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Worship Service At Internet Church Of Christ
For Week Of Sunday, May 27, 2007

By Rev. Bill McGinnis, Pastor

http://www.InternetChurchOfChrist.org/worship052707.html

Featuring "What You Do Comes Back To You."

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Everything here is in the Public Domain, free for all people to use without restriction, except possibly the image below, which may be copyrighted by its owner, and verses from the Revised Standard Version Bible (RSV), which are copyrighted and used by permission.


Image: "Christ, Whose Glory Fills The Skies" (The Transfiguration)
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Source: http://sognodargento.blogspot.com/2005_08_01_archive.html



ORDER OF WORSHIP: May 27, 2007 

Image: "Christ, Whose Glory Fills The Skies" (The Transfiguration) 

Welcome
Opening Song - "Christ, Whose Glory Fills The Skies" - words, MIDI music 
Invocation
The Lord's Prayer - with MP3 audio
Declaration Of Faith: The Apostles' Creed - with MP3 audio

Scriptures and Teachings - "What You Do Comes Back To You."

Prayer For You - "To Make Me More Useful For Your Work"
Holy Communion
How To Find A Real, Live Church
Closing Hymn - "Breathe On Me, Breath Of God" -
  words and MIDI music
Benediction
   



Welcome

Welcome to the online worship service at Internet Church Of Christ. Here is a good place to worship our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. You are invited and are welcome at any time.


Hello Beloved,

If you have the Holy Spirit of Jesus abiding within you, then you are able to endure all trials, blessed with the peace which surpasses all understanding. If not, you remain deprived of the many blessings the Lord has waiting for you. If you have not yet accepted Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour, you have the opportunity to do that right now by clicking => HERE! - http://www.internetchurchofchrist.org/jesusdirect.html

Blessings to you in Jesus Christ our Lord.


Opening Song

"Christ, Whose Glory Fills The Skies"

Words by Charles Wesley, Public Domain. Original hymn tune OMNIA GLORIA by Bill McGinnis. Original music, arrangement, and MIDI sequence by Bill McGinnis, Public Domain.

MIDI music file at http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/omniagloria.mid




CHRIST, WHOSE GLORY FILLS THE SKIES - by Charles Wesley , 1707-1788
                                         Public Domain


                 Christ, whose glory fills the skies,
                 Christ, the true, the only Light,
                 Sun of Righteousness, arise,
                 Triumph o'er the shades of night;
                 Day-spring from on high, be near;
                 Day-star, in my heart appear.

                 Dark and cheerless is the morn
                 Unaccompanied by thee;
                 Joyless is the day's return,
                 Till thy mercy's beams I see;
                 Till they inward light impart,
                 Glad my eyes, and warm my heart.
                 
                 Visit then this soul of mine,
                 Pierce the gloom of sin and grief;
                 Fill me, Radiancy Divine,
                 Scatter all my unbelief;
                 More and more thyself display,
                 Shining to the perfect day.

                          
                       *     *      *


More songs like this at our website => Christmusic.ws

Invocation

             O Lord, we come together in Your name,
             And as You promised, we know You are here.

             AND SO WE WELCOME YOU WITH OPEN ARMS,
             AND PRAY THAT YOU FIND PLEASURE HERE WITH US,
             AS WE, YOUR LOVING CHILDREN WORSHIP YOU.

             We now invite You to reveal Yourself,
             And share with us Your presence, openly,

             FOR YOU ARE EVERYTHING THAT WE DESIRE,
             AND EVERYTHING WE HAVE, WE GIVE TO YOU.

             In Jesus' holy name we pray, Amen.


The Lord's Prayer


To play, click or double-click below


MP3 audio file at http://www.internetchurchofchrist.org/lordsprayer.mp3
Free, Public Domain.


The Lord, Himself, taught us to pray like this . . .



                     The Lord's Prayer 
   

          Our Father, who art in heaven,
            hallowed be thy Name,
            thy kingdom come,
            thy will be done,
              on earth as it is in heaven.
          Give us this day our daily bread.
          And forgive us our trespasses,
            as we forgive those who trespass against us.
          And lead us not into temptation,
            but deliver us from evil.
          For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
            for ever and ever. Amen.

                      Source: Book Of Common Prayer, based on
                              Matthew 6:9-13    


          

Declaration Of Faith

The Apostles Creed


To play, click or double-click below


MP3 audio file at http://www.internetchurchofchrist.org/apostlescreed.mp3
Free, Public Domain.


  This historic affirmation of faith comes to us from the early 
centuries of the Christian church.

  
      I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
      Maker of heaven and earth:
      And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord;
      Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit;
      Born of the virgin Mary,
      Suffered under Pontius Pilate,
      Was crucified, dead, and buried;
      He descended into hell;
      The third day he rose again from the dead;
      He ascended into heaven
      And sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
      From thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
      I believe in the Holy Spirit;
      The holy catholic church;     *
      The communion of saints;
      The forgiveness of sins;
      The resurrection of the body;
      And the life everlasting.

                             Amen.
      

                * Note: "catholic church" here means the entire body of
                  believers in Christ, not just one particular church.



Scriptures And Teachings

"What You Do Comes Back To You."

. . . or . ..

"You Reap What You Sow."

The words "What you do comes back to you" are an excellent paraphrase of the Biblical truth, "You reap what you sow." You plant the seeds (sow), and then later you gather the resulting harvest (reap). The harvest that you reap depends on the kind of seeds you sow. If you sow corn, you will not reap olives.



                       "YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW."

             "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a
              man soweth, that shall he also reap." (Galatians 6:7 KJV)


  
Whatever you give out to others, God will eventually give back to you. This is the basic nature of God's Justice: "YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW."

         _____________________________________________________________
       
      "According to their way I will do to them, and according to
       their own judgments I will judge them; and they shall know
       that I am the LORD." (Ezekiel 7:27b RSV)
         _____________________________________________________________
       


This is the spiritual reality behind the Golden Rule.

              
                          The Golden Rule


            "TREAT OTHERS AS YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED."
          
   
           "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men
            should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is
            the law and the prophets." (Matthew 7:12 KJV)




This is not so that others, themselves, will "do unto you" what you have done unto them. It is because God, Himself, will "do unto you" what you have done unto others!

There are many other examples of this principle in Scripture.


               -------------------------------------------------
              "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not,
               and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall
               be forgiven:
            
              "Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure,
               pressed down, and shaken together, and running over,
               shall men give into your bosom. For with the same
               measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to
               you again."

                                     Luke 6:37-38 (KJV)
               ----------------------------------------------------

              "Judge not, that ye be not judged." (Matthew 7:1 KJV)

              "For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the
               whirlwind:" (Hosea 8:7a KJV)

              " . . . He which soweth sparingly shall reap also
               sparingly; and he which soweth bountifiully shall
               reap also bountifully." (2 Corinthians 9:6 KJV)                 

              " . . they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness,
               reap the same." (Job 4:8 KJV)

              "He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity:
               he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the 
               sword." (Revelation 13:10a,b KJV)
 
              "Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his
               place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with
               the sword." (Matthew 26:52 KJV)

              "Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow
               wickedness, reap the same." (Job 4:8 KJV)

              "Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break 
               up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD,
               till he come and rain righteousness upon you."
               (Hosea 10:12 KJV)


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             "For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly 
              Father will also forgive you:

             "But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will
              your Father forgive your trespasses."

                              Matthew 5:14-15 (KJV)
              -------------------------------------------------------
          

Therefore, Beloved, forgive others and be forgiven by God; love others and be loved by God; give mercy to others and receive mercy from God; fill the needs of others and have your needs filled by God.

It's a simple concept, and totally just: "Whatever you do to others, God will eventually do to you. You reap what you sow."


          "and I will give unto every one of you according
           to your works." (Revelation 2:23c KJV)



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Prayer For You To Pray, Yourself

To Make Me More Useful For Your Work

     
                "To Make Me More Useful For Your Work"
     
               O Lord, make me more useful for Your work,
               More able to perform in Your behalf,
               While acting as Your agent on this earth.
               I know You will provide the means I need,
               To carry out the jobs You give to me.
               Please help me to perform the smallest tasks,
               Like they were most important in Your eyes.
               And then, if I am faithful with the small,
               Please give me even greater work to do.               
               In Jesus' holy name I pray, Amen.


                   by Rev. Bill McGinnis, Public Domain


More like this at http://www.internetchurchofchrist.org/prayerindex.html

Holy Communion

A ceremony for Holy Communion is available to you HERE! - http://patriot.net/~bmcgin/pearl-holycommunion.html

If you are alone, you will needed to be both "Leader" and "Assembly," as described in the ceremony.

Closing Hymn

Breathe On Me, Breath Of God

Lyrics by Edwin Hatch (1835-1889), music is the hymn tune TRENTHAM by Robert Jackson (1842-1914). MIDI sequence by Bill McGinnis, (1943-20xx) Public Domain

MIDI music file at http://patriot.net/users/bmcgin/breathea.mid
MP3 file located at http://www.internetchurchofchrist.org/breatheonmebreathofgod.mp3

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BREATHE ON ME, BREATH OF GOD - by Edwin Hatch (1835-1889)
                                   Public Domain


           Breathe on me, Breath of God,
           Fill me with life anew,
           That I may love what Thou dost love,
           And do what Thou wouldst do.

           Breathe on me, Breath of God,
           Until my heart is pure,
           Until my will is one with Thine,
           To do and to endure.

           Breathe on me, Breath of God,
           Till I am wholly Thine,
           Until this earthly part of me
           Glows with Thy fire divine.

           Breathe on me, Breath of God,
           So shall I never die,
           But live with Thee the perfect life
           Of Thine eternity.

                           Amen.


Blessings to you in Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Benediction

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      "Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in
       all ways. The Lord be with you all." (2 Thessalonians 3:16 RSV)
         _____________________________________________________________

Blessings to you in Jesus Christ our Lord.

This worship service is now complete.

   
          Rev. Bill McGinnis

               Pastor - InternetChurchOfChrist.org      
               Director - LoveAllPeople.org

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