee aid;
I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand,
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.
 
3. "When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,
My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.
 
4. "The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose
I will not, I will not desert to his foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I'll never, no never, no never forsake!"
 
  
May the Mind of Christ, My Savior
1. May the mind of Christ, my Savior,
live in me from day to day,
by His love and pow'r controlling
all I do and say.
 
2. May the word of God dwell richly
in my heart from hour to hour,
so that all may see I triumph
only through His pow'r.
 
3. May the peace of God my Father
rule my life in everything,
that I may be calm to comfort
sick and sorrowing.
 
4. May the love of Jesus fill me
as the waters fill the sea;
Him exalting, self abasing:
this is victory.
 
5. May I run the race before me,
strong and brave to face the foe,
looking only unto Jesus
as I onward go.
 
6. May His beauty rest upon me
as I seek the lost to win,
and may they forget the channel,
seeing only Him.
  
Speak, O Lord.
1 Speak, O Lord, as we come to You
to receive the food of Your Holy Word.
Take Your truth, plant it deep in us;
shape and fashion us in Your likeness,
that the light of Christ might be seen today
in our acts of love and our deeds of faith.
Speak, O Lord, and fulfill in us,
all Your purposes for Your glory.
 
2. Teach us, Lord, full obedience,
holy reverence, true humility.
Test our thoughts and our attitudes
in the radiance of Your purity.
Cause our faith to rise; cause our eyes to see
Your majestic love and authority.
Words of pow'r that can never fail,
let their truth prevail over unbelief.
 
3. Speak, O Lord, and renew our minds;
help us grasp the heights of Your plans for us.
Truths unchanged from the dawn of time
that will echo down through eternity.
And by grace we'll stand on Your promises,
and by faith we'll walk as You walk with us.
Speak, O Lord, till Your Church is built
and the earth is filled with Your glory.
 
 
Not in Me
1. No list of sins I have not done,
No list of virtues I pursue,
No list of those I am not like
Can earn myself a place with You.
O God, be merciful to me–
I am a sinner through and through!
My only hope of righteousness
Is not in me, but only You.

2. No humble dress, no fervent prayer,
No lifted hands, no tearful song,
No recitation of the truth
Can justify a single wrong.
My righteousness is Jesus’ life, m
My debt was paid by Jesus’ death,
My weary load was borne by Him
And He alone can give me rest.

3. No separation from the world,
No work I do, no gift I give
Can cleanse my conscience, cleanse my hands;
I cannot cause my soul to live.
But Jesus died and rose again–
The power of death is overthrown!
My God is merciful to me
And merciful in Christ alone.
 
 
Trust and Obey
4. 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. 
 
Refrain:
Trust and obey, for there's no other way
To be happy in Jesus,
But to trust and obey.