TICK-TOCK

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At a certain age you realize the greatest loss you can experience 

is a theft you perpetrate upon yourself; the waste of days given 

us is there any greater piercing remorse than the realization that 

a person has thrown away the potential that resides in every 

sunrise. James Lee Burke Light of the World 

Scripture

For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day 

of salvation I helped you.” I tell you, now is the time of God’s 

favor, now is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:2

Song

One Day too late Skillet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNEC735juI4

Tick tock hear the clock countdown

Wish the minute hand could be rewound

So much to do and so much I need to say

Will tomorrow be too late

Feel the moment slip into the past

Like sand through an hourglass

In the madness I guess I just forget

To do all the things I said

[Pre]

Time passes by

Never thought I'd wind up

One step behind

Now I've made my mind up

[Chorus]

Today I'm gonna try a little harder

Gonna make every minute last longer

Gonna learn to forgive and forget

'Cause we don't have long, gonna make the most of it

Today I'm gonna love my enemies

Reach out to somebody who needs me

Make a change, make the world a better place

'Cause tomorrow could be one day too late

One day too late

One day too late

[V2]

Tick tock hear my life pass by

I can't erase and I can't rewind

Of all the things I regret the most I do...

Wish I'd spent more time with you

Here's my chance for a new beginning

I saved the best for a better ending

And in the end I'll make it up to you, you'll see

You'll get the very best of me

[Bridge]

Your time is running out

You're never gonna get it back

Make the most of every moment

Stop saving the best for last

Sentence Prayer

Father: 

Help me to seize each

Day as a gift of your salvation

May I rejoice and be glad 

In each sunrise and sunset

Help me to unwrap each day

As a gift.    Amen

ROCK ON

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“Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us 

but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is 

harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we 

cannot really hear it. God's saving love in Christ, however, is 

marked by both radical truthfulness about who we are and yet 

also radical, unconditional commitment to us. The merciful 

commitment strengthens us to see the truth about ourselves and 

repent. The conviction and repentance moves us to cling to and 

rest in God's mercy and grace.” 

Timothy Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

Scripture

If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but 

don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate.

If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his 

mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I 

have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,” and it jumps, 

but I don’t love, I’m nothing.

If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the 

stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve 

gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I 

believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love.

1 Corinthians 13:1-3 Message

Song

Righteous Rock Larry Norman

http://youtu.be/zn0kWX8w-2c

One, two, three...

You can be a righteous rocker

Or a Holy roller

You can be most anything

You can be a Leon Russell

Or a super muscle

You can be a corporate king

You can be a wealthy man from Texas

Or a witch with heavy hexes.

But without love, you ain't nothing

Without love

Without love you ain't nothing

Without love.

You can be a brilliant surgeon

Or a sweet young virgin

Or a harlot out to sell

You can learn to play the blues

Or be Howard Hughes

Or the Scarlet Pimpernel

You can be a French provincial midwife

Or go from door to door with a death-knife.

But without love you ain't nothing

Without love

Without love you ain't nothing

Without love

Without love you ain't nothing

Without love

Without love you ain't nothing

Without love.

(Break)

You can be a woman feeler

Or a baby stealer

You can drink your life away

You can be a Holy Prophet

Get a blessing off it

You can fast for fifty days

You can shake hands with the devil

Or give your life to God on the level.

But without love you ain't nothing

Without love

Without love you ain't nothing

Without love

Without love you ain't nothing

Without love

Without love you ain't nothing

Without love.

(You could be a righteous rocker, that's right)

Without love you ain't nothing

Without love

Without love you ain't nothing

Without love

Without love you ain't nothing

Without love

Without love you ain't nothing

Without love

Forget your hexagram, you'll soon feel fine

Without love you ain't nothing

Without love

Stop looking at the stars, you don't live under the signs

Without love you ain't nothing

Without love.

Don't mess with gypsies or have your fortune read

Keep your table on the floor and don't you listen to the dead

You can't hitchhike your way to Heaven

The devil's closed the roads

You live once, you die once

With no re-incarnate episodes

You can't hitchhike to Heaven

Or get there by being good

The rules were set down long ago

When the spikes went in the wood

The rules were set down long ago

When the spikes went in the wood

The rules were set down long ago

When the spikes went in the wood.

Without love you ain't nothing

You ain't nothing without love

Without love you ain't nothing.

(There ain't no way of getting around it)

(Without love you ain't nothing)

Without love you ain't nothing

Without love

Without love you ain't nothing

Without love

Without love you ain't nothing

You ain't nothing without love

Without love you ain't nothing

Without love

Without love you ain't nothing

Without love

Sentence Prayer

Father;

Angels fly because they take themselves lightly

Humble me that I may fly

Birds fly because they travel lightly

Lighten my burdens that I may fly

Prayers fly to your throne, because of love

Deepen my love so my prayers may be heard 

Amen

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

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No sinner was ever saved by giving his heart to God. We are not 

saved by our giving, we are saved by God’s giving.  A.W. Pink

Scripture

Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy 

name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits—

who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,

who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and 

compassion,who satisfies your desires with good things

    

so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. The Lord works 

righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. PSALMS 103:1-6

Song

Thank You For Saving Me Delirious

http://youtu.be/m95Z3l_c1Ts

Thank you for saving me, what can I say?

You are my everything, I will sing Your praise

You shed Your blood for me, what can I say?

You took my sin and shame, a sinner called by name

Great is the Lord

Great is the Lord

For we know Your truth has set us free

You've set Your hope in me

Mercy and grace are mine, forgiven is my sin

Jesus, my only hope, the Saviour of the world

"Great is the Lord" we cry, God let Your kingdom come

Your word has let me see, thank you for saving me, yeah

Great is the Lord, oh yeah

Great is the Lord

For we know Your truth has set us free

You've set Your hope in me

We will sing so great is the Lord

So great is the Lord

For we know Your truth has set us free, Jesus

You've set Your hope in me

Thank you for saving me, what can I say?

Oh Lord

So great is the Lord

Thank you for saving me

Thank you, Lord

Thank you for saving me

Thank you, Lord

For all my days, I will cry

Great is the Lord

For the rest of my days, I will cry

Great is the Lord

So here we stand, oh Lord

Let it be as sweet sound

Lord, here we play Lord, here we sing to You

Let it be as sweet sound

Song about [Incomprehensible], oh Lord

Great, great is the Lord

Oh Lord, what more can we say

Thank you, thank you

Sentence Prayer

Thank you, Lord Jesus Christ,

For all the benefits and blessings 

Which you have given me,

For all the pains and insults

Which you have borne for me.

Merciful Friend, Brother and Redeemer,

Love you more dearly,

And follow you more nearly,

Day by Day Amen

(St. Richard of Chichester)

THANKS

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Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that 

one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, 

understanding. Alice Walker

Scripture

The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace. Exodus 14:14 NKJV

Song

Open My Eyes Veracity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKXfQvDo4kk

I think you hear me

I think I hear you

But so many times I feel

I can’t get through

The love You’ve shown me

Is a love that is true

So please help me Father

I need to find you. . .

Reach into me my Father

Hear me when I call Your name

Reach out and lift me up

Please hear me, I trust You

Open my eyes Lord

Open my mind

Open my heart that seems closed all the time

Give me your light Lord

Help me shine

Let me shine

Lord I want to shine

Yes Lord I hear you

I know You hear me

You gave me Your light

Now I can see You

I feel Your love all around me

Now I’m alive

I know I will get through

Reach into me my Father

Hear me when I call Your name

Reach out and lift me up

Please he me, I trust You

Open my eyes Lord

Open my mind

Open my heart that seems closed all the time

Give me Your light Lord

Help me Shine

Let me shine

Lord I want to shine

Sentence Prayer

Father, Your word instructs me, to be joyful, patient, and faithful in 

prayer. Therefore I will rejoice in you, and I will pray. Patience may be 

harder, Lord. Each day is like another twenty-mile walk through the 

desert.  When will this season in my life end, Lord?  When, will times 

of refreshing come again? I thirst for real joy, O , God. I thirst for You.

Though the road ahead is obscured, I will still offer up to you my 

praise to You. Father, I pray to You.  I rejoice in You. And I will be 

patient. Amen 

JESUS THE WAY

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Jesus lost all his glory so that we could be clothed in it. He was 

shut out so we could get access. He was bound, nailed, so that 

we could be free. He was cast out so we could approach. And 

Jesus took away the only kind of suffering that can really destroy 

you: that is being cast away from God. He took so that now all 

suffering that comes into your life will only make you great. A 

lump of coal under pressure becomes a diamond. And the 

suffering of a person in Christ only turns you into somebody 

gorgeous.” Timothy Keller Walking with God through pain and 

Suffering Pg 180,181

Scripture

We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who 

initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting 

him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is 

seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne. Think of all the 

hostility he endured from sinful people; then you won’t 

become weary and give up.  After all, you have not yet given your 

lives in your struggle against sin. Hebrews 12:2-4 NLT

Song

Jesus High Applejaxx

http://youtu.be/qZkhRV41n90

He’s the way that truth enlights, trust in him, he’ll make you right

He’s the one that keeps me tight, every day we lift him high

I’m on that Jesus high, I’m on that Jesus high

He’s the way that you’ve been led, trust him, he’ll make you right

He’s the one that keeps me tight, every day we lift him high

I’m on that Jesus high, I’m on that Jesus high

Singing in … highly enlifted, image of the lion

 bring peace and justice

..and hit the stone seen defenseless, rose in the third day, 

that’s the business

Christ is, before anyone was, Christ did before anyone does

Look, the power’s unmatched, all inspiring, grace is so …, amen

Wisdom and mercy, he’s the only one that really is worth it 

If you want to win it know, is the one you need to know 

He’s the way that truth enlights, trust him, he’ll make you right

He’s the one that keeps me tight, every day we lift him high

I’m on that Jesus high, I’m on that Jesus high

He’s the way that you’ve been led, trust him, he’ll make you right

He’s the one that keeps me tight, every day we lift him high

I’m on that Jesus high, I’m on that Jesus high

I don’t smoke or drink, keep your heart sober, the word is the key

Playing ball cross over got you slicking, …stretched out the plaque …like I’m pipping 

Christ is, before anyone was, Christ did before anyone does

And so I spend time in his presence, …in the zone is where you get your blessing, yeah

Inner man stay fly, I keep a swag low so Christ is lifted high

If you want to really know, is the one you need to know

He’s the way that truth enlights, trust in him, he’ll make you right

He’s the one that keeps me tight, every day we lift him high

I’m on that Jesus high, I’m on that Jesus high

He’s the way that you’ve been led, trust him, he’ll make you right

He’s the one that keeps me tight, every day we lift him high

I’m on that Jesus high, I’m on that Jesus high

Check me out, I’m on that Jesus high, eternal style, put the hands to the sky

We got the block … flame travel to Mars, keep the style

 …to rise a propane

Future and the sound let’s make a good thing

Most of rappers talk about catching soul…

With blue lava, who’s gonna stop us, … start the land but blue …

I ain’t king of the earth, Christ be supreme, when I wash the dirt off, so I keep the soul clean though

… skip the flavor, you’re here with the singles, I like Pringles 

He’s the way that truth enlights, trust in him, he’ll make you right

He’s the one that keeps me tight, every day we lift him high

I’m on that Jesus high, I’m on that Jesus high

He’s the way that truth enlights, trust in him, he’ll make you right

He’s the one that keeps me tight, every day we lift him high

I’m on that Jesus high, I’m on that Jesus high.

Sentence Prayer

 Lord, help us remember that no matter what things look like 

today, there is always a new dawn, a new morning, a new 

creation on the horizon.  Your mercies are new every morning.  

Great is your faithfulness, Lord, Amen (Common Prayer A Liturgy 

for Ordinary Radicals pg 530 Zondervan Grand Rapids MI 2010)

BLESSINGS

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What is important for us during times of suffering is to not give 

up on God. He has not, nor ever will, give up on you. - Max 

Lucado

Scripture

provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown 

of beauty instead of  ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, 

and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be  

called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display 

of his splendor. Isaiah 61:2-4 NIV

Song 

Blessings Laura Story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CSVqHcdhXQ

We pray for blessings, we pray for peace

Comfort for family, protection while we sleep

We pray for healing, for prosperity

We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering

And all the while, You hear each spoken need

Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things

'Cause what if your blessings come through rain drops

What if Your healing comes through tears

What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know 

You're near

What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

We pray for wisdom, Your voice to hear

We cry in anger when we cannot feel You near

We doubt your goodness, we doubt your love

As if every promise from Your word is not enough

And all the while, You hear each desperate plea

And long that we'd have faith to believe

'Cause what if your blessings come through rain drops

What if Your healing comes through tears

What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know 

You're near

What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

When friends betray us

When darkness seems to win

We know that pain reminds this heart

That this is not,

This is not our home

It's not our home

'Cause what if your blessings come through rain drops

What if Your healing comes through tears

What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know 

You're near

What if my greatest disappointments or the aching of this life

Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy

What if trials of this life

The rain, the storms, the hardest nights

Are your mercies in disguise

Sentence Prayer

Lord, we weep with those who weep and refuse to be consoled.  

May our tears mix with yours in a river of justice, flowing down 

like mighty waters, transforming the world that is into the one 

that out to be.  Amen

4TH MAN

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Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were good men, but 

they were still flawed human beings. David said that if 

anyone were to keep a record of our sins of hand and 

heart, no one could stand before God (Psalm 130:3). 

These three did not then deserve the Lord’s deliverance 

because of the perfect purity of their lives. God could 

walk through the fire with them because he came to 

earth in Jesus Christ and went through the fire of 

punishment they and we all deserve.”  Timothy Keller 

Walking with God through Pain and Suffering  (234)

Scripture

Then King Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in 

amazement and asked his advisers, “Weren’t there three 

men that we tied up and threw into the fire?”

They replied, “Certainly, Your Majesty.”

He said, “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, 

unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son 

of the gods.”

Nebuchadnezzar then approached the opening of the 

blazing furnace and shouted, “Shadrach, Meshach and 

Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out! 

Come here!” Daniel 3:24-26 NIV

Song 

4th man in fire Martha Christian

http://youtu.be/j0NE01nLmro

The situation that I am in

It’s hotter now than it’s ever been

Got me thinking surely this can’t be the way

But my faith is stronger than my unbelief

‘Cause I didn’t make it, it was a gift to me

So I’ve gotta hang on, not gonna fear the heat

‘Cause I’m waiting on the Fourth Man in the fire

And I’m going for broke even if He don’t show

So kick the flames up even higher

He’s coming back for me

And this is just to challenge what I believe

Say what you want, I know He’s near

When the clever liar whispers in my ear

And if this is my last breath I want to make it clear

‘Cause I’m waiting on the Fourth Man in the fire

And I’m going for broke even if He don’t show

So kick the flames up even higher

He’s coming back for me

And this is just to challenge what I believe

Oh, standing in the middle of impossibility

The best place to watch Him move

Can’t wait to see Him move

‘Cause I’m waiting on the Fourth Man in the fire

And I’m going for broke even if He don’t show

So kick the flames up even higher

He’s coming back for me, He’s coming back

Oh I’m waiting on the Fourth Man in the fire

And I’m going for broke even if He don’t show

So kick the flames up even higher

He’s coming back for me, I’ve gotta see

Oh He’s coming back for me, I need to see

Oh that He’s coming back for me, I’ve gotta see

That this is just to challenge what I believe

Sentence Prayer

Almighty God;

Today open Your fount to wash away the impurity of our sin

Today take Your eraser, obliterating the idols of the land

Today use Your broom and sweep away the false prophets

Today Pour out Your Holy Spirit to cleanse the unclean spirits of our life.

Today begin a new work in the land, starting with me!  Amen

Prayer Based on Zechariah 13:1,2 R.M.