SERMON: THE UNWELCOME GUEST – REV. PAUL DAKIN
SCRIPTURE: LUKE 8:26-39
ANTHEM: MY GOD IS REAL – CHANCEL CHOIR
HYMN SPOTLIGHT
Stand Up and Bless the Lord (1825)
James Montgomery, 1771-1854
This text is based on Nehemiah 9:5: “Stand up and bless the Lord your God forever.” It was written by a British newspaper editor and hymn writer who composed it for a Wesleyan Sunday School anniversary. The images of an altar and the living flame in the hymn come from the commissioning of the prophet Isaiah as recorded in Isaiah 6:1-8