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Song List

Who Is Like the Lord — Israel Houghton

Great God — Jennifer Mekel

Rock of Ages — Augustus M. Toplady

All Sufficient Merit — The Worship Initiative

Psalm 23 (I Am Not Alone) — People & Songs

The Midtown Hymnal

Liturgy & Sermon

The Lord is in our midst! He is mighty, and He will save!
He rejoices over us with gladness, and renews us in His love.

Let it be known in all nations! God is our strength! 
He is our song and He is our salvation! 
For the LORD Most High is awesome, 
He is the great King over all the earth.

- Adapted from Zephaniah 3:17, Psalm 47:2


Who is like the Lord? Nobody
Who is like the Lord? Nobody
Who is like the Lord? Nobody
Who is like the Lord? Nobody

If our God is for us,
Who can be against us?
He will keep His promise
there’s nobody like Him.
What can separate us
From the love of Jesus?
He will keep His promise,
There’s nobody like Him, nobody like Him.

There is none
in heaven or earth like You

Lord we declare,
who can compare?
Who would even dare.
There is no one like You.

You are strong and mighty,
there’s no one else like you.
You are great and powerful,
No one can do the things you do.
You’re the beginning and the end,
You’re the peace I find within,
You’re a great God, you are great.
You’re a great God, you are great.

His name is Jesus,
He’s the reason why I sing.
His name is Jesus,
He’s the ruler of everything.
His name is Jesus,
His name breaks every chain,
You’re a great God, you are great.
You’re a great God, you are great.

You’re a great God, you are great
You’re a great God, you are great.
You’re a great God, you are great
You’re a great God, you are great.

Holy God, divine physician and healer of the sick, we turn to You in our affliction.
None of us are without sin, and the effects of our sin have ravaged Your creation. 
Our minds are troubled with fear, and we grow weary from the state of the world around us.
Our hearts are tired and burdened with brokenness. 
Have mercy on us, LORD, because we are frail.
Heal us, LORD, and we will be healed. 
Save us, LORD, and we will be saved.
O sweet Comforter, heal our worry and sorrow with the balm of Your love.
We place our cares in Your hands. We place our weariness under Your care.
We humbly ask You to restore Your servants to wholeness again. 
Above all, grant us the grace to acknowledge that You still move and work in this world.
And that You do what You do out of love for us. Amen.

- Inspired by Exodus 15:26; Psalm 6:2; Jeremiah 17:14






Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee;
Let the water and the blood,
From Thy wounded side which flowed,
Be of sin the double cure;
Save from wrath and make me pure.

Not the labor of my hands
Can fulfill Thy law’s demands;
Could my zeal no respite know,
Could my tears forever flow,
All for sin could not atone;
Thou must save, and Thou alone.

Nothing in my hand I bring,
Simply to the cross I cling;
Naked, come to Thee for dress;
Helpless look to Thee for grace;
Foul, I to the fountain fly;
Wash me, Savior, or I die.

Let us hold fast to our confession: 
We believe Jesus is the Son of God the Father.
He is our Great High Priest who has passed through the heavens.

He understands our weaknesses.
He has been tempted in every way, as we are,
yet He is perfect and sinless.
We believe that God the Father willingly offered His Son as our ransom.
We believe that Jesus willingly healed us by the affliction of his own wounds.
We believe that the Holy Spirit revives us so that we may have abundant life in Him.

Because Jesus is our redeeming savior, 
we do not shrink away from God the Father in fear.
We boldly approach his throne of grace with confidence
to receive help in our time of need. Amen.

- Based on Hebrews 4:14-16, Luke 5:13; 22:42




All sufficient merit shining like the sun
A fortune I inherit by no work I have done
My righteousness I forfeit at my Savior’s cross
Where all sufficient merit did what I could not

In love He condescended eternal now in time
A life without a blemish the Maker made to die
The law could never save us our lawlessness had won
Until the pure and spotless Lamb had finally come

It is done it is finished
No more debt I owe
Paid in full all sufficient
Merit now my own

I lay down my garments any empty boast
Good works now all corrupted by the sinful host
I’m dressed in my Lord Jesus a crimson robe made white
No more fear of judgment His righteousness is mine

All sufficient merit firm in life and death
The joy of my salvation shall be my final breath
When I stand accepted before the throne of God
I’ll gaze upon my Jesus and thank Him for the cross
Yes I’ll thank Him for the cross

Sealed through the Storm 

Timothy Paul Jones

6 Then I saw the Lamb open one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come!”
2 I looked, and there was a white horse. Its rider held a bow; a crown was given to him, and he went out as a conqueror in order to conquer.
3 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”
4 Then another horse went out, a fiery red one, and its rider was allowed to take peace from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another. And a large sword was given to him.
5 When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and there was a black horse. Its rider held a set of scales in his hand.
6 Then I heard something like a voice among the four living creatures say, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, but do not harm the oil and the wine.”
7 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”
8 And I looked, and there was a pale green horse. Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following after him. They were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by the sword, by famine, by plague, and by the wild animals of the earth.
9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and the testimony they had given.
10 They cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, the one who is holy and true, how long until you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?”
11 So they were each given a white robe, and they were told to rest a little while longer until the number would be completed of their fellow servants and their brothers and sisters, who were going to be killed just as they had been.
12 Then I saw him open the sixth seal. A violent earthquake occurred; the sun turned black like sackcloth made of hair; the entire moon became like blood; 13 the stars of heaven fell to the earth as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a high wind;
14 the sky was split apart like a scroll being rolled up; and every mountain and island was moved from its place.
15 Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and every slave and free person hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
16 And they said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 because the great day of their wrath has come! And who is able to stand?”

7 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, restraining the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.
2 Then I saw another angel rising up from the east, who had the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were allowed to harm the earth and the sea,
3 “Don’t harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we seal the servants of our God on their foreheads.”
4 And I heard the number of the sealed:
144,000 sealed from every tribe of the Israelites:
5 12,000 sealed from the tribe of Judah,
12,000 from the tribe of Reuben,
12,000 from the tribe of Gad,
6 12,000 from the tribe of Asher,
12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali,
12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh,
7 12,000 from the tribe of Simeon,
12,000 from the tribe of Levi,
12,000 from the tribe of Issachar,
8 12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun,
12,000 from the tribe of Joseph,
12,000 sealed from the tribe of Benjamin.

9 After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes with palm branches in their hands.
10 And they cried out in a loud voice:
Salvation belongs to our God,
who is seated on the throne,
and to the Lamb!
11 All the angels stood around the throne, and along with the elders and the four living creatures they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,
12 saying,
Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom
and thanksgiving and honor
and power and strength
be to our God forever and ever. Amen.
13 Then one of the elders asked me, “Who are these people in white robes, and where did they come from?”
14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.”
Then he told me: These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

15 For this reason they are before the throne of God,
and they serve him day and night in his temple.
The one seated on the throne will shelter them:
16 They will no longer hunger;
they will no longer thirst;
the sun will no longer strike them,
nor will any scorching heat.
17 For the Lamb who is at the center of the throne
will shepherd them;
he will guide them to springs of the waters of life,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

Revelation 6–7

Big Idea: God doesn’t promise you safety from the suffering. God promises to seal you through the suffering—and being sealed is better than being safe. 

1. The World Is Not Safe (Revelation 6:1–7:1)
2. In Christ, We Are Sealed (Revelation 7:2–14)
3. Because We Are Sealed, We Have a Shepherd Who Will Give Us Shelter (Revelation 7:15–17)


The Lord is my Shepherd
He goes before me
Defender behind me
I won’t fear

I’m filled with anointing
My cup’s overflowing
No weapon can harm me
I won’t fear

Hallelujah, I am not alone
He’s my Comfort, always holds me close

He always guides me
Through mountains and valleys
His joy is refreshing, restores my soul
Mercy and goodness give me assurance
That I’ll see His glory face to face

Your Spirit lives within me
So I will walk in Your peace
Your Spirit lives within me
My victory, my victory

My victory, my victory




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