Chapel Worship Guide 1.01.2012

Service Order for 9:00 AM, Sunday January 1, 2012

Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell

Welcome

Worship in Song with Desmond Herbert

Message by Barbara Shafer: “Our God of Hope-A Journey through the Psalms”

Hope is only as good as what we’re placing our hope in.

Psalm 25 outlines 5 good reasons to place our hope in God.  We can ground our hope in God because:

1. God shields us from shame
2. God guides us in truth
3. God reminds us of His mercy and love
4. God reminds us that He forgives sin [through our Savior Jesus Christ]
5. God is trustworthy and this hope is secure because of His character

 As we turn the calendar to 2012, where will you place your hope?

Psalm 25

1 Of David. To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul; 2 in you I trust, O my God. Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. 3 No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame, but they will be put to shame who are treacherous without excuse. 4 Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; 5 guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. 6 Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. 7 Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you are good, O LORD. 8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways. 9 He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way. 10 All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful for those who keep the demands of his covenant. 11 For the sake of your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, though it is great. 12 Who, then, is the man that fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the way chosen for him. 13 He will spend his days in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land. 14 The LORD confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them. 15 My eyes are ever on the LORD, for only he will release my feet from the snare. 16 Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. 17 The troubles of my heart have multiplied; free me from my anguish. 18 Look upon my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins. 19 See how my enemies have increased and how fiercely they hate me! 20 Guard my life and rescue me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you. 21 May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope is in you. 22 Redeem Israel, O God, from all their troubles!