Building Up The Body of Christ (10-31-21)

Hymns

Blessed Be Your Name

By: Beth and Matt Redman

1.
Blessed be Your name
In the land that is plentiful,
Where Your streams of abundance flow,
Blessed be Your name.
Blessed be Your name
When I’m found in the desert place,
Though I walk through the wilderness,
Blessed be Your name.

Pre-Chorus
Every blessing You pour out I’ll
Turn back to praise,
And when the darkness closes in, Lord,
Still I will say…

Chorus
Blessed be the name of the Lord,
Blessed be Your name!
Blessed be the name of the Lord,
Blessed be Your glorious name!

2.
Blessed be Your name
When the sun’s shining down on me,
When the world’s all as it should be;
Blessed be Your name;
Blessed be Your name
On the road marked with suffering,
Though there’s pain in the offering,
Blessed be Your name.

Bridge
You give and take away,
You give and take away;
My heart will choose to say:
“Lord blessed be Your name!”

All Who Are Thirsty

By: Brenton Brown, Glenn Robertson

1.
All who are thirsty,
All who are weak,
Come to the Fountain,
Dip your heart in the Stream of life;
Let the pain and the sorrow
Be washed away
In the waves of His mercy,
As deep cries out to deep.

Chorus
We sing,
Come, Lord Jesus, Come!
Come, Lord Jesus, Come!

2.
Won’t You come,
Won’t You come;
Nothing but Your will for me,
I am only free when You come.

Good, Good Father

By: Pat Barrett and Tony Brown

1.
Oh, I’ve heard a thousand stories
Of what they think You’re like,
But I’ve heard the tender whisper
Of love in the dead of night,
And You tell me that You’re pleased
And that I’m never alone.

Chorus
You’re a good, good Father
It’s who You are, it’s who You are,
It’s who You are,
And I’m loved by You,
It’s who I am, it’s who I am,
It’s who I am.

2.
Oh, and I’ve seen many searching
For answers far and wide,
But I know we’re all searching for
Answers only You provide,
‘Cause You know just what we need
Before we say a word.

Bridge
Because You are perfect in all of Your ways,
You are perfect in all of Your ways,
You are perfect in all of Your ways to us.

3.
Oh, it’s love so undeniable
I, I can hardly speak,
Peace so unexplainable
I, I can hardly think,
As You call me deeper still,
As You call me deeper still,
As You call me deeper still into love, love, love…


Message

“Building up the Body of Christ”

Message given by Rex Beck on October 31, 2021

Ephesians 4:7
But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.

2 Timothy 1:6–7
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

Ephesians 4:7-12
But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore it says,

“When he ascended on high he led a host of captives,
and he gave gifts to men.”

(In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth? 10 He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) 11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ…

Matthew 16:18
And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Ephesians 4:12-14
12 …to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.