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    Aug 02, 2020

    Grumpy Monkey

    Grumpy Monkey

    Passage: Psalms 69:1-36

    Speaker: Rev. Jennifer Eschliman, Pastor

    Series: Lessons from the Library

    Category: Prayer

    "It's a wonderful day to be grumpy..." Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang
    Ninth Sunday After Pentecost
    August 2, 2020 - 10 am
     
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    Opening Praise Better Is One Day
    Matt Redman
     
    CCLI Song # 1097451
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    Welcome
     
    Call to Worship (from Psalm 103)
     
    R: Bless the Lord, O my soul,
        and all that is within me,
        bless God’s holy name.
     
    Bless the Lord, O my soul,
        and do not forget all his benefits—
    who forgives all your iniquity,
        who heals all your diseases,
    who redeems your life from the Pit,
        who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
    who satisfies you with good as long as you live
        so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. R
     
    The Lord is merciful and gracious,
        slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
    He will not always accuse,
        nor will he keep his anger forever.
    He does not deal with us according to our sins,
        nor repay us according to our iniquities.
    For as the heavens are high above the earth,
        so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
    as far as the east is from the west,
        so far he removes our transgressions from us. R
     
    As for mortals, their days are like grass;
        they flourish like a flower of the field;
    for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,
        and its place knows it no more.
    But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting
        on those who fear him,
        and his righteousness to children’s children,
    to those who keep his covenant
        and remember to do his commandments. R
     
    Opening Praise 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)
    Jonas Myrin, Matt Redman
     
    Chorus
    Bless the Lord, O my soul, O my soul
    Worship his holy name
    Sing like never before, O my soul
    I'll worship your holy name
     
    Verse 1
    The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning 
    It's time to sing your song again
    Whatever may pass and whatever lies before me
    Let me be singing when the evening comes
     
    Chorus
     
    Verse 2
    You're rich in love and you're slow to anger
    Your name is great and your heart is kind
    For all your goodness I will keep on singing
    Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find
     
    Chorus
     
    Verse 3
    And on that day, when my strength is failing
    The end draws near and my time has come
    Still my soul will sing your praise unending
    Ten thousand years and then forevermore
    Forevermore
     
    Chorus x2
    I'll worship Your Holy name
    I’ll worship Your Holy name
    I’ll worship Your Holy name
     
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    Opening Prayer
    Almighty God, your steadfast love for us never changes, no matter our season of life or our circumstances. Recapture our hearts today with that love. Remind us that we can come to you just as we are, and move us toward a place of greater authenticity in prayer and in worship. May we discover a relationship with you that is able to sustain us in every season and shape us more and more into the likeness of your Son, Jesus Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen.
     
    Proclamation and Response
     
    Scripture Reading Psalm 69:1-4, 19-36 (CEB)
     
    1 Save me, God,
        because the waters have reached my neck!
    2 I have sunk into deep mud.
        My feet can’t touch the bottom!
    I have entered deep water;
        the flood has swept me up.
    3 I am tired of crying.
        My throat is hoarse.
        My eyes are exhausted with waiting for my God.
    4 More numerous than the hairs on my head
        are those who hate me for no reason.
    My treacherous enemies,
        those who would destroy me, are countless.
        Must I now give back
        what I didn’t steal in the first place?
     
    19 You know full well the insults I’ve received;
        you know my shame and my disgrace.
        All my adversaries are right there in front of you.
    20 Insults have broken my heart.
        I’m sick about it.
    I hoped for sympathy,
        but there wasn’t any;
        I hoped for comforters,
        but couldn’t find any.
    21 They gave me poison for food.
        To quench my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
     
    22 Let the table before them become a trap,
        their offerings a snare.
    23 Let their eyes grow too dim to see;
        make their insides tremble constantly.
    24 Pour out your anger on them—
        let your burning fury catch them.
    25 Let their camp be devastated;
        let no one dwell in their tents.
    26 Because they go after those you’ve already struck;
        they talk about the pain of those you’ve already pierced.
    27 Pile guilt on top of their guilt!
        Don’t let them come into your righteousness!
    28 Let them be wiped out of the scroll of life!
        Let them not be recorded along with the righteous!
    29 And me? I’m afflicted.
        I’m full of pain.
        Let your salvation keep me safe, God!
     
    30 I will praise God’s name with song;
        I will magnify him with thanks
    31 because that is more pleasing to the Lord than an ox,
        more pleasing than a young bull with full horns and hooves.
    32 Let the afflicted see it and be glad!
        You who seek God—
        let your hearts beat strong again
    33 because the Lord listens to the needy
            and doesn’t despise his captives.
     
    34 Let heaven and earth praise God,
        the oceans too, and all that moves within them!
    35 God will most certainly save Zion
        and will rebuild Judah’s cities
        so that God’s servants can live there and possess it.
    36 The offspring of God’s servants will inherit Zion,
        and those who love God’s name will dwell there.
    Leader: This is the Word of God.
    All: Thanks be to God.
     
    A Story for All of God’s Children    Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang & Max Lang
     
    Message Lessons from the Library: Grumpy Monkey
     
    Joys and Concerns
          Prayers of the People
          The Lord’s Prayer
    Prayer of Thanksgiving for Offerings
     
    Sending Forth
     
    Song Come As You Are
    Ben Glover, David Crowder, Matt Maher
     
    Verse 1
    Come out of sadness from wherever you've been
    Come broken-hearted, let rescue begin
    Come find your mercy, O sinner come kneel
    Earth has no sorrow that Heaven can't heal
    Earth has no sorrow that Heaven can't heal
     
    Chorus
    (So) Lay down your burdens lay down your shame
    All who are broken lift up your face
    O wanderer come home
    You're not too far
    So lay down your hurt lay down your heart
    Come as you are
     
    Verse 2
    There's hope for the hopeless
    And all those who've strayed
    Come sit at the table come taste the grace
    There's rest for the weary
    Rest that endures
    Earth has no sorrow that Heaven can't cure
     
    Chorus
     
    Bridge
    Come as you are
    Fall in His arms
    Come as you are
     
    Verse 3
    There's joy for the morning O sinner be still
    Earth has no sorrow that Heaven can't heal
    Earth has no sorrow that Heaven can't heal
     
    Chorus
     
    Ending
    Come as you are
    Come as you are
    Come as you are
     
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    The scripture reading is from the Common English Bible, Copyright © 2010 the Common English Bible Committee. All rights reserved. Used by permission. (www.CommonEnglishBible.com).