This Week
Scripture Memory
Pray for the Church
Praise God for His presence in our lives, especially in the midst of opposition and oppression. Pray for God’s strength and perseverance to endure the hardships of our world. Ask God to lead us to repentance for any sins in our lives. Pray for God to grant wisdom and discernment to each of us individually and to us corporately as a church.
Pray for the City
This week we are praying for the incarcerated men and women in the Birmingham Metro Area and for the ministries through which they are able to hear and respond to the gospel and be discipled within our local jails and prisons. Pray for brothers and sisters who have come to faith and who are daily making disciples behind the bars. We are also praying for The Church Behind Bars, St. Clair Prison, and Pastor Tommy.
DAY 1: Pray for the incarcerated men and women in our city, for God to protect them from evil and grant those who do not know Christ the opportunity to hear and respond to the gospel in true repentance and faith.
DAY 2: Pray for the families of the incarcerated who are grieving separation from their loved ones, for them to receive care and godly counsel from Christian friends, churches, and family members and find hope in Jesus Christ.
DAY 3: Pray for the chaplains, ministers, and other volunteers who are regularly sharing Christ in jails and prisons across our state. Pray especially for Brook Hills member, Jeremy Miller, as he serves as chaplain at St. Clair Prison and for our other volunteers who serve there, at Birmingham City Jail, at Jefferson County Jail, and at Shelby County Jail on a regular basis.
DAY 4: Pray for believers who work in the jails and prisons, for God to give them opportunities and boldness to testify to the good news of God’s grace among coworkers and the incarcerated.
DAY 5: Pray for the churches that gather behind bars, that they would continue meeting together to worship God, making disciples who make disciples, and spurring one another on toward love and good deeds.
DAY 6: Pray for those who have trusted in Christ while behind bars and who will soon be released. Pray for God to provide immediate Christ-centered community, jobs, and discipleship as they re-enter society.
Pray for the World
This week we are praying for Brook Hills Mid-Termer Julia B., serving in North Africa. Julia was sent out from Brook Hills last year to serve for two years as the principal of an international primary school in North Africa. Julia has been serving the students and staff this last school year in order for many of them to be in-country as long-term workers. Join us as we pray for Julia and the impact she is having by serving in North Africa.
DAY 1: Julia lives in a city with a population of over nine million people, most of whom do not know Christ. Pray for God to give Julia many opportunities to share the gospel with her friends and neighbors.
DAY 2: Pray for Julia to be a light in her community and in her apartment complex. Pray for God to open doors for Julia to host friends in her home so that she can share the gospel and build deep, meaningful friendships.
DAY 3: Julia has many duties each day serving at her school. Pray for God to give Julia wisdom and discernment as she leads the staff and students at her school. Pray for God to use Julia to make His name known at her school.
DAY 4: Pray for God to provide for Julia in every way. Pray for Julia to trust God and to be confident in what He is accomplishing through her life.
DAY 5: Julia is contributing to an incredible work of God in North Africa. Pray for God to continue to move in the hearts and souls of men and women across Julia’s city. Pray for the church to continue to grow and for more people to be saved.
DAY 6: Pray for God to call others to fill those roles and strengthen the school that is in the heart of the international community in Julia’s city.
Worship
Songs
Sunday Setlist
Baptisms
The Lion and the Lamb
Verse 1
He's coming on the clouds
Kings and kingdoms will bow down
And every chain will break
As broken hearts declare His praise
For who can stop the Lord almighty
Chorus
Our God is the Lion
The Lion of Judah
He's roaring with power
And fighting our battles
And every knee will bow before Him
Our God is the Lamb
The Lamb that was slain
For the sin of the world
His blood breaks the chains
And every knee will bow before the Lion and the Lamb
Oh every knee will bow before the Lion and the Lamb
Verse 2
So open up the gates
Make way before the King of kings
Our God who comes to save
Is here to set the captives free
For who can stop the Lord almighty
Bridge
Who can stop the Lord almighty
Who can stop the Lord (almighty)
Glorious Day
Verse 1
I was buried beneath my shame
Who could carry that kind of weight
It was my tomb 'til I met You
Verse 2
I was breathing but not alive
All my failures I tried to hide
It was my tomb 'til I met You
Chorus
('Cause when) You called my name (and)
I ran out of that grave
Out of the darkness into Your glorious day
You called my name (and) I ran out of that grave
Out of the darkness into Your glorious day
Verse 3
Now Your mercy has saved my soul
Now Your freedom is all that I know
The old made new Jesus when I met You
Bridge
I needed rescue my sin was heavy
But chains break at the weight of Your glory
I needed shelter I was an orphan
Now You call me a citizen of Heaven
When I was broken You were my healing
Now Your love is the air that I'm breathing
I have a future my eyes are open
It is Well With My Soul
Verse 1
When peace like a river
Attendeth my way
When sorrows like sea billows roll
Whatever my lot
Thou hast taught me to say
It is well
It is well with my soul
Chorus
It is well with my soul
It is well
It is well with my soul
Verse 2
Tho' Satan should buffet
Tho' trials should come
Let this blest assurance control
That Christ hath regarded
My helpless estate
And hath shed His own blood
For my soul
Verse 3
My sin O the bliss
Of this glorious tho't
My sin not in part but the whole
Is nailed to the cross
And I bear it no more
Praise the Lord
Praise the Lord O my soul
Verse 4
And Lord haste the day
When the faith shall be sight
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll
The trump shall resound
And the Lord shall descend
Even so it is well
With my soul
In Christ Alone
Verse 1
In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light my strength my song
This Cornerstone this solid Ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love what depths of peace
When fears are stilled when strivings cease
My Comforter my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand
Verse 2
In Christ alone who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
Till on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live
Verse 3
There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ
Verse 4
No guilt in life no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life's first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand
Bridge
I find my strength I found my hope
I find my help in Christ alone
When fear assails when darkness falls
I found my peace in Christ alone
I give my life I give my all
I sing my song to Christ alone
The King of Kings the Lord of Lords
All heaven sings to Christ alone
To Christ alone
To Christ alone
Jesus Paid It All
Verse 1
And I hear the Savior say
Thy strength indeed is small
Child of weakness watch and pray
Find in Me thine all in all
Chorus
'Cause Jesus paid it all
All to Him I owe
Sin had left a crimson stain
He washed it white as snow
Verse 2
Lord now indeed I find
Thy pow'r and Thine alone
Can change the leper's spots
And melt the heart of stone
Verse 3
And when before the throne
I stand in Him complete
Jesus died my soul to save
My lips shall still repeat
Chorus
Jesus paid it all all to Him I owe
Sin had left a crimson stain
He washed it white as snow
Sin had left a crimson stain
He washed it white as snow
He washed it white as snow
He washed it white as snow
Bridge
Oh praise the One Who paid my debt
And raised this life up from the dead
