I Am Resolved – Sunday Songs

Gary Ware

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September 6, 2020

Searching around last week I encountered Nathan Drake and his music as Reawaken Hymns.
Hymns are given minor rearrangements to suit guitar/acoustic singing.
The results are a considered and helpful transition of songs to the musical style used in many churches today.
He’s been at it for a few years now, and I’m surprised I didn’t bump into his work sooner.

Here is the hymn I Am Resolved, lyrics by Palmer Hartsough in the late 1800s, as presented by Nathan.

The lyrics:
1
I am resolved no longer to linger,
Charmed by the world’s delight,
Things that are higher, things that are nobler,
These have allured my sight.
Refrain:
I will hasten to Him,
Hasten so glad and free;
Jesus, greatest, highest,
I will come to Thee.
2
I am resolved to go to the Savior,
Leaving my sin and strife;
He is the true One, He is the just One,
He hath the words of life.
Refrain:
I will hasten to Him,
Hasten so glad and free;
Jesus, greatest, highest,
I will come to Thee.

Westminster Shorter Catechism – Lord’s Day 36

Gary Ware

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September 6, 2020

Westminster Shorter Catechism – Lord’s Day 36

Q & A 79
Q Which is the tenth commandment?
A “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”*1

Q & A 80
Q What is required in the tenth commandment?
A The tenth commandment requires full contentment with our own condition,2 with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our neighbor, and all that is his.3

Q & A 81
Q What is forbidden in the tenth commandment?
A The tenth commandment forbids all discontentment with our own estate,4 envying or grieving at the good of our neighbor, and all inordinate motions and affections to anything that is his.5

*1 Exodus 20:17; Deuteronomy 5:21.
*2 Psalm 34:1; Philippians 4:11; 1 Timothy 6:6; Hebrews 13:5.
*3 Luke 15:6, 9, 11-32; Romans 12:15; Philippians 2:4.
*4 1 Corinthians 10:10; James 3:14-16.
*5 Galatians 5:26; Colossians 3:5.

How You Know It’s Not The Gospel (via Will Willimon)

Gary Ware

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September 5, 2020

A lot of churches are used to discomfort on Sunday mornings.
But it’s usually their pews causing the pain.
It should be the word that unsettles you.

From Will Willimon:

In preaching, you’ll know it’s not the gospel if it purports to offer a formula for living with and loving Jesus without discomfort. In the face of all my homiletic attempts to make Jesus more comforting and comfortable, I hear Jesus ask, “What about the word cross do you not get?”

William H Willimon, Leading With The Sermon, Fortress Press, 2020, pg 120.

The Crucifixion (preparing for MGPC 6/9/20)

Gary Ware

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September 5, 2020

The Crucifixion.
Where heaven’s love and heaven’s justice meet.

For those unable to join us at MGPC, the service will be live-streamed.
The video is available at our website and youtube channel.

Song: Is He Worthy
Welcome:
Call to Worship
Song: God Is For Us
Prayer Of Confession
Song: The Lord’s My Shepherd (Psalm 23)
Affirming our Faith
Song: Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow
Bible Reading: Acts 13:13-25 – Paul and Barnabas arrive at Antioch in Pisidia where Paul begins to preach the Gospel.
Bible Memorisation:
Song: O Worship The King All Glorious Above
Bible Reading: Mark 15: 21-32
Sermon: The Crucifixion
Announcements:
Pastoral Prayer:
Closing Blessing
Song: God Is For Us

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