Opening Song: All Glory Be Forever (https://open.spotify.com/track/1vv7TsVEYW8iFyAfmoGIeC?si=4f8c75ef9314494e) by Jordan Kauflin Lyrics: We had turned from God to sin's disgrace We chose the path to hell Perfect law of God condemned our race For all in Adam fell But the righteousness of God appeared And the world found hope again For the righteous One has come down to bear All the curse of sin and death Now to Him Who's seated on the throne All glory be forever Oh the depths of wisdom grace and power All glory be forever All glory be forever Every bond of sin that held us fast Is left in Jesus' grave We've been freed from all that gripped our past From Satan's rule and reign We've been raised to life to breathe His grace As captives now reclaimed All our guilt is gone all our striving ceased We're alive to seek His fame Now our future's fixed our journey clear God will not let us go Every trial that tempts our hearts to fear He'll use to give us hope All creation groans as we await What our eyes have longed to see Every pain and evil we've long endured Will be crushed by Christ our King Passage: 6 Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, 7 rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. 8 See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. 9 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, 10 and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. 11 In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. 13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. 15 He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him. (Colossians 2:6–15 ESV) Musical Reflection: It Is Well With My Soul (VILLE DU HAVRE) by Philip Bliss Reflection Notes: A hymn born in tragedy, “It is Well” was penned by Horatio Spaffor after hearing that his daughters had all perished in a shipwreck. Through this devastation, Spafford and his wife clung to the promise of God’s goodness. Spafford’s immortal words were set to music by his good friend and hymn writer, Philip Bliss; Bliss titled the tune “Ville du Havre” after the ship on which Spafford’s children had died. Prayer: Almighty and everliving God, in your tender love for the human race you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross, giving us the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant that we may walk in the way of his suffering, and also share in his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.