Brothers and Sisters,

How do you explain the evil that takes place on the earth? Who is controlling is? On Sunday we will find the answers to these questions in Revelation 9,in the blowing of the fifth and sixth trumpets. These trumpet warnings display the unleashing of demonic spirits on the earth. Gregory Beale describes it this way, “Demons are Commissioned to Judge Hardened Unbelievers by Ensuring the Final Punishment of Some Through Deception Until Death, Leaving the Deceived Remainder Unrepentant.” However, the children of God are protected.

Prayer will be held at the Noah’s

Our songs for Sunday are,

To God All Praise and Glory

Wondrous King, All Glorious

Creator God, Our Sovereign Lord

Not in Me

O God, Our Help in Ages Past

To God All Praise and Glory

All praise to God, who reigns above,

The God of all creation,

The God of wonders, pow’r, and love,

The God of our salvation!

With healing balm my soul He fills,

The God who every sorrow stills,

To God all praise and glory!

What God’s almighty pow’r hath made

His gracious mercy keepeth;

By morning dawn or evening shade

His watchful eye ne’er sleepeth;

Within the kingdom of His might,

Lo, all is just and all is right,

To God all praise and glory!

The Lord forsaketh not His flock,

His chosen generation;

He is their refuge and their rock,

Their peace and their salvation.

As with a mother’s tender hand

He leads His own, His chosen band,

To God all praise and glory!

Ye who confess Christ’s holy name,

To God give praise and glory!

Ye who the Father’s power proclaim,

To God give praise and glory!

All idols under foot be trod,

The Lord is God! the Lord is God!

To God all praise and glory!

Then come before His presence now

And banish fear and sadness;

To your Redeemer pay your vow

And sing with joy and gladness:

Though great distress my soul befell,

The Lord, my God, did all things well,

To God all praise and glory!

Wondrous King, All Glorious

Wondrous King, all glorious,

Sovereign Lord victorious,

O, receive our praise with favor!

From Thee welled God’s kindness

Though we in our blindness

Strayed from Thee, our blessed Saviour.

Strengthen Thou,

Help us now;

Let our tongues be singing,

Thee our praises bringing.

Heavens, spread the story

Of our Maker’s glory,

All the pomp of earth obscuring.

Sun, thy rays be sending,

Thy bright beams expending,

Light to all the earth assuring.

Moon and star,

Praise afar

Him who glorious made you;

The vast heavens aid you.

O my soul, rejoicing,

Sing, thy praises voicing,

Sing, with hymns of faith adore Him!

All who here have being,

Shout, your voices freeing,

Bow down in the dust before Him.

He is God

Sabaoth;

Praise alone the Saviour,

Here and there for ever.

Hallelujahs render

To the Lord most tender,

Ye who know and love the Saviour.

Hallelujahs sing ye,

Ye redeemed, O, bring ye

Hearts that yield Him glad behavior.

Blest are ye

Endlessly;

Sinless there for ever,

Ye shall laud Him ever.

Creator God, Our Sovereign Lord

Creator God, our Sovereign Lord,

The heavens tell, the stars have shown,

Your splendor, might, and Deity,

But Truth lies in Your Word alone.

My heart to You, O God, I give,

And by your Word I live.

In Truth Your Word reveals my guilt,

My lost, unworthy self makes known,

But now made new I’m justified

And live and move by Faith alone.

My heart to You, O God, I give,

And now by Faith I live.

Before You made the world You chose,

In love, to send Your only Son

To ransom me and make me one

With Christ, my Lord, by Grace alone.

My heart to You, O God, I give,

And now by Grace I live.

O Christ, Redeemer, Savior, King,

Subdued by grace, I am Your own;

Enthrall my soul and make me free,

Reformed, redeemed by Christ alone.

My heart to You, O God, I give,

And now in Christ I live.

O glorious God, Who reigns on high,

With heart in hand, before Your throne,

We hymn Your glory ‘round the world

With psalms adoring You alone.

My heart to You, O God, I give,

And for Your glory live.

Not in Me

No list of sins I have not done,

No list of virtues I pursue,

No list of those I am not like

Can earn myself a place with You.

O God, be merciful to me

I am a sinner through and through!

My only hope of righteousness

Is not in me, but only You.

No humble dress, no fervent prayer,

No lifted hands, no tearful song,

No recitation of the truth

Can justify a single wrong.

My righteousness is Jesus’ life,

My debt was paid by Jesus’ death,

My weary load was borne by Him

And He alone can give me rest.

No separation from the world,

No work I do, no gift I give

Can cleanse my conscience, cleanse my hands;

I cannot cause my soul to live.

But Jesus died and rose again

The power of death is overthrown!

My God is merciful to me

And merciful in Christ alone.

My righteousness is Jesus’ life,

My debt was paid by Jesus’ death,

My weary load was borne by Him

And He alone can give me rest.

O God, Our Help in Ages Past

O God our Help in ages past

Our Hope for years to come

Our Shelter from the stormy blast

And our eternal Home!

Under the shadow of Thy throne

Still may we dwell secure

Sufficient is Thine arm alone

And our defense is sure

Before the hills in order stood

Or earth received her frame

From everlasting Thou art God

To endless years the same

A thousand ages in Thy sight

Are like an evening gone

Short as the watch that ends the night

Before the rising sun

O God our Help in ages past

Our Hope for years to come

Be Thou our Guide while life shall last

And our eternal Home