Service Guide
Sunday, April 12, 2026
Welcome & Call to Worship
Psalm 36:5-10 (NIV)
Leader: Welcome to Evanston Bible Fellowship! If you’re new, we invite you to scan the QR code in front of you and fill out the connection card to let us know you’re here. Please stand for our call to worship from Psalm 36:5-10, reading the words in bold.
5 Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the skies.
6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains,
your justice like the great deep.
You, Lord, preserve both people and animals.
7 How priceless is your unfailing love, O God!
People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
8 They feast on the abundance of your house;
you give them drink from your river of delights.
9 For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light we see light.
10 Continue your love to those who know you,
your righteousness to the upright in heart.
Leader: Let’s lift up our hearts and voices in worship!
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God So Loved
Verse 1
Come all you weary
Come all you thirsty
Come to the well that never runs dry
Drink of the water
Come and thirst no more
Verse 2
Come all you sinners
Come find His mercy
Come to the table He will satisfy
Taste of His goodness
Find what you're looking for
Chorus 1
For God so loved the world that He gave us
His one and only Son to save us
Whoever believes in Him will live forever
Verse 3
Bring all your failures
Bring your addictions
Come lay them down at the foot of the cross
Jesus is waiting there
With open arms
Chorus 2
For God so loved the world that He gave us
His one and only Son to save us
Whoever believes in Him will live forever
The power of hell forever defeated
Now it is well I'm walking in freedom
For God so loved God so loved the world
Bridge
Praise God praise God
From whom all blessings flow
Praise Him praise Him
For the wonders of His love
Chorus 3
For God so loved the world that He gave us
His one and only Son to save
Verse 4
Bring all your failures
Bring your addictions
Come lay them down at the foot of the cross
Jesus is waiting
God so loved the world
Andrew Bergthold, Ed Cash, Franni Cash, Martin Cash, Scott Cash
CCLI Song #7138599
© 2019 Angie Feel Good Songs; Bay19; Capitol CMG Genesis; Capitol CMG Paragon; Scott Cash Publishing Designee; We The Kingdom Music
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com
CCLI License #195574
How Vast The Love
Verse 1
Come gaze upon your Savior
Behold your great High Priest
Draw near in awe and wonder
His cross has spoken peace
Verse 2
Come rest from sin and striving
Find endless stores of grace
The heart that turns to Jesus
Is cleansed from every stain
Chorus
Oh how deep how wide how long
Oh how vast the love of Jesus
Oh how sure how sweet how strong
Oh how vast His love for us
Verse 3
So lift your eyes to Jesus
Arise from doubt and shame
His blood cries it is finished
Our life is in His name
Chorus
Oh how deep how wide how long
Oh how vast the love of Jesus
Oh how sure how sweet how strong
Oh how vast His love for us
Verse 4
What now can separate us
Can death or pain or fear
We have this strong assurance
In Christ we've been brought near
Verse 5
And in His strength we'll labor
His promises our hope
Thus far His love has led us
His love will lead us home
Chorus
Oh how deep how wide how long
Oh how vast the love of Jesus
Oh how sure how sweet how strong
Oh how vast His love for us
Chorus
Oh how deep how wide how long
Oh how vast the love of Jesus
Oh how sure how sweet how strong
Oh how vast His love for us
Joel Sczebel, Lacy Hudson, Marc Willerton
CCLI Song #7138111
© Sovereign Grace Praise; Sovereign Grace Worship
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com
CCLI License #195574
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Build My Life
Verse 1
Worthy of ev'ry song we could ever sing
Worthy of all the praise we could ever bring
Worthy of ev'ry breath we could ever breathe
We live for You
Verse 2
Jesus the name above ev'ry other name
Jesus the only one who could ever save
Worthy of ev'ry breath we could ever breathe
We live for You
We live for You
Chorus
Holy there is no one like You
There is none beside You
Open up my eyes in wonder and show me who You are
And fill me with Your heart
And lead me in Your love to those around me
Bridge
I will build my life upon Your love
It is a firm foundation
I will put my trust in You alone
And I will not be shaken
Brett Younker, Karl Martin, Kirby Kaple, Matt Redman, Pat Barrett
CCLI Song #7070345
© 2016 Kaple Music; Capitol CMG Genesis; Housefires Sounds; Said And Done Music; sixsteps Music; Thankyou Music; Vamos Publishing; worshiptogether.com songs; Martin, Karl Andrew; Bethel Music Publishing
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com
CCLI License #195574
Stewardship Update
Scripture Reading: 1 John 4:13-21 (NIV)
Leader: Please return and remain standing (as you are able) for today’s Scripture reading from 1 John 4:13-21 After the reading, the response will be, “Thanks be to God.
13 This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. 17 This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. 18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
19 We love because he first loved us. 20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. 21 And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.
Leader: The Word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God!
Leader: You may be seated.
Message: Pastor Tim Allen
“God Is Love” (1 John 4:13-21)
- God’s love gives us assurance of his presence (vv. 13-16).
- God’s love gives us confidence for the future (vv. 17-18).
- God’s love gives us the power to reflect his love (vv. 19-21).
- Read the text. Then read it again in another version. Then summarize the text as best you can.
- What stands out to you from the text? What questions does it raise?
- What does this text reveal to us about God?
- What does this text reveal to us about ourselves and how we should respond to God?
- How does this text in particular drive these truths home?
- If this text did not exist, what would we be missing?
- What problem or question is the text solving or answering? What issue is it addressing?
- What solution or answer does the text offer to the primary issue it is addressing?
- How does the text connect with the gospel?
- How will you commit to obey the text this week?
- With whom can you share what you have learned from the text?
Your Love O Lord
Verse
Your love O Lord
Reaches to the heavens
Your faithfulness
Stretches to the sky
Your righteousness
Is like the mighty mountains
Your justice flows
Like the ocean's tide
Chorus
I will lift my voice
To worship You my King
I will find my strength
In the shadow of Your wings
Ending
Your love O Lord
Reaches to the heavens
Your faithfulness
Stretches to the sky
Brad Avery, David Carr, Mac Powell, Mark D. Lee, Tai Anderson
CCLI Song #1894255
© 1999 New Spring; Hipgnosis SFH I Limited
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com
Communion & Prayers of the People
Jesus Paid It All
Verse 1
And I hear the Savior say
Thy strength indeed is small
Child of weakness watch and pray
Find in Me thine all in all
Chorus 1
'Cause Jesus paid it all
All to Him I owe
Sin had left a crimson stain
He washed it white as snow
Interlude 1
(It's washed away)
(All my sin and all my shame)
Verse 2
Lord now indeed I find
Thy pow'r and Thine alone
Can change the leper's spots
And melt the heart of stone
Verse 3
And when before the throne
I stand in Him complete
Jesus died my soul to save
My lips shall still repeat
Interlude 2
Sin had left a crimson stain
He washed it white as snow
He washed it white as snow
He washed it white as snow
Chorus 2
Oh praise the One Who paid my debt
And raised this life up from the dead
(Jesus)
Alex Nifong, Elvina M. Hall, John Thomas Grape
CCLI Song #4689508
© 2006 Pay Me Please Publishing; sixsteps Music; worshiptogether.com songs
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com
CCLI License #195574
Benediction: Titus 3:4-7 (NIV)
Leader: As we go, receive this benediction from Titus 3:4-7:
4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.
Leader: Go in peace to love and serve the Lord!
Benediction: Titus 3:4-7 (NIV)
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Leader: As we go, receive this benediction from Titus 3:4-7:
4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.
Leader: Go in peace to love and serve the Lord!
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