Brothers and Sisters,

Prayer Wednesday night, will be held at the Brown’s Barn.

Last week we considered the influence of the “doctrine of Balaam,’ in the church at Pergamos. Now as we study the church in Thyatira, we are considering how the teaching of “Jezebel” exists in the professing church. Her teaching was being tolerated and the Lord has given the church time to repent. But that time is over and now the Lord will be winnowing out the people who have embraced her principles. Our scripture focus on Sunday is Revelation 2:18-29.

For the afternoon teaching, Robert Bosley will begin a study of the book of Jonah.

Remember Family Camp, April 23-24.

Remember, Church and Family Life Singles Conference, Holiness to the Lord, May 20-22, https://churchandfamilylife.com/events/216400

Theology of the Family Conference, May 20-22.

https://churchandfamilylife.com/events/213146

The songs we will be singing on Sunday are,

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-6PMvgJHG0)

Psalm 51 

    (https://opc.org/hymn.html?hymn_id=208)

The Solid Rock

    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GswGE6rQhmE)

Speak, O Lord

    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGowfyz5yE8)

O Church, Arise

    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_MGHeqc89Y)

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Love divine, all loves excelling,

Joy of heav’n, to earth come down!

Fix in us Thy humble dwelling;

All Thy faithful mercies crown.

Jesus, Thou art all compassion; 

Pure, unbounded love Thou art.

Visit us with Thy salvation; 

Enter every trembling heart.

Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit

Into every troubled breast!

Let us all in Thee inherit;

Let us find the promised rest.

Take away our bent to sinning;

Alpha and Omega be.

End of faith, as its beginning, 

Set our hearts at liberty.

Come, Almighty, to deliver;

Let us all Thy life receive.

Suddenly return, and never,

Nevermore Thy temples leave.

Thee we would be always blessing

Serve Thee as Thy hosts above,

Pray and praise Thee without ceasing

Glory in Thy perfect love

Finish then Thy new creation;

Pure and spotless let us be.

Let us see Thy great salvation

Perfectly restored in Thee:

Changed from glory into glory,

Till in heav’n we take our place,

Till we cast our crowns before Thee,

Lost in wonder, love and praise.

Psalm 51

God, be merciful to me,

On Thy grace I rest my plea;

Plenteous in compassion Thou,

Blot out my transgressions now;

Wash me, make me pure within,

Cleanse, O cleanse me from my sin.

My transgressions I confess,

Grief and guilt my soul oppress;

I have sinned against Thy grace

And provoked Thee to Thy face;

I confess Thy judgment just,

Speechless, I Thy mercy trust.

I am evil, born in sin;

Thou desirest truth within.

Thou alone my Saviour art,

Teach Thy wisdom to my heart;

Make me pure, Thy grace bestow,

Wash me whiter than the snow.

Broken, humbled to the dust

By Thy wrath and judgment just,

Let my contrite heart rejoice

And in gladness hear Thy voice;

From my sins O hide Thy face,

Blot them out in boundless grace.

Gracious God, my heart renew,

Make my spirit right and true;

Cast me not away from Thee,

Let Thy Spirit dwell in me;

Thy salvation’s joy impart,

Steadfast make my willing heart.

Sinners then shall learn from me

And return, O God, to Thee;

Saviour, all my guilt remove,

And my tongue shall sing Thy love;

Touch my silent lips, O Lord,

And my mouth shall praise accord.

The Solid Rock

My hope is built on nothing less

Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness

I dare not trust the sweetest frame,

But wholly lean on Jesus’ name

  On Christ the solid Rock I stand

  All other ground is sinking sand

  All other ground is sinking sand

When darkness veils His lovely face,

I rest on His unchanging grace

In every high and stormy gale,

mM anchor holds within the veil

His oath, His covenant, His blood,

Support me in the whelming flood

When all around my soul gives way

He then is all my hope and stay

When He shall come with trumpet sound

O may I then in Him be found

Dressed in His righteousness alone

Faultless to stand before the throne

Speak, O Lord

Speak, O Lord, as we come to You

To receive the food of Your Holy Word.

Take Your truth, plant it deep in us;

Shape and fashion us in Your likeness,

That the light of Christ might be seen today

In our acts of love and our deeds of faith.

Speak, O Lord, and fulfill in us 

All Your purposes for Your glory.

Teach us, Lord, full obedience,

Holy reverence, true humility;

Test our thoughts and our attitudes

In the radiance of Your purity.

Cause our faith to rise; cause our eyes to see

Your majestic love and authority.

Words of pow’r that can never fail –

Let their truth prevail over unbelief.

Speak, O Lord, and renew our minds;

Help us grasp the heights of Your plans for us –

Truths unchanged from the dawn of time

That will echo down through eternity.

And by grace we’ll stand on Your promises,

And by faith we’ll walk as You walk with us.

Speak, O Lord, till Your church is built

And the earth is filled with Your glory.

O Church, Arise

O church, arise and put your armor on

Hear the call of Christ our Captain

For now the weak can say that they are strong

In the strength that God has given 

With shield of faith and belt of truth 

We’ll stand against the devil’s lies 

An army bold whose battle cry is Love

Reaching out to those in darkness

Our call to war to love the captive soul 

But to rage against the captor

And with the sword that makes the wounded whole 

We will fight with faith and valor

When faced with trials on every side 

We know the outcome is secure 

And Christ will have the prize for which He died

An inheritance of nations

Come see the cross where love and mercy meet 

As the Son of God is stricken 

Then see His foes lie crushed beneath His feet

For the Conqueror has risen 

And as the stone is rolled away 

And Christ emerges from the grave

This victory march continues till the day 

Every eye and heart shall see Him

So Spirit come put strength in every stride

Give grace for every hurdle

That we may run with faith to win the prize

Of a servant good and faithful 

As saints of old still line the way 

Retelling triumphs of His grace

We hear their calls and hunger for the day

When with Christ we stand in Glory