Sunday Meditation, September 13

Jesus, Our Light

Scripture for Meditation: John 8:12

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Hymn of Light: Christ, Be My Glory

Christ, be my ransom; redeem me, I pray.
Purchase God's pardon, for I cannot pay.
God had been angry but now smiles on me;
His wrath, though righteous, is canceled by Thee.

Christ, be my vicar, my sole righteousness,
Standing before God in pure holiness.
Joy of the Father, my substitute be;
Earn in my place His good favor t’ward me.

Christ, be my wisdom, the light of my mind;
Shine in my thinking, else I would be blind.
Grant me the faith and the insight to see
Truth in its rad’ance embodied in Thee.

Christ, be my manna, O Life-bread Divine;
Work through my weakness that honor be Thine.
Fortify, feed me; I faint, and I fall.
Nourish Thy servant, Sustainer of All!

Christ, be my glory, the praiseworthy One;
Through Thee God saves me and names me a son.
No more of Satan, his offspring, defiled,
I am adopted, in Christ made God's child!

© 2004 Brian Pinner

Hymn of Thirst: Satisfied

All my life long I had panted
For a drink from some clear spring,
That I hoped would quench the burning
Of the thirst I felt within.

Refrain:
Hallelujah! I have found Him
Whom my soul so long has craved!
Jesus satisfies my longings,
Through His blood I now am saved.

Feeding on the husks around me,
Till my strength was almost gone,
Longed my soul for something better,
Only still to hunger on.

Well of water, ever springing,
Bread of life so rich and free,
Untold wealth that never faileth,
My Redeemer is to me.

Clara T. Williams, 1858-1937

Hymn of Glory: All Glory Be to Christ

Should nothing of our efforts stand, no legacy survive,
Unless the Lord does raise the house in vain its builders strive.

To you who boast tomorrow’s gain tell me what is your life?
A mist that vanishes at dawn. All glory be to Christ!

Chorus:
All glory be to Christ our king! All glory be to Christ!
His rule and reign we’ll ever sing. All glory be to Christ!

His will be done; His kingdom come on earth as is above,
Who is Himself our daily bread. Praise Him the Lord of love.

Let living water satisfy the thirsty without price.
We’ll take a cup of kindness yet. All glory be to Christ!

Chorus

When on the day the great I am, the faithful and the true,
The Lamb who was for sinners slain is making all things new.

Behold our God shall live with us and be our steadfast light,
And we shall ere his people be; all glory be to Christ!

Chorus

Words by Dustin Kensrue, arrangement by Kings Kaleidoscope / © Dead Bird Theology (ASCAP), It’s All About Jesus Music (ASCAP). Used by permission. CCLI #2783020

Transition Inside

Scripture for Meditation: Nehemiah 9:19, 20

“You in your great mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud to lead them in the way did not depart from them by day, nor the pillar of fire by night to light for them the way by which they should go. You gave your good Spirit to instruct them and did not withhold your manna from their mouth and gave them water for their thirst.” 

Prayer of Blessing

Responsive Reading: Psalm 27:1; 119:105; Isaiah 49:5, 6

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? . . .

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. . . . And now the Lord says, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him; and that Israel might be gathered to him—for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord, and my God has become my strength—he says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel;

I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

Prayer of Corporate Confession

Silence for Personal Confession

Assurance of Pardon: Colossians 1:13, 14

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Response: Thanks be to God.

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*All Scripture, English Standard Version. © 2001 by Crossway Bibles. Used by permission.