Dayenu for Four Oaks East

DAYENU – It would have been enough

If He had merely given the Elders confirmation to launch East but had not given Josh confirmation DAYENU

If He had merely given Josh and the elders confirmation but had not provided leaders DAYENU

If He had merely given Josh, the elders, and leaders but had not given so many servants DAYENU

If He had merely given so many servants but had not given us ATMSA DAYENU

If He had merely given us ATMSA but had not given us Community Groups DAYENU

If He had merely given us Community Groups but had not given us births and dedications DAYENU

If He had merely given us births and dedications but had not given us adoption dedication DAYENU

If He had merely given us adoption dedications but had not given us discipleship DAYENU

If He had merely given us discipleship but had not given us new members DAYENU

If He had merely given us new members but had not given us baptisms DAYENU

If He had merely given us baptisms but had not given us a church planting resident DAYENU

If He had merely given us a church planting resident but not a new place of worship

WE WOULD HAVE BEEN SATISFIED.

If He had merely given us a new place of worship but had not promised to keep us until the day we can gather there

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH

Worship in Song

What a Friend is Jesus

by Joseph Scriven and Jonatan Barahona

What a friend is Jesus; All our sins and griefs he bears.

What a grace to carry everything to God in prayer

Oh, what peace we often forfeit;

Oh, what needless pains we bear

When we do not carry everything to God in prayer!

Have we trials, temptations? Is there trouble everywhere?

Never be discouraged; take it to the Lord in prayer.

Can we find a friend so faithful

Who will all our sorrows share?

Jesus knows our weakness;

Take it to the Lord in prayer

Jesus also suffered; on a cross he died for me.

Though my flesh may fail and heart goes wandering, I will be

Soon in glory — bright, unclouded; We’ll sing praises heavenly

What a friend is Jesus! His forever, eternally!

Oh, what a friend!

Confession and Assurance

Great God, our Father:

As we remember Christ’s anguish first in Gethsemane, and then at the cross, suffering that was for us and for our salvation, our hearts are filled with conviction.

For time spent in idle pursuits,

For our scant progress in Christian maturity,

For the coldness of our hearts toward injustice,

For the lusts of our eyes,

For our selfish desires and godless ambitions,

For wounds inflicted on others,

For fear-driven self-protection,

Have mercy on us, forgive us, and heal us.

For time spent in idle pursuits,

For our scant progress in Christian maturity,

For the coldness of our hearts toward injustice,

For the lusts of our eyes,

For our selfish desires and godless ambitions,

For wounds inflicted on others,

For fear-driven self-protection,

Have mercy on us, forgive us, and heal us.

When you were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive together with him,

when he forgave us all our trespasses, erasing the record that stood against us with its legal demands.

He set this aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and made a public example of them, triumphing over them in it.

Brothers and sisters: through the cross of Christ we are forgiven, and the power of evil is broken.

Praise be to God!

based on Colossians 2:13-15, NRSV

Worship in Song

Nothing But the Blood

by Robert Lowry

What can wash away my sin?

Nothing but the blood of Jesus;

What can make me whole again?