Order, Words, & Voices
09.29.24, Pass-Over, Exodus 12:1-13:8
Order
Pre Worship Music – Spotify – Open and Close
Lighting of Christ Candle/Communion Rick
Songs Build My Life CCLI Song # 7070345 Billy/Pato
Passage/Prayer Exodus 12:50-13:8 Renee
Song Who You Say I Am # 7102401 Billy/Pato
Impact/Message Rick
Music Lord I Need You # 5925687 Billy/Pato
Community Rick
Closing Peace Rick
Closing Music Thank You Lord # 577439 Billy/Pato
Post Worship Music – Spotify – Open and Close
- Please record message on camera memory card.
- On the message Video Leave Room above Speaker’s head for the instagram post.
- Screen Share for entire message
Christ Candle/Participatory Prayer: (Slides) (Billy playing/team ready)
Lord’s supper/Unity founded on Jesus
Music (Slides) Billy/Pato
Build My Life CCLI Song # 7070345
Verse 1
Worthy of ev’ry song we could ever sing
Worthy of all the praise we could ever bring
Worthy of ev’ry breath we could ever breathe
We live for You
Verse 2
Jesus the name above ev’ry other name
Jesus the only one who could ever save
Worthy of ev’ry breath we could ever breathe
We live for You
We live for You
Chorus
Holy there is no one like You
There is none beside You
Open up my eyes in wonder and show me who You are
And fill me with Your heart
And lead me in Your love to those around me
Bridge
I will build my life upon Your love
It is a firm foundation
I will put my trust in You alone
And I will not be shaken
Passage (Slides) Exodus 12:50-13:8, Renee
All the people of Israel did just as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron. And on that very day the Lord brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.
The Lord said to Moses, “Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine.”
Then Moses said to the people, “Remember this day in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery, for by a strong hand the Lord brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten.
Today, in the month of Abib, you are going out. And when the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you shall keep this service in this month.
Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the Lord. Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days; no leavened bread shall be seen with you, and no leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory.
You shall tell your son on that day, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
Join me in the prayer of Jesus,
Our Father who art in Heaven hallowed be your 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/Pato
Who You Say I Am # 7102401
Verse 1
Who am I that the highest King
Would welcome me
I was lost but He brought me in
Oh His love for me
Oh His love for me
Chorus 1
Who the Son sets free
Oh is free indeed
I’m a child of God
Yes I am
Verse 2
Free at last
He has ransomed me
His grace runs deep
While I was a slave to sin
Jesus died for me
Yes He died for me
Chorus 2
In my Father’s house
There’s a place for me
I’m a child of God
Yes I am
Bridge
I am chosen not forsaken
I am who You say I am
You are for me not against me
I am who You say I am
Tag
(Oh) (Yes) I am who You say I am
Impact Celebration/Prayer Rick
[Slide] Grace Fellowship
Message Rick (Slides)
[Slide] Introduction Illustration – Patrick Hutchinson
- On June 13, 2020, 50-year-old father and grandfather of three, Patrick Hutchinson, along with four friends specifically went to George Floyd protest in Trafalgar Square in central London “just in case”.
- Hutchinson – “everyone asks if rescued man ever said ‘Thanks’”
- Why do we expect thanks but often times forget to show thanks?
- What does thanks do in regard to the actions that preciptated it?
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Pass-over/Exodus Story
Basics of story
- “For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.” (Exodus 12:23)
Questions about story
- For every victory for Isrealites, the other side suffers.
- Egyptian civilians had seen God’s power in very public display of plagues but still, along with Pharaoh, continued to reject God.
- The Lord had given the Hebrews favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked for. It seems as though God had manipulated Pharaoh throughout their engagement. Was this to show the Egyptians the fickleness of human nature, that their leader was a failed human being? That the Egyptian God were false?
- First Born. Isaac, Esau/Jacob, Ruben…then, in Egypt at time of Exodus we see the weight of the first born from all families – greater inheritance but also a much greater weight of responsibility. God delivers the first born from the wave of death. Jesus is the first born of humanity. We, through Jesus, THE first born, are delivered.
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Response/Motivation/Life Purpose
- Lives were saved before any personal commitments made other than painting the doorposts.
- Lives lived were to be an act of gratitude, lived out in gratitude for undeserved gift of life given, commitment called for later, following golden calf and gift of the law.
- Yearly Act of remembrance led by first born who were protected from death, personal in homes among loved ones, personal testimony and continued remembering of Pass-Over. This act of remembrance was personal, observed (still today) in their homes in the midst of their most raw and vulnerable relationships. They were instructed to observe this even before they had actually experienced their deliverance.
[Slide – leave up til next slide] Response
- God saved the first born therefore the first born owe their life to God.
- God saved you, and me, therefore we owe our life to God.
- Our response is to remember this grace and live out our response to the world.
[Slide – leave up til next slide] Life Lived Out Witness/Experiential Story Teller
Theologian Nancy Guthrie, on raising and reminding children
- Live as a grateful repentant sinner before our world rather than verbal models of perfection.
- Pray for the world’s spiritual life rather than getting frustrated with or trying to micromanage the world’s morality.
- This is also a call to the church in the presence of our world. Parent’s love, God’s love, is motivator of our response.
- Live in a grateful state for God’s grace on you before the world instead of being a micromanager of the world.
[Slide – until music] Motivation for Life – Life was delivered by God. Not because anyone promised to faithfully serve but because God loved them. When we truly live out our lives in a response of gratitude for our deliverance that took place while we were still sinners, we will remember and the world will see truth in our lives. Life fulfilled is life lived with that grateful response.
Music (Slides) Lynn /Linda/Pato
Lord I Need You # 5925687
Verse 1
Lord I come I confess
Bowing here I find my rest
And without You I fall apart
You’re the one that guides my heart
Chorus 1
Lord I need You oh I need You
Ev’ry hour I need You
My one defense my righteousness
Oh God how I need You
Verse 2
Where sin runs deep Your grace is more
Where grace is found is where You are
And where You are Lord I am free
Holiness is Christ in me
Where You are Lord I am free
Holiness is Christ in me
Bridge
So teach my song to rise to You
When temptation comes my way
And when I cannot stand I’ll fall on You
Jesus You’re my hope and stay
And when I cannot stand I’ll fall on You
Jesus You’re my hope and stay
Chorus 2
Lord I need You oh I need You
Ev’ry hour I need You
My one defense my righteousness
Oh God how I need You
My one defense my righteousness
Oh God how I need You
Community (Slides) Rick
- Fall-Advent Sermon Series, ‘My Eyes Have Seen”, – Next Sunday- 10.06.24, Remembering Love, Exodus 32:1-14
- CC Crop Walk, Sunday, October 20, 2:00pm, Ruby Grant Park (register for team Grace Fellowship on Web page)
- Instagram, GF link on website (follow @gracefellowshipnorman)
Closing Peace (Slides) Rick
Leader: May the peace of the Lord go with you.
Response: And also with you.
Closing Music Lynn/Linda/Pato
Thank You Lord CCLI Song # 577439
Verse
For all that You’ve done
I will thank You
For all that You’re going to do
For all that You’ve promised
And all that You are
Is all that has carried me through
Jesus I thank You
Pre-Chorus
And I thank You thank You Lord
(And I thank You thank You Lord)
Thank You thank You Lord
(Thank You thank You)
Chorus
Thank You for loving and setting me free
Thank You for giving Your life just for me
How I thank You Jesus I thank You
Gratefully thank You thank You
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