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God Calls Us to Delight in Christ and to Share His

Hope.

Psalm 128:1-6* (p. 172)

1 How blessed are all who fear the LORD,

Who walk the way that he has shown.

2 Success and blessing will be yours;

You’ll eat the fruit that you have grown.

Psalm 128:1-6* (2/3) 3 Your wife will be a fruitful

vine;And round your table will be

placedYour children like young olive

shoots.4 Thus he who fears the LORD is

blessed.

Psalm 128:1-6* (3/3)

5 May you behold Jerus’lem’s good;

From Zion may God’s blessing flow.

6 Your children’s children may you see.

May God on Isr’el peace bestow!

Prayer & Scripture Prayer & Scripture ReadingReading

Scripture Reading

1 Corinthians 14:26-40

(p. 1154)

1 Corinthians 14:26-40

• Orderly Worship•  26 What then shall we say, brothers?

When you come together, everyone has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. All of these must be done for the strengthening of the church.    

• 27 If anyone speaks in a tongue, two— or at the most three— should speak, one at a time, and someone must interpret.

1 Corinthians 14:26-40

•     28 If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and God.

•     29 Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.

•     30 And if a revelation comes to someone who is sitting down, the first speaker should stop.

1 Corinthians 14:26-40

•     31 For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged.

•     32 The spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets.

•     33 For God is not a God of disorder but of peace. As in all the congregations of the saints,

1 Corinthians 14:26-40

•     34 women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says.

•     35 If they want to enquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.

•     36 Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached?

1 Corinthians 14:26-40

•     37 If anybody thinks he is a prophet or spiritually gifted, let him acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord's command.

•     38 If he ignores this, he himself will be ignored.

1 Corinthians 14:26-40

•     39 Therefore, my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.

•     40 But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.

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Christmas MessageChristmas Message

Psalm 65:1-8* (p. 82)

1 In Zion praise awaits you, Lord;

to you our vows we’ll pay.2 To you all people will

come near;you hear us when we pray.

Psalm 65:1-8* (2/6)

3 When we were overwhelmed by sins,

and guilt upon us lay,You pardoned all our

trespassesand washed our guilt away.

Psalm 65:1-8* (3/6)

4 How blessed are those you choose, and bring

within your courts of grace!We’re filled with blessings

in your house,in your most holy place.

Psalm 65:1-8* (4/6)

5 With awesome deeds of righteousness

you answer us, O God,Our Saviour, hope of

farthest seasand all the earth abroad.

Psalm 65:1-8* (5/6)

6 By strength and power you formed the hills.

7 You hushed the oceans’ voice;

You calmed the tumult of their waves

and stilled the peoples’ noise.

Psalm 65:1-8* (6/6)

8 Those who inhabit distant lands

with awe regard your ways;Where morning dawns and

evening fades,you call forth songs of

praise.

SERMON:STRENGTHENED TOGETHER

1 Cor. 14

(p. 1154)

1 – WE MEET TOGETHER TO STRENGTHEN THE CHURCH

• ALL have something to contribute…

• Control yourself… give, don't just take.

• Strive to be understood and to be encouraging to others.

2 –WE MEET TOGETHER IN AN ORDERLY WAY…

• 32-33a – it’s not about being dull, it’s not about being unprepared and ‘spontaneous’…

• The Holy Spirit is a God of order, and he helps those who make careful plans!

3 – WE MEET TOGETHER UNDER CHRIST’S

AUTHORITY• Authority does not rest in the men,

or in the women… but in God’s WORD.

• ‘Weighing’ prophecy is a job for the male leadership of the church.

• We need the authority of God’s true apostles… to build us all up.

Matthew Parris

Psalm 65:9-13* (p. 82)

9 You tend the land and

water it;you make it rich and good.

As you ordained, your streams are full

to give the people food.

Psalm 65:9-13* (2/4)

10 You drench the furrows of

the land;you level off the ground.

You soften it with showers of rain

and make its crops abound.

Psalm 65:9-13* (3/4)

11 You crown the year with

fruitfulness;your harvests overflow.

12 The grassland flourishes again;

the hills with gladness glow.

Psalm 65:9-13* (4/4)

13 The pastures green with

flocks are clothed,the meadows covering.

The valleys deck themselves with corn;

they shout for joy and sing.

God Calls Us to delight in Christ and to Share His

Hope.