This week Todd will be preaching on 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11, which talks about the Day of the Lord. Our worship will focus on being ready for His return.
2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.11 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, 12 waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! 13 But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Matthew 24:30-31, 42 Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 42 Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
No One Else
Lo He Comes with Clouds Descending – (Not available on YouTube. The tune in our hymnbook is ‘Regent Square,’ which is apparently not the traditional tune.)
Hymn Medley:
How Great Thou Art
This is My Father’s World
1 Thessalonians 5:4-10 But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. 5 For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. 6 So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. 9 For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him.
Hymn Medley:
Faith is the Victory
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Offertory:
A Last Time for Everything – Ben Shive
Benediction:
Justice Will Roll Down
Great and Mighty The imagery is of a church’s missions trip to Peru, but the song is the one we will sing!
