Brothers and Sisters,

What do you do when things are coming unglued? Where will you go when you lose something or someone you’ve grown to love? This is the condition of Jesus disciples in the upper room. They are ‘troubled,” as a result of the troubling news that He is leaving and one of them is a traitor. They are confused, agitated and worried.

Our scripture text for Sunday contains one of the best-known verses in the Bible, “Let not your heart be troubled” (John 14:1), and one of the clearest declarations of the Gospel. From this section in the Gospel of John, (John 14-17), we find that Jesus deepest and most comforting teaching comes at the moment of His disciples greatest disturbance. His deepest teaching meets them at their deepest and darkest hour.

Jesus is preparing his disciples for the work if the ministry in this world from the moment to the day they die and for an eternity in heaven. He comforts them with three realities: A promise of heaven (v1-4), the way to heaven (v5-7) and how to live until you get too heaven (v8-14).

For the afternoon teaching, Scott Brown will continue the series on “Social Justice.”

Remember that Sovereign Redeemer Community Church will be joining us for worship and the fellowship meal on Sunday morning.

Prayer this week will be held at the Noah’s, 5612 Pine Rock Court, Wake Forest

The songs we will be singing are here:

• Doxology / Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
• I Love to Tell the Story
  
• Only Trust Him
• Complete In Thee
• Emmanuel’s Land

Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
What a fellowship, what a joy divine,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.
What a blessedness, what a peace is mine,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.

   Leaning, leaning,
Safe and secure from all alarms
Leaning, leaning,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.

O how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.
O how bright the path grows from day to day,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.

What have I to dread, what have I to fear,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.
I have blessed peace with my Lord so near,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.

I Love to Tell the Story
I love to tell the story of unseen things above
Of Jesus and His glory, of Jesus and His love
I love to tell the story because I know ’tis true
It satisfies my longings as nothing else can do
I love to tell the story! ‘Twill be my theme in glory
To tell the old, old story, of Jesus and His love

I love to tell the story; ‘Tis pleasant to repeat
What seems each time I tell it more wonderfully sweet
I love to tell the story, for some have never heard
The message of salvation from God’s own holy Word
I love to tell the story! ‘Twill be my theme in glory
To tell the old old story, of Jesus and His love

I love to tell the story, for those who know it best
Seem hungering and thirsting to hear it like the rest
And when in scenes of glory I sing the new, new song
‘Twill be the old, old story that I have loved so long
I love to tell the story! ‘Twill be my theme in glory
To tell the old old story, of Jesus and His love

Only Trust Him
Come, every soul by sin oppressed
There’s mercy with the Lord
And He will surely give you rest
By trusting in His Word

   Only trust Him; only trust Him
Only trust Him now
He will save you; He will save you
He will save you now

For Jesus shed His precious blood
Rich blessings to bestow
Plunge now into the crimson flood
That washes white as snow

Yes, Jesus is the Truth, the Way
That leads you into rest
Believe in Him without delay
And you are fully blest

Complete In Thee
Complete in Thee, no work of mine
Could take, dear Lord, the place of Thine.
Thy blood hath pardon bought for me,
And I shall stand complete in Thee!

Yea, justified, oh blessed thought!
And sanctified salvation-wrought!
Thy blood hath pardon bought for me,
And glorified I, too, shall be.

Complete in Thee, each want supplied,
And no good thing to me denied,
Since Thou my portion, Lord, will be,
I ask no more, complete in Thee!

Complete in Thee, no more shall sin
Thy grace has conquered reign within;
Thy blood shall bid the tempter flee,
And I shall stand complete in Thee!

Dear Savior, when, before Thy bar,
All tribes and tongues assembled are,
Among the chosen I shall be,
At Thy right hand, complete in Thee!

Emmanuel’s Land
The sands of time are sinking,
The dawn of heaven breaks,
The summer morn I’ve sighed for,
The fair sweet morn awakes;
Dark, dark, hath been the midnight,
But dayspring is at hand,
And glory, glory dwelleth
In Emmanuel’s land.

The King there in His beauty
Without a veil is seen;
It were a well-spent journey
Though seven deaths lay between:
The Lamb with His fair army
Doth on Mount Zion stand,
And glory, glory dwelleth
In Emmanuel’s land.

O Christ, He is the fountain,
The deep sweet well of love!
The streams on earth I’ve tasted
More deep I’ll drink above:
There to an ocean fullness
His mercy doth expand,
And glory, glory dwelleth
In Emmanuel’s land.

The bride eyes not her garment,
But her dear bridegroom’s face;
I will not gaze at glory,
But on my King of grace;
Not at the crown He gifteth,
But on His pierced hand:
The Lamb is all the glory
Of Emmanuel’s land.