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CCK Student Weekend Away 2020 The Church & Bible Unwrapped - Joel Name
CCK Student Weekend Away
               2020

              The Church
                  &
            Bible Unwrapped
                  Joel

Name:
Room:
BU Group:
CCK Student Weekend Away 2020 The Church & Bible Unwrapped - Joel Name
Next Term

Take a break from the practice room or library and join us as we set
our sights on something far more exciting and fulfilling: how we
enjoy a relationship with God today!
CCK Student Weekend Away 2020 The Church & Bible Unwrapped - Joel Name
Weekend Away Programme

Saturday
         Breakfast           08:00 (until 9:00 to allow for washing up)
         Church – 1          09:30
         Break               10:20
         Church – 2          10:50
         Break               11:30
         Bible Unwrapped 1   12:00
         Lunch               13:30
         Free afternoon      Sports hall booked 2:30-3:30
         Church – 3          17:30
         Dinner              18:30
         Bible Unwrapped 2   19:30
         Evening Ents        20:45

Sunday
         Breakfast           08:00 (until 9:00 to allow for washing up)
         Bible Unwrapped 3   09:30
         Break               10:45
         Church – 4 + QT     11:15
         Lunch               12:30
         Clearing and        13:15
         cleaning

         CCKPM               17:30 time to put it into practice!!
CCK Student Weekend Away 2020 The Church & Bible Unwrapped - Joel Name
Session 1: God’s plan for the Church
“What does it mean to be a Christian?”
“I am a Christian. But I don’t bother with church.”

Ephesians 1:15-23

Jesus, the church, and God’s plan

Tracing the plan:

Genesis 1:26-28: God’s purpose for man. But when is it fulfilled?

- Eden? A mini-world and a failed test…

- Abraham? Promises that sound familiar…

- Human history?

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CCK Student Weekend Away 2020 The Church & Bible Unwrapped - Joel Name
Jesus Christ

Hebrews 2:6-8

Matthew 28:18-20

The Church

Ephesians 1:23

Romans 8:28-29

Revelation 22:1-5

The Church is at the centre of history!

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CCK Student Weekend Away 2020 The Church & Bible Unwrapped - Joel Name
Session 2: God’s Plan Unfolding
The cosmic plan, and little old us?

Universal church v local church

Ephesians 4:1-16

How do churches grow?
Jesus gives gifts…

…who equip Christians…

…to do ministry

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Why do we need to grow?
Stormy seas

A glorious goal

Thinking it through for CCK:
Instead of “consumers” – all hands on deck!

Instead of coasting – let’s get busy building!

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Session 3: Church as Family
Standing out in a lonely world

1 Peter 1:13-2:3

Obedient Children of a Holy Father

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Loving brothers and sisters
Sincere, earnest love:

  - Because you share new, eternal DNA

  - So root out the relational poison

  - And long for more of the word

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Session 4: Church as a Body
The great enemy: pride

The reality that kills pride: we are one body

Romans 12:1-8

Worship and life in the body

Be humble: you’re just a part-body

Be useful: your gifts are essential

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1 Corinthians 12:12-26

our differences

our mutual dependence

The reality of unity

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Bible Unwrapped

     Joel

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Session 1
As you start, allocate a chair-person who will read out these instructions. Read the
whole session’s instructions before starting.

Bible unwrapped is a chance to work through an entire book of the Bible and think
about what God is telling us through the book. It’s a chance for you to spend time
grappling with God’s word, without a leader (they are just there to help you keep on
track and to time, and will not give you any pointers at all!). So, if you are prone to be
quiet – do speak up as we help one another better understand God’s work together. If
you are prone to speak too much - hold back and help everyone contribute. There are
some hints and tips to get you going – but then it’s over to you!

We’ve taken out the headings and the verse numbers – they were added in by the
editors and a the headings are a matter of interpretation rather than the inspired word
of God.

We’ll be looking through the Old Testament book of Joel. Many of us will never have
looked at Joel in the past at all! What does it actually mean? What does it teach us
about God? Why is it in the Bible? What does it teach us about how to follow God in
London and further afield? In 2 Timothy 3:16 Paul wrote that “all Scripture is God-
breathed and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness…” –
so how does Joel fit with that?

How to use Bible Unwrapped
This weekend we’ll have three Bible Unwrapped sessions. There are instructions on
what to do in each session, and space to make notes. The full text of Joel is also
included on at the end of this booklet for you to scribble and jot down notes and
thoughts.

Reading the Bible carefully and deliberately
As you read Joel it’s important to read the Bible text carefully and deliberately. The first
thing to do when approaching the Bible is to pray for God’s help – the Bible is God’s
word, and we need His Spirit to help us understand. So, at the start of each session (and
during each session!) pray for God to help you understand his word. As you read
through Joel it might be very tempting to skim over the details. If we do this we’ll miss
out on what’s being said. This kinds of questions will help:

      What type of literature is this? (e.g. is it poetry, narrative, a speech…etc.?)
      Is there anything we don’t understand? Are there any shocks or surprises?
      Who are the characters? How do they react? Why do they react that way?
      Are there any repeated themes or ideas?
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   What’s the tone of the passage? How does it make us feel?
      How is the passage structured? How would we split it up?
      How does the passage flow? Are there linking words (but, therefore, for, so…etc.)?
      How does it fit into the surrounding context?
      How do we see God at work in this passage?
      What is the author’s intention? Why did he write it? Why did he write it in this
       way?

It’s time to get stuck in!!

Pray… appoint a time-keeper (note the finish time from the timetable)

Read through the book once or twice on your own. Read it as fast as you can, without
stopping over bits you don’t understand. Reading it quickly will help you get a feel for
the bigger narrative flow.

Then read it out loud once as a group. As it’s being read, note changes in scene, and
things you don’t understand.

Finally with the rest of the time, split the book up into 3 or 4 sections – look out for
changes of location/theme/time/scene to help. What’s a rough summary of each
section?

Section 1:

Section 2:

Section 3:

(Section 4):

What do you think the book of Joel is doing? What could you pray for even after this
brief look at the book?
Pray

If you have finished early, you’ll find it helpful to make a start on Session 2
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Session 2
Pray… appoint a time-keeper (note the finish time from the timetable)

Zoom in on your first section (you may have started this last session). Read it through
carefully and deliberately, using the questions in the introduction. Note down any
observations.

Try and write down the one big thing the author is telling you in the section (the main
point).

Section 1 Main Point:

Do the same for Section 2 (and section 3 if you have 4 sections)

What has this session added to your understanding of the book as a whole? What could
you pray as a result?

Pray
If you have finished early, you’ll find it helpful to make a start on Session 3

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Session 3
Pray… appoint a time-keeper (note the finish time from the timetable)

If you didn’t finish any sections from last time, quickly finish that now.

Now try and pull all of your sections together: What’s the big point of the book of Joel?

Section 1 Main Point:

Section 2 Main Point:

Section 3 Main Point:

(Section 4 Main Point):

What’s the overall message of the book? What’s the big thing that God is saying?

The next thing to think about is application…
How should we respond to the message of the book of Joel?

What does Joel teach us about God?

   - What do we learn about His character?

   - What do we learn about His plans for the world?

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- How does this encourage us to live in the light of his plans for the world?

  - What would this book have to say to the original readers? (People living before
    Jesus came) To what extent does that apply to us today as well?

Why do we need to hear this truth?

  - When do we struggle to believe it?

  - What would change in our lives if we really did believe it?

  How can this point us to Jesus and help us love Him more? What might it mean to
  take refuge in him?

  How does this encourage us when we’re sharing the gospel with others in London?

Pray

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1   The word of the LORD1 that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel:
 2   Hear this, you elders;
 3      give ear, all inhabitants of the land!
 4   Has such a thing happened in your days,
 5      or in the days of your fathers?
 6   Tell your children of it,
 7      and let your children tell their children,
 8      and their children to another generation.
 9   What the cutting locust left,
10      the swarming locust has eaten.
11   What the swarming locust left,
12      the hopping locust has eaten,
13   and what the hopping locust left,
14      the destroying locust has eaten.
15   Awake, you drunkards, and weep,
16      and wail, all you drinkers of wine,
17   because of the sweet wine,
18      for it is cut off from your mouth.
19   For a nation has come up against my land,
20      powerful and beyond number;
21   its teeth are lions' teeth,
22      and it has the fangs of a lioness.
23   It has laid waste my vine
24      and splintered my fig tree;
25   it has stripped off their bark and thrown it down;
26      their branches are made white.
27   Lament like a virgin wearing sackcloth2
28      for the bridegroom of her youth.
29   The grain offering and the drink offering3 are cut off
30      from the house of the LORD.
31   The priests mourn,
32      the ministers of the LORD.
33   The fields are destroyed,
34      the ground mourns,
35   because the grain is destroyed,
36      the wine dries up,
37      the oil languishes.
38   Be ashamed, O tillers of the soil;
39      wail, O vine dressers,
40   for the wheat and the barley,
41      because the harvest of the field has perished.
42   The vine dries up;
43      the fig tree languishes.
44   Pomegranate, palm, and apple,
45      all the trees of the field are dried up,

     1
       Wherever the word ‘LORD’ is written in capitals, it is God’s personal name, Yahweh, rather than just another word for ‘God’
     2
       A very rough, uncomfortable fabric that people wore as a sign of deep mourning or humiliation
     3
       In the Old Testament grain, wine and oil offerings maintained the people’s relationship with God
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46   and gladness dries up
47      from the children of man.
48   Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests;
49      wail, O ministers of the altar.
50   Go in, pass the night in sackcloth,
51      O ministers of my God!
52   Because grain offering and drink offering
53      are withheld from the house of your God.
54   Consecrate a fast;
55      call a solemn assembly.
56   Gather the elders
57      and all the inhabitants of the land
58   to the house of the LORD your God,
59      and cry out to the LORD.
60   Alas for the day!
61   For the day of the LORD is near,
62      and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.
63   Is not the food cut off
64      before our eyes,
65   joy and gladness
66      from the house of our God?
67   The seed shrivels under the clods;
68      the storehouses are desolate;
69   the granaries are torn down
70      because the grain has dried up.
71   How the beasts groan!
72      The herds of cattle are perplexed
73   because there is no pasture for them;
74      even the flocks of sheep suffer.
75   To you, O LORD, I call.
76   For fire has devoured
77      the pastures of the wilderness,
78   and flame has burned
79      all the trees of the field.
80   Even the beasts of the field pant for you
81      because the water brooks are dried up,
82   and fire has devoured
83      the pastures of the wilderness.
84   Blow a trumpet in Zion4;
85      sound an alarm on my holy mountain!
86   Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
87      for the day of the LORD is coming; it is near,
88   a day of darkness and gloom,
89      a day of clouds and thick darkness!
90   Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains
91      a great and powerful people;
92   their like has never been before,

     4
         The hill on which the city of Jerusalem was built
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93      nor will be again after them
 94      through the years of all generations.
 95   Fire devours before them,
 96      and behind them a flame burns.
 97   The land is like the garden of Eden before them,
 98      but behind them a desolate wilderness,
 99      and nothing escapes them.
100   Their appearance is like the appearance of horses,
101      and like war horses they run.
102   As with the rumbling of chariots,
103      they leap on the tops of the mountains,
104   like the crackling of a flame of fire
105      devouring the stubble,
106   like a powerful army
107      drawn up for battle.
108   Before them peoples are in anguish;
109      all faces grow pale.
110   Like warriors they charge;
111      like soldiers they scale the wall.
112   They march each on his way;
113      they do not swerve from their paths.
114   They do not jostle one another;
115      each marches in his path;
116   they burst through the weapons
117      and are not halted.
118   They leap upon the city,
119      they run upon the walls,
120   they climb up into the houses,
121      they enter through the windows like a thief.
122   The earth quakes before them;
123      the heavens tremble.
124   The sun and the moon are darkened,
125      and the stars withdraw their shining.
126   The LORD utters his voice
127      before his army,
128   for his camp is exceedingly great;
129      he who executes his word is powerful.
130   For the day of the LORD is great and very awesome;
131      who can endure it?
132   “Yet even now,” declares the LORD,
133      “return to me with all your heart,
134   with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
135      and rend5 your hearts and not your garments.”
136   Return to the LORD your God,
137      for he is gracious and merciful,
138   slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
139      and he relents over disaster.

      5
          To tear something into pieces
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140   Who knows whether he will not turn and relent,
141      and leave a blessing behind him,
142   a grain offering and a drink offering
143      for the LORD your God?
144   Blow the trumpet in Zion;
145      consecrate a fast;
146   call a solemn assembly;
147      gather the people.
148   Consecrate the congregation;
149      assemble the elders;
150   gather the children,
151      even nursing infants.
152   Let the bridegroom leave his room,
153      and the bride her chamber.
154   Between the vestibule6 and the altar
155      let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep
156   and say, “Spare your people, O LORD,
157      and make not your heritage a reproach,
158      a byword among the nations.
159   Why should they say among the peoples,
160      ‘Where is their God?’”
161   Then the LORD became jealous for his land
162      and had pity on his people.
163   The LORD answered and said to his people,
164   “Behold, I am sending to you
165      grain, wine, and oil,
166      and you will be satisfied;
167   and I will no more make you
168      a reproach among the nations.
169   “I will remove the northerner far from you,
170      and drive him into a parched and desolate land,
171   his vanguard into the eastern sea,
172      and his rearguard into the western sea;
173   the stench and foul smell of him will rise,
174      for he has done great things.
175   “Fear not, O land;
176      be glad and rejoice,
177      for the LORD has done great things!
178   Fear not, you beasts of the field,
179      for the pastures of the wilderness are green;
180   the tree bears its fruit;
181      the fig tree and vine give their full yield.
182   “Be glad, O children of Zion,
183      and rejoice in the LORD your God,
184   for he has given the early rain for your vindication;
185      he has poured down for you abundant rain,
186      the early and the latter rain, as before.

      6
          The room in the temple at the furthest end to the alter
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187   “The threshing floors shall be full of grain;
188      the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
189   I will restore to you the years
190      that the swarming locust has eaten,
191   the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter,
192      my great army, which I sent among you.
193   “You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,
194      and praise the name of the LORD your God,
195      who has dealt wondrously with you.
196   And my people shall never again be put to shame.
197   You shall know that I am in the midst of Israel,
198      and that I am the LORD your God and there is none else.
199   And my people shall never again be put to shame.
200    “And it shall come to pass afterwards,
201      that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh;
202   your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
203      your old men shall dream dreams,
204      and your young men shall see visions.
205   Even on the male and female servants
206      in those days I will pour out my Spirit.
207   “And I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood
208   and fire and columns of smoke. The sun shall be turned to
209   darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome
210   day of the LORD comes. And it shall come to pass that everyone
211   who calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved. For in Mount
212   Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as
213   the LORD has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom
214   the LORD calls.
215    “For behold, in those days and at that time, when I restore the
216   fortunes of Judah7 and Jerusalem, I will gather all the nations and
217   bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat8. And I will enter
218   into judgement with them there, on behalf of my people and my
219   heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the
220   nations and have divided up my land, and have cast lots for my
221   people, and have traded a boy for a prostitute, and have sold a
222   girl for wine and have drunk it.
223   “What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of
224   Philistia?9 Are you paying me back for something? If you are
225   paying me back, I will return your payment on your own head
226   swiftly and speedily. For you have taken my silver and my gold,
227   and have carried my rich treasures into your temples. You have
228   sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to
229   remove them far from their own border. Behold, I will stir them
230   up from the place to which you have sold them, and I will return
231   your payment on your own head. I will sell your sons and your

      7
        Also called the ‘southern kingdom’, it is the region in which Jerusalem is part
      8
        Jehoshaphat means ‘the LORD has judged’
      9
        Cities and regions neighbouring Israel, which Israel was often at war with
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232   daughters into the hand of the people of Judah, and they will sell
233   them to the Sabeans10, to a nation far away, for the LORD has
234   spoken.”
235   Proclaim this among the nations:
236   Consecrate for war;
237     stir up the mighty men.
238   Let all the men of war draw near;
239     let them come up.
240   Beat your ploughshares into swords,
241     and your pruning-hooks into spears;
242     let the weak say, “I am a warrior.”
243   Hasten and come,
244     all you surrounding nations,
245     and gather yourselves there.
246   Bring down your warriors, O LORD.
247   Let the nations stir themselves up
248     and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
249   for there I will sit to judge
250     all the surrounding nations.
251   Put in the sickle,
252     for the harvest is ripe.
253   Go in, tread,
254     for the wine press is full.
255   The vats overflow,
256     for their evil is great.
257   Multitudes, multitudes,
258     in the valley of decision!
259   For the day of the LORD is near
260     in the valley of decision.
261   The sun and the moon are darkened,
262     and the stars withdraw their shining.
263   The LORD roars from Zion,
264     and utters his voice from Jerusalem,
265     and the heavens and the earth quake.
266   But the LORD is a refuge to his people,
267     a stronghold to the people of Israel.
268   “So you shall know that I am the LORD your God,
269     who dwells in Zion, my holy mountain.
270   And Jerusalem shall be holy,
271     and strangers shall never again pass through it.
272   “And in that day
273   the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
274     and the hills shall flow with milk,
275   and all the stream beds of Judah
276     shall flow with water;
277   and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the LORD
278     and water the Valley of Shittim.

      10
           A nation in southern Arabia
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279   “Egypt shall become a desolation
280      and Edom a desolate wilderness,
281   for the violence done to the people of Judah,
282      because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
283   But Judah shall be inhabited for ever,
284      and Jerusalem to all generations.
285   I will avenge their blood,
286      blood I have not avenged,
287      for the LORD dwells in Zion.”

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SONGS

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All creatures of our God and King                          By faith, we see the hand of God
Lift up your voice and with us sing:                       In the light of creation’s grand design,
O praise him, Alleluia!                                    In the lives of
You, burning sun with golden beam                          Those who prove His faithfulness,
You, silver moon with softer gleam                         Who walk by faith and not by sight

O praise Him, o praise Him                                 2. By faith, our fathers roamed the earth
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia                               With the pow’r of His promise in their
                                                           hearts
2. You, flowing water, pure and clear,                     Of a holy city built by God’s own hand,
make music for your Lord to hear                           A place where peace and justice reign
O praise him, Alleluia!
You, fire, so masterful and bright                         We will stand as children of the promise
giving to all both warmth and light                        We will fix our eyes on Him, our soul’s
O praise Him…                                              reward
                                                           Till the race is finished and the work is done
3. All the redeemed washed by his blood,                   We’ll walk by faith and not by sight
come and rejoice in his great love.
O praise him, Alleluia!                                    3. By faith, the prophets saw a day
Christ has defeated every sin –                            When the longed-for Messiah would appear
cast all your burdens now on him!                          With the pow’r to
                                                           Break the chains of sin and death,
O praise Him…                                              And rise triumphant from the grave
4. Let all things their Creator bless,                     4. By faith, the church was called to go
And worship him in humbleness,                             In the pow’r of the Spirit to the lost
O praise him, Alleluia!                                    To deliver captives and to preach good
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son,                 news
And praise the Spirit, Three in One                        In every corner of the earth
O praise Him…                                              We will stand as children of the promise…
* Jonathan & Ryan Baird © 2013 Sovereign Grace

                                                           5. By faith, this mountain shall be moved
                                                           And the pow’r of the gospel shall prevail
                                                           For we know, in Christ, all things are
                                                           possible
                                                           For all who call upon His name
                                                           We will stand as children of the promise…
                                                           (x2)
                                                           * Keith & Kristyn Getty, Stuart Townend © 2009 Thankyou Music, Getty Music

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Church of God elect and glorious                          Come, people of the risen King
Holy nation, chosen race                                  Who delight to bring Him praise
Called as God’s own special people                        Come, all and tune your hearts to sing
Royal priests and heirs of grace                          To the Morning Star of grace
Know the purpose of your calling                          From the shifting shadows of the earth
Show to all God’s mighty deeds                            We will lift our eyes to Him,
Tell of love which knows no limits,                       Where steady arms of mercy reach
Grace which meets all human needs                         To gather children in

2. God has called you out of darkness                     Rejoice, rejoice
Into His most marv’llous light,                           Let every tongue rejoice
Bringing truth to life within you,                        One heart, one voice
Turning blindness into sight                              O Church of Christ, rejoice
Let your light so shine around you
                                                          2. Come, those whose joy is morning sun
That God’s name is glorified
                                                          And those weeping through the night
And all find fresh hope and purpose
                                                          Come, those who tell of battles won
In Christ Jesus crucified
                                                          And those struggling in the fight
3. Once you were an alien people,                         For His perfect love will never change
Strangers to God’s heart of love                          And His mercies never cease,
Christ has brought you home in mercy,                     But follow us through all our days
Citizens of heav’n above                                  With the certain hope of peace
Let His love flow out to others                           Rejoice…
Let them feel the Saviour’s care
That they too may know His welcome                        3. Come, young and old from every land,
And His countless blessings share                         Men and women of the faith
                                                          Come, those with full or empty hands
4. Church of God elect and holy,                          Find the riches of His grace
Be the people Christ intends –                            Over all the world, His people sing
Strong in faith and swift to answer                       Shore to shore, we hear them call
Each command your Master sends                            The truth that cries through every age –
Royal priests, fulfil your calling                        ‘Our God is all in all’
Through your sacrifice and prayer                         Rejoice… (x2)
Give your lives in joyful service                                 * Keith & Kristyn Getty, Stuart Townend © 2007 Thankyou Music

Sing His praise, His love, declare
               * James Seddon © 1982 Jubilate

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I stand amazed in the presence                          O Church, arise and put your armour on
of Jesus the Nazarene,                                  Hear the call of Christ our Captain
and wonder how he could love me,                        For now the weak can say that they are
a sinner, condemned, unclean.                           strong
                                                        In the strength that God has given
How marvellous! How wonderful!
                                                        With shield of faith and belt of truth,
And my song shall ever be:
                                                        We’ll stand against the devil’s lies
How marvellous! How wonderful!
                                                        An army bold, whose battle cry is love,
Is my Saviour’s love for me!
                                                        Reaching out to those in darkness
2. For me he prayed in the garden
                                                        2. Our call to war – to love the captive soul,
and bowed to the will divine;
                                                        But to rage against the captor
he had no tears for his own griefs,
                                                        And with the sword
but sweat drops of blood for mine.
                                                        That makes the wounded whole,
How marvellous...
                                                        We will fight with faith and valour
3. He took my sins and my sorrows,                      When faced with trials on every side
he made them his very own;                              We know the outcome is secure
he bore the burden to Calvary,                          And Christ will have
and suffered and died alone.                            The prize for which He died –
How marvellous...                                       An inheritance of nations

4. When with the ransomed in glory                      3. Come see the cross
his face I at last shall see,                           Where love and mercy meet
’twill be my joy through the ages                       As the Son of God is stricken
to sing of his love for me.                             Then see His foes
How marvellous… (x2)                                    Lie crushed beneath His feet,
                                      Public Domain     For the Conqueror has risen
                                                        And as the stone is rolled away
                                                        And Christ emerges from the grave
                                                        This vict’ry march continues till the day
                                                        Every eye and heart shall see Him

                                                        4. So Spirit come, put strength in every
                                                        stride
                                                        Give grace for every hurdle
                                                        That we may run with faith to win the prize
                                                        Of a servant good and faithful
                                                        As saints of old still line the way,
                                                        Retelling triumphs of His grace,
                                                        We hear their calls and hunger for the day
                                                        When with Christ we stand in glory
                                                                             * Keith Getty, Stuart Townend © 2005 Thankyou Music

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There is a fountain filled with blood                       shines forth his light,
Drawn from Emmanuel’s veins                                 chases the horrors of night,
And sinners plunged beneath that flood                      saints with his mercy surrounding.
Lose all their guilty stains
                                                            4. Praise to the Lord –
Lose all their guilty stains
                                                            O let all that is in me adore him!
Lose all their guilty stains
                                                            All that has life and breath
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
                                                            come now with praises before him!
Lose all their guilty stains
                                                            Let the ‘Amen’ sound from his people again
2. The dying thief rejoiced to see                          gladly with praise we adore him!
That fountain in his day
                                                            Let the ‘Amen’ sound from his people again,
And there have I, as vile as he,
                                                            gladly with praise we adore him!
Washed all my sins away
                                                            Let the ‘Amen’ sound from his people again,
Washed all my sins away...
                                                            gladly with praise we adore him!
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3. Dear dying Lamb, Your precious blood
Shall never lose its pow’r                                  God so loved that He gave His Son
Till all the ransomed Church of God                         To lay down His life for the sake of us
Be saved, to sin no more                                    He bore the weight of our sin and shame
Be saved, to sin no more...                                 With a cry, He said, ‘it is finished’
                                                            Christ the Lord overcame the darkness
4. E’er since by faith I saw the stream                     He's alive, death has been defeated
Your flowing wounds supply
                                                            For He made us a way
Redeeming love has been my theme
                                                            By which we have been saved
And shall be till I die
                                                            He's the Saviour of the World
And shall be till I die...
                                          Public Domain     So we lift up a shout for His fame and
                                                            renown
Praise to the Lord,
                                                            Praise the Lord, praise the Lord
the Almighty, the King of Creation!
                                                            Jesus, Saviour of the World
O my soul, praise him,
for he is your health and salvation!                        2. We must spread the word
Come, all who hear:                                         Of His soon return
brothers and sisters, draw near,                            To reclaim the world for His glory
praise him in glad adoration!                               Let the church now sing of this coming King,
                                                            Crowned with majesty, our Redeemer
2. Praise to the Lord,                                      And He reigns, ruler of the heavens
who has fearfully, wondrously, made us;                     And His name is Jesus the Messiah
life is his gift,
                                                            For He made us a way...
and when hopelessly falling, he stayed us.
What need or grief always will fail of relief?              Christ the Lord overcame the darkness
Wings of his mercy will shade us.                           He's alive, death has been defeated
                                                            And He reigns, ruler of the heavens
3. Praise to the Lord,
                                                            And His name is Jesus the Messiah
who, when darkness of sin is abounding,
who, when temptation would triumph,                         For He made us a way...
                                                                                          * Ben Cantelon © 2010 Thankyou Music

all virtue confounding,
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Speak, O Lord, as we come to You                                             The Church’s one foundation
To receive the food of Your holy Word                                        Is Jesus Christ her Lord
Take Your truth, plant it deep in us                                         She is His new creation
Shape and fashion us in Your likeness                                        By water and the Word
That the light of Christ might be seen today                                 From heav’n He came and sought her
In our acts of love and our deeds of faith                                   To be His holy Bride
Speak, O Lord, and fulfil in us                                              With His own blood He bought her
All Your purposes for Your glory                                             And for her life He died

2. Teach us, Lord, full obedience,                                           2. She is from every nation,
Holy reverence, true humility                                                Yet one o’er all the earth
Test our thoughts and our attitudes                                          Her charter of salvation –
In the radiance of Your purity                                               One Lord, one faith, one birth
Cause our faith to rise, cause our eyes to                                   One holy name she blesses
see                                                                          Partakes one holy food
Your majestic love and authority                                             And to one hope she presses
Words of pow’r that can never fail                                           With every grace endued
Let their truth prevail over unbelief
                                                                             3. The Church shall never perish
3. Speak, O Lord, and renew our minds                                        Her dear Lord to defend,
Help us grasp the heights of Your plans for                                  To guide, sustain and cherish
us                                                                           Is with her to the end
Truths unchanged from the dawn of time                                       Though there be those who hate her
That will echo down through eternity                                         And false sons in her pale,
                                                                             Against each foe or traitor
And by grace, we’ll stand on Your promises
                                                                             She ever shall prevail
And by faith, we’ll walk as You walk with us
Speak, O Lord, till Your church is built
                                                                             4. Mid toil and tribulation
And the earth is filled with Your glory
                     * Keith Getty, Stuart Townend © 2005 Thankyou Music     And tumult of her war
                                                                             She waits the consummation
                                                                             Of peace for evermore
                                                                             Till with the vision glorious
                                                                             Her longing eyes are blessed
                                                                             And the great Church victorious
                                                                             Shall be the Church at rest

                                                                             5. Yet she on earth has union
                                                                             With God the Three in One
                                                                             And mystic, sweet communion
                                                                             With those whose rest is won
                                                                             With all her sons and daughters,
                                                                             Who by the Master’s hand,
                                                                             Led through the deathly waters,
                                                                             Repose in Eden-land
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