Service Guide

Sunday, March 30, 2025

Welcome & Call to Worship

Psalm 111:1, 7-10 (NIV)

Leader: Welcome to Evanston Bible Fellowship! Please stand and join us in this call to worship from Psalm 111:1, 7-10, reading the words in bold.
1 Praise the Lord.
I will extol the Lord with all my heart
in the council of the upright and in the assembly.

7 The works of his hands are faithful and just;
all his precepts are trustworthy.
8 They are established for ever and ever,
enacted in faithfulness and uprightness.
All: 9 He provided redemption for his people;
he ordained his covenant forever—
holy and awesome is his name.
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all who follow his precepts have good understanding.
To him belongs eternal praise.

He's Got The Whole World In His Hands

Verse 1
He's got the whole world in His hands
He's got the whole world in His hands
He's got the whole world in His hands
He's got the whole world in His hands

Verse 2
He's got the little tiny baby in His hands
He's got the little tiny baby in His hands
He's got the little tiny baby in His hands
He's got the whole world in His hands

Verse 3
He's got you and me brother in His hands
He's got you and me brother in His hands
He's got you and me brother in His hands
He's got the whole world in His hands

Verse 4
He's got you and me sister in His hands
He's got you and me sister in His hands
He's got you and me sister in His hands
He's got the whole world in His hands

Verse 5
He's got ev'rybody here in His hands
He's got ev'rybody here in His hands
He's got ev'rybody here in His hands
He's got the whole world in His hands

Verse 6
He's got the wind and the rain in His hands
He's got the wind and the rain in His hands
He's got the wind and the rain in His hands
He's got the whole world in His hands

Verse 7
He's got the sun and the moon in His hands
He's got the sun and the moon in His hands
He's got the sun and the moon in His hands
He's got the whole world in His hands

CCLI Song #33681
© Words: Public Domain; Music: Public Domain
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Sing Wherever I Go

Chorus
All my life
All I know
God's been good
Good to my soul
Mountain high
Valley low
I'm gonna sing wherever I go

Verse 1
God is for me
He's not against me
I will hold to the plans He has for me
When I'm broken
He will fix me
I will call on the name of the Lord

Verse 2
He's my heartsong
In my sorrow
He's my hope and my strength for tomorrow
When the storms rise
All around me
I will call on the name of the Lord

Bridge
I got joy joy joy
Deep in my soul

I will sing sing sing
Wherever I go

Andrew Bergthold, Ed Cash, Franni Cash, Kyle Briskin, Martin Cash, Scott Cash
CCLI Song #7138601
© 2019 Angie Feel Good Songs; Bay19; Capitol CMG Genesis; Capitol CMG Paragon; Neon District Music; Scott Cash Publishing Designee; We The Kingdom Music
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Marvelous Light

Chorus
Into marvelous light I'm running
Out of darkness out of shame
Through the cross You are the truth
You are the life You are the way

Verse 1
I once was fatherless
A stranger with no hope
Your kindness wakened me
Wakened me from my sleep now
Your love it beckons deeply
A call to come and die
By grace now I will come
And take this life take Your life

Pre-Chorus
Sin has lost its power
Death has lost its sting
From the grave You've risen
Victoriously

Verse 2
My dead heart now is beating
My deepest stains now clean
Your breath fills up my lungs
Now I'm free now I'm free
My dead heart now is beating
My deepest stains now clean
Your breath fills up my lungs
Now I'm free now I'm free

Spoken Words
There's no more shame
No more shame
And now we show the world
Christ in you

Bridge
Lift my hands and spin around
See the light that I have found
Oh the marvelous light marvelous light
(It's Christ in you)

Charlie Hall
CCLI Song #4491002
© 2005 sixsteps Music; worshiptogether.com songs
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Announcements

Scripture Reading:

Colossians 1:1-14 (NIV)

Leader: Please return and remain standing (as you are able) for today’s Scripture reading from Colossians 1:1-14. After the reading, the response will be, “Thanks be to God.”
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.
3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people—5 the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel 6 that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. 7 You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, 8 and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.
9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, t 10 so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, 12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Leader: The Word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God!

Leader: You may be seated.

Message: Tim Allen

“Christ Our Supreme Message” (Colossians 1:1-14)

The greeting in vv. 1-2 previews “the true message of the gospel.”
The thanksgiving in vv. 3-8 describes how the Colossians first came to hear and embrace “the true message of the gospel.”
The prayer in vv. 9-14 asks God to further apply “the true message of the gospel.”

Bottom line: Christ is our supreme message—“the true message of the gospel!”

Ethos Questions:
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?

Christ Our Hope In Life And Death

Verse 1
What is our hope in life and death
Christ alone Christ alone
What is our only confidence
That our souls to Him belong
Who holds our days within His hand
What comes apart from His command
And what will keep us to the end
The love of Christ in which we stand

Chorus
O sing hallelujah
Our hope springs eternal
O sing hallelujah
Now and ever we confess
Christ our hope in life and death

Verse 2
What truth can calm the troubled soul
God is good God is good
Where is His grace and goodness known
In our great Redeemer's blood
Who holds our faith when fears arise
Who stands above the stormy trial
Who sends the waves that bring us nigh
Unto the shore the rock of Christ

Verse 3
Unto the grave what will we sing
Christ He lives Christ He lives
And what reward will heaven bring
Everlasting life with Him
There we will rise to meet the Lord
Then sin and death will be destroyed
And we will feast in endless joy
When Christ is ours forevermore

Jordan Kauflin, Keith Getty, Matt Boswell, Matt Papa, Matthew Merker
CCLI Song #7147502
© 2020 Getty Music Hymns and Songs; Getty Music Publishing; Jordan Kauflin Music; Love Your Enemies Publishing; Matthew Merker Music; Messenger Hymns
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Living Hope

Verse 1
How great the chasm that lay between us
How high the mountain I could not climb
In desperation I turned to heaven
And spoke Your name into the night
Then through the darkness Your loving-kindness
Tore through the shadows of my soul
The work is finished the end is written
Jesus Christ my living hope

Verse 2
Who could imagine so great a mercy
What heart could fathom such boundless grace
The God of ages stepped down from glory
To wear my sin and bear my shame
The cross has spoken I am forgiven
The King of kings calls me His own
Beautiful Savior I’m Yours forever
Jesus Christ my living hope

Chorus
Hallelujah praise the One who set me free
Hallelujah death has lost its grip on me
You have broken every chain
There’s salvation in Your name
Jesus Christ my living hope

Verse 3
Then came the morning that sealed the promise
Your buried body began to breathe
Out of the silence the Roaring Lion
Declared the grave has no claim on me
(REPEAT)
Jesus Yours is the victory whoa

Ending
Jesus Christ my living hope
Oh God You are my living hope

Brian Johnson, Phil Wickham
CCLI Song #7106807
© 2017 Phil Wickham Music; Simply Global Songs; Sing My Songs; Bethel Music Publishing
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CCLI License #195574

Benediction:

Colossians 1:13-14 (NIV)

Leader: As we go, receive this benediction from Colossians 1:13-14:

13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Leader: Go in peace to love and serve the Lord!