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Worship Service At Internet Church Of Christ
For Weeks Of Sunday, December 31, 2006 and January 7, 2007 - Starting The New Year
Featuring "In Christ, The New Life Replaces The Old"

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Hello Beloved,

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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. Blessings to you in Him.



Opening Hymn

"Joy To The World"

Words by Isaac Watts, music by George Frederick Handel, arranged by Lowell Mason (hymn tune ANTIOCH). MIDI file sequenced by Bill McGinnis from a published Public Domain arrangement. Everything here is Public Domain, free for all to use without restriction.

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JOY TO THE WORLD - by Isaac Watts, 1719 - Public Domain

   
    Joy to the world! The Lord is come;
    Let earth receive her King.
    Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room,
    And heav'n and nature sing.
    
    Joy to the earth! the Savior reigns;
    Let men their songs employ;
    While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
    Repeat the sounding joy.

    No more let sins and sorrows grow,
    Nor thorns infest the ground;
    He comes to make His blessings flow
    Far as the curse is found.    

    He rules the world with truth and grace,
    And makes the nations prove
    The glories of His righteousness,
    And wonders of His love.

    
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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.

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Declaration Of Faith


The Apostles' Creed

   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 Ghost;
      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 Ghost;
      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.




Reading Of The Scriptures

In Christ, The New Life Replaces The Old




Matt.9
[17] Neither is new wine put into old wineskins; if it is, the skins 
burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins are destroyed; but new 
wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved." 

Mark 2
[21] No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; if he 
does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse 
tear is made. 

[22] And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the wine 
will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and so are the skins; but 
new wine is for fresh skins." 


Luke.5
[36] He told them a parable also: "No one tears a piece from a new 
garment and puts it upon an old garment; if he does, he will tear the 
new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. 

[37] And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the new 
wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled, and the skins will be 
destroyed. 

[38] But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. 

[39] And no one after drinking old wine desires new; for he says, `The 
old is good.'" 


Luke.22
[20] And likewise the cup after supper, saying, "This cup which is 
poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood. 

John.13
[34] A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as 
I have loved you, that you also love one another. 


Rom.6
[4] We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so that as 
Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might 
walk in newness of life. 

Rom.7
[6] But now we are discharged from the law, dead to that which held us 
captive, so that we serve not under the old written code but in the new 
life of the Spirit. 


2Cor.3
[6] who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not in 
a written code but in the Spirit; for the written code kills, but the 
Spirit gives life. 

2Cor.5
[17] Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old 
has passed away, behold, the new has come. 

Gal.6
[15] For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, 
but a new creation. 

Eph.2
[15] by abolishing in his flesh the law of commandments and ordinances, 
that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so 
making peace, 

Eph.4
[24] and put on the new nature, created after the likeness of God in 
true righteousness and holiness. 


Heb.8
[8] For he finds fault with them when he says: "The days will come, says 
the Lord,
when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah;

[13] In speaking of a new covenant he treats the first as obsolete. And 
what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away. 
Heb.9

[15] Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who 
are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death 
has occurred which redeems them from the transgressions under the first 
covenant. 

Heb.10
[20] by the new and living way which he opened for us through the 
curtain, that is, through his flesh, 

Heb.12
[24] and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled 
blood that speaks more graciously than the blood of Abel. 


Rev.21
[1] Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and 
the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 

[2] And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven 
from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband; 

[5] And he who sat upon the throne said, "Behold, I make all things 
new." Also he said, "Write this, for these words are trustworthy and 
true." 

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Source: Revised Standard Version Bible

Exhortation

"Submit Yourself Completely To His Will"



                 Submit yourself completely to His will,
                 And hold back nothing from your gift to Him.
                 For He wants all of you, not merely part,
                 And He will be content with nothing less.
                 You must submit to something in this world:
                 If nothing else, you must submit to death,
                 So do not think you ever can prevail.
                 Then why not go as high as you can go?
                 Submit yourself to God, and you will find
                 A total joy that lasts forevermore.

                                        by William McGinnis
                                        Public Domain

Prayer For You

"Go Ahead And Give Yourself To Christ"


NOTE:  When you read this prayer, try to imagine hearing my voice as I
       speak it to you.  In this way, the prayer is reactivated, and it 
       the same as if I were actually praying for you at that moment. 
       (Just like television prayers are reactivated when you watch 
       them, although the videotape may have been shot years before.)
 
              
           
                Perhaps you are a Christian even now,
                You go to church and try to do your best,
                You try to put His teachings in your life,
                But still you do not feel that He is yours.
                You do not feel the closeness that you crave.
                If this is you, then say this prayer with me:
                     *             *             *
                O Lord, I want you closer in my life,
                I want you more to be a part of me.
                I want the best relationship with you,
                That anyone on earth could ever have.
                I know that, "as we give, we shall receive,"
                And so I now do give myself to you,
                In full completeness, holding nothing back.
                I'm yours, so you may use me as you will,
                And take whatever things you want from me.
                And now that I did give myself to you,
                I pray that you will give yourself to me,
                As bridegroom gives himself to his new bride.
                In Jesus' holy name I pray, Amen.


                                        by William McGinnis
                                        Public Domain

Holy Communion

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Closing Hymn

"Away In A Manger"

Words in verses 1 and 2 are by an unknown author, verse 3 by John Thomas McFarland; Music by William J. Kirkpatrick - Public Domain. MIDI file sequenced by Bill McGinnis from a published Public Domain arrangement. Public Domain.

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AWAY IN A MANGER - Public Domain

  Verses 1 and 2 are anonymously written. Verse 3 is by John Thomas
  McFarland
    
    
     Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,
     The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head;
     The stars in the bright sky looked down where He lay,
     The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.
     
     
     The cattle are lowing, the Baby awakes,
     But little Lord Jesus, no crying He makes;
     I love Thee, Lord Jesus! look down from the sky,
     And stay by my cradle till morning is nigh.
     
     
     Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stay
     Close by me forever, and love me, I pray;
     Bless all the dear children in Thy tender care,
     And fit us to heaven, to live with Thee there.
     


Benediction

    _____________________________________________________________
       
      "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)
         _____________________________________________________________

This worship service is now completed. Go in peace.

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