McPhail Weblog Nov 28, 2021

 

McPhail Baptist Church

Prelude:  “Lo, How A Rose Is Blooming”

Carol: “Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus”

A Prayer of Confession 

Lord, in this Advent season, we remember that Your heart goes out to children, to the oppressed and sick and lonely, to the defenseless and rejected of the earth, of which You became one yourself.

Lord Jesus Christ, soften our hearts that they also may go out to the least of your children, lest we no longer feel their hurts, and losing them and You, we become the ones who are really lost.

Come, Lord, forgive our failings, and heal our spirits in this hour together. Open our minds to new attitudes, and our hearts to new layers of love. Come into our lives, Lord Jesus, and give us the courage to let You in. Amen.

Special Music: “My Task”

Lynda Cox

Opportunity to Give: Lebanon 

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The Scripture

Exodus 33:12-23

12 Moses said to the Lord, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, ‘I know you by name and you have found favor with me.’ 13 If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people.”

14 The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

15 Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. 16 How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

17 And the Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”

18 Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”

19 And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.”

21 Then the Lord said, “There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock. 22 When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen.”

Matthew 1:21 

   

21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

Carol: “Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne”

Sermon: “Putting a Face on God”

Rev. Ernie Cox

Carol: “Joy To The World”

Benediction  

Postlude: “Wake, O Wake, for Night is Flying”