Theme: The Full Cup of Joy
Advent Worship Theme: Renewed, gifted and fulfilled by the full cup of God's promise in Christ.
Sound Notes:
Reference Scriptures: Zephaniah 3:14-20
3:14 Sing aloud, O daughter Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter Jerusalem!
3:15 The LORD has taken away the judgments against you, he has turned away your enemies. The king of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst; you shall fear disaster no more.
3:16 On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: Do not fear, O Zion; do not let your hands grow weak.
3:17 The LORD, your God, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing
3:18 as on a day of festival. I will remove disaster from you, so that you will not bear reproach for it.
3:19 I will deal with all your oppressors at that time. And I will save the lame and gather the outcast, and I will change their shame into praise and renown in all the earth.
3:20 At that time I will bring you home, at the time when I gather you; for I will make you renowned and praised among all the peoples of the earth, when I restore your fortunes before your eyes, says the LORD.
Call To Worship:
Leader 1: Christians, all our Lord is coming,
Leader 2: He will rise up from the dead.
People: Lift the cup! Our sin forgiven, bless the host and eat this bread.
Leader 1: Mend the ways where peace is broken,
Leader 2: Give yourselves to true Shalom.
People: Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Dwell as one in church and home.
Invocation:
Holy God, giver of the perfect gift, we find ourselves today, entering your house. We see that you are holding in your hands a gift that is for us. We know it will be perfect and we let our anticipation rise. Our imaginations race. We know we won't guess, we can't imagine, all that you hold in your hands and heart for us. We know, too, the joy of being your beloved children. So before we surge in around you and try to overwhelm you with our delight, we will take a deep breath and pray, Our Father.....
Holy God, giver of the perfect gift, we find ourselves today, entering your house. We see that you are holding in your hands a gift that is for us. We know it will be perfect and we let our anticipation rise. Our imaginations race. We know we won't guess, we can't imagine, all that you hold in your hands and heart for us. We know, too, the joy of being your beloved children. So before we surge in around you and try to overwhelm you with our delight, we will take a deep breath and pray, Our Father.....
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