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  1. The Servant Songs: The Servant of the Lord

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    Isaiah 49:1-6

    The Servant of the Lord

    49 Listen to me, O coastlands,
        and give attention, you peoples from afar.
    The Lord called me from the womb,
        from the body of my mother he named my name.
    He made my mouth like a sharp sword;
        in the shadow of his hand he hid me;
    he made me a polished arrow;
        in his quiver he hid me away.
    And he said to me, “You are my servant,
        Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”[a]
    But I said, “I have labored in vain;
        I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;
    yet surely my right is with the Lord,
        and my recompense with my God.”

    And now the Lord says,
        he who formed me from the womb to be his servant,
    to bring Jacob back to him;
        and that Israel might be gathered to him—
    for I am honored in the eyes of the Lord,
        and my God has become my strength—
    he says:
    “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
        to raise up the tribes of Jacob
        and to bring back the preserved of Israel;
    I will make you as a light for the nations,
        that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

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    We Love Your Presence, Lord!

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  2. The Servant Songs: Magnify Jesus From The Book of Isaiah

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    Isaiah Lived 750 BC – 680 BC – 8th Century BC

    The Servant Songs

    First century Christians quote Isaiah more than any other Old Testament text.

    The Lord‘s Chosen Servant

    42 Behold my servant, whom I uphold,
        my chosen, in whom my soul delights;
    I have put my Spirit upon him;
        he will bring forth justice to the nations.
    He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice,
        or make it heard in the street;
    a bruised reed he will not break,
        and a faintly burning wick he will not quench;
        he will faithfully bring forth justice.
    He will not grow faint or be discouraged[a]
        till he has established justice in the earth;
        and the coastlands wait for his law.

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  3. The Passover Origin Story: The Price of Freedom is costly

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    Our Freedom is Costly, Sudden, A Life-Long Pilgrimage

    Exodus 12:1-13

    12 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household. And if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats, and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight.[a]

    “Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it. Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts. 10 And you shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn. 11 In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord’s Passover. 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord. 13 The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.


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  4. What will we do in eternity?

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    Sept. 27, 2020

    Growing Cantaloupe in the New Earth?  Would Jesus plant Cantaloupe, raise a flock of sheep?  Artist? Engineers?  Geophysicists? Mathematicians? Musicians?

    What will we do in eternity?

    Genesis 1:28 Dominion
    28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

    Psalm 8:3-5
    When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,

        the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
    what is man that you are mindful of him,
        and the son of man that you care for him?

    Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings[a]
        and crowned him with glory and honor.

    Hebrews 2:5-8a
    For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking.
    It has been testified somewhere,

    “What is man, that you are mindful of him,
        or the son of man, that you care for him?
    You made him for a little while lower than the angels;
        you have crowned him with glory and honor,[a]
        putting everything in subjection under his feet.”

    We will be moving from the Garden to the City.  Recreating culture post garden.

    Genesis 4:20-22
    20 Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. 21 His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe. 22 Zillah also bore Tubal-cain; he was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

    Revelation 5:9-10

    And they sang a new song, saying,

    “Worthy are you to take the scroll
        and to open its seals,
    for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God
        from every tribe and language and people and nation,
    10 and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God,
        and they shall reign on the earth.”

    Will my dog be in heaven?  Geno’s Theory. Imprinting.

    Isaiah 11:1-9

    There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,
        and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
    And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,
        the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
        the Spirit of counsel and might,
        the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
    And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
    He shall not judge by what his eyes see,
        or decide disputes by what his ears hear,
    but with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
        and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
    and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
        and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
    Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist,
        and faithfulness the belt of his loins.

    The wolf shall dwell with the lamb,
        and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
    and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together;
        and a little child shall lead them.
    The cow and the bear shall graze;
        their young shall lie down together;
        and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
    The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra,
        and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder’s den.

    Romans 8:15b-17
    15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” 16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
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  5. New Heaven and New Earth: Will the Circle Be Unbroken? 3rd Talk on Heaven

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    Will the circle be unbroken?

    1. Doesn’t the Bible teach the earth’s fiery end?
    2. Is the promise of renewal real or just a word-picture?
    3. What will the new heavens and earth be like?
    4. What will it be like to abide eternally in God’s Presence?
    5. What will our relationship with Christ be in heave?

    2 Peter 3:5-6

    For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God, and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished.

    2 Peter 3:7

    But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

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  6. Lyrics for Worship on the Lawn 9/20

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    Great Are You Lord

    You give life, You are love, You bring light to the darkness
    You give hope, You restore, Every heart that is broken, Great are You, Lord

    It’s Your breath in our lungs, So we pour out our praise (2X)

    So we pour out our praise to You only

    And all the earth will shout Your praise, Our hearts will cry, these bones will sing
    Great are You, Lord

    I Will Exalt

    Your presence is all I need, It’s all I want and all I seek
    And without it, Without it there’s no meaning

    Your presence is the air I breathe, The song I sing, the love I need
    And without it, Without it I’m not living

    So I will exalt you, Lord, So I will exalt you, Lord, There is no one like you God
    So I will exalt you, Lord, So I will exalt you, Lord, No other name be lifted high

    No other name be lifted high, Just lift up your voice

    And there will be no one like you, And no one beside you
    You alone are worthy of all praise, There will be no one like you, And no one beside you

    Lord, Take Our Children

    Lord, take our children; Lord, give them freedom; Lord, send Your Spirit upon them (2X)

    Like arrows from a mighty warrior; Like arrows flaming in the darkness

    Send Your Light…into the night; May Jesus Christ be glorified, In our children,  through our children

    Goodness of God

    I love You, Lord, For Your mercy never fails me, All my days, I’ve been held in Your hands
    From the moment that I wake up, Until I lay my head, Oh, I will sing of the goodness of God

    And all my life You have been faithful, And all my life You have been so, so good
    With every breath that I am able, Oh, I will sing of the goodness of God

    I love Your voice, You have led me through the fire
    And in darkest night You are close like no other

    I’ve known You as a Father, I’ve known You as a Friend
    And I have lived in the goodness of God, yeah!

    ‘Cause Your goodness is running after, it’s running after me
    Your goodness is running after, it’s running after me
    With my life laid down, I’m surrendered now, I give You everything
    ‘Cause Your goodness is running after, it’s running after me, oh-oh

    Jesus, We Love You

    Old things have passed away, Your love has stayed the same
    Your constant grace remains the cornerstone

    Things that we thought were dead, Are breathing in life again
    You cause your Son to shine on darkest nights

    For all that you’ve done, we will pour out our love, This will be our anthem song

    Jesus we love you, Oh how we love you, You are the one our, our hearts adore

    The hopeless have found their hope, The orphans now have a home

    All that was lost has found its place in you,

    You lift our weary head, You make us strong instead,

    You took these rags and made us beautiful

    Our affection, our devotion, Poured out on the feet of Jesus (4x)
    We love you, Oh how we love you, You are the one our, our hearts adore

    Jesus we love you, Oh how we love you, You are the one our hearts adore

    You’re Beautiful

    I see Your face in every sunrise, The colors of the morning are inside Your eyes
    The world awakens in the light of the day, I look up to the sky and say, You’re beautiful

    Oh oh oh oh oh, your beautiful (repeat)

    I see Your power in the moonlit night, Where planets are in motion and galaxies are bright
    We are amazed in the light of the stars, It’s all proclaiming who You are

    You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful

    I see You there hanging on a tree, You bled and then You died and then You rose again for me
    Now You are sitting on Your heavenly throne, Soon we will be coming home
    You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful

    When we arrive at eternity’s shore, Where death is just a memory and tears are no more
    We’ll enter in as the wedding bells ring, Your bride will come together and we’ll sing
    You’re beautiful…

    I see Your face, You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful

    I see Your face, You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful, You’re beautiful