Veil Ministries
presents
a
Worship Service
for
15th August 2010
HYMN
Introduction (To hear the audio file01 Intro What shall I do please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
Our opening hymn today is by Charles Wesley. If much is known about him, equally little is known about S. Grosvenor who wrote the tune ‘Jerusalem’, except that he lived around the middle of the 1800s. But it’s a wonderful marriage of words and music and I invite you to join with us in this hymn of wonder and praise.
Music (To hear the audio file 02 What shall I do please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
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What shall I do, my God to love,
The length, and breadth, and height to prove
And depth of sovereign grace?
2
Thy sovereign grace to all extends,
Immense and unconfined;
From age to age it never ends,
It reaches all mankind.
3
Throughout the world its breadth is known,
Wide as infinity,
So wide it never passed by one;
Or it had passed by me.
4
My trespass was grown up to heaven
But far above the skies,
In Christ abundantly forgiven
I see thy mercies rise.
5
The depth of all redeeming love
What angel tongue can tell?
O may I to the utmost prove
The gift uspeakable.
6
Come quickly, gracious Lord, and take
Possession of Thine own;
My longing heart vouchsafe to make
Thine everlasting throne.
PRAYER (To hear the audio file 03 Prayerplease right
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Dear God, we have to admit that although we genuinely
want to give you thanks for all we have, we are continually
tempted to wonder why there is such sadness and distress
caused by so many incurable illnesses. There seems to be
Is there some way, dear God, you would allow
your people to bring that healing, please.
Such situations make us even more angry about the
situations which man can help but because of selfishness and greed, people suffer when they need not. Forgive us if we are over impatient with the greedy people, Lord. We realize they have as much potential to be like you as we have, but they seem to be unconcerned about the misery they cause us. We would pray that our reflection of you might be so much more convincing to them.
Then we would remember your Church throughout the world, and in particular, where we are and ask that we might be the kind of disciples you need.
These things we ask in your name. Amen
HYMN
Introduction (To hear the audio file04 Intro Christ the Lord please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
We sing now a hymn which is usually associated with Easter but it’s such a great hymn, it seems a shame to use it only once a year.
The words were written by Charles Wesley for use at the first worship service at the Wesleyan Chapel in London. The chapel, on the site of a former iron foundry, became known as the Foundry Meeting House, and this hymn was included in the Foundry Collection.
And amazingly the composer of the tune remains unknown.
Music (To hear the audio file 05 Christ the Lord please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
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Christ, the Lord, is risen today, Hallelujah!
Sons of men and angels say: Hallelujah!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Hallelujah!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth, reply, Hallelujah!
2
Love’s redeeming work is done, Hallelujah!
Fought the fight, the battle won, Hallelujah!
Vain the stone, the watch, the seal, Hallelujah!
Christ hath burst the gates of hell, Hallelujah!
3
Lives again our glorious King, Hallelujah!
Where, O death, is now thy sting? Hallelujah!
Once He died our souls to save, Hallelujah!
Where thy victory, boasting grave? Hallelujah!
4
Soar we now where Christ hath led, Hallelujah!
Following our exalted Head, Hallelujah!
Made like Him, like Him we rise, Hallelujah!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Hallelujah!
5
King of glory! Soul of bliss! Hallelujah!
Everlasting life is this, Hallelujah!
Thee to know, Thy power to prove, Hallelujah!
This to sing, and thus to love. Hallelujah!
SING ALONG WITH THE CHILDREN!
Introduction (To hear the audio file 06 Intro Count please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
Johnson Oatman who wrote the words of ‘Count your blessings’ was ordained as a Methodist Episcopal minister, but his pastoral work was confined to local churches, as he worked full time in the retail and insurance industries. He wrote lyrics for 5,000 Gospel songs.
Music (To hear the audio file 07 Count your blessings please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
1
When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed,
When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
Count your many blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.
Refrain
Count your blessings, name them one by one,
Count your blessings, see what God hath done!
Count your blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.
2
Are you ever burdened with a load of care?
Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear?
Count your many blessings, every doubt will fly,
And you will keep singing as the days go by.
3
When you look at others with their lands and gold,
Think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold;
Count your many blessings. Wealth can never buy
Your reward in heaven, nor your home on high.
4
So, amid the conflict whether great or small,
Do not be disheartened, God is over all;
Count your many blessings, angels will attend,
Help and comfort give you to your journey’s end.
Refrain
BRASS Montreal Citadel
Introduction (To hear the audio file 08 Intro Montreal please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
The Salvation Army have a rich musical heritage. They have produced some of the finest marches in the world. Here, today is the march Montreal Citadel. It was written by
One talent have I to take to the sky,
While some of the rest have ten of the best;
But should I complain, from duty refrain?
No never, no never, not I!
Music Montreal Citadel (To hear the audio file 09 Montreal Citadelplease right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
GOD’S TITHES AND OUR OFFERINGS (To hear the audio file10 Tithes please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
If we were to analyze the financing of God’s work, we might be surprised to discover how it manages to do what it does
Some churches insist on verifying what their members give and while administratively that might make life easier for the church treasurer (!) no amount of supervision can determine how a person serves God, including how much finance they should give to his work. It will always be a personal matter between a person and God.
So, dear friends, just as God leads your thoughts to where they naturally turn, would you use these moments to set aside how you will help to finance his work by allocating finance to whichever church or Ministry is bringing you blessing and encouragement.
HYMN
Introduction (To hear the audio file 11 Intro Lead please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
No-one wants to attend a church which specialises in slow gloomy hymns! But in our eagerness to be bright and cheerful, it is possible to throw out the baby with the bathwater (!) and we lose some of the church’s precious heritage in words and music. ‘Lead, kindly light’ is one such hymn. As we sing it-or listen to it-whichever you prefer, perhaps it may suggest to us how valuable a few moments of quiet reflection can be.
John Newman wrote the first three verses and the fourth was added by Edward Bickersteth.
While travelling in Italy as a young priest, John Newman fell ill and stayed at Castle Giovanni almost three weeks. Finally, he was well enough to continue his journey to Palermo.
In his own words Newman said: Before starting from my inn, I sat down on my bed and began to sob bitterly. My servant, who had acted as my nurse, asked what ailed me. I could only answer, “I have a work to do in England.” I was aching to get home, yet for want of a vessel I was kept at Palermo for three weeks. I began to visit the churches, and they calmed my impatience, though I did not attend any services. At last I got off in an orange boat, bound for Marseilles. We were becalmed for whole week in the Straits of Bonifacio, and it was there that I wrote the lines, “Lead, Kindly Light,” which have since become so well known.
The tune Sandon was written by Charles Purday
Purday was appointed conductor of psalmody at Crown Court Scots Church in Covent Garden, London, in the 1840’s, during the ministry of Dr. John Cumming. Dr. Cumming’s church was so popular that it was said traffic could not move in Bow Street and Drury Lane in London for the throng of carriages making their way to services. Purday was a fine vocalist and had sung at the coronation of Queen Victoria. He became a music publisher,
Music (To hear the audio file12 Lead kindly light please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
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Lead, kindly Light, amid th’encircling gloom, lead Thou me on!
The night is dark, and I am far from home; lead Thou me on!
Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene; one step enough for me.
2
I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou shouldst lead me on;
I loved to choose and see my path; but now lead Thou me on!
I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears,
Pride ruled my will. Remember not past years!
3
So long Thy power hath blest me, sure it still will lead me on.
O’er moor and fen, o’er crag and torrent, till the night is gone,
And with the morn those angel faces smile, which I
Have loved long since, and lost awhile!
BIBLE READING (To hear the audio file 13 Bible please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
John 11:1-44 (New International Version)
The Death of Lazarus
Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who
When he heard this, Jesus said, "This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God's glory so that God's Son may be glorified through it." Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. Yet when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days.
Then he said to his disciples, "Let us go back to Judea."
"But Rabbi," they said, "a short while ago the Jews tried to stone you, and yet you are going back there?"
Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours of daylight? A man who walks by day will not stumble, for he sees by this world's light. It is when he walks by night that he stumbles, for he has no light."
After he had said this, he went on to tell them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up."
His disciples replied, "Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better." Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.
So then he told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead, and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him."
Then Thomas (called Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him."
On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.
"Lord," Martha said to Jesus, "if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask."
Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."
Martha answered, "I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day."
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"
"Yes, Lord," she told him, "I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world."
And after she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. "The Teacher is here," she said, "and is asking for you." When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. "Where have you laid him?" he asked. "Come and see, Lord," they replied.
Jesus wept.
Then the Jews said, "See how he loved him!"
But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?"
Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. "Take away the stone," he said. "But, Lord," said Martha, the sister of the dead man, "by this time there is a bad odour, for he has been there four days."
Then Jesus said, "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?"
So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me."
When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, "Take off the grave clothes and let him go."
MUSICAL MOMENTS
Introduction (To hear the audio file 14 Intro Dreams please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
We welcome Bobby Irvine as our soloist today. Bobby is a
VOCAL SOLO: Dreams come true Soloist: Bobbie Irvine (To hear the audio file 15 Dreams please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
ORCHESTRAL:
Introduction (To hear the audio file 16 Intro Panis please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
César Franck was born in Liege, France in 1822. He was a man of gentle character, known to his pupils by the lovely
Franck wrote a number of large scale choral works on biblical subjects, with smaller scale works for occasional or liturgical use. This last category includes the well known Panis Angelicus which we hear now. The English translation is:
Panis Angelicus (Franck) (To hear the audio file17 Panis Angelicus please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
The angelic bread becomes the bread of men; The heavenly bread ends all prefigurations: What wonder! consumes the Lord a poor and humble servant.
Triune God, We beg of You, that you visit us, as we worship You. By your ways, lead us who seek the light in which You dwell. Amen.
VOCAL: Here is love
Introduction (To hear the audio file 18 Intro Here is love please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
Here we have an old favourite, ‘Here is love’. It was written as were so many of our marvellous hymns, by a Welshman,, this time it’s William Rees who was known as a preacher and lecturer, poet, novelist, astronomer and political thinker. He pastored in Liverpool for over 30 years. The music is by Robert Lowry He was ordained as a Baptist minister and pastored a number of churches in the USA He was a prolific composer, writing over 500 Gospel tunes.
Music (To hear the audio file 19 Here is love please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
Here is love, vast as the ocean,
Lovingkindness as the flood,
When the Prince of Life, our Ransom,
Shed for us His precious blood.
Who His love will not remember?
Who can cease to sing His praise?
He can never be forgotten,
Throughout Heav’n’s eternal days.
On the mount of crucifixion,
Fountains opened deep and wide;
Through the floodgates of God’s mercy
Flowed a vast and gracious tide.
Grace and love, like mighty rivers,
Poured incessant from above,
And Heav’n’s peace and perfect justice
Kissed a guilty world in love.
SERMON (To hear the audio file 20 Sermon please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
The home of Mary and Martha and Lazarus was a very precious place for Jesus. It was a place where he knew he was loved and could relax.
The main character all the narrative, of course, is Lazarus.
Dr. Malcolm WestwoodMary and Martha sent word to Jesus that Lazarus was sick. They did not ask him to come. They must’ve known that he would.
Jesus said to his disciples, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s son may be glorified through it.” So what is the ‘glory of God’ to which Jesus is referring? Is it the raising of Lazarus? Why just Lazarus? Other people had been raised from the dead.
In John 7 verse 39 we read “Up to that time, the Spirit had not yet been given, since Jesus had not been glorified.” The Spirit would not come until Jesus had ascended and he would not ascend of course until he had been raised from the dead and obviously the resurrection could not happen until after the crucifixion. Jesus was well aware that the raising of Lazarus would hasten his own death.
It’s an insight into the character of Jesus which we don’t often consider-that Jesus did something quite wonderful for Mary and Martha and Lazarus while at the same time knowing it would directly affect his own death. How different such action is to many people today who are expert at quickly calculating how much some proposed action will cost before they do it.
John makes the comment that despite Jesus knowing Lazarus was sick, he waited two whole days before he went to see him. Logically, it must surely be easier to heal someone of a medical problem than to raise them from the dead! The sooner Jesus got to Lazarus, the more chance there would be of restoring Lazarus to health, would be our opinion. After all it was only 2 miles from Bethany to Jerusalem. But Jesus doesn’t work according to our opinions or our logic, and we could perhaps save ourselves a lot of confusion and frustration if we could always remember that!
It’s not unknown for us to tell God of our problems and then tell him what needs to be done to fix them and we have even been known to start praying for the first of our steps to happen which will rectify the situation. And I imagine we all have known the despair of seeing our deadline for God’s action to pass without him doing what we thought was essential to be done.
Jesus makes a seemingly obvious point-“there are 12 hours of daylight.” In other words, “there’s time in those hours to get done what needs to be done.” Which is a fair point for those who are organized! Like so many of you, I have a “to do” list every day with certain items prioritized. And occasionally, I complete the list, but on other days I admit to having to carry over tasks to the next day. But seeing Lazarus in the following two days was not on Jesus’ “to do” list. All sorts of reasons are suggested for that, such as Jesus wanted to make sure people knew that Lazarus was actually dead and therefore the miracle would be a “greater” one.
I would suggest that the reason is to be found in Scripture. The psalmist gives us a clue. In Psalm 90 verse 4 we read “1000 years in your sight are like a day”. Jesus could still a storm. He could telescope time into an instant. The storm would have eventually abated. Jesus simply brought forward the time to “now”. What Jesus can do in “a day” is not limited to what we can do in “our” day. We panic when our time for the situation to be rectified seems to have come to an end. We cannot conceive how God could alter the situation now because what we feared has happened. But God’s day is not finished! Hallelujah.
Martha said, “If you had been here, my brother would not have died.” Her day was done. The worst thing that could have happened had happened. Her 24 hours had included the death of her brother. It was over. But Jesus’ day wasn’t over.
Jesus decided it was time for him to go to Jerusalem. The disciples had already reminded Jesus in verse eight “a short while ago, the Jews tried to stone you yet you’re going back there.”
Thomas’s words were full of loyalty but at the same time they were full of despair. He said to the others, “Let’s also go so that we may die with him.” He might have been walking with Jesus but it was with a heavy heart. He could see what was likely to happen in “his” day. He loved Jesus. He was drawn to serve him. He believed in him. But he didn’t understand that God’s day was limitless. For Thomas it was simply a matter of one thing inevitably leading to another, and logically if they went back to Jerusalem, they would be killed. Thomas was a man of bravery, loyalty and commitment, but he was limited by “his” day.
The burial customs the Jews in the time of Jesus were very clearly ordained. When Jesus arrived at the home of Mary and Martha he found exactly what he would’ve expected. The deep mourning for seven days was still being observed, the first three days being days of weeping.
And as so often happens in the event of a loved one, Martha accepts the fact yet holds on to the impossible, “If you had been there, my brother would not have died” she said to Jesus. That’s her acceptance of the logical result of illness in a human day. But she adds, “but I know that even now, God will give you whatever you ask.” Martha had been given a glimpse of the understanding that Jesus’ power exceeded a human day. But as fast as she glimpsed her impossibility is not impossible to Jesus, she loses the glimpse-because when Jesus says, “Your brother will rise again”, she replies, “Yes, I know you that will happen on the Day of Resurrection.”
But in the most wonderful and simple statement, Jesus explains to her, God’s days are not the same as ours. Jesus then gave her not a glimpse. He gave her the reality of the Day of Resurrection. He said, “I am the Resurrection.” Martha referred to a day in the future, beyond the present day, the day of resurrection. Jesus simply said, “It’s here! I am the Resurrection.” He was telling her what has happened in her day is not what need happen in the duration of his day.
We often use the expression, “it is not until it’s over.” Well, here we have a slightly different version. “It’s not over, until God says is over!”
Allow me, please to move on with a narrative. When Jesus saw Mary and her friends weeping, we read in verse 33, “he was deeply moved”. That’s how the New International Version and the Revised Standard Version translates the original. It comes from the verb EMBRIMASTHAI. It’s actually quite difficult to convey exactly what that means. It’s only used three other times in the New Testament :-
Matthew 9 v 30 Thursday Jesus sternly charged the blind man not to say anything about his healing.
Mark 1 v 43 Jesus sternly charged the leper not to say anything about his healing
Matthew 14 v5 the people reproached the woman who anointed the head of Jesus with costly ointment.
In each case there is a sternness, an irritation in it.
Moffat has Jesus been ‘chafed in spirit’, but that’s not strong enough either. Rieu translates it, “he gave way to such distress of Spirit as made his whole body tremble.” And here we can see something which does helps us to dispel the idea that Jesus was some ice cold, impersonal person who, knowing he could alleviate all distressing conditions, would not be distressed himself because he knew it was within his power to change things.
In classical Greek the word means an involuntary response out of deep emotion.
Jesus undoubtedly could change situations, undoubtedly could perform miracles, but he did so with such compassion that he identified with the person so much that his very soul responded in sympathy.
We are too apt to think of Jesus walking along and stretching out a hand, healing the blind man here, a leper there, a lame man over there without hardly a second thought. Nothing could be further from the truth. The miracle of our salvation as he gave his life on the cross for us is the best illustration of that. When he cried out on the cross, “Father forgive them for they know not what they do” it wasn’t some quiet reflection and shared in an academic way between Jesus and his father. It made his whole body trembled on the cross. The anguish and sadness was seen in every drop of blood he shed.
Here at the tomb of Lazarus, the sight of the sorrow of his friend Mary made him tremble with sympathy.
When we pour out our hearts to God, he doesn’t remove himself to another room so he can consult some cases of precedence and can then deliver a cold correct logical verdict on our plea. He listens to us, he sees our every tear as it falls, he is affected by our plight. He identifies with our anguish. He is not immovable because he is God. Because he is God, he is understanding of our needs.
I once had to visit a millionaire who wanted to hear about some of the wonders of God which I’ve been privileged to see. We talked at length and he was visibly moved. His eyes were moist, his words were soft and gentle. Although he was a much older man, than the rich young ruler, I was reminded of him because as we can talked about the things of the Spirit, it was obvious that he was deeply moved him and the tears were wiped away. But then for no apparent reason he said, “But you know, when it comes to finance, I feel a cold steel in me -my eyes become fixed. I am immovable!” I couldn’t work out whether he was proud of that ability or he regretted it. I can certainly see how he’d made his millions. He was single-minded, ruthless even. And in front of me, I saw him change from sympathetic man and someone interested in God’s work to total obsession with his own world of finance.
God is so different to that. His being shakes with emotion at our distress He would give us the world. It’s why he gave us Jesus. Nothing is too much for us.
And at the tomb of Lazarus, Jesus literally stood and shook with so much emotion that he himself wept. He couldn’t help it.
Do you imagine God is insensitive to what matters so much to us? Just look at Jesus weeping at the tomb of Lazarus. Is that a God who doesn’t care about our suffering?
Jesus asked for the stone to be removed. Martha, practical Martha, aware that Jesus was so deeply moved, thought she had better remind Jesus of the fact that the smell would be pungent. Lazarus had, by this time, been in the tomb for four days. The Jewish belief was that the Spirit hovered over the body for four days seeking re-entrance to it. After that time the spirit left and the body began to decay. Martha knew that if Jesus wanted to look one last time on her brother’s face, he had left it too late. But Jesus command was obeyed.
Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” Let me pause there to remind you that the normal tomb in those times was made of an entrance to which the bier was first laid. Then further in was a chamber about 6 foot long, 9 foot wide and 10 foot tall. Eight shelves were cut out in the rock and the bodies were placed on them. The bodies were wrapped in linen and the hands and feet were wrapped in a sort of bandage material. The head was wrapped separately.
You will no doubt have many things which come to your mind as you consider the narrative but allow me please to share some of mine, will you.
If there were other bodies in that tomb, why didn’t the voice of Jesus resurrect them too? It can only be that Jesus identified just one, “Lazarus, come out!”
Why is it that Christians are so reluctant to act in God’s name because no one else seems to be responding?! It’s really quite simple-he’s not calling other people to do what he’s calling us to do. He lays on our hearts what he wants us to do. He selects the person most perfectly suitable for the task. We may not think that should be us but ours is not to argue. No doubt one or two in the tomb with Lazarus, if they had been able, could have thought they should’ve had a second chance at life on earth, but Jesus chose to resurrect Lazarus. Please don’t hesitate to do what God is asking of you simply because other people aren’t doing it. They don’t even know they’re not doing it because they haven’t been called to do it!
I wonder what Lazarus must’ve felt when he came back to life. Fancy finding yourself in a tomb restricted by bandages wrapped up as a corpse. It’s enough to frighten a man to death!
One thing’s for certain, once he heard Jesus Call, “Lazarus, come out!” I’ll guarantee he didn’t hesitate- bandages or no bandages! -he’d be out there faster than you can say his name.
Amazingly, we have no record of the kind of questions he must have been asked, e.g. “what was being dead like?!”
And I wonder if Lazarus might not have felt just a little aggrieved that having been given eternal life, he had to go through death all over again! I wonder if there were times he wished that he had been spared that. But we were created to serve God and enjoy the wonder of his life both here and on earth and in eternity. And if coming back to life helped one person to believe that, Lazarus with his unique experience would have known it was all worthwhile.
Can I conclude by saying that whatever aspect of this marvellous, miraculous narrative appeals to us, we need to remember
And when we hear Jesus calling us, what he asks us to do will seem to be the thing we most want to do and he will be everything to us. We’ll identify so easily with those who sing:
CHORAL Jesus thou art everything to me (To hear the audio file21 Jesus Thou art please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
BENEDICTION (To hear the audio file22 Benediction please right click mouse, then left click to open new tab)
I hope you have felt the service today was just for you.
May the call of Christ be your delight and may your response to him be as ready as his love for you.
Amen