Call To Worship - Pastor Ray Sanchez Isaiah 40:1-11
Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” A voice says, “Cry!” And I said, “What shall I cry?” All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the Lord blows on it; surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news; lift it up, fear note’ say to the cities of Judah, “Behold your God!” Behold, the Lord God comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. He will tend his flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
Days of Elijah/Joy to the World
These are the days of Elijah,
Declaring the word of the Lord
And these are the days of Your servant Moses,
Righteousness being restored.
And though these are days of great trial,
Of famine and darkness and sword,
Still, we are the voice in the desert crying
"Prepare ye the way of the Lord!"
Behold He comes riding on the clouds,
Shining like the sun at the trumpet call,
Lift your voice, it's the year of jubilee,
And out of Zion's hill salvation comes.
These are the days of Ezekiel,
The dry bones becoming as flesh,
And these are the days of Your servant David,
Rebuilding a temple of praise.
These are the days of the harvest,
The fields are as white in Your world,
And we are the labourers in Your vineyard,
Declaring the word of the Lord!
Behold He comes riding on the clouds,
Shining like the sun at the trumpet call,
Lift your voice, it's the year of jubilee,
And out of Zion's hill salvation comes.
Joy to the world, the Lord is come
Let earth receive her King
Let every heart prepare Him room
And Heaven and nature
sing
And Heaven and nature sing
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing
There's no God like Jehovah (Repeat)
Scripture Reading Mark 1:1-8 (ESV) Steven & Cindy Cortez Family
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’” John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey. And he preached saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
Go Tell It On the Mountain
While shepherds kept their watching
O'er silent flocks by night,
Behold throughout the heavens
There shone a holy light
Chorus:
Go, tell it on the mountain
Over the hills and everywhere
Go, tell it on the mountain
That Jesus Christ is born.
The shepherds feared and trembled
When lo! above the earth
Rang out the angel chorus
That hailed our Savior's birth; Chorus:
Down in a lowly manger
The humble Christ was born;
And God sent out salvation
That blessed Christmas morn. Chorus:
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Hark the herald Angels sing
Glory to the newborn King
Peace on earth and mercy mild
God and sinners reconciled
Joyful, all ye nations rise
Join the triumph of the skies
With Angelic host proclaim
Christ is born in Bethlehem
Hark the herald Angels sing
Glory to the newborn King
Hail the heav'n born Prince of Peace
Hail the Son of Righteousness
Light and life to all He brings
Risen with healing in His wings
Mild He lays His glory by
Born that man no more may die
Born to raise the sons of earth
Born to give them second birth
Hark the herald Angels sing
Glory to the newborn King
Christ by highest heav'n adored
Christ the everlasting Lord
Late in time behold Him come
Offspring of a virgin's womb
Mild He lays His glory by
Born that man no more may die
Born to raise the sons of earth
Born to give them second birth
Hark the herald angels sing
Glory to the newborn King
The newborn King!
We Fall Down
We fall down
We lay our crowns
At the feet of Jesus
The greatness of
Mercy and love
At the feet of Jesus
And we cry holy, holy, holy
We cry holy, holy, holy
We cry holy, holy, holy
Is the lamb
Still We Wait For The Light (The Promise of Love Yet Fulfilled)
Verse 1:
A people in darkness see a great light a path of peace has dawned.
Oh world bathed in sin, let redemption in, and join in creation's song.
Chorus:
Oh His cries from the stable in Bethlehem,
To His cries on Golgatha's hill
Proclaim to the world that our faith is secure
The promise of hope is fulfilled.
Still we wait for the Light to engulf the dark
As our struggles through life now reveal.
But His Kingdom will come and His will be done
The promise of love yet fulfilled, The promise of love yet fulfilled.
Verse 2:
We wander on dark roads, black, stained with death Our judgement looming o'r.
But Christ in our place sets our sins ablaze, Lord freedom and hope secured!
Verse 3:
The dark of this world spreads fear, angst angst and hate through loveless, bitter sin.
But Je sus' great light will set wrongs to right. God's Kingdom will never end!
Chorus:
Oh His cries from the stable in Bethlehem,
To His cries on Golgatha's hill
Proclaim to the world that our faith is secure
The promise of hope is fulfilled.
Still we wait for the Light to engulf the dark
As our struggles through life now reveal.
But His Kingdom will come and His will be done
The promise of love yet fulfilled, The promise of love yet fulfilled.
Verse 4:
All you who are chosen stand strong and sing, Our voices raised as one!
The Spirit of God reigning in us now, Our lives shining for the Son!
Way Maker/O Come Let Us Adore Him
Even when I don't see it, You're working
Even when I don't feel it (yeah), You're working
You never stop, You never stop working
You never stop, You never stop working (You're the way maker, yeah)
Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper
Light in the darkness
My God, that is who You are
Yeah, yeah
Way maker, miracle worker, promise keeper
Light in the darkness
My God, that is who You are
O come let us adore Him, O come let us adore Him, O come let us adore Him
Christ the Lord!
For You alone are worthy, For You alone are worthy, For You alone are worthy
Christ the Lord!