GRACE EVANGELICAL CHURCH SUNDAY FEB. 27, 2011 The organ prelude marks the beginning of the worship service. It calls us to quiet ourselves and to direct our hearts and minds toward Him. Prelude My Jesus, I Love Thee arr. by Michael Cox Ron Call to Worship Come, Bless the Lord Insert Bless the Name of Jesus Invocation Gloria Patri Insert Announcements Hymn He Leadeth Me 295 Hymn Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us 294 Hymn All the way My Savior Leads Me 296 Praise and Prayer Ron Blackman In His Word How to Live V: Living in the Last Days 2 I Thess. 4:13-5:9 Benediction Closing Chorus Freely, Freely Insert ********************* how should we then live? Ezekiel 33:10 ********************* Pastor David M. Pointer Organist JoAnn Pointer Christian Soldier, Stand Standing in the evil day, Heeding not what men may say, Fearing not the face of clay, Christian soldier, stand Standing for the Word of God, Standing for the precious blood, Following where the saints have trod, Christian soldier, stand. Stand mid Satan s every wile, Stand mid pleasure s wanton smile, Stand when error would beguile; Christian soldier stand. Stand till ends life s little day, Stand for Jesus, come what may, Stand and fight and watch and pray; Christian Soldier stand. A. B. Simpson 1420 N. Florida Ave. Tampa, FL 33602 www.geconline.org 813-273-4469
ANNOUNCEMENTS... 02/27 Sun. 10:00 AM Sunday School 11:00 AM Fellowship & Refreshments 11:30 AM Morning Worship 03/02 Wed, 7:00 PM Mid Week Service Prayer, Praise, Bible Study Adult Study: Jude Kids Club: Let s Talk Youth: Let s Talk 03/06 Sun. 11:30 AM Dedication Service for Abigail Caroline Lowry A lunch for all will follow the service. Bibles for Russia collection in entryway. Remember soup collection for Metropolitan Ministries. On the table at the entrance to the sanctuary you will find visitor cards, prayer cards, the attendance register, and the offering box. If you have never completed a visitor card, please complete one and place it in the offering box. If you have completed a visitor card on a previous visit, please register your attendance today by signing the attendance register. Please, please, examine the prayer list and tell Pastor of any changes that need to be made. IN HIS SERVICE...IN HIS HOUSE Date Nursery Refresh. Ushers Cleaning Mar. 02/27 Jordyn French Bottomley Pointers 03/06 Katie Miller Lowry Thomas 03/13 Ian Pointer R Blackman Lowry A MERRY HEART DOETH GOOD LIKE A MEDICINE CHURCH AND CHILDREN Becoming a Minister: After a church service on Sunday morning, a young boy suddenly announced to his mother, "Mom, I've decided to become a minister when I grow up." "That's okay with us, but what made you decide that?" "Well," said the little boy, "I have to go to church on Sunday anyway, and I figure it will be more fun to stand up and yell, than to sit and listen" PLAYING WITH PEOPLE S MINDS As Often As Possible, Skip Rather Than Walk. SERENITY It's scary when you start making the same noises as your coffee maker. THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BUT DON T Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww). PUNS To write with a broken pencil is pointless. ANAGRAMS: Presbyterian: When you rearrange the letters: Best In Prayer SMALL TOWNS Those who grew up in small towns will laugh when they read this. Those who didn't will be in disbelief and won't understand how true it is. You can name everyone you graduated with. SMILE Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family business. When he found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly father died, he decided he needed to find a wife with whom to share his fortune. One evening, at an investment meeting, he spotted the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Her natural beauty took his breath away. I may look like just an ordinary guy, he said to her, But in a few years my father will die and I will inherit $200 million dollars. Impressed, the woman asked for his business card and three days later, she became his stepmother. Women are so much better at financial planning than men. PROVERBS FOR LIVING A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. Proverbs 17:2
Nothing Is Too Hard For Jesus Oft there comes a wondrous message When my hopes are growing dim; I can hear it through the darkness Like some sweet and far-off hymn When my frame is worn with sickness, And with tears my eyelids swim, I can hear the promise ringing Like some sweet and heavenly hymn When my way is closed in darkness, And my foes are fierce and grim, Still it sings above the conflict Like some glad, victorious hymn When my heart is crushed with anguish, And the waters reach the brim, Faith can hear the mighty chorus, Like some glorious battle-hymn Let us claim the mighty promise, Let us light our torches dim, Let us join the mighty chorus, Let us swell the glorious hymn Nothing is too hard for Jesus A. B. Simpson
296 All the Way My Savior Leads :Me FANNYJ. CROSBY,1820-1915 ROBERTLoWRY, 1826-1899 1. All the way 2. All the way 3. All the way my Sav-ior leads me- What have I to ask be - side? my Sav-ior leads me- Cheers each wind - ing path I tread, my Sav-ior leads me- 0 the full - ness of His love! Can I doubt His ten-der mer - cy, Who thru Gives me grace for ev-'ry tri - ai, Feeds me Per - feet rest to me is prom-ised In my life has been my Guide? with the liv - ing bread. Fa -ther's house a - b.>ve. peace, di - vin - est com-fort, Here by faith in Him to dwell! wea - ry steps may fal -ter And my soul a-thirst may be, spir - it,clothed im-mor-tal, Wings its flight to realms of day, rr--l12 For I know,what-e'er be - fall me, Je-sus do - eth all things well; Gush-ing from the Rock be - fore me, Lo! a spring of joy I see; This my song thru end-less a - ges: Je-sus led me all the way; well. see. way. COME BLESS THE LORD Come bless the Lord All ye servants of the Lord Which stand by now in the house of the Lord Lift up you hands in the holy place Come bless the Lord, come bless the Lord BLESS THE NAME OF JESUS Sing unto the King ofisrael I sing glory, glory, glory to His name forever Glory, glory, glory to His name. o thejoy of the Lord is in me o what happiness He brings While I walk this pilgrim pathway That is why you'll often hear me say I sing glory, glory, glory to His name forever Glory, glory, glory to His name. o let's worship Him the Spirit o no matter who you are He has done such mighty wonders That is why this music's in my heart Sing unto the King ofisrael I sing glory, glory, glory to His name forever Glory, glory, glory to His name. GLORIA PATRI Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost As it was in the begimllng, is now and ever shall be World without end. Amen. Amen A HAPPy BIRTHDAY/ANNIVERSARY TO YOU A happy birthday to you... a happy anniversary to you. Every day of the year... may you find Jesus near. A happy birthday to you... a happy anniversary to you. The best you have ever had. FREELY, FREELY Freely, freely you have received, freely, freely give. Go in My name and because you believe Others will know that I live.
JOSEPH H. GILMORE, 1834-1918 He Leadeth Me 295 WILLIAM B. BRADBURY, 1816-1868 294 Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us BRADBURY From Hymns for the Y (Jung, 1836 ".Ur. 10 Dorolhy A. Thrupp,!779-1847 WILLIAM B. BRADBURY. 1816-1868 1. He lead - eth me! 0 2. Some-times'midscenes of 3. Lord, I would clasp Thy 4. ~d when my task on bless- ed deep-est hand in earth is thought! 0 words with heav'n- ly gloom, Some-timeswhere E - den's mine, Nor ev - er mur - mur done, When by Thy grace the 1. Say- ior, like a shep-herd lead us, Much we need Thy ten-der care; 2. We arethine-dothoube - friend us, Be the Guard-ianof our way; 3. Thouhast prom-isedto re - ceive us, Poor and sin- ful tho we be; 4. Ear - ly let us seek Thy fa - vor, Ear - ly let us do Thy will; ~.. com-fort fraught!what - e'er I do, wher- e'er I bow- ers bloom, By wa - ters still, o'er trou- bled nor re - pine; Con- tent, what - ev - er lot I vic- t'ry's won, E'en death's cold wave I will not be, sea, see, flee, Still Still Since Since In Thy pleas-ant pas-tures KeepThy flock,from sin de - Thou hast mer-cy to re- Lord and on- ly feed fend lieve Say us, US, us, - ior, ~--.. For our use Thy folds pre- pare: Seek us when we go a - stray: Grace to cleanse and pow'r to free: With Thy love our bos-oms fill: CHORUS 'tis 'tis 'tis God God's His my thru hand that hand that God that Jor - dan lead eth me. lead - eth me! lead eth me! lead - eth me. He lead- eth me, He Je - sus, Je - sus, Thou hast bought us,thine we are; Bless -ed Je -sus, Je-sus, Hear, 0 hear us when we pray; Bless- ed Je - sus, Je - sus, Ear - ly let us turn to Thee; Bless- ed Je - sus, Je-sus, Thou hast loved us, love us still ; lead- eth me, By His own hand He lead-eth me; His faith- ful fol- l'wer I would be I For by His hand He lead- eth me. Bless- ed Bless- ed Je- sus, Je-sus, Je- sus, Je-sus, Je-sus, Thou hast bought us, Thine' we Je-sus, Hear, 0 hear us when we Je- sus, Ear - ly let us turn to Je-sus, Thou hast loved us, love us are. pray. Thee. still.
(Ezek 33:10) how should we then live? (I Thess 4:13-5:9) (I Thess 5:3-8) 02/27/11 How to Live V: Living in the Last Days 2 I Thessalonians 4:13-5:9 Ezekiel 33:10 (Mat 24:38-39) For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. (Luke 21:34) And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. (Rom 13:11) And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: (Eph 5:14) Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest (1 Th 5:6) Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; (Mat 24:42) Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. (Mat 25:13) Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour (Mark 13:33) Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. (Mark 13:35-37) Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch. ( (Mat 24:38) For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, (1 Pet 5:8) Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: (James 5:15) And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. (Acts 6:4) But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. (Mat 17:21) Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. (Eph 6:18) Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; (Luke 18:1) that men ought always to pray, (Rom 12:12) instant in prayer; (Col 4:2) Continue in prayer, (1 Th 5:17) Pray without ceasing. (James 5:16) The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (1 Tim 2:8) I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. (Mat 21:22) And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. (Mark 11:24) Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. (Psa 102:17) He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. (Rom 8:26) Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. (Luke 21:34, 36) And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. (1 Pet 4:7) But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.