I know… I know… It’s a super original title. But here it is.

You Are Great by stephenmiller

Oh the miracle of this brand new heart
With a mighty hand you’ve made
And To think about your eternal power
How could my heart not sing

Lord you are great
So great things I will pray
Lord you are great
And greatly to be praised!

What a miracle You will split the sky
And the dead in Christ will raise
To the glory of Our risen Lord
And forever we will praise

Lord you are great
So great things I will pray
Lord you are great
And greatly to be praised!

Nothing is too much for you
And nothing is too great.
You alone are strong enough to save

What an incredible weekend! It was so exciting to see God move in so many people’s lives and call them to be baptized. We celebrated God’s trustworthiness and kindness to us and then moved into celebrating the Lord’s death, resurrection and return.

We opened with “A Mighty Fortress” remembering that God is our refuge and we can run to him and be safe, and worshiping him in light of that.

We then prayed a prayer of confession and supplication called “O Fountain of All Good” from The Valley of Vision, a collection of puritan prayers.

O Fountain of all good, destroy in me every lofty thought, break pride to pieces and scatter it to the winds… Break me, then bind me up…

Nothing exceeds thy power, nothing is too great for thee to do, nothing too good for thee to give. Infinite is thy might, boundless thy love, limitless thy grace, glorious thy saving name…

Let angels sing for sinners repenting, prodigals restored, blind eyes opened, broken hearts bound up, and saints built up in their holy faith.

I ask great things of a great God.

Because God is a great God… both sovereign AND loving… we can trust him and put all our hope in him and be confident he will never let us down… So we sang “You Are Sovereign Here” to praise him for his never-ending faithfulness to us. Every situation we face, whether trials or blessing, is working together for our good and his glory. He is never far from us!

We ended our first time of singing together with “Rock of Ages” where we yet again remembered that all our hope is in Jesus and he is our rock and refuge, as well as our righteousness and only hope for salvation.

For communion, we sang “Mystery” to praise God that he has died, risen and is coming again! Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Celebrate his death and rising
Lift your eyes, proclaim His coming!

Then we partied hard as people displayed with baptism that Jesus is the God who brings the dead to life!

This week we began with “A Mighty Fortress” to remember who God is and what he has done for us, and stand in awe of that as the fuel for our worship of His holy name.

A mighty fortress is our God
A sacred refuge is Your name
Your Kingdom is unshakeable
With You forever we will reign

We then moved into singing of our only hope, which is found “In Christ Alone.” Our hope is not in religion or works, and we can never earn our own salvation… the work of Jesus Christ alone is the very substance of our hope.

We ended out the morning with singing in adoration of the holiness of God in “Revelation Song” and then reflected on the truth that Jesus alone is worthy to call us righteous and holy as he is holy. What sweet truth to cling to.

In response to Jonathan McIntosh’s sermon on religion and works versus the grace of Jesus, we reflected on “Amazing Grace” as we took communion together.

Then we closed out our time of worshiping together with the words of “Behold The Spotless Lamb.”

With justice led to victory
Our hope to stand in Him complete
Rests solely in our risen King
Not by our works, it’s by His grace