LORD I’VE GOT THE WORLD UPON MY SHOULDERS

BUT YOU’VE BEEN SAYING CHILD PUT IT DOWN

I PRAYED AND PRAYED THAT YOU WOULD TAKE MY BURDEN

BUT YOU KEEP SAYING CHILD PUT IT DOWN

MAYBE I’M ADDICTED TO THE WORRY

MAYBE I’M A SLAVE TO HOLDING ON

HELP ME PUT IT DOWN

I’VE HEARD IT SAID THE GOSPEL IS REST

OH HOW I NEED IT

SAY IT AGAIN

‘TIL I BELIEVE IT

OH HOW I NEED IT

LORD YOU TOOK THE WORLD UPON YOUR SHOULDERS

HOW ALL I HAVE TO DO IS PUT IT DOWN

I’M LIVING LIKE SOME WEARY BEAST OF BURDEN

AND YOU KEEP SAYING CHILD PUT IT DOWN

WELL MAYBE I’VE BEEN TRYING TO BE THE HERO

FIGHTING WARS THAT YOU’VE ALREADY WON

HELP ME PUT IT DOWN

OH HOW I NEED THAT PEACE THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING

HOW I NEED IT

OH HOW I NEED IT

THAT PEACE THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING

HOW I NEED IT

OH HOW I NEED IT

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Our call to worship this morning comes from Psalm 100:

Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.

Worship the LORD with gladness;

come before him with joyful songs.

Know that the LORD is God.

It is he who made us, and we are his;

we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving

and his courts with praise;

give thanks to him and praise his name.

For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;

his faithfulness continues through all generations.

Let us continue to worship together.

WHAT CAN WASH AWAY MY SIN?

NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS

WHAT CAN MAKE ME WHOLE AGAIN?

NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS

OH, PRECIOUS IS THE FLOW

THAT MAKES ME WHITE AS SNOW

NO OTHER FOUNT I KNOW

NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS

OH PRECIOUS IS THE FLOW

THAT MAKES ME WHITE AS SNOW

NO OTHER FOUNT I KNOW

NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS

Please join me in prayer.

Almighty and merciful God,

We are thankful that your mercy is higher than the heavens and deeper than our sin.

Forgive our careless attitudes toward your purposes,

our envy of those who have more than we have,

our obsession with creating a life of constant pleasure,

our neglect of your wise and gracious law.

Help us to change our way of life so that we may desire what is good,

love what you love,

and do what you command,

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

And now receive the good news of the gospel, that God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love, forgives our sins.

Nate & Ari Wigdahl dedicate Winston and Rosie.

Dominic and Megan Jackson dedicate Jolee and Judah.

Please take this time to greet one another. This will also be when Gateway Kids are dismissed on weeks they have class.

Holy Father, there is nothing I have that You have not given me.
All I have and am belong to You, bought with the blood of Jesus.
To spend everything on myself, and to give without sacrifice,
is the way of the world that You cannot abide.

But generosity is the way of those who call Christ their Lord;
who love Him with free hearts and serve Him with renewed minds.
Who withstand the delusion of riches that chokes the word;
Whose hearts are in your kingdom and not in the systems of the world.

I am determined to increase in generosity until it can be said that there is no needy person among us.
I am determined to be trustworthy with such a little thing as money that You may trust me with true riches.

Above all, I am determined to be generous because You, Father, are generous.
It is the delight of Your daughters and sons to share Your traits, and to show what You are like to all the world.

“I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.”

—Philippians 4:13 (NASB)

10 “But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at last you have revived your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned before, but you lacked an opportunity to act. 11 Not that I speak from need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. 12 I know how to get along with little, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. 13 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

—Philippians 4:10-13( NASB)

“THIS IS FINE” MEME

“...for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. 12 I know how to get along with little, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.”

—Philippians 4:11-12 (NASB)

“Let me first suggest that we are giving a false explanation of the complexity of our lives. We blame it upon the complex environment. Our complex living, we say, is due to the complex world we live in, with its [technology] , which gives us more stimulation per square hour than used to be given per square day to our grandmothers.

This explanation by the outward order leads us to turn wistfully, in some moments, to thoughts of a quiet South Sea Island existence, or to the horse and buggy days of our great grandparents…”

–Thomas Kelly

“I must confess that I chafed terribly, that year in Hawaii, because in some respects the environment seemed too simple. We Western peoples are apt to think our great problems are external, environmental.

We are not skilled in the inner life, where the real roots of our problem lie.”

–Thomas Kelly

“…You say that dreamers always get what they desire

Well, I've found the more I want, the less I've got

Is this the life you've been waiting for?

Are you hoping that you'll be where you want with a little more?”

—Ask Yourself, Foster the People

The Secret to Contentment

Contentment is Something You Learn

Contentment Doesn’t Change When Circumstances Do

Contentment is a Response to love (and the opposite of love is fear)

Contentment is rooted in joy, not happiness

Contentment isn’t the same as complacency.

“Disturb us, Lord, when

We are too well pleased with ourselves,

When our dreams have come true

Because we have dreamed too little,

When we arrived safely

Because we sailed too close to the shore.

Disturb us, Lord, when

With the abundance of things we possess

We have lost our thirst

For the waters of life;

Having fallen in love with life,

We have ceased to dream of eternity

And in our efforts to build a new earth,

We have allowed our vision

Of the new Heaven to dim.

Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly,

To venture on wider seas

Where storms will show your mastery;

Where losing sight of land,

We shall find the stars.

We ask You to push back

The horizons of our hopes;

And to push into the future

In strength, courage, hope, and love.

— Sir Francis Drake (1577)

OH THAT I COULD SEE YOUR FACE

HOW I’M LONGING FOR THE DAY

BRIGHTER SUN OF HOLY GRACE

MAKE MY HEART A HOLY PLACE

BLESSED ARE THE POOR WHO HAVE NOTHING TO OWN

BLESSED ARE THE MOURNERS WHO ARE CRYING ALONE

BLESSED ARE THE GUILTY WHO HAVE NOWHERE TO GO

FOR THEIR HEARTS HAVE A ROAD TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD

AND THEIR SOULS ARE THE SONGS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD

AND THEY WILL FIND A REFUGE

FOR THEIRS IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD

BEAUTY SHINING FROM YOUR FACE

ALWAYS LONGED TO SEE THIS PLACE

IS THERE SOMEWHERE I CAN STAY?

EVEN JUST A COUPLE DAYS?

BLESSED ARE THE POOR WHO HAVE NOTHING TO OWN

BLESSED ARE THE MOURNERS WHO ARE CRYING ALONE

BLESSED ARE THE GUILTY WHO HAVE NOWHERE TO GO

FOR THEIR HEARTS HAVE A ROAD TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD

AND THEIR SOULS ARE THE SONGS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD

AND THEY WILL FIND A REFUGE

FOR THEIRS IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD

THE LORD IS A SHEPHERD, WE SHALL NOT WANT

IN VALLEY OR PASTURE, WE SHALL NOT WANT

OUR CUP RUNNETH OVER AND OVER

FOR NOW AND FOREVER

BLESSED ARE THE POOR WHO HAVE NOTHING TO OWN

BLESSED ARE THE MOURNERS WHO ARE CRYING ALONE

BLESSED ARE THE GUILTY WHO HAVE NOWHERE TO GO

FOR THEIR HEARTS HAVE A ROAD TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD

AND THEIR SOULS ARE THE SONGS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD

AND THEY WILL FIND A REFUGE

FOR THEIRS IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD

OH THAT I COULD SEE YOUR FACE

HOW I’M LONGING FOR THE DAY

BRIGHTER SUN OF HOLY GRACE

MAKE MY HEART A HOLY PLACE

WHAT LOVE COULD REMEMBER NO WRONGS WE HAVE DONE

OMNISCIENT, ALL KNOWING, HE COUNTS NOT THEIR SUM

THROWN INTO A SEA WITHOUT BOTTOM OR SHORE