November 8, 2015 PREP

Theme: Providence has a Place in Our Hearts

 Sound Notes:

Reference Scriptures:  Revelations 21:1-6, 22:1-6


22:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. ² And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. ³ And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,

“See, the home^[a] of God is among mortals.
He will dwell^[b] with them;
they will be his peoples,^[c]
and God himself will be with them;^[d]
4 he will wipe every tear from their eyes.
Death will be no more;
mourning and crying and pain will be no more,
for the first things have passed away.”

⁵ And the one who was seated on the throne said, “See, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.” ⁶ Then he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life.

22:1 Then the angel^[a] showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb ² through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life^[b] with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. ³ Nothing accursed will be found there any more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants^[c] will worship him; ⁴ they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. ⁵ And there will be no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
⁶ And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true, for the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants^[d] what must soon take place.”
⁷ “See, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

Call To Worship:

Leader: We’ve come to worship God,

People: who makes streams flow from rock,

  and turns the parched earth into springs of water,

Leader: God sends the rain from heaven

and makes the wilderness blossom and flourish.

People: As the deer thirsts for flowing streams,

so we thirst for You, O God.

Leader: Come, let’s worship our life-giving God,

People: For God pours out living water on all our thirst!

Invocation:

Eternal God, our Alpha and Omega,

our beginning and our end,

we have gathered in this time and at this place to worship You.

In Your time, You created all things,

and wove into their fabric a yearning for fulfillment in You.

It is this yearning within us which has pulled us here this morning.

Take these moments, O Lord of time and space,

and complete them in us, through Your Holy Spirit,

as we follow your example in prayer, Our Father...

 

--www.myredeemerlives.org

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