Welcome and Greeting
Welcome to our service tonight. It has been a difficult week hearing of the terrible flairup of the virus. But tonight as we share in worship we are going to focus on God’s immeasurable love for us.
It was good to meet with many of you in our Zoom Morning Tea on Thursday.
Thank you for joining with us this evening. May God bless this worship and bring us into His presence as we praise and worship Him.
Opening prayer
God has made us, with all the saints from every generation, one in Christ.
He has set his seal upon us and, as a pledge of what is to come, has given the Spirit to dwell in our hearts. Thank You Father, that You are here with us tonight and that You love the worship of Your people. Please help us to open our hearts to You now.
Peace to you from God our Father who hears our cry.
Peace from his Son Jesus Christ whose death brings healing.
Peace from the Holy Spirit who gives us life and strength.
The peace of the Lord be always with you.
And also with you
Song: Great is Thy Faithfulness
Great is thy faithfulness,
O God my Father,
There is no shadow
of turning with thee;
Thou changest not,
Thy compassions they fail not;
As thou hast been
thou for ever wilt be.
Chorus
Great is thy faithfulness!
Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning
new mercies I see;
all I have needed
thy hand has provided,
great is thy faithfulness,
Lord, unto me!
Summer and winter,
and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars
in their courses above,
Join with all nature
in manifold witness
To thy great faithfulness,
mercy and love. Chorus
Pardon for sin
and a peace that endureth,
Thine own dear presence
to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today
and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine,
with ten thousand beside! Chorus
Thomas O. Chisholm
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Ephesians 3: 14-21
14 For this reason I kneel before the Father,
15 from whom every familya in heaven and on earth derives its name.
16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,
21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Matthew 14:13-21
13 When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. 14 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.
15 As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”
16 Jesus replied, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”
17 “We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
18 “Bring them here to me,” he said. 19 And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. 20 They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. 21 The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.
Devotion: Robyn
God’s Immeasurable Love
Song: Give Thanks With a Grateful Heart
Give thanks with a grateful heart
Give thanks to the Holy One
Give thanks because He’s given
Jesus Christ, His Son
And now, let the weak say I am strong
Let the poor say I am rich
Because of what the Lord
Has done for us
Give thanks
Prayers
Confession:
Heavenly Father,
Thank you that your word says that as we draw near to you,
you will draw near to us, by the working of your Spirit in us.
We are sorry for doing those things that have displeased You
and we ask for Your forgiveness.
Please cleanse our hearts and hands and minds
Help us to walk in love and newness of life
so that we can be more like Jesus
and make him known to all we meet. Amen
If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. We thank you Father, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
Prayer:
Heavenly Father,we thank your immeasurable love towards each one of us. We pray that we may know this love and recognise the ways you show your love to us. Thank you that you look at our situation and that you supply our needs. Please help each of us to be thankful for all you do for us.
Please show us how we can be Your light in the world around us.
Father, we are conscious of the changes in the Covid situation in Australia and we pray that people will act responsibly. Again we commit to you all our health workers who provide us with the care we need. Please protect them from the Corona virus and give them strength and wisdom. For those who have the virus, we pray that they may become well and healthy. We pray for researchers and ask that a COVID vaccine will be developed and available for all soon. Thank you for the clinical trials that are going on around the world and that there is so much cooperation between countries. Father as a Christian community we ask that we will turn our hearts to you and seek you, that you will heal our land.
We pray for those members of F5 who are unwell, undergoing medical treatment or who are mourning, and we think especially of Shirley, Robert and Alison Lawrence, Gordon, Fred, Penny, Anne Hunter and family, Don and Ruth and any others known to us. Please bring Your comfort, healing and peace to them. We pray for people who are struggling because of loss of jobs and lack of income. We do ask that their needs will be met and that no one in Goulburn goes hungry or cold. Please show us how we can help bring joy and comfort to someone this week.
As winter is with us now, we pray also for protection from the flu and colds.
We do pray for protection for our families as our children and grandchildren are now back at school.We ask that our families may grow to know and love You. Thank You that SRE has begun again. Please give wisdom and strength to those who teach SRE, especially as the conditions in the schools have changed so much.. We pray especially for Pat, Helen, Ange, Mick and Jen.
We pray for our local council, for our state and territory governments, and for our national parliament. Please be with all those who make laws and help them to do so with good judgement. Please continue to give wisdom to our Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, and to all members of our governments and parliaments as they steer us though this Covoid time especially with the new outbreaks in Victoria and NSW.
We thank you for the wonderful rain this week.We pray for people who are still battling the consequences of the bush fires, some of whom are living in very difficult, uncomfortable situations. We do ask that help will come for them soon and that they will be relieved of their distress.
We commit each one of us to you this week. May we be kind and forgiving, gentle and long suffering and may we know, and share with others, your love, joy and peace.as we continue in this time of continued changing isolation. We pray that you will protect each of us from a second outbreak of the Corona Virus.
In Jesus name.
Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done, on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us
Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and forever. Amen
Song: Blessed assurance
Blessed assurance Jesus is mine
Oh what a foretaste of glory divine
Heir of salvation, purchase of God
Born of His spirit, washed in His blood
Chorus
This is my story, this is my song
Praising my Saviour all the day long
This is my story, this is my song
Praising my Saviour all the day long
Perfect submission, perfect delight
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight
Angels descending bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love Chorus
Perfect submission, all is at rest
I in my Saviour am happy and blest
Watching and waiting, looking above
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love Chorus
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Blessing
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Now may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all, evermore Amen.
Prayer Points
• Thank God that we can join together for our services, even though far apart.
• Ask God to show you ways you can contact others from F5, F10 and beyond to encourage them along. Pray for wisdom to know who to ring, who to send a message or note to
• Pray for nurses, doctors and hospital staff as they learn to work differently and wisely
• Pray for those who are going through difficult times with sickness, depression, loneliness, loss of work, separation from family and friends. Pray especially for Alison and Robert, Penny, Sue Duckitt, Shirley, Anne Hunter and family, Gordon, Fred, Don and Ruth, Denise and Grant any others known to us.
• Pray that we will each have God’s strength and wisdom to be able to make each day worthwhile. May we know God’s immeasurable love in our lives and recognise the blessings he brings to us.
• Pray for Scott Morrison and our governments as they make unprecedented decisions regarding all things connected to the Coronavirus. We especially ask for wisdom for them as the virus is beginning to spread again. Pray for a vaccine to be found soon.
• Pray for teachers and students as they have their school holidays.
Enquiries – Paul (0418 633 396) and Robyn (0414 254 154)
Website – www.f5refresh.org.au & Facebook
Direct Debit – for F5 – is now available through the Anglican Development and Investment Fund http://www.aidf.com.au/www/home/
The details of the account are as follows:-
Account Name: F5-Refresh Ministries; BSB: 702-389 Account Number: 05209657
