Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return.

“Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”

Isaiah 55:6-7    

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty,

The King of Creation!

O my soul, praise Him,

For He is my health and salvation!

All ye who hear, now to His temple draw near;

Join me in glad adoration!

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty Joachim Neander, Catherine Winkworth

Praise to the Lord,

Who o’er all things so wondrously reigneth,

Shelters thee under His wings,

Yea, so gently sustaineth!

Hast thou not seen

How thy desires e’er have been

Granted in what He ordaineth?

Praise to the Lord!

O let all that is in me adore Him!

All that has life and breath,

Come now with praises before Him!

Let the Amen sound from His people again;

Gladly forever adore Him!

Let the Amen

Sound from His people again;

Gladly forever adore Him!

“Praise To The Lord The Almighty”:Words: Joachim Neander (translated by Catherine Winkworth) / Music: Lobe den HerrenPublic DomainCCLI License #503207

Leader: Oh sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth!

Women: Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day.

Responsive Call To WorshipPsalm 96

Men: Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!

Women: For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.

Responsive Call To Worship

Men: For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.

Women: Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

Responsive Call To Worship

Men: Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength!

Women: Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts!

Men: Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth! 

Responsive Call To Worship

We lift our hands in the sanctuary

We lift our hands to give You the glory

We lift our hands to give You the praise

And we will praise You for the rest of our days

Yes, we will praise You for the rest of our days

(repeat)

In the SanctuaryKurt Karr

We clap our hands in the sanctuary

We clap our hands to give You the glory

We clap our hands to give You the praise

And we will praise You for the rest of our days

Yes, we will praise You for the rest of our days

We sing our song in the sanctuary

We sing our song to give You the glory

We sing our song to give You the praise

And we will praise You for the rest of our days

Yes, we will praise You for the rest of our days

Jesus, we give You the praise

Emmanuel, we lift up Your name

Heavenly Father, coming Messiah!

And we will praise You for the rest of our days

Yes, we will praise You for the rest of our days

Hallelujah, in the sanctuary

Hallelujah, we give You the glory

Hallelujah, we give You the praise

And we will praise You for the rest of our days

Yes, we will praise You for the rest of our days

Jesus, we give You the praise

Emmanuel, we lift up Your name

Heavenly Father, coming Messiah!

And we will praise You for the rest of our days

Yes, we will praise You for the rest of our days

Yes…

Yes, Lord, for the rest of our days!

(repeat)

Jesus, we give You the praise

Emmanuel, we lift up Your name

Heavenly Father, coming Messiah!

And we will praise You for the rest of our days

Yes, we will praise You for the rest of our days

(repeat)

Yes, we will praise You

For the rest of our days!

(repeat)

“In the Sanctuary” by Kurt Carr© 2001 KCartunes Music / Lilly Mack Music (Admin. by EMI Christian Music Publishing)CCLI License #503207

You Are the OneKellie Zephir

I don’t want a rock praising Your name

I don’t want a rock to ever proclaim

I don’t want a rock to see Your fame

Before me

I don’t want a rock to sing Your praise

I don’t want a rock to see Your face

I don’t want a rock to take my place

I wanna be the one

To sing your glory forever, Lord

For all you have done

To stand at your throne O God

I want to be the one

To say You are the way, the Truth, the life

Your blood has made me new

Your fame and majesty will reign

It all belongs to you,

You are the one

I don’t want a rock clapping its hands

I don’t want a rock praising in dance

I don’t want a rock in the holy land

Before me

I don’t want a rock to shame my doubt

I don’t want a rock to scream and shout

I don’t want a rock crying out

I wanna be the one

To sing your glory forever, Lord

For all you have done

To stand at your throne O God

I want to be the one

To say You are the way, the Truth, the life

Your blood has made me new

Your fame and majesty will reign

It all belongs to you,

You are the one

Your atonement complete,

Your justice fulfilled

Your wrath justified,

Our praise is Your will

(2x)

You gave your Son to lay down His life

Your mercy, Lord, covers all my strife

(3x)

And I wanna be the one...

To sing your glory forever, Lord

For all you have done

To stand at your throne O God

I want to be the one

To say You are the way, the Truth, the life

Your blood has made me new

Your fame and majesty will reign

It all belongs to you

To join the angels in heaven Lord

Singing alleluia

To stand at your throne O God

I want to be the one

To see your face for all eternity

And marvels in Your ways

To fully understand your grace

And love for all my days

You are the One.(repeat)

“You Are the One” by Kellie Zephir© 2012 Kellie ZephirCCLI License #503207

LORD God Almighty, you are the great and Awesome One. We bow down before you because you and you alone are worthy of our praise and adoration. It is in you that we live and move and have our being. Surely your mighty arm is not too short to save us. Surely your ears are not too dull to hear us. But our sins have separated us from you.

Confession of Sin

We acknowledge that apart from you we are without hope, without faith, without peace, without true joy. We are weak, needy, slow to follow you as we should. Yet because of Jesus our Lord you invite us to boldly come into your holy presence. So with great joy we come. We rest. Lord bless us, teach us, empower us to do your will. In Christ’s name, Amen.

Confession of Sin

Silent time for personal confession

The Geneva Catechism

Q. 6. What is the true and right knowledge of God?

A. When he is so known that due honour is paid to him.

The Geneva Catechism

Q. 7 What is the method, of honouring him duly?

A. To place our whole confidence in him; to study to serve him during our whole life by obeying his will; to call upon him in all our necessities, seeking salvation and every good thing that can be desired in him; lastly, to acknowledge him both with heart and lips, as the sole Author of all blessings. 

Breathe Marie Barnett

This is the air I breathe

This is the air I breathe

Your holy presence living in me

This is my daily bread

This is my daily bread

Your very Word spoken to me

And I, I’m desperate for You

And I, I’m lost without You

This is the air I breathe

This is the air I breathe

Your holy presence living in me

This is my daily bread

This is my daily bread

Your very Word spoken to me

And I, I’m desperate for You

And I, I’m lost without You

(repeat)

This is the air I breathe…(repeat)

You are the air I breathe…(repeat)

“Breathe” by Marie Barnett© 1995 Mercy / Vineyard Publishing (Admin. by Music Services, Inc.) CCLI License #503207

Listening to Hagar: Sharing the Suffering of Our

Sisters Both Nearby and Worldwide

FCF Women’s ClassSeptember 15 – October 27

Beginning with a study of Hagar from the Book of Genesis, this class will raise our awareness about how our sisters are suffering -- from human trafficking, gender-based violence, HIV/AIDs, educational deprivation, and economic crisis -- and provide concrete opportunities to pray and consider other ways God may be calling us to respond.

Common Ground Sunday School

High School Sunday School - Meets with Mr. Arny Arnold in the basement Youth Room.

Study Topic - Westminster Confession & Apologetic

Middle School Sunday School - Meets with Mrs. Laura Clark & Mr. Blake Scheidt in room 205.

Study Topic - Characters of the New Testament

SUNDAY SCHOOL

3 and 4 yrs - Room L102 - Show Me JesusK-2nd grade - room 203 - Show Me Jesus3rd-5th - grade room 204 - Kid’s Quest

Concert of Prayer 7pm, Friday, November 1in the Parlor

Sunday, November 312:45-3:00 p.m. in the Parlor.

21 And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.” 23 But he did not answer her a word.  

Scripture ReadingMatthew 15:21-31

And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying out after us.”  24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 25 But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” 26 And he answered, “It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.” 

Matthew 15:21-31

27 She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table.” 28 Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith!  Be it done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly.

29 Jesus went on from there and walked beside the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain and sat down there. 

Matthew 15:21-31

30 And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them, 31 so that the crowd wondered, when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.

Matthew 15:21-31

44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, 46 who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.

Matthew 13:44-46

Saturday, October 198:00 – 9:45 AMChurch Fellowship Hall

Men’s BreakfastNew series: “Minor prophets”

Joshua: Advancing on the Promises

Words for Courage and Strength

Joshua 9As soon as all the kings who were beyond the Jordan in the hill country and in the lowland all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, heard of this, 2 they gathered together as one to fight against Joshua and Israel.

3 But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai, 4 they on their part acted with cunning and went and made

ready provisions and took worn-out sacks for their donkeys, and wineskins, worn-out and torn and mended, 5 with worn-out, patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out clothes. And all their provisions were dry and crumbly. 6 And they went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant country, so now make a covenant with us.”

7 But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live among us; then how can we make a covenant with you?” 8 They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” And Joshua said to them, “Who are you? And where do you come from?” 9 They said to him, “From a very distant country your servants have come, because of the name of the LORD your God. For we have heard a report of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

10 and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon the king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.

11 So our elders and all the inhabitants of our country said to us, ‘Take provisions in your hand for the journey and go to meet them and say to them, “We are your servants. Come now, make a covenant with us.”’ 12 Here is our bread. It was

still warm when we took it from our houses as our food for the journey on the day we set out to come to you, but now, behold, it is dry and crumbly. 13 These wineskins were new when we filled them, and behold, they have burst. And these garments and sandals of ours are worn out from the very long journey.” 14 So the men took some of their provisions, but did not ask counsel from the LORD. 15 And Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.

16 At the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, they heard that they were their neighbors and that they lived among them. 17 And the people of Israel set out and reached their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim. 18 But the people of Israel did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. Then all the congregation murmured against the leaders.

19 But all the leaders said to all the congregation, “We have sworn to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we may not touch them. 20 This we will do to them: let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath that we swore to them.”

21 And the leaders said to them, “Let them live.” So they became cutters of wood and drawers of water for all the congregation, just as the leaders had said of them.

22 Joshua summoned them, and he said to them, “Why did you deceive us, saying, ‘We are very far from you,’ when you dwell among us? 23 Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you shall never be anything but servants, cutters of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.”

24 They answered Joshua, “Because it was told to your servants for a certainty that the LORD your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land

from before you—so we feared greatly for our lives because of you and did this thing.

25 And now, behold, we are in your hand. Whatever seems good and right in your sight to do to us, do it.”

26 So he did this to them and delivered them out of the hand of the people of Israel, and they did not kill them. 27 But Joshua made them that day cutters of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, to this day, in the place that he should choose.

The Gibeonite maneuver

Anyone who call on the Lord for deliverance shall be delivered.

The Desperation

vv.1-2

The Deception

vv. 3-14

Urim and Thummim

Priests garment with the breastpiece of judgment (decision)

Exodus 28:15-30

The Deliverance

vv.15-27

“They said to him, “From a very distant country your servants have come, because of the name of the Lord your God. For we have heard a report of him, and all that he did in Egypt.”

Joshua 9:9