PSALM 42
Like a deer panting for streams of water
so the very core of my being longs for you, O God.
My life thirsts for God, the God of life;
When will I enter and see the face of God?
My tears were my food day and night
when they said to me day after day, "Where is your God?"
Let me remember these things and pour out my life;
how I would cross over with the crowd,
and walk slowly to the house of God
with the sound of joyful shouts and thanksgiving, and
festive procession.
I ask my inmost self,
"Why are you dejected, and why your groaning within me?
Wait for God with hope, because I will praise him again,
the helping presence of my God."
My life within me is despairing;
therefore I will remember you,
from the land of Jordan and Hermon, from the mountain of Mizar
Deep calls to deep,
to the clamour of water-spouts.
All your breakers and waves have overwhelmed me.
Day by day the LORD orders his lovingkindness
and in the night his song is with me,
a prayer to the living God.
I say to God, my rock, "Why have you forgotten me?
Why do I walk in deepening darkness,
in the trouble caused by my enemies?"
With a feeling of death in my bones my enemies taunt me,
saying to me day after day,
"Where is your God?"
I ask my inmost self,
"Why are you dejected, and why your groaning within me?
Wait for God with hope, because I will praise him again,
the helping presence of my God."
The theme of discipleship continues.
Symbols on the table at the centre of worship could include a swathe of white/gold cloth draped from the table onto the floor or a lighted candle (Jesus' word which frees the man of his demons); a large card or small poster with the post/zip code of your locality (we have a responsibility to proclamation where we live); a 'blindfold' (symbolising the fear of the people).
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Psalms
| HYMN SUGGESTIONS FOR SUNDAY 12 - YEAR C |
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| A man there lived in Galilee | TIS 235 | AHB 176 |
| Christ is made the sure foundation | TIS 432 | AHB 343 |
| I'm not ashamed to own my Lord | TIS 562 | AHB 470 |
| Love Divine all loves excelling | TIS 217 | AHB 148 |
| My God, accept my heart this day | TIS 485 | AHB 410 |
| Take up your cross the Saviour said | TIS 583 | AHB 496 |
| The church's one foundation | TIS 457 | AHB 385 |
| Who would true valour see | TIS 561 | AHB 467 |
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| 1 KINGS 19:1-4, 8-15a |
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| Guide me, O thou great Redeemer | TIS 569 | AHB 478 |
| Put all your trust in God | TIS 555 | AHB 464 |
| Thanks to God whose word was spoken | TIS 431 | AHB 239 |
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| PSALM 42 and 43 |
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| As pants the hart for cooling streams | TIS 25 | AHB 29 |
| as the deer pants for the water | TIS 703 | |
| Give me the wings of faith to rise | TIS 438 | AHB 360 |
| Just as a lost and thirsty deer | TIS 26 | |
| Lord Jesus, joy of loving hearts | TIS 499 | AHB 420 |
| Lord Jesus, if the same you are | TIS 566 | |
| Vindicate me, O God, defend my cause | TIS 27 | |
| We limit not the truth of God... | TIS 453 | AHB 335 |
| When morning gilds the skies | TIS 227 | AHB 151 |
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| GALATIANS 3:23-29 |
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| All hail the power of Jesus' name | TIS 224 | AHB 159 |
| Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme | TIS 116 | AHB 32 |
| Christ is the world's true light | TIS 238 | AHB 179 |
| Christ is alive! Let Christians sing | TIS 387 | SA 18 |
| In Christ there is no east or west | TIS 459 | AHB 391 |
| My heart and voice I raise | TIS 225 | AHB 160 |
| Salvation now to us has come | TIS 195 | |
| The great love of God is revealed in the Son | TIS 164 | AHB 105 |
| There's a light upon the mountains | TIS 276 | AHB 207 |
| They that believe and are baptised | TIS 479 | AHB 405 |
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| LUKE 8:26-39 |
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| Dear Father, Lord of humankind | TIS 598 | AHB 519 |
| Dear shepherd of your people, hear | TIS 444 | AHB 371 |
| Lord Jesus, think on me | TIS 546 | AHB 122 |
| O Jesus I have promised | TIS 595 | AHB 514 |