Sunday Set List: June 2

Brian Pearson | Posted on May 28, 2019 |

| Hope Has a Name [New Song]

| The Way

| Cornerstone

| Come Like the Wind

…Anticipatory Reflections of Sunday…

“When they came [to appoint a king], Samuel looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord‘s anointed is before him.”But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” ~ 1 Samuel 16:6-7

What do you need? Approval? Acceptance? Compassion? Comfort? Purpose? You will need to look no farther (and no where else) than to God, who holds these things and more. How do we know? He has preserved the life of David, for centuries, to show us what His love looks like, and what His love feels like. We learn worship from this worshipper, David, who was utterly sold out to God. His hope was in a coming Messiah. Now we know His Name is Jesus. We come to Jesus who is our hope.

Hope Has a Name is a song by River Valley Worship — the Minnesota church-based worship movement with the same giftedness as Hillsong United, Elevation Worship, Jesus Culture and Bethel Worship. Since it is a new song to our church, I invite you to read the lyrics carefully, as I hope you do with every song. Here they are:

There is a song, I know it well / A melody that’s never failed / On mountains high, in valleys low / My soul will rest, my confidence, in You alone / Hope has a name, His name is Jesus / My Savior’s cross has set this sinner free / Oh, Christ be praised, I have victory

There is a light, salvation’s flame / Christ undefeated, trampled the grave / See now the cross, be lifted high
The light has come, the light has won, behold the Christ / There’ll be a day my hope complete / Now home in glory, Your face I’ll see / My pain no more, my fear will cease / I bow my life, I fix my eyes, on Christ my King

The Way reminds us that Jesus is our constant, hope-giving way! The concept of “New horizons” is very encouraging. It is a reminder that not even death can remove us from the everlasting hope Jesus brings.
Cornerstone, we hope in Jesus, because He is our anchor. Our foundation. “Lord of all.”
Come Like the Wind has a delightful simplicity to it, musically, lyrically and inspirationally. We sing out to our God that “we want You, more than any other thing.”

We will share in communion, celebrating the hope that defies sin and impermanence to all who hope in Him.

Lastly, would you join me in singing, Hope Has a Name, again, as we learn this song together. Please feel free to sing out, get notes wrong, figure it out along the way. I will never forget sitting behind Sena Townsend, in the 90’s and hearing her completely tone-deaf worship. She sang with joy, and when she died of cancer in the early 2000’s, her example of singing with the passion of David gave me a great encouragement to sing out–who cares what you sound like? Life is short!

I look forward to seeking His face together, and going to the same source of life, together with you–Jesus!