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Cannons
It's falling from the clouds
A strange and lovely sound
I hear it in the thunder and rain
It's ringing in the skies
Like cannons in the night
The music of the universe plays
We're singing, You are holy, great and mighty
The moon and the stars declare who You are
I'm so unworthy, but still You love me
Forever my heart will sing of how great You are
Beautiful and free
The song of galaxies
Reaching far beyond the Milky Way
Let's join in with the sound
Come on, let's sing it out
As the music of the universe plays
Singing, You are holy, great and mighty
The moon and the stars declare who You are
I'm so unworthy, but still You love me
Forever my heart will sing of You
All glory, honor, power is Yours, amen
All glory, honor, power is Yours, amen
All glory, honor, power is Yours, forever, amen
You are holy, great and mighty
The moon and the stars declare who You are
I'm so unworthy, but still You love me
Forever my heart will sing of You
And You are holy, great and mighty
The moon and the stars declare who You are
I'm so unworthy, but still You love me
Forever my heart will sing of how great you are!
Holy Forever
A thousand generations falling down in worship
To sing the song of ages to the Lamb
And all who've gone before us and all who will believe
Will sing the song of ages to the Lamb
Your name is the highest
Your name is the greatest
Your name stands above them all
All thrones and dominions
All powers and positions
Your name stands above them all
And the angels cry holy
All creation cries holy
You are lifted high, holy
Holy forever
If you've been forgiven and if you've been redeemed
Sing the song forever to the Lamb
If you walk in freedom and if you bear His name
Sing the song forever to the Lamb
We'll sing the song forever and amen
And the angels cry holy
All creation cries holy
You are lifted high, holy
Holy forever
Hear Your people sing holy
To the King of kings, holy
You will always be holy
Holy forever
Your name is the highest
Your name is the greatest
Your name stands above them all
All thrones and dominions
All powers and positions
Your name stands above them all
Jesus
Your name is the highest
Your name is the greatest
Your name stands above them all (oh, stands above)
All thrones and dominions
All powers and positions
Your name stands above them all
And the angels cry holy
All creation cries holy
You are lifted high, holy
Holy forever (we cry holy, holy, holy)
Hear Your people sing (we will sing) holy
To the King of kings (holy), holy (holy is the Lord)
You will always be holy
Holy forever
You will always be holy
Holy forever
One More Day
I'm a sinner grace is still healing
I'm a story time is revealing
I'm all of these things
But mostly, I'm thankful
Yes, I am
I'm a fighter caught in a struggle
A survivor rising above it
I'm all of these things
But mostly, I'm thankful
'Cause You gave me one more day
To say I love You
You have brought me all this way
To testify of grace
What more can I say
But hallelujah?
Thank You, Jesus
Thank You, Jesus
Thank You, Jesus
'Cause You gave me one more day
One more day
Mm
When the night was closing in on me
Didn't know if I'd see the morning
You held on to me
And Jesus, I'm grateful, yeah
When my enemies turned up the fire
El Shaddai, You were right there beside me
You showed up for me
And Jesus, I'm grateful
'Cause You gave me one more day (hallelujah)
To say I love You, oh God
You have brought me all this way
To testify of grace
What more can I say
But hallelujah?
Thank You, Jesus
Thank You, Jesus
Thank You, Jesus
'Cause You gave me one more day
One more day
Yeah, You gave me one more day
One more day
And, oh, Lord
I just really want to praise You
'Cause You mean everything, everything, everything to me (yeah, hey)
And, oh, Lord
I just really want to praise You (ooh)
'Cause You mean everything, everything, everything to me, hey
Oh, Lord
I just really want to praise You ('cause what it say)
You mean everything, everything, everything to me (if I really think about it, oh)
Oh, Lord
I just really want to praise You (I do, I do)
You mean everything, everything, everything to me
'Cause You gave me one more day (yes, You did, Lord)
To say I love You
You have brought me all this way (a mighty long way)
To testify of grace (hallelujah)
What more can I say
But hallelujah?
Thank You, Jesus (hallelujah)
Thank You, Jesus (hallelujah, hallelujah, I just wanna thank You)
Thank You, Jesus
'Cause You gave me one more day
One more day (didn't have to do it)
One more day
One more day
Oh
I thought I'd never see the sun
I thought I was done (mm)
I just wanna say thank You for one more day
One more day, one more day, one more day
You've been there the whole time
You've been there my whole life
I just wanna say You're everything to me, yeah
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound (oh)
That saved a broken wretch like me (yeah)
I once was lost but now I'm found (I remember, I remember, I remember)
Was blind but now my heart can see
You gave me one more day
How Great is our God
The splendor of a King, clothed in majesty
Let all the Earth rejoice
All the Earth rejoice
He wraps himself in light
And darkness tries to hide
And trembles at His voice
Trembles at His voice
How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God
Age to age He stands
And time is in His hands
Beginning and the end
Beginning and the end
The Godhead Three in One
Father Spirit Son
The Lion and the Lamb
The Lion and the Lamb
How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God
Name above all names (how great is our God, sing with me)
Worthy of our praise (how great is our God, and all will see)
My heart will sing
How great is our God
You're the name above all names (how great is our God, sing with me)
You are worthy of our praise (how great is our God, and all will see)
And my heart will sing
How great is our God
How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God
How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God
How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God
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Liturgical Worship Readings
A Prayer for Lent
Gracious God, guide us in this season of prayer, fasting, and reflection.
As these days of Lent stretch out before me, draw me inward to a quiet, sacred space where I can meet You in the stillness, see the truth through Christ's eyes, and know the depth of Your boundless love.
Lead me through this season of anticipation with a heart open to Your presence.
May Your gentle mercy flow into the corners of my heart and fill me with renewed hope.
I ask this in Jesus' name.
Amen
Daily Prayer
Help me pay attention today.
I want to be so acutely aware of Your presence in every space.
Help me notice beauty that doesn't beg for applause, conversations that carry Your kindness, and the still, small ways You're working beneath the surface.
Let my feet be rooted, not rushed.
Let my heart be soft, not guarded.
And let my soul remember that You waste nothing—not even times of slowing down.
Philippians 4:6-7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God,which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Offertory Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, thank you that, by you, all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible. You warned us not to store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal, but to store up treasures in heaven. Guard our hearts and may we, in bringing our offerings to you now, store up treasure in your kingdom. May your peace, which surpasses all understanding, guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. In your powerful name, Amen.THE LORDS PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
Offer Prayers of Intercessions, Petitions, or Thanksgivings to the Lord either silently or aloud. After each person shares we simply acknowledge by saying “Lord hear our prayer.”
Prayer of Gratitude
Heavenly Father, We come before you today with hearts full of gratitude. Thank you for your countless blessings and your unwavering love. Thank you for the gift of life, for the air we breathe, and for the strength you give us each day. Your grace and mercy sustain us, and we are deeply grateful for your presence in our lifes.
Thank you for our family, friends, and the community you have surrounded us with. Thank you for providing for our needs and for guiding us with your wisdom. Even in times of trial, we thank you for the lessons and the growth that come from trusting in you.
Lord, may we never take your blessings for granted. Help us to remain mindful of your goodness and to share your love and kindness with others. We praise your name and give thanks for all that you are and all that you do.
In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.
SERMON NOTES
GP Mission: We are a community established on experiencing the life-giving grace and peace found in knowing Christ.
"We participate in God's mission as a people. There's individual actions, there's individual moments, but ultimately, this is a symphony." -- MARK SAYERS
We typically preach through the weekly passages of Revised Common Lectionary
Title: “Living Water that Truly Quenches the Soul”
Sermon by Nate Wells
Third Sunday in Lent
John 4:5-26
5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.
7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?”8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”
13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
16 He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
17 “I have no husband,” she replied.
Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. 18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.”
19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”
Observation One; Jesus uses the opportunity to share about the deeper need.
C.S. Lewis famously wrote, "If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world". — Mere Christianity (Chapter 10, "Hope")
Jesus used the opportunity to share about the deeper need we all have. Do we?
Second Observation; Jesus Reveals the attempt to quench the thirst
“The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband.” (John 4:18)
Jesus is not shaming her; he is exposing the place where her soul is searching for life.
“Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth.” (John 4:23)
In spirit and in truth…
What is truth?
How do we find truth?
Will we like what we hear truth say about ourselves?
Jesus is the truth we are searching for.
“Then Jesus declared, ‘I, the one speaking to you—I am he.’” (John 4:26)
N. T. Wright points out that Jesus is showing that the Messiah has come not merely for Israel but for the whole world.
Psalm 145:18
The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
ACTION STEPS
Reflection Questions
Jesus’ living water forms people into true worshipers whose lives are sustained by the life of God within them. What kind of person are you becoming?
More peace filled? More centered? More loving?
The Chosen Series
https://youtu.be/ordhsDeAt60?si=6l2fO7MiIETlC2iW
Blessing…
Rejoice in knowing that we never walk alone.
Know the grace and peace of Christ walking beside us, guiding and protecting us.
Share this comfort with one another and feel his presence each moment of each day.
Amen
Lasting Change Hati
The option to give toward the ministry we partner with in Haiti is always available…
God is at work in Haiti, and we’re grateful to share just a few of the wonderful things He allowed our team to accomplish this past week through your support and generosity.
New Savings Group Started (last photo of all women)
The Outreach Mission – A Week of Transformation
Care Packs for families fleeing from violent gangs who currently pushing to gain more control over cities.
Thanks to the funds you sent, the outreach was a huge blessing. We were able to purchase gas, water, and supplies—and most meaningfully, we bought Bibles. With support from LCH and the local church, they are now walking in new obedience and joy.
Bible Study Resources
Number one task of a Christ follower; Stay in that rhythm of receiving nourishment. A tree doesn’t work to receive but we choose what soil and if it’s near water source or in the care of a constant gardener.
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