The text this week is James 5:13-20 where James describes prayer for one another, especially prayer by the elders. The worship theme is ‘The God Who Hears Our Prayers,” and the visual theme is rain (from James 5:18, where Elijah prays to allow the rains to return to Israel).
Here is the link to the YouTube play list: 150531 Heart Prep
Lead Me to the Rock (not available on YouTube)
James 5:16Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Psalm 51:1-2 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. 2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
Psalm 18:1-3 I love you, O LORD, my strength. 2The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. 3I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
Psalm 121:1-2 I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? 2My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
Whom Shall I Fear? (God of Angel Armies)
Ephesians 1:3-7 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 5he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, 6to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. 7In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Offertory:
Love is Moving – Audrey Assad
Benedictions:
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