Worship Video: https://youtu.be/9Gpislz1doo
Prelude Miriam Enman
Introit Through It All
Through it all, through it all,
I’ve learned to trust in Jesus,
I’ve learned to trust in God;
Through it all, Through it all,
I’ve learned to depend upon His Word.
CCLI Song #18211 Andrae Crouch
Call to Worship by Rev. Dr. Libby Grammar, Senior Pastor at First Baptist Church in Martinsville, VA.
Leader: We enter a virtual gathering space once again this season.
People: We worship together in spirit and in truth,
though not in person.
L: We pray, sing, and listen to God’s Word
despite the fear that pervades our community.
P: We trust Christ’s peace,
a peace given freely, despite our doubts and fears.
L: We know the Holy Spirit is among us,
blowing with a hopeful wind of change.
P: We feel the presence of Christ,
the one who died and rose again, and brings us eternal life.
L: We submit to God’s leading in this time of transformation.
P: We experience the joy of Easter morning
when we celebrate all God has in store for us.
Hymn Sometimes “Alleluia”
Sometimes Alleluia,
Sometimes Praise the Lord
Sometimes Gently Singing,
Our hearts in one accord
Oh let us lift our voices,
Look toward the sky and start to sing
Oh let us now return His love,
Just let our voices ring Chorus
Oh let our joy be unconfined,
Let us sing with freedom unrestrained
Let’s take this feeling that we’re feeling now,
Outside these walls and let it rain. Chorus
Oh let us feel His presence,
Let the sound of praises fill the air
Oh let us sing the song of Jesus’ love,
To people everywhere. Chorus
Oh let the Spirit overflow,
As we are filled from head to toe.
We love you Father, Son and Holy Ghost,
And we want this world to know. Chorus
CCLI Song#21765 Chuck Girard
Prayer and Lord’s Prayer From Litany and Other Prayers: For the Common Lectionary Year A
by Everett Tilson and Phyllis Cole
O God whose rains fall upon the just and the unjust, hear our prayer. You set your rainbow in the clouds as a sign of the covenant you made with all earth’s creatures. You promised that whenever the bow was in the heavens, you would look upon it and remember the bond between us.
Unlike yours, our memory fades. Though we too have a sign by which to remember- the sign of the empty tomb- we often forget whose we are. But now, in gathering here, we remember well. Look upon us, come upon us, O God; send your promise by your Spirit. May it descend upon us like a dove. Praying Together:
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 debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
Gloria Patri
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, Amen
Worship in Tithes and Offerings
Special Music as Offering
Prayer of Dedication
Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise him all creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly host: praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Responsive Prayer
L: Hear Our Cry, O God
P: Listen to Our Prayer
Hymn Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee
Jesus the very thought of Thee
With sweetness fills my breast
But sweeter far Thy face to see
And in Thy presence rest
No voice can sing no heart can frame
Nor can the mind recall
A sweeter sound than Thy blest name
O Savior of us all!
O Hope of every contrite heart
O Joy of all the meek
To those who ask, how kind Thou art
How good to those who seek
But what to those who find
Ah this nor tongue nor pen can show
The love of Jesus what it is
None but His loved ones know
Jesus our only joy be Thou
As Thou our prize wilt be
in thee be all our glory now, and through eternity.
CCLI Song # 4778495 Augustus Edmonds Tozer | Bernard of Clairvaux | Edward Caswall
Text for the Message 1 Peter 1:1-12 (ESV)
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood:
May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.
Message Genuineness of Your Faith
Hymn O, How I Love Jesus
There is a name I love to hear
I love to sing its worth
It sounds like music in my ear
The sweetest name on earth
Chorus O how I love Jesus
O how I love Jesus
O how I love Jesus
Because He first loved me
It tells me of a Saviour’s love
Who died to set me free
It tells me of His precious blood
The sinner’s perfect plea
It tells me what my Father hath
In store for every day
And tho’ I tread a darksome path
Yields sunshine all the way
It tells of One whose loving heart
Can feel my deepest woe
Who in each sorrow bears a part
That none can bear below
CCLI Song # 28696 Frederick Whitfield | Unknown
Benediction (Blessing)
Postlude Miriam Enman