Every Sunday morning we meet together to worship God, sing songs of praise and edification and study from His holy word.  But above all, we come as a collected body of His people to commemorate our Lord’s death, burial and resurrection.  And we do so, as He commanded, by taking the bread, His body, and the cup, His blood in remembrance of Him.

This Sunday morning we’ll focus our time together, in the corporate worship, solely around the Lord’s Supper.  Our songs will be interspersed with the message of Christ’s sacrifice.  Often we come together, and often we sing and prayer, but our prayer is that we will keep in memory all the things Jesus said.  Sunday morning would be a good time to, “join me for supper.”

“…I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also.” I Corinthians 14:15

Sunday morning, January 26, 2014

The following songs are found in the hymnal, Songs of Faith & Praise.

“Come, Let Us All Unite to Sing” -121

As our country struggled in the early years before the Civil War, a song of unification was penned.  That same spiritual song will serve as our opening song of encouragement this Sunday morning.  “Come, let us all unite to sing…God is love!”  The call is for every soul to wake up from the sleep of death (sin), and make sweet music in his heart…for Jesus’ sake.  Why?  Simply because God is love!

“He Has Made Me Glad” -103

Taken from the Psalms (100th chapter) this contemporary ‘psalm’ expresses our wish to come before the Lord with singing.  We sing about thankfully entering through His gates and praising Him in His courts.  Today is the day the Lord has made…how will you react to it?  If He has made you glad, REJOICE!

“Jesus, Rose of Sharon” -568

A song from years gone by and one that is not often sung amidst all our contemporary options.  But what a power message that references the Old Testament.  The Rose of Sharon (Song of Solomon) is used poetically and expresses the beauty of the one who is loved.  Do you see Jesus as beautiful in His sacrifice and love for you?  There is so much more to this rose which grew in Sharon’s plain (Isaiah 35) besides it’s beauty.  It possessed qualities for healing and health as noted in the third verse; “Jesus, Rose of Sharon, balm for every ill, may Thy tender mercy’s healing power distil for afflicted souls of weary burdened men, giving needy mortals health and hope again…”

“Oft We Come Together” -no book

Written and composed by Tillit S. Teddlie, this song focuses on the Lord’s Supper and fits well with our message this morning.  Would that we truly worship as we eat the bread and drink the cup.  But not only should we have a worshipful heart, we should be together as one (in one accord) without decisions or division.  “Help us Lord, Thy love to see…”

“Til My Faith Becomes Sight“ -836

A beautiful song of prayer as we identify six specific names for Jesus, the Christ.  1) Bread of Life 2) pure Living Water 3) Lover of my soul 4) Lamb of God 5) Savior 6) Lord & King…Don’t fear the world, it may ‘slay’ you, but He is the light darkness.  Keep your eyes on Him til your faith becomes sight.

“When I See the Blood” -no book

Perhaps not familiar to most, this song was written in 1892 and uses the exact wording found in Exodus 12:13, “And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.”  As the children of Israel prepared to leave Egypt by the delivering hand of God, they are given some specific instructions.  We too are delivered (blessed) by ‘the blood.’  But for us it’s not lamb’s blood, but the blood of THE LAMB.

“There is Power in the Blood” -903

Question…‘would you be whiter, much whiter than snow?  There’s power in the blood.”  Focusing on the Supper we have taken the bread and now we’ll take of the cup.  The cup that represents His blood.  The power of life eternal comes from the blood of the Savior.  There is power!

“Hallelujah!  What a Savior” -337

Isaiah prophesied of a Messiah who would be a ‘man of sorrows’ (Isaiah 53:3).  We’ll sing of the Son of God who came for the sinner.  A Savior who bore our shame and was condemned for our pardon.  We are guilty and vile (full of wickedness) and He is a spotless Lamb of God.  He was lifted up to die, but now exalted on high…how can we not sing, “Hallelujah! What a Savior.”