Worship Service Rev Dr Prabhudas Koshy – Preacher Dn Arvind Pawa – Worship Leader Sis Chloe Pawa & Sarah Lee – Pianists Please switch off your mobile phone

Call to Worship

Fairest Lord Jesus! Hymn 66

1st Stanza Fairest Lord Jesus! Ruler of all nature! O Thou of God and man the Son!

1st Stanza continued Thee will I cherish, Thee will I honour, Thou my soul’s glory, joy and crown!

2nd Stanza Fair are the meadows, Fairer still the woodlands, Robed in the blooming garb of spring:

2nd Stanza continued Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer, Who makes the woeful heart to sing.

3rd Stanza Fair is the sunshine, Fairer still the moonlight, And all the twinkling starry host:

3rd Stanza continued Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer Than all the angels heav'n can boast.

Last Stanza Beautiful Saviour! Lord of the nations! Son of God and Son of Man!

Last Stanza continued Glory and honour, Praise, adoration Now and forever more be Thine!

Invocation & Gloria Patri Hymnal (inside front cover)

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;

as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, Amen.

Responsive Scripture Reading Isaiah 48:1-22

1a Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD,

1b and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.

2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; the LORD of hosts is his name.

3 I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.

4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

5a I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say,

5b Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.

7 They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

8a Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened:

8b for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

9 For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.

10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.

12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.

14a All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things?

14b The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.

15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

16 Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me.

17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

20a Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth;

20b say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

21 And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

22 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.

Special Item Clarissa Lim & Dorcas Koshy

This is My Father’s World / Beneath the Cross of Jesus

This is my Father's world, and to my listening ears all nature sings, and round me rings the music of the spheres.

This is my Father's world: I rest me in the thought of rocks and trees, of skies and seas; His hand the wonders wrought.

This is my Father's world. O let me ne'er forget that though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the ruler yet.

This is my Father's world: why should my heart be sad? The Lord is King; let the heavens ring! God reigns; let the earth be glad!

Beneath the cross of Jesus I fain would take my stand, The shadow of a mighty rock Within a weary land;

A home within the wilderness, A rest upon the way, From the burning of the noontide heat, And the burden of the day.

Upon that cross of Jesus, Mine eye at times can see The very dying form of One Who suffered there for me. Last Stanza

And from my smitten heart with tears, These wonders I confess– The wonder of His glorious love, And my own worthlessness. Last Stanza continued

Hymn 386 Be Thou My Vision

1st Stanza Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart– Nought be all else to me, save that Thou art;

1st Stanza continued Thou my best thought, by day or by night– Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.

2nd Stanza Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word– I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord;

2nd Stanza continued Thou my great Father, I Thy true son– Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.

3rd Stanza Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise– Thou mine inheritance, now and always;

3rd Stanza continued Thou and Thou only, first in my heart– High King of heaven, my Treasure Thou art.

Last Stanza High King of heaven, my victory won, May I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heav’n’s Sun!

Last Stanza continued Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.

Collection of Offerings Doxology & Prayer

Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below;

Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

I Am Thine, O Lord Hymn 399

I am Thine, O Lord– I have heard Thy voice, And it told Thy love to me; 1st Stanza

But I long to rise in the arms of faith And be closer drawn to Thee. 1st Stanza continued

Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord, To the cross where Thou hast died; Chorus

Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord, To Thy precious, bleeding side. Chorus continued

Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord, By the pow’r of grace divine; 2nd Stanza

Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope, And my will be lost in Thine. 2nd Stanza continued

Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord, To the cross where Thou hast died; Chorus

Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord, To Thy precious, bleeding side. Chorus continued

O the pure delight of a single hour That before Thy throne I spend, 3rd Stanza

When I kneel in pray’r and with Thee, my God, I commune as friend with friend. 3rd Stanza continued

Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord, To the cross where Thou hast died; Chorus

Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord, To Thy precious, bleeding side. Chorus continued

There are depths of love that I cannot know Till I cross the narrow sea; Last Stanza

There are heights of joy that I may not reach Till I rest in peace with Thee. Last Stanza continued

Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord, To the cross where Thou hast died; Chorus

Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord, To Thy precious, bleeding side. Chorus continued

Children’s Sermon & Scripture Memorization

Choice Psalm 119:173 Let Thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

Choice Psalm ___:___ Let _____ hand ____ me; for I have ______ thy _______.

Choice ______ ___:___ Let _____ _____ ____ me; ___ I have ______ thy _______.

Pastoral Prayer

“Furnace of Affliction - I” Isaiah 48:10

Rejoice in the Lord

God never moves without purpose or plan When trying His servant and moulding a man. 1st Stanza

Give thanks to the Lord though your testing seems long; In darkness He giveth a song. 1st Stanza continued

O rejoice in the Lord. He makes no mistake. He knoweth the end of each path that I take. Chorus

For when I am tried and purified, I shall come forth as gold. Chorus continued RHCRHC | Majesty | SIS | MainMajesty SIS Main

I could not see through the shadows ahead; So I looked at the cross of my Saviour instead. 2nd Stanza

I bowed to the will of the Master that day; Then peace came and tears fled away. 2nd Stanza continued

O rejoice in the Lord. He makes no mistake. He knoweth the end of each path that I take. Chorus

For when I am tried and purified, I shall come forth as gold. Chorus continued RHCRHC | Majesty | SIS | MainMajesty SIS Main

Now I can see testing comes from above; God strengthens His children and purges in love. Last Stanza

My Father knows best, and I trust in His care; Through purging more fruit I will bear. Last Stanza continued

O rejoice in the Lord. He makes no mistake. He knoweth the end of each path that I take. Chorus

For when I am tried and purified, I shall come forth as gold. Chorus continued RHCRHC | Majesty | SIS | MainMajesty SIS Main

Benediction & Threefold Amen