Sunday 18th May 2025

 

 

       

Welcome to Sunday Focus. We pray you will be blessed as you listen to the songs and read the Word of God.

 

 

Hymn -  Praise My Soul The King of Heaven

 

Song - Praise is Rising

 

Lord Jesus,
You love us, each and every one of us.
You love us, no favourites, no partiality.
You love us with a love that is wide and long and high and deep.
You love us.
May we know the extravagance of that love in our hearts and our minds.
You love us.
May we show the extravagance of that love in our love for one another.

Lord Jesus,
forgive us when we let You down –
when we are hateful and not loving;
when we are hurtful and not kind;
when we are selfish and not generous;
when we are prejudiced and not impartial.

Lord Jesus,
Grant that we may love You wholeheartedly,
and love one another as You love us,
that everyone may know that we are Your disciples
Amen

 

Song - From The Squalor

 

Reading

Revelation 21:1-6

The New Heaven and the New Earth

21Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
‘See, the home of God is among mortals.
He will dwell with them;
they will be his peoples,*
and God himself will be with them;*
4 he will wipe every tear from their eyes.
Death will be no more;
mourning and crying and pain will be no more,
for the first things have passed away.’

5 And the one who was seated on the throne said, ‘See, I am making all things new.’ Also he said, ‘Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.’ 6Then he said to me, ‘It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life.

Song - Jesus Lover of My Soul

 

 

Almighty God,
Your Son promised His disciples
that He would be with them always.
Hear the prayer we offer for Your servants
now met in General Assembly.
May Your Holy Spirit rest on them:
a spirit of wisdom and understanding,
a spirit of counsel and power,
a spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord.
Grant them vision and courage;
unite them in love and peace;
teach them to be trustworthy stewards
of Your truth.
And so, guide them in all their doings
that Your kingdom may be advanced,
Your people confirmed in their most holy faith,
and Your unfailing love
declared to all the world;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen

 

The Lord's Prayer

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.
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,
for ever.

Amen.

Song  - There is a Higher Throne 

 

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