Sunday Focus

 

27th April 2025

 

 

 
Welcome to this weeks Sunday Focus, we pray you will be blessed.

Revelation 1:4-5

4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia:

Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, 5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

 

Hymn - Holy Holy Holy, Lord God Almighty

Holy God,
My words so often fall short in expressing my gratitude to You.
We have every reason to praise You, our faithful God,
to give thanks to the God of love, and yet, we fail to.
We forget to.
But not today.
Today, we say, "blessed are You, oh Lord our God, whose love endures forever."
On those days when our praise is on mute,
please forgive us and strengthen our voices to speak of Your love and justice into the heavens and on this earth.
There are days when our perceptive sight is switched off.
Forgive us, lift and soften our gaze to You and to others,
so we perceive ourselves and others as You do.
There are days we choose to ignore You, others' stories and cries of help, or think You are uninterested in ours.
We are sorry, God.
Through Your Spirit, please gift to us an increased sensitivity to Your presence and love for ourselves and others.
Heavenly God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
it is only by our faith in Jesus we can ask for and receive forgiveness.
Even though we might not see You on the cross like Your disciples did,
we believe You made a way for our forgiveness,
to wipe our slate clean and You rejoice over us with singing.
On this day, the day You, our Lord have made, we can, and do, rejoice
and pray in the name of Jesus, Amen.

 

Song -  Holy Holy Holy is The Lord

 

Reading 

Revelation 1:4-8

4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia:

Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, 5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

To him who loves us and freed* us from our sins by his blood, 6and made* us to be a kingdom, priests serving* his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
7 Look! He is coming with the clouds;
   every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him;
   and on his account all the tribes of the earth will wail.
So it is to be. Amen.

8 ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega’, says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

 

 

Song - This I Believe

 

John 20:19-31

Jesus Appears to the Disciples

19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you.’ 20After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.’ 22When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. 23If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.’

 

 

The Lord's Prayer

Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours
now and for ever.
Amen. 

 

Hymn  -  By Faith We See The hand of God

Grace and peace to you from Him who is, who was, and who is to come,
for this blessing and the joy of the Lord is on you and with you and those you love,
today and every God-made day. Amen