Notes on the worship services of Peninsula Bible Church Cupertino at 8:00, 9:45, 11:30 on the morning of Sunday, March 4, 2007. Notes written by Bernard Bell.
Worship leader: Stephen & Melissa Gruenholz
Host: Jerry Tu
Preacher: Bernard Bell
Call to Worship: Psalm 67.
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May God be gracious to us and bless us |
Then the land will yield its harvest, |
All Creatures of Our God and King #64. Words: St Francis of Assisi, tr. William H Draper. Tune: Lasst uns Erfreuen, 1623.
| All creatures of our God and King, Lift up your voice and with us sing Alleluia, Alleluia! Thou burning sun with golden beam, Thou silver moon with softer gleam, O praise Him, O praise Him, Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! |
And all ye men of tender heart Forgiving others, take your part O sing ye, Alleluia! Ye who long pain and sorrow bear Praise God and on Him cast your care, O praise Him, O praise Him, Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! |
| Thou rushing wind that art so strong, Ye clouds that sail in heav’n along, O praise Him, Alleluia! Thou rising morn in praise rejoice, Ye lights of evening, find a voice, O praise Him, O praise Him, Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! |
Let all things their Creator bless, And worship Him in humbleness, O praise Him, Alleluia! Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son, And praise the Spirit, Three in One, O praise Him, O praise Him, Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! |
Sing Alleluia. Words: Steve Hindalong, Music: Marc Byrd & Steve Hindalong, © 2002 Never Say Never Songs / New Spring Publishing. Inspired by All Creatures of Our God and King by St Francis of Assisi. Track 2 on City on a Hill—Alleluia (2002). CD available on iTunes.
Jesus Thy Boundless Love for Me. Words, 1653: Paul Gerhardt (1607-76), translated, 1739, by John Wesley (1703-91). Gerhardt’s hymn contained 16 verses of 6 lines each. We’ve taken the first four lines of each of the most popular three verses, and sung them to Twila Paris’ familiar tune, Lamb of God, with the last two lines of one of these verses forming the refrain.
| Jesus, Your boundless love to me No thought can reach, no tongue declare; O let my heart your dwelling be; Come, reign without a rival there. |
O grant that nothing in my soul May dwell but Your pure love alone; O, may that love possess me whole, My joy, my treasure, and my crown. |
| In suffering be Your love my peace, In weakness be Your love my power; And when the storms of life shall cease, O Jesus, in that final hour. |
For me be rod and staff and guide, And draw me safely to Your side. For me be rod and staff and guide, And draw me safely to Your side. |
Mark 3:20-35 (NIV). When the Jewish authorities accuse Jesus of being demon-possessed, he tells a parable that he has bound the strong man so he could plunder his house.
Jesus is Lord. Words and music: Stuart Townend and Keith Getty. © 2003 Thankyou Music/Adm. by worshiptogether.com songs. Track 9 on New Irish Hymns 2. CD available online from GettyMusic (UK or USA) or from Gold Records USA. Sheet music available online from GettyMusic (UK or US; requires Sibelius Scorch plugin).
Plundering the Strong Man’s House (Revelation 20:1-6) - Bernard Bell. 33rd message in the series The Seen and the Unseen. [Other formats: mp3, pdf.] At the heart of God’s response to evil is the conquering lion who is the slain Lamb. God has broken the back of evil on the body of his Son.
When I Survey. Words, 1707: Isaac Watts.
| When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of Glory died, my richest gain I count but loss and pour contempt on all my pride. |
See from his head, his hands, his feet, sorrow and love flow mingled down: did e’er such love and sorrow meet or thorns compose so rich a crown. |
| Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast save in the death of Christ my Lord: all the vain things that charm me most I sacrifice them to his blood. |
Were the whole realm of nature mine, that were an offering far too small; love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all. |
Crown Him With Many Crowns #234. Words: vv 1, 2, 4, 1852, Matthew Bridges (1800-1894); v 3, 1874, Godfrey Thring (1823-1903). Tune: Diademata by George J. Elvey (1816-1893). Public domain.
| Crown Him with many crowns, The Lamb upon His throne: Hark! how the heavenly anthem drowns All music but its own! Awake, my soul, and sing Of Him who died for thee, And hail Him as thy matchless King Through all eternity. |
Crown Him the Lord of life: Who triumphed o’er the grave, And rose victorious to the strife For those He came to save. His glories now we sing, Who died and rose on high, Who died eternal life to bring And lives that death may die. |
| Crown Him the Lord of love: Behold His hands and side— Rich wounds, yet visible above, In beauty glorified. No angel in the sky Can fully bear that sight, But downward bends his wondering eye At mysteries so bright. |
Crown Him the Lord of heaven: One with the Father known, One with the Spirit through Him given From yonder glorious throne. To Thee be endless praise, For Thou for us hast died; Be Thou, O Lord, through endless days Adored and magnified. |
“Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. (1 Cor 15:55-58)
The numbers given after some of the titles refer to the pew hymnal used at PBCC, The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration (Waco: Word, 1986).
A good source for words, tunes, and histories of hymns is The Cyber Hymnal.