Order, Words, & Voices
11.05.23, Oblation, 1 Kings 18:17- 39
Order
Pre Worship Music
Call to Worship – Song Billy & Team
Lord I Lift Your Name on High
God Will Make a Way
Call to Gather/Call To Prayer Mitch
Songs Billy & Team
I Will Never Be
Show Me Your Ways
Prayers for our World Rick
Message Oblation Rick
Music I Will Never Be Billy and Team
Community/Peace Rick
Benediction/Closing Peace Rick
Post Worship Music
Music (slides) Billy and Team
Lord I Lift Your Name On High
CCLI Song # 117947
Verse
Lord I lift Your name on high
Lord I love to sing Your praises
I’m so glad You’re in my life
I’m so glad You came to save us
Chorus
You came from heaven to earth
To show the way
From the earth to the cross
My debt to pay
From the cross to the grave
From the grave to the sky
Lord I lift Your name on high
God Will Make A Way
CCLI Song # 458620
Chorus
God will make a way
Where there seems to be no way
He works in ways we cannot see
He will make a way for me
He will be my guide
Hold me closely to His side
With love and strength
For each new day
He will make a way
He will make a way
Verse
By a roadway in the wilderness
He’ll lead me
And rivers in the desert will I see
Heaven and earth will fade
But His Word will still remain
He will do something new today
Call to Gather (Slides) Mitch
We gather for a shared moment before God. We gather with countless others in our community, our nation, and around our world on our common path of Becoming.
We gather with those who are in struggles we cannot imagine and in places where suffering permeates to a depth we will never understand.
We gather with those who have rejoiced in victories as well as those whose pain is guarded with a vigilance that is excruciating.
We gather for a moment of rest in our struggles, a moment of refreshment before God, and a moment to remember the hope found in the empty tomb.
We travel a called and yet chosen path. A path of grace and a path of works. May we continue to move forward on our path of becoming as we gather before the God who is God.
Prayer – A Call to Prayer (Slides) Mitch
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. Forgive us our trespasses, while 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 forever. Amen.
Music (Slides) Billy and Team
I Will Never Be
CCLI Song # 1874911
Verse 1
I will never be the same again
I can never return
I’ve closed the door
I will walk the path
I will run the race
And I will never be the same again
Chorus
Fall like fire soak like rain
Flow like mighty waters
Again and again
Sweep away the darkness
Burn away the chaff
And let a flame burn
To glorify Your name
Verse 2
There are higher heights
There are deeper seas
Whatever You need to do
Lord do it in me
And the glory of God fills my life
And I will never be the same again
Show Me Your Ways
CCLI Song # 1675024
Show me Your ways
That I may walk with You
Show me Your ways
I put my hope in You
The cry of my heart
Is to love You more
To live with the
Touch of Your hand
Stronger each day
Show me Your way
Prayer for Others (Leave I Tim slide up through prayer/No prayer slide) Mitch
[Slide] Call to Prayer – ‘Pray for all people. Ask God to bless them and give them what they need. And give thanks. Pray for rulers and for all who have authority. Pray for these leaders so that we can live quiet and peaceful lives—lives full of devotion to God and respect for him.’ 1 Tim 2:1-3 abb (ERV)
Prayer– O Lord, you who ask us to do the impossible—to bless our enemies, to pray for those who persecute us, and to love those who seek us harm. Most ironically, God, we pray that you would do the impossible in us, lead us to love our enemies as you love them. Open our eyes in order that we may recognize the hatred, darkness, arrogance, insecurity, self centeredness, and disregard of others, that hides in our darkest places, is often our greatest enemy. We also ask, God, that you will restrain the power of evil that exists in our world. We pray this in the name of the One that does impossible things. Amen.
Adapted from the written prayers of W. David O. Taylor
Message (Slides) Rick
Understanding the Impact of the Past on the Present
[Slide] Kings of United Kingdom
- [Slide] Saul, 40 years, G/E
- [Slide] David, 40 years, G/E/G
- [Slide] Solomon, 40 years, G/E
[Slide] God gives Prophets to the Kings for Accountability, Confrontation, Correction, Guidance
- [Slide] Saul – Samuel
- [Slide] David – Samuel/Nathan
- [Slide] Solomon – Nathan
[Slide] Southern Kingdom – Judah
- [Slide] Rehoboam, 17, E, Shemaiah
- [Slide] Abidjan, 3, E, Shemaiah
- [Slide] Asa 41, G, Shemaiah/Hanani
[Slide] Northern Kingdom – Israel
- [Slide] Jeroboam, 21, E, Ahijah
- [Slide] Nadaab, 1-2, E, Ahijah
- [Slide] Baasha, 23-24, E, Jehu
- [Slide] Elah, 1-2, E, Jehu
- [Slide] Zimri, 7 days, E, Micaiah
- [Slide] Omri, 11-12, E, Micaiah/Elijah
- [Slide] Ahab, 21-22, E, Elijah (Jezabel)
- [Slide] Predicament of Prophets in regard to their mission and the power of Kings
- [Slide] The curse of the ancestors in regard to the passing on the evil of powers as felt behind the scenes. The build up from David to each King (probably long before, even before Abraham).
Passage (Note for Slides – There will be initial slide of passage and then an identical slide but with underlining – leave underlining slide up until I move to next passage slide)
[Slide] When Ahab, King of Northern Kingdom Israel, saw the prophet Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is it you, you troubler of Israel?” Elijah answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house have, because you have forsaken the commandments of the Lord and followed the false god Baal.”
[Slide] “Have all Israel assemble for me at Mount Carmel, with the four hundred fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
[Slide] So King Ahab sent to all the Israelites and assembled the prophets at Mount Carmel. Elijah then came near to all the people and said, “How long will you go limping with two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him, but if Baal, then follow him.” The people did not answer him a word.
[Slide] Then Elijah said to the people, “I, even I only, am left a prophet of the Lord, but Baal’s prophets number four hundred fifty. Let two bulls be given us, one to me and there other to the false prophets; let them choose the one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood but put no fire to it; I will prepare the other bull and lay it on the wood but put no fire to it.
[Slide] Then your prophets will call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord; the (G)god who answers by fire is indeed God.” All the people answered, “Well spoken!”
[Slide] Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first, for you are many; then call on the name of your god, but put no fire to it.” So they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, crying, “O Baal, answer us!”
[Slide] There was no voice and no answer from their god. They limped about the altar that they had made. At noon Elijah mocked them, saying, “Cry aloud! Surely he is a god; either he is meditating, or he has wandered away, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.”
[Slide] Then the false prophets cried aloud, and, as was their custom, they cut themselves with swords and lances until the blood gushed out over them. As midday passed, they raved on until the time of the offering of the oblation, but there was no voice, no answer, and no response from their god.
[Slide] Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come closer to me,” and all the people came closer to him. Elijah began by repairing the altar of the Lord that had been thrown down; then he took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord came, saying, “Israel shall be your name”; with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord.
[Slide] Then Elijah made a trench around the altar, large enough to contain two measures of seed. Next he put the wood in order, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood. Elijah said, “Fill four jars with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.” Then he said, “Do it a second time,” and they did it a second time. Again he said, “Do it a third time,” and they did it a third time, so that the water ran all around the altar and filled the trench also with water.
[Slide] At the time of the offering of the oblation, the prophet Elijah came near and said, “O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your bidding.”
[Slide] “Answer me, O Lord, answer me, so that this people may know that you, O Lord, are God and that you have turned their hearts back.” Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust and even licked up the water that was in the trench.
[Slide] When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, “The Lord indeed is God; the Lord indeed is God.”
1 Kings 18:17- 39
- [Slide] The Contradictory Evidences in the life message of Elijah
- [Slide] Acting on Mission from God – Slaughtering hundreds of false prophets on own
- [Slide] Loyalty/Boldness/fearless before kings – Hiding/Fear/Depression/fearful of Jezebel
- [Slide] Determined – Finished
Message to us
- Oblation – unconditional surrender/loyalty and submission
- Discipline/Control
- Vulnerability and Honesty before God
- Seen v Unseen
Music (Slides) Billy and Team
I Will Never Be
CCLI Song # 1874911
Verse 1
I will never be the same again
I can never return
I’ve closed the door
I will walk the path
I will run the race
And I will never be the same again
Chorus
Fall like fire soak like rain
Flow like mighty waters
Again and again
Sweep away the darkness
Burn away the chaff
And let a flame burn
To glorify Your name
Verse 2
There are higher heights
There are deeper seas
Whatever You need to do
Lord do it in me
And the glory of God fills my life
And I will never be the same again
Community (Slides) Rick
- Next Sunday, Hosea 11:1-9, The Willingness of God
- Thanksgiving Dinner, Sunday, November 19, following morning worship, List in Entry way next Sunday, Turkey provided.
- Christmas Eve, December 24, 4:40pm/5:00pm, No morning worship that day
- Advent Series, How Does A Weary World Rejoice, Beginning 11.26, Devo Books ready 11.19
Benediction (Slides) Rick
We leave this place dependent on the hope proven through the resurrection. We have embraced this path because of God’s extravagant grace. This path connects us to creation as well as the pursuit of becoming the righteousness of the Holy God. We will face the struggles because that is the reality of faith.
We move forward even when we cannot see, we dive in even when the waters appear difficult, we hope even when our despair threatens to consume us, we love because that is the path laid before us.
And, when our faith seems worthless, when hopelessness rules our reality, and when hatred seems to consume our world, we still choose to move forward in trust, to hope in the empty grave, and to love as God loves.
Closing Peace (Slides) Rick
Leader: May the Peace and Hope of the Lord go with you.
Response: And also with you.
Leader: Go in the Peace and Hope of the Lord.
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