Awesome God

Awesome God of Life and Death


We prepare for the future by looking back to the past. The world seems hopelessly out of control. Yet it has all happened before. We look back to the faith and obedience of those who lived before us. Their words and language may bless our efforts today. See how God blessed them.

Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes 12:1. “Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, Before the difficult days come, And the years draw near when you say, "I have no pleasure in them":

In the Book of Revelation John was told: "Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death. Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this.” Rev 1:17-19

King David spoke as a prophet (Acts 2:30) and his Psalms are inspired words reaching up to God. Again and again David says: “Why am I so sad? Why am I so troubled? I will put my hope in God, and once again I will praise Him, my Savior and my God.”


1. Worship in Spirit and Truth.

a) It is time to begin our worship.

Note Hebrews 12:1-2. “Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Lord, we lift our voice to You.

We come together in the presence of almighty God and of the whole company of heaven to offer unto Him through our Lord Jesus Christ our worship and praise and thanksgiving; to make confession of our sins; to pray, as well for others as for ourselves, that we may know more truly the greatness of God's love and show forth in our lives the fruits of His grace; and to ask on behalf of all men such things as their well-being doth require.


b) Life and death are in God’s Hands.

God of life and death,
from the fullness of Yourself
You have created all that is.
Through the power of Your love
You call us towards Yourself.
In the giving of Your Son
our salvation has been wrought.
Our flowering and our passing,
all the seasons of the vine,
belong to You, O Lord.
For these and all Your mercies, we praise You,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit:
In the Name of Christ Jesus.
Blessed be God for ever!

God of saving power,
remember us in times of sorrow and despair.
Redeem us with Your strength
and guide us through the wilderness.
God of merciful compassion,
Your Son came to heal those
who were broken in body or spirit,
and to turn their sorrow into joy.
Grant that Your Church may possess
the same vision and compassion
that we will not close our eyes
to the plight of the poor and neglected,
the homeless and destitute, the old and the sick,
the lonely and those who have none to care for them;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.


2. Jesus came with a Cross and a Towel.

“After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.” John 13:5

“Blessed is he who considers the poor; The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, And he will be blessed on the earth; You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies. The Lord will strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed. I said, "Lord, be merciful to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You." Psalms 41:1-4