Notes on the worship services of Peninsula Bible Church Cupertino at 8:00, 9:45, 11:30 on the morning of Sunday, July 1, 2007. Notes written by Bernard Bell.
Worship leader: Jason Horwath
Preacher: Bernard Bell
Call to Worship: Psalm 145:1-7, 21 (NIV).
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I will exalt you, my God the King;
Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; |
They will speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty, |
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing #2. Words, 1758: Robert Robinson (1735-90). Tune: Nettleton (trad. American melody). Both public domain.
| Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, Tune my heart to sing Thy grace; Streams of mercy, never ceasing, Call for songs of loudest praise. Teach me some melodious sonnet, Sung by flaming tongues above; Praise His name—I’m fixed upon it— Name of God’s redeeming love. |
O to grace how great a debtor Daily I’m constrained to be! Let Thy goodness, like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to Thee. Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love; Here’s my heart, O take and seal it; Seal it for Thy courts above. |
| Hitherto Thy love has blest me; Thou hast brought me to this place; And I know Thy hand will bring me Safely home by Thy good grace. Jesus sought me when a stranger, Wandering from the fold of God; He, to rescue me from danger, Bought me with His precious blood. |
His Love Can Never Fail. Words, 1897: E. S. Hall. Music: Christopher Miner © Christopher Miner Music. Track 2 on Matthew Smith’s album All I Owe.
| I do not ask to see the way My feet will have to tread; But only that my soul may feed Upon the living Bread. ’Tis better far that I should walk By faith close to His side; I may not know the way I go, But oh, I know my Guide. Refrain: His love can never fail, His love can never fail, My soul is satisfied to know His love can never fail. My soul is satisfied to know His love can never fail. |
I will not fear, tho’ darkness come Abroad o’er all the land, If I may only feel the touch Of His own loving hand. And tho’ I tremble when I think How weak I am, and frail, My soul is satisfied to know His love can never fail. |
| And if my feet would go astray, They cannot, for I know That Jesus guides my falt’ring steps, As joyfully I go. And tho’ I may not see His face, My faith is strong and clear, That in each hour of sore distress My Savior will be near. |
Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder. Words (1774): John Newton (1725-1807), public domain. Music: Laura Taylor, © 2001. Track 11 on For All the Saints: Indelible Grace 3. Music available online in the RUF Hymnbook: Online Hymn Resource.
| Let us love and sing and wonder, Let us praise the Savior’s name! He has hushed the law’s loud thunder, He has quenched Mount Sinai’s flame. He has washed us with his blood, He has brought us nigh to God. |
Let us wonder! Grace and justice Join and point to mercy’s store; When through grace in Christ our trust is, Justice smiles and asks no more. He who washed us with his blood, Has secured our way to God. |
| Let us love the Lord who bought us, Pitied us when enemies, Called us by his grace and taught us, Gave us ears and gave us eyes. He has washed us with his blood, He presents our souls to God. |
Let us praise and join the chorus Of the saints enthroned on high; Here they trusted him before us, Now their praises fill the sky. “You have washed us with your blood; You are worthy, Lamb of God!” |
| Let us sing, though fierce temptation Threaten hard to bear us down! For the Lord, our strong salvation, Holds in view the conqu’ror’s crown. He who washed us with his blood, Soon will bring us home to God. |
Agnus Dei. Words and Music: Michael W. Smith. © 1990.
Acts 1:6-11 (NIV). Jesus ascends into heaven, hidden in a cloud; the disciples are told that he will return in the same manner.
Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending. Words (1774): John Cennick, 1752; alt. Charles Wesley, 1758 and Martin Madan, 1760, public domain. Music: Matthew Smith © 2001 Detuned Radio Music. Track 6 on For All the Saints: Indelible Grace 3. Music available online in the RUF Hymnbook: Online Hymn Resource. The "original" (Cennick/Wesley/Madan) has 7 verses (see CyberHymnal), of which 4 are usually sung (vv 1, 2, 4, 7); these are shown below. Matthew Smith turned verse 1 into a refrain and used the other three stanzas as his verses.
| Lo! He comes with clouds descending, Once for favored sinners slain; Thousand thousand saints attending, Swell the triumph of His train: Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! God appears on earth to reign. |
Now redemption, long expected, See in solemn pomp appear; All His saints, by man rejected, Now shall meet Him in the air: Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! See the day of God appear! |
| Every eye shall now behold Him Robed in dreadful majesty; Those who set at naught and sold Him, Pierced and nailed Him to the tree, Deeply wailing, deeply wailing, deeply wailing, Shall the true Messiah see. |
Yea, Amen! let all adore Thee, High on Thine eternal throne; Savior, take the power and glory, Claim the kingdom for Thine own; O come quickly! O come quickly! O come quickly! Everlasting God, come down! |
Come, Lord Jesus (Revelation 22:6-21) — Bernard Bell. 37th and final message in the series The Seen and the Unseen. [Other formats: mp3, pdf.]
Invitation: Come to the Waters. Words, 2000: James Montgomery Boice (1938-2000). Tune: Water of Life, Paul Jones, 2000. Both ©2000 Tenth Music. For 32 years (1968-2000) James Boice was senior minister of Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia. In the final year of his life he wrote a dozen hymns, for which Paul S. Jones, Director of Music at Tenth Presbyterian, composed tunes. They are published as Hymns for a Modern Reformation, available from the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. This hymn is based on Revelation 22. We sang this hymn as an invitation to the communion table.
Jesus, Lover of My Soul [#466]. Words (1740): Charles Wesley (1707-1788). Music: Greg Thompson © 2000 Greg Thompson Music. Usually sung to the tune Aberystwyth by Joseph Parry. Here sung to a new tune by the Indelible Grace folk. Track 6 on Beams of Heaven: Indelible Grace IV. Music available from the RUF Hymnbook Online Hymn Resource.
| Jesus, lover of my soul, Let me to Thy bosom fly, While the nearer waters roll, While the tempest still is high. Hide me, O my Savior, hide, Till the storm of life is past; Safe into the haven guide; O receive my soul at last. |
Thou, O Christ, art all I want, More than all in Thee I find; Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, Heal the sick, and lead the blind. Just and holy is Thy Name, I am all unrighteousness; False and full of sin I am; Thou art full of truth and grace. |
| Other refuge have I none, Hangs my helpless soul on Thee; Leave, ah! leave me not alone, Still support and comfort me. All my trust on Thee is stayed, All my help from Thee I bring; Cover my defenseless head With the shadow of Thy wing. |
Plenteous grace with Thee is found, Grace to cover all my sin; Let the healing streams abound; Make and keep me pure within. Thou of life the fountain art, Freely let me take of Thee; Spring Thou up within my heart; Rise to all eternity. |
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).
Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen. (Rev 1:4b-6)
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.