The document is a song lyric about feeling lost and in darkness but then being called out of that darkness and finding new life through God. The lyrics describe waking up in darkness and silence but then seeing the light and hearing a call that breaks through the deafness, allowing the singer to breathe again and feel alive. They realize they had been searching outside rather than finding love within. The song praises God for shattering the darkness, washing away blindness, and bringing the singer back to life through his call.
24. A 21st Century Creed In an age of anxiety, we believe that peace comes from Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
25. In an age of confusion, we believe that the Bible is the Word of God, inerrant and infallible.
26. In an age of doubt, we believe that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary.
27. In an age of guilt, we believe that Jesus died on the cross to remove the power of sin and Satan from our lives.
28. In an age of reason, we believe that God is at work in the sacraments of Baptism and Communion.
29. In an age of constant change, we believe in the unchanging Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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31. Offering Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Corinthians 9:7 Friendship Register
34. Turn your ear To Heaven and hear The noise inside …The sound of angels awe The sound of angels' songs And all this for a King We could join and sing 'All to Christ our King!'
35. How constant How divine This song of ours will riseOh, how constant How divine This love of ours will rise Will rise...
52. Now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13
53. I believe that God has made me and all creatures; that He has given me my body and soul, eyes, ears, and all my members, my reason and all my senses, and still takes care of them. He also gives me clothing and
54. shoes, food and drink, house and home, wife and children, land, animals, and all I have. He richly and daily provides me with all that I need to support this body and life
55. You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
56. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:6-8
57. He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Romans 8:32
63. L: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
64. C: If we walk in the light as God himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, cleanses us from all sin.
65. L: With steadfast love and wondrous grace, the Lord desires to make us clean. (Silence for self-examination)
66. L: Almighty God, C: You dwell in light unapproachable. Unprotected, we perish in your presence. For our hearts are darkened,
67. our minds clouded; we call for night to cover our actions; we have often loved darkness rather than the light.
68. L: Jesus Christ is the light of the world, the light no darkness can overcome.
69. C: Therefore, we look only to Jesus for the forgiveness we so desperately need.
70. L: As a Christ follower, God hears your prayer. “I choose to make you clean. Your sins are forgiven,” the Savior says.
71. C: We have seen Jesus’ glory and his victory in the empty tomb. Our sin debt has been paid in full. We are free to rejoice and serve!
83. Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who
84. sin against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, for the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.
85. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, The love of God, And the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you always!
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87. Joy to the World , the Lord is come!Let earth receive her King;Let every heart prepare Him room,
88. And Heaven and nature sing, And Heaven and nature sing,And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.
89. Joy to the World, the Savior reigns!Let all their songs employ;While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
90. Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat the sounding joy,Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.
91. No more let sins and sorrows grow,Nor thorns infest the groundHe comes to make His blessings flow
92. Far as the curse is found,Far as the curse is found,Far as, far as, the curse is found.
93. He rules the world with truth and grace,And makes the nations proveThe glories of His righteousness,
94. And wonders of His love,And wonders of His love,And wonders, wonders, of His love.