Welcome to our online worship for Sunday, August 23, 2020
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The Power of Humility ​​
The Season of Pentecost
Prelude
Brian Turner
Be Thou My Vision
arr. by Hayes

Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art
Thou my best Thought, by day or by night
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light

Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word
I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord
Thou my great Father, I Thy true son
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one
Special Music
Andrea Bailey and Brian Turner
Make Me a Servant
Words and Music: Kelly Willard 

Make me a servant
Humble and meek
Lord let me lift up those who are weak
And may the prayers of my heart always be
Make me a servant
Make me a servant
Make me a servant today
The Wesley Covenant Prayer 

Lord, make me what you will. I put myself fully into your hands; put me to doing, put me to suffering, let me be employed for you, or laid aside for you, let me be full, let me be empty, let me have all things, let me have nothing. I freely and with a willing heart give it all to your pleasure and disposal. Amen
​Scripture
James 4:1-12 NIV 
Submit Yourselves to God

4 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? 2 You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

4 You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us? 6 But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”

7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
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11 Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it. 12 There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?
The Power of Humility 

James begins today’s passage in chapter four by asking “What causes fights and quarrels among you? Its been my experience that most quarrels are caused by two people determined to have their way and a desire to win at all costs. A better way is to seek God’s will and practice genuine Christian humility. Being humble does not mean being weak and always letting someone have their way just to keep the peace. A humble person is willingly submitted to Almighty God and his will. Our witness is always more important than winning an argument! James says, “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.”  James 4: 10.  James tells us that humility is key in having and keeping healthy relationships. How could you practice humility this week?
Message 
Pastor John Fowler
The Power of Humility ​


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Offertory
Andrea Bailey and Brian Turner
Let There Be Peace on Earth
UMH 431
Words and Music by: Sy Miller and Jill Jackson
TUNE: WORLD PEACE

Let there be peace on earth
And let it begin with me.
Let there be peace on earth
The peace that was meant to be.
With God as our Father
Brothers all are we
Let me walk with my brother
In perfect harmony.

Let peace begin with me
Let this be the moment now.
With every step I take
Let this be my solemn vow.
To take each moment and live
Each moment in peace eternally.
Let there be peace on earth
And let it begin with me.

Kid's Message 
Kim Garland 
(2 videos)
Postlude 
Brian Turner
O God, Our Help in Ages Past 
UMH 117
Words: Isaac Watts, Music: William Croft
TUNE: ST. ANNE

O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home!

Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Bears all who breathe away;
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.

O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Be thou our guide while troubles last,
And our eternal home!
​Life is short.
And we have little time
to Gladden the Hearts
of those who Travel with us.
So Love quickly, and
make haste to be Kind. 
May the Christ who loves us,
also travel with us,
and give us PEACE.