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For years I’ve stood I’ve held the line

Spoke into the night and fought the devouring lion

A peace I know has held me in

As our Father draws close with an army to begin

Oo—

Oo—

So I will feel the night

I will feel the night

I will feel the night for the coming of the Lord

And I'll await the light

I'll await the light

I'll await the light that I have seen before

Oh—

Oh—

Well friend I know you see it most

The dark before the dawn feels fierce and it feels close

But may you hear the angels voice

He said hold on one more hour to me will you, oh

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So I will feel the night

I will feel the night

I will feel the night for the coming of the Lord

And I'll await the light

I'll await the light

I'll await the light that I have seen before

We will praise Him

We will praise Him

He is coming

We will praise Him

Oh—

Oh—

So I will feel the night

I will feel the night

I will feel the night for the coming of the Lord

And I'll await the light

I'll await the light

I'll await the light that I have seen before

We have come, O Lord. Not as faithful as we should be, nor as joyful as we could be. Even so, we have been attracted by Your faithfulness and Your joy. Holy Spirit, teach us this day more about Your truth, as revealed by Jesus Christ. Fill us with Your hope. Challenge us to follow You this moment, this day, this coming week. All this we ask in the name of Jesus, whom we adore as Christ the Lord. Amen.

Bless the Lord, O my soul

O my soul

Worship His holy name

Sing like never before

O my soul

I'll worship Your holy name

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The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning

It's time to sing Your song again

Whatever may pass, and whatever lies before me

Let me be singing when the evening comes

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Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul

Worship His holy name

Sing like never before, O my soul

I'll worship Your holy name

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You're rich in love, and You're slow to anger

Your name is great, and Your heart is kind

For all Your goodness, I will keep on singing

Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find

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Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul

Worship His holy name

Sing like never before, O my soul

I'll worship Your holy name

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And on that day when my strength is failing

The end draws near, and mytime has come

Still my soul will sing Your praise unending

Ten thousand years and then forever more

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Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul

Worship His holy name

Sing like never before, O my soul

I'll worship Your holy name

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Bless the Lord, O my soul

O my soul

Worship His holy name

Sing like never before

O my soul

I'll worship Your holy name

I'll worship Your holy name

I'll worship Your holy name

The tender mercy of our God still holds us when the light is gone

His guiding hand and guarding rod are with us as we wait for dawn

O-- though sorrow entered with the night

O-- yet even now we know his light

His love is steady as the stars, whose ancient light is burning still

He walks beside us in the dark, the emptiness within us fills

O-- though night is long he's with us now

O-- in mercy's everlasting hour

As every night will have its end, we know the sun will have to rise

Our loving lord will take our hands and wipe the tears from every eye

O-- for Christ has come, the day draws near

O-- and even now he meets us here

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.

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.

Exodus: 20:8-11

“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.  Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns.  For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

Exodus: 20:8-11

 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.  Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns.  For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

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Gen 1:20-22

 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.  God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.” 

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“So God created mankind in his own image,
    in the image of God he created them;
    male and female he created them.

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

—Genesis 1:27-28

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“By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.”

—Genesis 2:2-3

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 “In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.”

Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions. On the sixth day they are to prepare what they bring in, and that is to be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”

—Exodus 16:2-5

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“When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread the Lord has given you to eat. This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer for each person you have in your tent.’”

The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little. And when they measured it by the omer, the one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little. Everyone had gathered just as much as they needed.

Then Moses said to them, “No one is to keep any of it until morning.”

However, some of them paid no attention to Moses; they kept part of it until morning, but it was full of maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.

Each morning everyone gathered as much as they needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away. On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much—two omers for each person—and the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses. He said to them, “This is what the Lord commanded: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath to the Lord. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.’”

So they saved it until morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or get maggots in it.  “Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a sabbath to the Lord. You will not find any of it on the ground today. Six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.”

—Exodus 16:15-26

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“Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Stand up in front of everyone.”

Then Jesus asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they remained silent.

He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored. Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.”

— Mark 3:1-6

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).

You give life, You are love

You bring light to the darkness

You give hope, You restore

Every heart that is broken

Great are You, Lord

It's Your breath in our lungs

So we pour out our praise, we pour out our praise

It's Your breath in our lungs

So we pour out our praise to You only

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All the earth will shout Your praise

Our hearts will cry, these bones will sing

Great are You, Lord

How lovely is Your dwelling place

How wonderful Your presence, Lord

How my soul longs to see Your face

To come with joy into Your courts

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How blessed is the little sparrow

Who makes a nest inside Your house

'Cause I can think of no place better

To make a home and sing out loud

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I wanna be in Your presence, I wanna be near Your heart

I wanna know You're close even when I'm feeling far

I don't want what this world could offer, I want the living God

'Cause there's no place better than where You are

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We will go from strength to strength

Even in the wilderness

You are turning tears to desert springs

Leaving gardens in our footsteps

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How blessed is the longing pilgrim

Whose heart is set on Zion's hill

The one who knows there's no place better

To bring our sorrows and be filled

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I wanna be in Your presence, I wanna be near Your heart

I wanna know You're close even when I'm feeling far

I don't want what this world could offer, I want the living God

'Cause there's no place better than where You are

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One day with You is better than a thousand elsewhere

One word from You is better than silver or gold

I'd rather be a servant in Your house, O God

Than a king with all the riches I could hold

One day with You is better than a thousand elsewhere

One word from You is better than silver or gold

I'd rather be a servant in Your house, O God

Than a king with all the riches I could hold

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I wanna be in Your presence, I wanna be near Your heart

I wanna know You're close even when I'm feeling far

I don't want what this world could offer, I want the living God

'Cause there's no place better than where You are

Oh, there's no place better than where You are

As we leave this place, remember:

God, who chose you before your birth,

who calls you and knows you by name,

now sends you out into the world—

to bring light to those in darkness,

comfort to those who grieve,

hope to those who despair.

And may the blessing of God,

the love of Jesus Christ,

and the presence of the Holy Spirit

be among you and within you 

as you seek to do God’s will.  Amen.