Welcome and Greeting
Welcome to our service tonight. It is such a privilege for us all to be able to meet freely in this way. While we can’t actually see each other, we do know that other F5ers are meeting with us at the same time. So thank you for joining with us and may God bless this worship and bring us into His presence as we praise and worship Him.
It was good to meet with many of you in our Zoom meeting on Thursday.
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: Chariots of Fire
We rise up and worship
We stand to acclaim
The king of all glory
Christ Jesus his name
We ask you Lord Jesus
Fulfil our desire
Unite us and make us
Chariots of fire
Come ride on our lives
Lord Jesus Christ
Our king and our master
Come ride on our lives
To this one goal
We wholly aspire
Come rule in our lives
Lord Jesus Christ
Our king and our master
Come rule in our lives
And we shall be
Chariots of fire
© Unknown, Music Vangelis CCL Lic No 384593
Romans 10:9-15
9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 11 As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.” 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” 14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15 And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
Matthew 14:22-36
22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23 After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, 24 and the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.
25 Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear.
27 But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”
28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”
29 “Come,” he said.
Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”
31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?” 32 And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. 33 Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”
34 When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret. 35 And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding country. People brought all their sick to him 36 and begged him to let the sick just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.
Devotion: Robyn
Take Courage ! It is I!
Song: You Raise me up
When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until You come and sit awhile with me.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up… To more than I can be. (x2)
There is no life – no life without its hunger
Each restless heart beats so imperfectly
But when You come and I am filled with wonder
Sometimes I think I glimpse eternity.
You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up… To more than I can be.(x3)
(C) 2002 Universal Music
Rolf Lovland, Brendan Graham
CCLI Lic No 384593
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 you that you give us courage in difficult situations. We thank you for the stories of people like Peter, that show us how you give us the strength to do amazing things through your power in us. Please help us not to be afraid of difficult sitiuations, but to put our whole trust in you.. 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 show your love 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. 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 if there is any way that we can reach out and help 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 go to school each day. We ask that our families may grow to know and love You. Thank You that SRE is being taught in the schools each week. 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 pray for people who are still battling the consequences of the bushfires, 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 longsuffering 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: Oh How Good it Is
Oh how good it is when the family of God
dwell together in spirit, in faith and unity;
where the bonds of peace,
of acceptance and love
are the fruits of His presence here among us.
So with one voice we’ll sing to the Lord,
and with one heart we’ll live out His word
till the whole word sees the Redeemer has come
for He dwells in the presence of His people.
Oh, how good it is on this journey we share
to rejoice with the happy
and weep with those who mourn.
For the weak find strength, the afflicted find grace
when we offer the blessing of belonging.
Oh, how good it is to embrace His command,
to prefer one another,
forgive as He forgives.
When we live as one we all share in the love
of the Son with the Father and the Spirit.
(C) 2014 Getty MusicPub and Townend Songs, CCLI Lic No 384593
Blessing
In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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, hospital staff and defence forces 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 Gordon, Fred, Robert Lawrence, Shirley, Anne Hunter and any others known to us; for those who are mourning esp Don and Ruth
• Pray that we will each have God’s strength and wisdom to be able to make each day worthwhile.
• Pray for Scott Morrison and our governments as they make unprecedented decisions regarding all things connected to the Coronavirus. . We ask for wisdom for them as they direct the opening up again of Australia. We pray especially for Daniel Andrews as he leads Victoria through their very difficult time
• Pray for teachers and students and eapecially for SRE teachers – Helen, Pat, Ange, Mick and Jen.
• Pray for clergy, for wisdom in leading churches at this difficult time. Pray esp for Robyn and Paul, Sally, Paul Davey (St Nicks), Graeme Dunne, Caroline Campbell.
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