Opening Song: Steadfast Love (https://open.spotify.com/track/05XYHFRw7rdNBkmoiU3CQO?si=6bb6a29c00734983) by Robbie Seay and Shane Barnard Lyrics: When fear's so overwhelming I can feel it in my skin And the bitterness of losing faith Like poison on my lips When life feels like a never ending Weight upon my soul Oh I need You oh Lord Your steadfast love never ceases Your goodness God Calling me to rest Your mercy just when I need it How great is Your faithfulness The weight of every sin Is closing in on human bones As the Son of God was dreaming about What tomorrow holds The night so overwhelming Blood and water start to flow Not my will oh but Yours I'll sing the song Of the wounded One Oh not my will Father Yours be done In Your mercy You have wounded me And by Your wounds Jesus I am healed Oh by Your wounds Jesus I am healed How great is Your faithfulness How great is Your faithfulness Passage: 16 “But they and our fathers acted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey your commandments. 17 They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.[a] But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them. 18 Even when they had made for themselves a golden[b] calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and had committed great blasphemies, 19 you in your great mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud to lead them in the way did not depart from them by day, nor the pillar of fire by night to light for them the way by which they should go. 20 You gave your good Spirit to instruct them and did not withhold your manna from their mouth and gave them water for their thirst. 21 Forty years you sustained them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell. Musical Reflection: “Breathe on Me, Breath of God” by Robert Jackson Reflection Notes: TRENTHAM is a tune by Robert Jackson, an English composer during the nineteenth century. It fits perfectly with the text for “Breath On Me, Breath of God,” by Edwin Hatch; each phrase is allotted ample space for reflection. Prayer: This is another day, O Lord. I know not what it will bring forth, but make me ready, Lord, for whatever it may be. If I am to stand up, help me to stand bravely. If I am to sit still, help me to sit quietly. If I am to lie low, help me to do it patiently. And if I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly. Make these words more than words, and give me the Spirit of Jesus. Amen.