20th Sunday

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CENTRE Kuala Lumpur6 October 2013

Welcome

Majesty worship His Majesty Unto Jesus, be all glory, power and praise Majesty, Kingdom authority Flow from His throne, Unto his own, His anthem raise.

So exalt, lift up on high the Name of JesusMagnify, come glorify, Christ Jesus the KingMajesty, worship His Majesty Jesus who died, now glorified,King of all Kings.

Pastor

Grace, mercy and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Response

And also with you.

Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hidden: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of Your Holy Spirit that we may perfectly love You, and worthily magnify Your holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

   Holy and blessed God,you have fed us with the body and blood of your Sonand filled us with your Holy Spirit:may we honour you,not only with our lipsbut in lives dedicated to the service;of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Let us confess our sins to Almighty God

In silence, we bring before God our faults and failures

and seek his forgiveness

Almighty and most merciful God, our Maker and Judge, we have sinned against you in thought, word and deed. We have not loved you with our whole heart. We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We repent and are sorry for all our sins. Forgive us. Strengthen us to love and obey you through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Lord enrich you with His graceand nourish you with His blessings:

The Lord defend all in trouble and keep you from all evil;

The Lord accept your prayersand forgive each one, through Jesus Christ the Lord.

Amen.

Be filled with the Spirit. Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs to the Lord.

Ephesians 5:18-20

Sing unto God.

(Psalm 68:4)

I stand amazed in the presence Of Jesus the Nazarene, And wonder how He could love me, A sinner, condemned, unclean

How marvelous! How wonderful! And my song shall ever be,

How marvelous! How wonderful! Is my Savior's love for me!

He took my sins and my sorrows, He made them His very own; He bore the burden to Calvary,And suffered and died alone.

How marvelous! How wonderful! And my song shall ever be,

How marvelous! How wonderful! Is my Savior's love for me!

When with the ransomed in glory His face I at last shall see, ‘Twill be my joy through the ages To sing of His love for me

How marvelous! How wonderful! And my song shall ever be,

How marvelous! How wonderful! Is my Savior's love for me!

O let the Son of God enfold youWith His Spirit and His loveLet Him fill your heart and satisfy your soulOh let Him have the things that hold youAnd His Spirit like a doveWill descend upon your life and make you wholeJesus, Oh Jesus, come and fill your lambs.Jesus, Oh Jesus, come and fill your lambs.

Oh let us sing this song with gladnessAs our hearts are filled with joyLift your hands in sweet surrender to His nameOh give Him all your tears and sadnessGive Him all your years of painAnd you’ll enter into life in Jesus nameJesus, Oh Jesus, come and fill your lambs.Jesus, Oh Jesus, come and fill your lambs.

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Lord I Come To YouLord, I come to You, Let my heart be changed, renewed,Flowing from the grace, That I found in YouLord, I've come to know, The weaknesses I see in me, Will be stripped away, By the power of Your love

Hold me close, Let Your love surround meBring me near, Draw me to Your side And as I wait, I'll rise up like the eagle And I will soar with You, Your Spirit leads me on In the power of Your Love

Lord unveil my eyes, Let me see You face to faceThe knowledge of Your love, As You live in meLord renew my mind, As Your will unfolds in my lifeIn living every day, In the power of Your Love

Hold me close, Let Your love surround meBring me near, Draw me to Your side And as I wait, I'll rise up like the eagle And I will soar with You, Your Spirit leads me on In the power of Your Love

Christ is our peace. We gather in His name and share His peace.

The peace of the Lord be with you.

ResponseAnd also with you

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, in keeping with the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, 2 To Timothy, my dear son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 3 I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. 4 Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. 5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also. 6 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner.

 Reader:      This is the word of the Lord. Response: Thanks be to God.

Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God. 9 He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, 10 but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. 11 And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher. 12 That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day. 13 What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus.14 Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.

Luke 17: 5 -105 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” 6 He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you. 7 “Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat’? 8 Won’t he rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink’? 9 Will he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? 10 So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”

MessageMr Edward ClaytonNavigate Together Malaysia

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son our Lord.He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. 

GOD

He descended to the dead. On the third day He rose again. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Church universal, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

Let us pray for the Church and the nations, and let us thank God for His goodness.

God our gracious heavenly Father,we thank you for leading and guiding us.Continue to pour Your Holy Spirit upon our hearts andbless this mission and ministry of the InternationalCommunity Centre.Assist us to faithfully and sincerely share the gospel andwitness your saving love to people around us.Give us grace to humble ourselves and serve others like Jesus who was the Servant of all. We ask this in Jesus’ gracious name. Amen.

Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!That calls me from a world of care,And bids me at my Father’s throneMake all my wants and wishes known.In seasons of distress and grief,My soul has often found relief,And oft escaped the tempter’s snare,By thy return, sweet hour of prayer!

Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!The joys I feel, the bliss I share,Of those whose anxious spirits burnWith strong desires for thy return!With such I hasten to the placeWhere God my Savior shows His face,And gladly take my station there,And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!

Yours, Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the splendour, and the majesty; for everything in heaven and on earth is yours. All things come from you, and of your own do we give you.

Pastor: The Lord is here!All: His Spirit is with us.

Pastor: Lift up your hearts.All: We lift them to the Lord.

Pastor: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

All: It is right to give thanks and praise.

Beloved, we recalled that on the night our Lord Jesus Christ was betrayed, He took bread and gave thanks. He broke it and gave it to His disciples saying: “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

In the same way after supper, He took the cup and gave thanks; He gave it to them, saying: “Drink this, all of you; this is My blood of the new covenant which is shed foryou and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

Christ has died. 

Christ is risen. 

Christ will come again! 

We do not presume to come to your table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in your manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under your table, but you are the same Lord, whose nature is always to have mercy: Grant us therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of your dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body, and our souls washed through his most precious blood, and that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in us. Amen.

Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name,Your kingdom come,Your will be done on earth as in heaven.Give us today our daily bread.Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are Yours now and forever. Amen.

Draw near with faith. Receive the body of our Lord Jesus Christ which He gave for you, and His blood which He shed for you. Eat and drink in remembrance that Christ suffered and died for you, and feed on Him in your hearts by faith with thanksgiving.

Almighty God, we thank you for feeding us with the body and blood of your Son Jesus Christ. Through Him, we offer you our souls and bodies to be a living sacrifice. Send us out in the power of your Spirit to live and work to your praise and glory. Amen.

BENEDICTION

Christ give us grace to grow in holiness, to deny ourselves, take up the cross, and follow him;

And the blessing of God almighty,Father, Son and Holy Spirit

be with each one now and always.

Amen.  

WELCOME! Please stay on for coffee fellowship after theservice.

BIRTHDAY (FORTHCOMING) -

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY 15 October Ven Eddie & Dss Ruth Ong

NEXT SUNDAY Message Deaconess Ruth2 Timothy 2:8-10 Ms Sandra SoarsLuke 17: 11-19 Mr Joash OngIntercession Ven EddieUshers Ms Sandra SoarsOrgan Mrs H Kozue

NOTICES

 

ICC CHURCH ACCOUNT ‘International Community Centre’

(Maybank:512334308663) 

• BIBLE STUDY (Japanese) – Wed, 16 October 2013 @ 10.30am at ICC.

• BIBLE STUDY (English) - Hebrews. 31 October 2013 @ 10.00am at ICC.

• COMMUNITY DAY – Thank You for all assistance! It was a good day for the Christian Community in Sri Hartamas, and meeting with the community in the area.

• CHRISTMAS CONCERT – Sunday, 8 December 2013 @ 6.30pm

• ARCHDEACONRY MISSION TO MANDALAY: 16 October – 24 October 2013 (Archdeacon Eddie, Dss Ruth + 2 others will visit Mandalay)

• ARCHDEACONRY CONFERENCE ON DISCIPLE-MAKING at St Paul’sChurch PJ on Saturday, 26 October 2013. Time: 8.30am – 4pm. Cost: RM20/- per person

 

CHURCH ACCOUNT: ‘International Community Centre’

(Maybank:512334308663

The Lord be with you

Response

And also with you.

Let us bless the Lord.

Response

Thanks be to God.

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. Mark 10:45