Scripture for Today

Opening Song: Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery by Matt Boswell, Matt Papa, and Michael Bleecker Lyrics: Come behold the wondrous myst'ry In the dawning of the King He the theme of heaven's praises Robed in frail humanity In our longing in our darkness Now the light of life has come Look to Christ who condescended Took on flesh to ransom us Come behold the wondrous myst'ry He the perfect Son of Man...

Opening Song:  The Year of His Favor (Isaiah 61) by Caroline Cobb Lyrics: The Spirit of the Lord is on You A King anointed for the cross To the helpless You bring good news You come to bind the broken heart   Speaking freedom to the captive Comfort to the ones who grieve To the downcast You bring justice To the needy one relief   You give beauty for ashes You pour out the oil of gla...

Passage: Have mercy on me,[a] O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! 3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in you...

Opening Song: Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me by Jonny Robinson, Michael Farren, and Rich Lyrics: What gift of grace is Jesus my redeemer There is no more for heaven now to give He is my joy my righteousness and freedom My steadfast love my deep and boundless peace To this I hold my hope is only Jesus For my life is wholly bound to his Oh how strange and divine I can sing all is mine Yet not I...

Opening Song: Holy Ground by Ryan Williams, Taylor Heinzen, and Wesley Schrock Lyrics: I have felt the shadow I walked for miles in the night Heard Your mercy echo Through the twilight of my mind I’m falling on this holy ground Held within Your glory How great are You God My Jesus take this broken sound Mend it in Your mercy How great are You God Bursting through like starlight Your love reflectin...

Passage: 1 Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! 2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. 3 Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. 4 When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish. 5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his G...

Opening Song: I’ll Follow You by Jonathan Traylor Lyrics: I cannot see what tomorrow will bring But I know You are with me I do not know what the future will hold But You'll never forsake me All my days You never left my side Cloud by day Fire by night I'll follow You all of my life I'll follow You all of my life (I'll follow You all of my life) I cannot win this battle on my own I'm so glad You a...

Opening Song: O Lord, open our lips and our mouths will declare Your praise. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end, Amen. The Scripture for today is Philemon 1:1-21. Let’s prepare our hearts to hear from God’s word as we listen to Grace and Peace by Fernando Ortega and John Andrew Schreiner. The simpl...

Passage: Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, 3 “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” 4 He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. 5 Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his...

Opening Song: Your Name is Power by Chris Llewellyn and Gareth Gilkeson Lyrics: You're the only answer to the darkness You're the only right among the wrong You're the only hope among the chaos You are the voice that calls me on Louder than ev'ry lie My sword in ev'ry fight The truth will chase away the night Your name is power over darkness Freedom for the captives Mercy for the broken and the ho...

Opening Song: Trust in You by Antoine Bradford Lyrics: If perfect love cast out fear Then why should I ever be afraid When I know that you will always Be right next to me But still my vision's kinda blurry And sometimes I can't see your hand But even in the darkest night You'll always be there 'Cause when I trust in you I do the thing I that was made to do To live a life that fully rests in you An...

Opening Song: Instrument of Peace by Isaac Wardell, Jessica Fox, Liz Vice, Orlando Palmer, and Paul Zach Lyrics: Lord make me An instrument of peace An instrument of peace Where is there hatred let me sow love Where there is darkness let me sow light For in the giving we shall receive And in the dying we’re given life Lord make me An instrument of peace An instrument of peace Where there is sorrow...

Passage: 1 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. 3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 4 what is man that you are mindful of him, a...

Opening Song: Even the Impossible by Mack Brock Lyrics: I think this Stone's getting ready to roll I feel a faith that is starting to rise And I see a world on the edge of revival I think it's only a matter of time So, do what only you can do Move what only you can move Even the impossible is possible for you I see a grave that is hollow of power I see a battle that's already won And I see a churc...

Opening Song: You Won’t Let Me Go by Christopher D. Williams and Matt Nainby Lyrics: You're my hope and my soul's anchor Through the change You are the same I will wait for Your promise Until the end In the fire through the waters I will not lose hope You have called us sons and daughters You won't let me go I will run with endurance Fix my eyes on Jesus That I may not grow weary Or lose heart My...

Opening Song: Psalm 82 by Wendell Kimbrough Lyrics: The hand of God gave you pow’r to reign So that you might stand for the weak He made you judge so the fatherless And the poor could rest in your strength But you have left them in darkness And the earth’s foundation’s shake How long O Lord before your justice reigns Rise up O Lord For you the nations wait Passage: 1 God has taken his place in the...

Passage: To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, 3 though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah 4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city...

Opening Song: Nothing to Fear by The Porter’s Gate and Audrey Assad Lyrics: When you pass through the waters I will be with you And the depths of the river shall not overwhelm When you walk through the fire you will not be burned I am the Lord, I am the Lord And there is nothing to fear, nothing to fear There is nothing to fear, nothing to fear For I am with you always In the depths of your sorrow...

Opening Song: You Will Remain by David Leonard, David Wood, and Leslie Jordan Lyrics: You, Oh Lord are my stay Humbly came My soul to save To light the way, oh All I have is found in You Christ in me, all things true All things pure All things good You are the Great I Am So unchanging Your promise is sure Never ending Your love will endure You were, You will be You always are the Great I Am You, O...

Passage: 1 O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. 2 So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. 3 Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. 4 So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. 5 My soul...

Opening Song: My Help Comes from the Lord by Alex Thrailkill and David Baloche Lyrics: So do not fear for I'm with you Be not dismayed So do not fear for I am with you I am Your God I lift my eyes to the mountains Where does my help come from My help comes from the Lord The Maker of heaven and earth Passage: 10 The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the p...

Opening Song: Keep Your Lamps Trimmed by The Hillbilly Thomists Lyrics: Keep those lamps trimmed now Keep those lamps trimmed Midnight's coming in Won't you keep those lamps trimmed You do not know the day And you do not know the hour Keep watch, stay awake You do not know the day My soul waits for more than sentinels The Lord, for He comes with mercy Keep those lamps trimmed now Keep those lamps...

Opening Song: By Faith by Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, and Stuart Townend Lyrics: By faith we see the hand of God In the light of creation's grand design In the lives of those who prove His faithfulness Who walk by faith and not by sight By faith our fathers roamed the earth With the pow'r of His promise in their hearts Of a holy city built by God's own hand A place where peace and justice reign We...

Opening Song: Children of the Living God by Fernando Ortega Lyrics: Children of the living God Come and sing sing out loud Children of the living God Sing to the living God Sing of the wonders He has made Bird in flight falling rain Sing of the wonders He has made Sing to the living God How He loves us with great love He who sits enthroned above For our lives He spilled His blood Sent His Spirit l...

Passage: 1 I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? 2 My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. 3 He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. 4 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand. 6 The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. 7...