Notes on the worship services of Peninsula Bible Church Cupertino at 8:00, 9:45, 11:30 on the morning of Sunday, October 15, 2000. Notes written by Bernard Bell.
Worship leader: Sue Bell
Host: Bob Pershe
Preacher: John Hanneman
The theme of this morning’s service is lament. The sermon is on the text which includes Jeremiah’s lament, “Why is my pain perpetual and my wound incurable?” (Jer 15:18).
All My Days (Beautiful Saviour).
Call to Worship: Psalm 36:5-9
| Your lovingkindness, O LORD, extends to the heavens, Your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; Your judgments are like a great deep. O LORD, You preserve man and beast. |
How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings. They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house; And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights. For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light. (NASB) |
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing #2. Words (1758): Robert Robinson (1735-90). Tune: Nettleton (1813) by John Wyeth (1770-1858). Public domain.
Reading: Hebrews 4:14-16.
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. (NASB)
Lord Jesus, Think on Me. Words (c. 430): Synesius of Cyrene (375-430), translated from Greek into English by Allen Chatfield, Songs and Hymns of the Greek Christian Poets (1876). Tune: Damon from William Damon’s Psalms (1579). Public domain. The full poem is 7 verses; we sang verses 1, 2, 4, 6.
| Lord Jesus, think on me and purge away my sin; From earthborn passions set me free and make me pure within |
Lord Jesus, think on me when floods the tempest high; When on doth rush the enemy, O Savior, be Thou nigh! |
| Lord Jesus, think on me, with care and woe oppressed; Let me thy loving servant be and gain thy promised rest. |
Lord Jesus, think on me, that, when the flood is past, I may th’eternal brightness see and share thy joy at last. |
| Lord Jesus, think on me amid the battle’s strife; In all my pain and misery be Thou my Health and Life. |
Lord Jesus, think on me that I may sing above To Father, Spirit, and to Thee the strains of praise and love. |
| Lord Jesus, think on me nor let me go astray; Through darkness and perplexity point thou the heavenly way. |
Psalm 42: responsive reading.
Jesus, Lover of my Soul #466. Words: Charles Wesley (1707-88), Hymns and Sacred Poems (1740). Tune: Aberystwyth (1879) by Joseph Parry (1841-1903). Public domain.
How Long, O Lord?. Words: Barbara Woollet. Music: Christopher Norton. © 1993 Harper Collins Religious. We came across this song, based on Psalm 13, on the CD Celtic Psalms (1997) by the British Celtic Christian group Eden’s Bridge.
How Long, O Lord?.
Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me. Words: Paul Gerhartdt (1607-76), translated from German into English (1739) by John Wesley (1703-91). Tune: St. Catherine (1864) by Henri F. Hemy; arr. (1874) James G. Walton.
I Will Change Your Name. Bill Batstone. © 1986 Maranatha! Music.
To Every Generation.
When Grace Abounds. David Bird, Sarah Lacy, Richard Lacy. © 1999 Whole World Music Publishing. We came across this song as track 14 on the CD Celtic Worship 2 (1999) by Eden’s Bridge.
Be Still, My Soul #347. Words (1752): Katharina von Schlegel (1697-?), translated (1855) from German by Jane L. Borthwick (1813-97). Tune: Finlandia (1899) by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). Public domain.
The numbers given after some of the titles refer to the pew hymnal used at PBCC, The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration (Waco: Word, 1986).
A good source for words, lyrics, and history of hymns is The Cyber Hymnal.
