Let the weak look to their brother

Lean on a shoulder when they can't stand

No shame in needing one another

Reach out and take hold of a healing hand

Rejoice, again I say rejoice

Sinners, strangers, we're welcomed in

Lift up your hands, lift up your voice

Sing with all your heart, He calls you friend

Let the strong carry their neighbor

Bind up the wounded and wash their feet

Open your door, and set your table

The place of honor for the least of these

Rejoice, again I say rejoice

Sinners, strangers, we're welcomed in

Lift up your hands, lift up your voice

Sing with all your heart, He calls you friend

Make us one, bind us together

Make us one

Make us one, bind us together

Make us one

Make us one, bind us together

Make us one

Make us one, bind us together

Make us one

Sinners, strangers, we're welcomed in

Lift up your hands, lift up your voice

Sing with all your heart, He calls you friend

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Psalm 100:3 tells us to "Enter His gates with thanksgiving, go into His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and call upon His name.”

We’ve all come into this place, now consider those things you can surely be thankful for. As we sing and as we speak to one another today, give God praise - listen to the praise of those around you. During our time of prayer and confession call upon His name. Let’s continue together - in His Court - singing his praise.

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

Our sins they are many, His mercy is more

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Praise the Lord

His mercy is more

Stronger than darkness, new every morn

Our sins they are many, His mercy is more

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What patience would wait as we constantly roam

What Father, so tender, is calling us home

He welcomes the weakest, the vilest, the poor

Our sins they are many, His mercy is more

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What riches of kindness He lavished on us

His blood was the payment, His life was the cost

We stood 'neath a debt we could never afford

Our sins they are many, His mercy is more

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Praise the Lord

His mercy is more

Stronger than darkness, new every morn

Our sins they are many, His mercy is more

Praise the Lord

His mercy is more

Stronger than darkness, new every morn

Our sins they are many, His mercy is more

Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart

Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art

Thou my best thought, by day or by night

Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light

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Be Thou my wisdom, and Thou my true word

I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord

Thou my great Father, and I Thy true son

Thou in me dwelling and I with Thee one

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Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise

Thou mine inheritance, now and always

Thou and Thou only, the first in my heart

High King of heaven, my treasure Thou art

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High King of heaven, my victory won

May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's sun

Heart of my own heart, whatever befall

Still be my vision, O ruler of all

Heart of my own heart, whatever befall

Still be my vision, O ruler of all

Confession:

Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth, we confess to you now all the ways we have fallen short, all the times we have not loved the way your word describes Love. For the times we have been impatient. For all the times we have been envious, boastful, or proud. For the times we have dishonored others and have been self-seeking. For moments when we were easily angered and have kept records of wrongs. For times when we have delighted in evil rather than rejoicing in the truth. Forgive us, Oh Lord.

Assurance:

And now, the Assurance we have, which can be found in Ephesians 2 verses 12-22:

“Remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace... He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit. Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.” Amen.

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

Call for Artists & Writers - We're excited to invite artists and writers to participate in an upcoming creative project at The Gateway Church. Whether you're a visual artist, writer, or both, we want to collaborate with you to bring something beautiful and meaningful to our community. If you're interested in learning more, please email dominic@thegatewaychurch.com.

Upcoming Events:

Makers Workshop - Feb 2nd - If you’re interested in building community with fellow artists and makers, join us for a Makers Workshop (a part of The Artist Fellowship) on Feb 2nd. Bring your own project to work on or sign up to learn some of the basics of watercolor painting. Please Register by Jan 27th at thegatewaychurch.com/taf
Trivia Night - February 7th
Annual Meeting - February 16th

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.

Deuteronomy 6:4-6

4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.

Deuteronomy 6:1-9
Deuteronomy 5:7-9a
Colossians 1:15-20
Colossians 1:19-22a
Exodus 20:2-3
1 Corinthians 1:10-13

Communion is available at the Coffee Table or in the baskets on the stairs to your left. Contains juice and wafer (gluten-free option available).

What can wash away my sin