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[Music] ♪ Singing about the blood ♪ ♪ Of Jesus ♪ ♪ Singing about the blood ♪

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♪ Oh, the blood ♪ ♪ Of Jesus ♪ ♪ Singing about the blood ♪ ♪ Oh, the blood ♪

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♪ Oh Jesus ♪ ♪ He will never ♪ ♪ Lose his power ♪ ♪ We're gonna sing it again ♪

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♪ And oh ♪ ♪ Oh the blood ♪ ♪ Of Jesus ♪ ♪ Singin' about the blood ♪

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♪ For the blood ♪ ♪ Of Jesus ♪ ♪ Singing about the blood ♪ ♪ For the blood ♪

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♪ Of Jesus ♪ ♪ He will never lose ♪ ♪ He was despised and rejected ♪ ♪ A man of sorrow ♪

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♪ Acquainted with greed ♪ ♪ He was wounded by our transgressions ♪ ♪ He was bruised for our iniquity ♪ ♪ But he rose up that Thursday morning ♪

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♪ That Thursday morning ♪ ♪ He got up with all the poor in His heart ♪ ♪ He's gone back to his Father in glory ♪ ♪ And He's soon to come again ♪

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♪ Singing about the blood ♪ ♪ Oh, the blood ♪ ♪ The blood upon the king ♪ ♪ Singing about the blood ♪

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♪ Oh, the blood ♪ ♪ The blood of Jesus ♪ ♪ Jesus ♪ ♪ Singing about the blood ♪

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♪ Oh, the blood ♪ ♪ The blood of Jesus ♪ ♪ Jesus ♪ ♪ We will never ♪

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♪ We will never lose this love ♪ ♪ Singing about the blood ♪ ♪ Oh, the blood ♪ ♪ Of Jesus ♪

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♪ Singing about the blood ♪ ♪ Oh, the blood ♪ ♪ The blood of Jesus ♪ ♪ Jesus ♪

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♪ Of the blood ♪ ♪ Oh, the blood ♪ ♪ The blood of Jesus ♪ ♪ Jesus ♪

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♪ We will never lose ♪ ♪ This love ♪ ♪ We will never lose ♪ ♪ This love ♪

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♪ We will never lose ♪ Hear this word recorded in Paul's letter to the Romans, the 3rd chapter, the 20th through the 23rd verses. "Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of God without

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the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets. Even the righteousness of God, which is by faith of Jesus Christ, unto all and upon all of them that believe. For there is no difference, for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." The subject, "The Righteousness of God."

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The righteousness of God. Paul's letter to the Romans is regarded as one of the most profound theological writings in the Bible. is to engage in God talk, to express convictions, principles, beliefs about our faith, that

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on which we stand to theologize is to discuss the kind of God we serve. The Christians in Rome were surrounded by pagan religions, those who believed in myths, and gods and goddesses that were made with human hands. In this particular section of the epistle, Paul focuses attention on the righteousness

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of God. The pagan deities had the reputation of participating in acts that were unethical. the God of the Christian faith commands and demands of his people the highest and best. Paul, in his missionary strategy, went first to the Jewish community, went to the synagogue,

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endeavored to show that worshiping community that their expectation is fulfilled in Jesus Christ. The righteousness of God concerns what is required of us in order to get right with God.

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In ancient times, sacrifices were offered to play keep the deity, sheep, bullocks, and other animals. But that was not sufficient. God spoke to his people through the prophet Micah, saying, Wherewith shall I come before the Lord and bow before him, the Most High?

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Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He has shown thee, O man, what is good.

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And what does the Lord require but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? How do we get right with God? How do we receive the divine stamp of approval, heavenly approval for our earthly conduct?

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In ancient Judaism there were 613 laws to be kept, And it was impossible to keep the whole law without being found guilty of breaking some of it. The law has to do with certain rules of conduct, human behavior. The law is concerned with how we act, how we treat others.

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The law in the biblical experience had to do with what to eat. It governed every phase of life. Our laws govern where we go and what we do. The law penalizes us for failure to buckle our seatbelts.

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or it governs how we are to report our earnings, when and how we are to report what we make, how we spend it. Now many people are employed

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helping people comply with the law, or showing people how to circumvent the law. We want to be right with the government. We want to be right with our employers.

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But the larger question is how do we get right with God? First of all, as we consider the righteousness of God, One needs to have a knowledge of the right. In order to be right with God, we must have this knowledge.

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Unless we know what is right, we cannot do what is right. To know in the biblical sense is to have intimate relationship in the sense of Adam and Eve. Scripture says, "At a new ease." It's not a casual relationship that we're speaking about.

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It's not a superficial one. It is one that has to do with the depths, the depths of one's being, how to know the right, how to know what God expects, how to know what God demands and to be familiar with his commands.

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To know God involves knowing what pleases God. The Bible helps us know God. The study of his word reveals what God expects of us. Some people claim to know each other through a rather casual acquaintance.

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They just saw them and came close to them. They shook hands with them, they exchanged greetings, and from that day on they say, "I know this person." But I'm talking about this in-depth relationship that involves sharing of life together.

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Jesus condemns shallow, superficial relationship. This is not really getting to know God. He says in one passage of Scripture, "Depart from me, I know you not."

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Now, these were people who had been around the temple. They had been engaged in worship services and they came expecting to be recognized as intimate friends of God. But the word is depart.

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I know you not. So to know God is to have access to all you need. To know God is to be at home with God. at home with God. You know, the preacher represents God, and sometimes when he knocks on the door and

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he hasn't given advance notice, you know, the people say, "Oh, that's the reverend out there," and they have to take time to get things in order and all of that. Now, if they do that with the preacher, they feel most uncomfortable with God. But to really know someone is to have a kind of relationship with that person that you feel at home. You feel at home to know God. So,

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it is the knowledge of the right, not just being able to repeat some scriptures. A lady brought her son, "Reverend, this boy of mine knows the Bible." I said, "He does?" She And she said, "Son, come and recite the books of the Bible." And he was able to rattle off, so to speak, all of the books of the Bible.

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And I gave him the Bible and asked him what book was that, and he didn't know. He couldn't read, but he could recite. To know God is not this superficial relationship. It's knowing what is right.

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It is knowing how to become involved in in-depth relationships with the eternal. Now, in Judaism, the emphasis is on doing. Jewish people had emphasized doing the right thing, and that's very, very important. But you can do the right thing without wanting to do the right thing.

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Well, they want me to do this, so I go ahead and do it, but I wish I didn't have to do this. And many people do that every day. They go to work almost cursing the boss man out, you know, in their hearts. It's like the person who went before the boss and

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He said that the boss gave him certain instructions and he came back and told his friend and he said I'm going to tell him off. I'm going to tell the boss off. Yeah I'm gonna really get him told and so he came back and the other friend decided that he was going to do that and he came back all beat up.

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He said, "What did you do, sir? I told the boss off like you did." He said, "No, you don't understand. I didn't tell him all of that to his face." [laughter] So it's a face-to-face relationship, really, to know God, to know Him,

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to have in your relationship within what may be considered right relationships. And the lawyer comes saying, "Good master, what must I do to inherit eternal life? What other thing must I do?" He's like a Boy Scout. He had a long list of things, you know.

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Many people are do-gooders. They do a lot of good things. So he says to Jesus, "What must I do?" In other words, he thought it would be necessary for him to have some new regulation that he had to perform. "What must I do?"

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But religion is more than doing. Getting right with God involves not just being, but doing, but it involves being. Being in relationship to Him. So there are those today who miss this kind of fellowship.

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The righteousness of God is knowing, the righteousness of God is saying, the righteousness of God is doing, the righteousness of God is being right. So, lastly, the righteousness of God comes through faith. You know, there's no way, absolutely no way, that we can get right with God by doing, no matter what we do.

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We cannot merit certain considerations from God. We're not good enough. There's always some flaw. There's always something we've missed. We may pass the test with one another, but God knows.

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He knows all about us. He knows. And so there's no way that we can't please God. He knows when we are engaged in servile righteousness, you know, just watching the clock, seeing

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seeing how much more time. Some people right now are watching. Watching. So getting right with God is experienced by faith. Now this is so simple that most people miss it. It just appears to be too easy that to get right with God is by faith. Nothing you do can know the place in the kingdom.

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All God requires of us is that we have faith. This righteousness is by faith. And what is faith? Faith is just commitment.

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Faith is just throwing yourself at the mercy of the eternal. Say, "Oh, Lord, here I am. Take me. Use me.

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I've come to my wit's end. I went thin, I don't know what to do, I'm not able to do what I need to do, you take it. Put God in complete charge of your life. That's what it means to have faith, knowing that all our righteousness is that there's filthy rain. We're all sinners and come short

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of the glory of God. And so it is necessary for us to accept the grace of God in order to be right with God. We can't earn our way. We must accept God's grace if we would be right with God. So we need not fear God as if He were some capricious monarch on a throne far removed from the human scene. God wants us to feel at home with Him. He is the loving

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Father who loves all His children. Like the scribes and Pharisees, many of the people of this world have gone about to establish their own righteousness and have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God. They want to have my way rather than God's way.

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But to submit oneself to God is to let God take over, take and use me. It's all that I can do. So our righteousness is in God. It's accepting him. It's being ready for him to use you and to take over the reins of your life. That's what it means to accept the righteousness

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of God. It means to surrender, complete surrender. Abraham believed God and it was accounted unto him for righteousness. Isn't it wonderful to know that when you've done the best you can and still fall short, that someone steps right in and takes over? Isn't it wonderful to know that when you've done wrong, when you're guilty, that you have one who's able

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to plead your case. Isn't that wonderful? I was on my way to Dallas a number of years ago to get some materials for the Vacation Bible School, and I noticed that there was someone behind me that was a flashing light. He pulled me over to the side, and I received the ticket and I said to the Lord, I said, you know, Lord, I was going up here to get

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something for the church and it looks like I should get a ticket for that. So I decided to go directly, after I got to go directly to the judge's office and I went and I stood there and there was a young man ahead of me and I got through listening to what the judge was saying to him, I was ready to go.

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(audience laughing) But I decided that since I'm in the line, I just will go through and I got there. I told the judge, I was on my way

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to get some vacation by Mathews. I did go over the hill there and come down a little faster than I should have. And the judge said to me, he said,

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well, you are a Baptist and I'm a Presbyterian. I guess we can work that out. Go ahead. (laughter)

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Well, that's what Jesus does. He says to the woman, "Go in peace." - Yes. - You have a new life, you're free.

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You're free to live your life in me. That's what it really means to know God, to know him. It's to know his forgiveness. It's to know his grace, and that is that God accepts us.

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God accepts us. That's wonderful. God accepts us. Now your next door neighbor may not, but God does, and that's the most important thing in life, is to know that God accepts us and to surrender your life to Him. President Carter says this, when he was in the Navy, and he He appeared before his superior officer and he was examining him about what he had done

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and the like. And he came to one question. He said to him, "Did you do your best?" And he said he thought about the many things that he had attempted to do.

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He didn't give 100%, but the question was, "Did you do your best?" That's all God demands. Not to measure yourself by somebody else, but "Did you do your best?" And when we do our best, that's all He expects.

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Thanks be to God, who is the God of grace. It's amazing how his grace reaches out and lifts us up! It's amazing how he strengthens us on our journey. And it's by that grace that we are here today. And as we come to the hymn of invitation, we extend the privilege of the church to accept the God of grace and God of mercy as our God who has been revealed to us through Jesus Christ.

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We invite you to come unite with the family of God here at Ebenezer by letter, by Christian experience, our profession of faith. [Music] ♪ Here comes the sun ♪

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♪ And who is now ♪ ♪ Here comes the sun ♪ ♪ And he will show you how ♪ ♪ Down at the door ♪

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♪ Where he can't find ♪ ♪ Here comes the sun ♪ ♪ Get right, get right this hour ♪ ♪ Get right this hour ♪

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♪ Time to it now ♪ ♪ Get right this hour ♪ ♪ And he will show you how ♪ ♪ Down at the cross ♪

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♪ Where he came from ♪ [Singing] [Music] [Music]

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♪ And who's there here ♪ ♪ Can't steal a glance ♪ ♪ But he is just fine ♪ ♪ And what's there here ♪

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♪ Who's all that he'll say ♪ ♪ Get right with us ♪ ♪ And do it now ♪ ♪ Get right with us ♪

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♪ And he was surely bound ♪ ♪ Down at the door ♪ ♪ Where he shared his pride ♪ ♪ Dead white with love ♪

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♪ Dead white, dead white with love ♪ ♪ Dead white with love ♪ ♪ Died a good night ♪ ♪ Dead white with love ♪

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♪ And He will show you love ♪ ♪ Down where the cross ♪ ♪ Where He is gone ♪ ♪ There Christ is gone ♪

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♪ There Christ, there Christ is gone ♪ - We come now to commune together at the Lord's table. This is the Lord's table prepared by Him for His people. This is the faith journey.

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We get right with God through faith, not by our actions, by our faith, our commitment to Him. If we're committed to Him. So we gather here at this table

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because we're all involved in this faith journey. And we give thanks to him for his goodness in delivering us and being with us on our journey, bringing us to this point in our lives.

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Let us pray as we express our thanks. O gracious God, we thank you for your marvelous works in creating us, in bringing us to this juncture in our lives. Over hills, through valleys, you've led us through red seas, you fed us in the wilderness,

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You've been so good to us, and we thank you that we come to this table not only in merits of our own, but because of your grace. And we ask your blessings upon this bread representing the broken body of our Lord, and this cup representing his shed blood, all of us who take it.

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We pray that each one of us will rededicate our lives to you and continue this journey of faith until that day when you shall call us from labor to reward. We ask this in the strong and perfect name of Jesus. Amen. Jesus took the bread, blessed it, gave it to his disciples and ministering in his name.

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I give you this bread representing the broken body of our Lord. Take and divide it among yourselves. Likewise also he took the cup, gave to his disciples, ministering in his name. I give you this cup representing his shed blood. Drink ye all of it. [MUSIC]

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[MUSIC] [music] Oh, it's in the grove. In the grove, in the grove, in my lonely lair.

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♪ Here I am, my soul shall find ♪ ♪ Death in your loving hand ♪ ♪ Here I am, the man of God ♪ ♪ They will sing before me ♪

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♪ Tell me of a day today ♪ ♪ When the tender love ♪ ♪ Peace and love ♪ ♪ Peace and love ♪

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♪ Peace and love ♪ ♪ Remember ♪ ♪ Peace, my friend ♪ ♪ And your children ♪

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♪ Let it be done ♪ ♪ For me ♪ ♪ Let us pray ♪ ♪ Prayers and prayers ♪

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♪ On our knees ♪ ♪ Let us praise Him ♪ ♪ Let us praise Him ♪ ♪ On our knees ♪

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♪ When I go my way ♪ ♪ With my feet to the rising sun ♪ ♪ Come, Lord, and pray for me ♪ (child crying)

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- If there's someone who should be served who's been omitted, would you raise your hand? [Music] Let us commune together.

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Amen. but be moved God will help it when the morning dawns of this day we thank you dear Lord for this wonderful privilege that you granted us to enter into your house of worship once again. Lord we ask that you

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may be with us we invoke your presence as we worship thee this morning and as we lift up thy name in spirit and in truth we pray that you may fill this house with your presence and our hearts with your joy. We pray this prayer in the name of him who taught us to pray our Father which art in heaven hallowed be

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thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen. You may be seated.

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[Music] Great day the righteous marching, great day the righteous marching. Great day, great day the righteous marching, great day. God's gonna build up Zion's walls, oh great day.

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Great day, the righteous marching, great day. God's gonna build up Zion's wall. Ooh, Lord. God's gonna build up Zion's wall.

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Ooh, my Lord. God's gonna build up Zion's wall. Oh, my Lord, God's gonna build a Zion's wall. Oh, my Lord, God's gonna build a Zion's wall.

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With David, our righteous marching. With David, our righteous marching. ♪ Great day ♪ ♪ Great day, great day ♪

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♪ Righteous marching ♪ ♪ Great day ♪ ♪ God's gonna build up Zion's walls ♪ ♪ Oh, great day ♪

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♪ Great day, righteous marching ♪ ♪ Great day ♪ God's gonna build up Zion's walls. Great day!

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Great day! God's gonna build up Zion's walls. Great day! Oh, great day!

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♪ God's gonna build a ♪ ♪ God's gonna build a ♪ ♪ Build a sky ♪ ♪ Build a sky ♪

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♪ For us ♪ [ Music ] >> Let us stand for the response of reading. [Music]

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[Music] [Music] ♪ And be blessed ♪ ♪ O magnify the Lord with me ♪

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♪ Let us exalt his name together ♪ ♪ O magnify the Lord with me ♪ ♪ We will rejoice and be blessed ♪ ♪ O magnify the Lord with me ♪

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♪ Let us exalt his name together ♪ ♪ Oh, when you bow your lowly knees ♪ ♪ We will rejoice and be glad ♪ ♪ This is the day that the Lord has made ♪

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♪ We will rejoice and be glad ♪ ♪ This is the day that the Lord has made ♪ ♪ We will rejoice and be glad ♪ ♪ This is the day that the Lord has made ♪

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We will rejoice and be glad. This is the day that the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad. On the rising of the sun.

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Until the falling down of the weak men. The name of the Lord, the history's proof. Now praise him all the pride in. ♪ I'll praise Him all of my days ♪

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♪ From the rising of the sun ♪ ♪ Until the rolling down of the sea ♪ ♪ In the name of the Lord, I live to be free ♪ ♪ I'll praise Him all of my days ♪

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♪ I'll praise Him all of my days ♪ ♪ Oh, there you find the Lord divine ♪ ♪ Oh, when you die and the Lord is near ♪ ♪ Let His peace all the earth bring you near ♪

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♪ Oh, when you die and the Lord is near ♪ ♪ Let His peace all the earth bring you near ♪ ♪ Oh, when you die and the Lord is near ♪ ♪ Let His peace all the earth bring you near ♪

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♪ Oh, when you die and the Lord is near ♪ ♪ We will rejoice and be glad ♪ ♪ This is the day that the Lord has made ♪ ♪ We will rejoice and be glad ♪

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♪ This is the day that the Lord has made ♪ ♪ We will rejoice and be glad ♪ ♪ This is the day that the Lord has made ♪ ♪ We will rejoice and be glad ♪

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♪ Since the day that the Lord has made ♪ ♪ We will rejoice and be glad ♪ ♪ From the rising of the sun ♪ ♪ Until the going down of the second hand ♪

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♪ For the name of the Lord, that is, his name ♪ ♪ I'll praise him all of my days ♪ ♪ I'll praise him all of my days ♪ ♪ From the rising of the sun ♪

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♪ Until the morning sound of the day ♪ ♪ The name of the Lord God is to be praised ♪ ♪ I'll praise him all of my days ♪ ♪ I'll praise him all of my days ♪

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♪ Oh, thank you, Father, for the peace ♪ ♪ That has been sought to make you good ♪ ♪ Oh magnify the Lord with me ♪ ♪ We will rejoice and be glad ♪

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♪ Oh magnify the Lord with me ♪ ♪ Let us be salty and we'll shed ♪ ♪ Oh magnify the Lord with me ♪ ♪ We will rejoice and be glad ♪

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♪ This is the day that the Lord has made ♪ ♪ We will rejoice and be glad ♪ ♪ This is the day that the Lord has made ♪ ♪ We will rejoice and be glad ♪

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♪ Oh, magnify the Lord with me ♪ ♪ Let us exalt his name together ♪ ♪ Oh, magnify the Lord with me ♪ ♪ We will rejoice and be glad ♪

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♪ We will rejoice and be glad ♪ - Almighty God, giver of all things, we praise you this morning for your goodness to us.

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And we thank you that we are able to come before the throne of grace as children of the King, that we may glorify your name as Savior and Redeemer. Lord, we want to serve you with our whole hearts.

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Let the Holy Spirit breathe on us this morning as we humbly bow in your almighty presence. God of power and might, we know that you hear us as we pray for your ever-present... [ Silence ]