1112015 WORSHIP TODAY Welcome CALL TO WORSHIP Worship

11/1/2015 WORSHIP TODAY Welcome

CALL TO WORSHIP Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. PRAYER OF APPROACH

139 FATHER, WE ADORE YOU, Lay our lives before You How we love You

JESUS, WE ADORE YOU, Lay our lives before You How we love You

SPIRIT, WE ADORE YOU, Lay our lives before You How we love You

Bible Reading Deuteronomy 1: 1 -5 1: 30 -31

645 The God of Abraham praise, who reigns enthroned above; Ancient of everlasting days, and God of Love; Jehovah, great I AM! by earth and Heav’n confessed; I bow and bless the sacred Name forever blessed.

The God of Abraham praise, at Whose supreme command From earth I rise—and seek the joys at His right hand; We all on earth forsake, its wisdom, fame, and power; And Him my only Portion make, our Shield and Tower.

The God of Abraham praise, whose all sufficient grace Shall guide us all our happy days, In all our ways: He is our faithful friend, He is our gracious God And He will save us to the end, through Jesus’ blood.

He by Himself has sworn; We on His oath depend, We shall, on eagle wings upborne, to Heav’n ascend. We shall behold His face; We shall His power adore, And sing the wonders of His grace for evermore.

The whole triumphant host give thanks to God on high; Hail, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, they ever cry. Hail, Abraham’s God, and ours! We join the heavenly lays And celebrate with all our powers, His endless praise.

Offerings

135 Father in heaven how we love You We lift Your Name in all the earth May Your kingdom Be established in our praises As Your people Declare Your mighty works

Blessed be the Lord God Almighty Who was and is to come Blessed be the Lord God Almighty Who reigns forevermore

Prayer of Thanksgiving Confession Intercession Lord’s Prayer

Knowing God The Father Who Carries

The Hebrew word for father is – אב Ab or Abba- Aramaic When Ab is put together with el- – אל Ab-i-el - God is my Father Eliab- read El-i-ab, means “My God is father” (1 Sam 8: 2). Abiel –read Ab-i-el means “God is my Father” (1 Sam 9: 1). Joab –read J-o-ab means “Yahweh is Father” (2 Sam 8: 16). Abijah – read Ab-i-jah which means “Yahweh is my Father” (2 Chron 29: 1).

Isaiah 63: 15 “Look down from heaven and see, from your holy and beautiful habitation. Where are your zeal and your might? The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion are held back from me. For you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us; you, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name”.

God- the Father who carries his children, in whom we can trust (Deut 1: 30 -31) God- the Father who disciplines his children, in whom we recognise His true love (Deut 8: 2 -5) God- the Father who pities his children, to whom we are grateful (Psalm 103: 8 -14). God- the Father who adopts us in whom we have redemption, forgiveness of sins and eternal security (Psalm 68: 4 -6).

The Lord your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, and in the desert. There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place” (Deut 1: 30 -31).

“There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son. . . You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself”

The message of the Bible’s reference to God as the carrying Father is to urge us to trust Him in the future, since he had not failed His people in the past.

Here is God, our Father who carries us, protecting us through all dangers, and in whom we can trust like a child in his father’s arms.

Safe and Secure in His Arms

200 Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father, There is no shadow of turning with Thee; Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not. As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be.

Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see All I have needed Thy hand hath provided. Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest, Sun, moon and stars in their courses above, Join with all nature in manifold witness. To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.

Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see All I have needed Thy hand hath provided. Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide; Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!

Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see All I have needed Thy hand hath provided. Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

Benediction & Doxology Now to Him who loved us, gave us Every pledge that love could give, Freely shed His blood to save us, Gave His life that we may live, Be the kingdom and dominion and the glory evermore

Benediction Now unto Him who is able to keep Able to keep you from falling And present you faultless Before the presence of His glory With exceeding joy. To the only wise God Our Saviour Be glory and Majesty dominion and power Both now and forever, Amen.