“We Worship the God of the Nations”
Welcome
Song of Praise “God is for Us”
Call to Worship Psalm 33:1, 11-15
Song of Praise “The Church’s One Foundation”
Confession of Faith Revelation 7
Song of Praise “Revelation Song”
Prayer of Adoration
Greet One Another
Ministry Spotlight Fall Festival
Prayer of Intercession
Giving of God’s Tithes and Our Offerings
Song of Preparation “Holy (Song of the Ages)”
Scripture Reading Psalm 96:1-13
Sermon “The Link Between Worship and Missions” Rev. Craig Swartz
Prayer of Commitment
Song of Response “Be Thou My Vision (You are My Vision)”
Benediction
Sermon Notes:
“We aspire to be a church who are developing a passion for Christ by equipping disciples and reaching the lost.” Redeemer’s Motto
“Missional communities are not a new program or methodology for the church, but an ancient way of being God’s people set apart for God’s mission in the world.” Jeff Vanderstelt
“A prophecy concerning the coming of Christ and the calling of the Gentiles who should believe in Him.” Syriac Bible
“This is a prophecy concerning the kingdom of Christ and the spreading of the gospel over the whole world.” Martin Luther
“Jesus sends us into the world as He was sent into the world. We have to penetrate other people’s worlds, as He penetrated ours: the world of their thinking (as we struggle to understand their misunderstandings of the gospel), the world of their feeling (as we try to empathize with their pain), and the world of their living (as we see the humiliation of their human situation, whether poverty, homelessness, unemployment or discrimination).” John Stott
1st Main Point
THE to WORSHIP Psalm 96:1-3
“The average Christian is so cold and so contented with his wretched condition that there is no vacuum of desire into which the blessed Spirit can rush in satisfying fullness.” A.W. Tozer
“We’ve a story to tell to the nations, that shall turn their hearts to the right, a story of truth and mercy, a story of peace and light, a story of peace and light. For the darkness shall turn to the dawning and the dawning to noonday bright, and Christ’s great kingdom shall come on earth, the kingdom of love and light.” Earnest Nichol
“I perceive that our minds are more devotedly and earnestly elevated into a flame by holy words when they are sung that when they are not.” Saint Augustine
2nd Main Point
THE of WORSHIP Psalm 96:4-6
“The ring of Sauron is only one of the various mythical ways of treating the placing of one’s life or power inside an external object. This leads to the destruction or disastrous results to oneself.” J.R.R. Tolkien
“Most men are not satisfied with the permanent output of their lives. Nothing can wholly satisfy the life of Christ within His followers except the adoption of Christ’s purpose toward the world that He came to redeem. Fame, pleasure, and riches are but husks and ashes in contrast with the boundless and abiding joy of working with God for the fulfillment of His eternal plan. The men who are putting everything into Christ’s undertaking are getting out of life its sweetest and most priceless rewards.” J. Campbell White
3rd Main Point
THE of WORSHIP Psalm 96:7-9
“Worship changes the worshipper into the image of the One worshipped.” Jack Hayford
4th Main Point
THE of WORSHIP Psalm 96:10-13
“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.” Jim Elliot