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Advent Week 4 - Love

A love like no other. Merry Christmas.

Advent Week 3 - Joy

Joy calls us to trust when we want to doubt Calls us to accept what we want to reject Calls us to celebrate when we want to fear Setlist: My Own No More / The Glory of Your Name / Proven In You   My Own No More I give my heart to You, trade all my lies for truth Nothing is withheld Give up my right to be king of my destiny O God I need Your help   I take my crown and lay it down All I am offered now I adopt Your name and I call You Lord I am my own no more   I give my days to You, take hold my evenings too Nothing is withheld Forsaking wrong for right, stepping from dark to light O God I need Your help   I give my dreams to You, things I hold tightly to O God I need Your help   The Glory Of Your Name   All Your ways are perfect and ours are surely not Still we try to walk in our own way But we are only human and You're Almighty God Help us Lord to lean upon Your grace   Take these hands, they are Yours to use Use them now to glorify Your name All we have only comes from You We will share the glory of Your name   Lord we long to give out but You're the one who has All who drink our water still will thirst But Your Holy Spirit poured out will quench the thirsty soul Satisfy the hunger, heal the hurt   Proven In You You make us on the mountain but teach us in the valley Inspire us at sunrise and strengthen when it sets Wherever You might take us we know You won't forsake us So we will trust You here   For You are greater than our greatest trial There is no obstacle You won't push through In every circumstance, through every battle Our faith is proven in You   So whether on the mountain or deep within the valley As long as You go with us in confidence we'll rest Our hope and our confession is the depth of Your redemption O Lord redeem us here   No matter what the test Your loving faithfulness will not fail You will not fail However fierce the pain Your promise is the same   All songs written by Jason Houtsma Reach out: Jason@worshipartistry.c

Advent Week 2 - Peace

Peace? In the midst of this? Setlist: I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day / Doxology I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day I heard the bells on Christmas day Their old familiar carols played And wild and sweet, the words repeat Of peace on earth, goodwill to men   I thought how as the day had come The belfries of all Christendom Had rolled along the unbroken song Of peace on earth, goodwill to men   And in despair I bowed my head There is no peace on earth, I said For hate is strong and mocks the song Of peace on earth, goodwill to men   Then pealed the bells more loud and deep "God is not dead nor doth He sleep" The wrong shall fail, the right prevail With peace on earth, goodwill to men   Doxology Praise God from whom all blessings flow Praise Him all creatures here below Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost Amen   I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day is an excerpt from the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1863 and was set to a melody written in 1848 by John Baptiste Calkin.  Doxology was written by Thomas Ken in 1674 Reach out: Jason@worshipartistry.com

Advent Week 1 - Hope

Setlist: Still My Heart / Whatever Did You Mean, Jesus? / Emmanuel   Still My Heart Oh still my heart, I want to hear You Oh still my heart, I want to hear You Lead me to that sacred place Where all my distractions fade And Your voice rings clear   Waiting on You, waiting on You I'll keep waiting on You You are worth the wait   Whatever Did You Mean, Jesus? (Anonymous)   Whatever did you mean, Jesus? Whatever we ask in prayer, In faith, We will receive? I don’t think so. That hasn’t been My experience. Or is my faith so small As not to count Among your promises? You can be impatient, you know, Just ask the fig tree That you withered Because it was not ripe With fruit for you. Will you do the same To me? It is Advent, And I want to long for you, Not to hide from you. Besides, there is no place to hide, No place where you are not. That should be comfort. Even in Advent As we await your coming You are already here. I have faith in that. It would be nice If you answered all my prayers Like some Almighty Santa Claus, But I get it, You are the answer to all my prayers, Just not the answer I expected. That’s the trouble with expectations, Isn’t it, Jesus, That we sometimes miss the gift Because we are looking for Something else than you.     Emmanuel

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