6pm Wednesday27th March 2019

Opening Prayer (page 3) Penny WilkinsonHymn What a Friend We Have in

JesusWelcome Neil WarnockAnnouncementsInterviewSinging Peter and Kerrie KeeneReading: Isaiah 43:16-19, 25 Greg EllemEncouragement Canon Christopher AllanItemInterviewOffertory HymnSupper

Rev Mike Begbie

When I survey the wondrous cross

Prayer for Healing in the Chapel

Please move to the Chapel for prayer

Panel discussion on addiction

Surrender

Welcome to the Healing Service.

We’re so glad that you’re here.Tonight’s Service is especially for you. We meet every Wednesday night as a testimony to the fact that ‘nothing is impossible for God’. In a world where it’s easy to feel helpless and that things are out of control, the Bible reminds us that despite appearances, God is in control. And we know that God loves and cares for you personally. He calls us to pray to him for physical and spiritual healing.

This is why we have good news for you tonight. The Bible does not allow us to accept the excuse that God cannot work in your situation – whatever it is. God promises to forgive your sins when you turn to him; hear our prayers for healing; and answer them in the best and wisest way.

This Service is for all who are hurting, anxious, stressed, worried – about themselves, their friends or their family – who are grieving, addicted, lonely, sick, troubled or just curious about what God can do. You are among caring, friendly Christians who welcome you, will listen to your worries—and pray for you, handing those deep concerns over to the God who loves you enough to die for you.

Quotes for tonight:We admitted we were powerless over alcohol and that our lives had become unmanageable.

– AA step 1

I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.

– Isa 43:19b

Sermon notes from tonightSurrender

Isaiah 43:16-19, 25A secret pain

Context - captivity

1. God is not interested in the past (18)

2. God is doing something new (19a)

3. God brings life (19b)

4. Surrender

Isaiah 43:16-2518 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?

I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland…25 “I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.

Prayer for the week:God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right If I surrender to His Will; So that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him forever and ever in the next. Amen.

– AA Serenity Prayer

Singing1. What a Friend We Have in Jesus1. What a friend we have in Jesus, All our sins and griefs to bear! What a privilege to carry Everything to God in prayer! O what peace we often forfeit,O what needless pain we bear, All because we do not carry Everything to God in prayer. 

2. Have we trials and temptations? Is there trouble anywhere? We should never be discouraged; Take it to the Lord in prayer. Can we find a friend so faithful, Who will all our sorrows share? Jesus knows our every weakness; Take it to the Lord in prayer. 

3. Are we weak and heavy laden, Cumbered with a load of care? Precious Saviour, still our refuge; Take it to the Lord in prayer. Do your friends despise, forsake you? Take it to the Lord in prayer! In his arms, he'll take and shield you; You will find a solace there.CCLI Song # 27714Charles Crozat Converse | Joseph Medlicott Scriven© Words: Public Domain Music: Public Domain

2. Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)1. Amazing grace, how sweet the sound,that saved a wretch like me.I once was lost, but now I'm found,was blind but now I see.2. 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,and grace my fears relieved.How precious did that grace appear,the hour I first believed.Chorus My chains are gone. I've been set free,my God, my Saviour has ransomed me.And like a flood His mercy rains,unending love, amazing grace.

3. The Lord has promised good to me,His word my hope secures.He will my shield and portion be,as long as life endures.Chorus 2X

4. The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,the sun forbear to shine.But God, who called me here below,

will be forever mine,will be forever mine.You are forever mine.CCLI Song # 4768151Chris Tomlin | John Newton | Louie Giglio© 2006 sixsteps Music

3. Oceans (Where feet may fail)1. You call me out upon the waters,the great unknown where feet may fail.And there I find You in the mystery,in oceans deep, my faith will stand.

ChorusAnd I will call upon Your name(and) keep my eyes above the waves.When oceans rise,my soul will rest in Your embrace(for) I am Yours and You are mine.

2. Your grace abounds in deepest waters,Your sov-‘reign handwill be my guide.Where feet may fail and fear surrounds me,You've never failed and you won't start now.

Chorus

BridgeSpirit lead me where my trust is without borders,let me walk upon the waterswherever You would call me.Take me deeper than my

feet could ever wanderand my faith will be made strongerin the presence of my Saviour.

ChorusCCLI Song # 6428767Joel Houston | Matt Crocker | Salomon Ligthelm© 2012 Hillsong Music Publishing

4. When I survey the wondrous cross

1. When I survey the wondrous crosson which the Prince of glory died,my richest gain I count but loss,and pour contempt on all my pride. 2. Forbid it, Lord, that I should boastsave in the death of Christ my God;all the vain things that charm me most,I sacrifice them to his blood. 

3. See from his head, his hands, his feet,sorrow and love flow mingled down;did e’er such love and sorrow meet,or thorns compose so rich a crown?

4. Were the whole realm of nature mine,that were an offering far too small:love so amazing, so divinedemands my soul, my life, my all. Isaac Watts 1674-1748Tune: ROCKINGHAM TIS 342 Melody adapted by Edward Miller 1735-1807

Psalms of Lament and Salvation

Psalm 46:1-3, 7, 10-111 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help

in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give

way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, 3 though its waters roar and foam and the mountains

quake with their surging. …

7 The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. 

…10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be

exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” 

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11 The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress

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You’re invited to the following events.Detailed information is available at www.SydneyHeal.com

Any questions or rsvp: sydneyhealservice@gmail.comRegular events: Tuesday night bible study (1st, 3rd & 5th Tuesdays) 6pm–

led by Canon Christopher Allan. If it looks closed use the side door and join us inside!

Wednesday prayer before the Healing Service (5pm—5:45pm).

Thursday morning Prayer Group at Golden Grove from 10am (Rev. Lay Kum Ho).

Friday morning Prayer Group at Golden Grove from 10am (Mr Tony Mullins).

Saturday Prayer, Care and Share for WOMEN at Golden Grove (Mrs Margaret Winzer).

Monthly events: Men’s Breakfast – first Tuesday of the month at 8am

at Ambar – MLC building. Overcomers Outreach – first Wednesday of the month

after the Healing Service. Holy Communion – second Wednesday of the month

at 5:30pm in the Cathedral.About Golden Grove“Golden Grove” at Newtown is the Healing Ministry’s ministry and conference centre—a colonial mansion converted into an accommodation and meeting facility. Most days a prayer group meets in one of Golden Grove’s historic rooms to pray through the Healing Ministry’s prayer lists. You are most welcome to call in and spend time at Golden Grove.Getting to Golden Grove Newtown (The Healing Ministry Centre).5 Forbes Street, Newtown NSW 2042. Phone 9557 1642.

Email: centre@sydneyheal.com Web: www.SydneyHeal.comBuses: M30, 422,423,426,428 from Castlereagh Street or Railway Square.Enquiries: Contact Margaret at Golden Grove. Parking at the CathedralPark in the Kent St (Wilson) car park for $5 – validate your ticket in the Cathedral. If you require disabled parking on the Cathedral forecourt please speak to a leader.

About Tonight’s ServiceTonight’s Service looks like other church gatherings with Bible teaching, singing and fellowship. But the keynote is the personal prayer available to anyone who asks. Prayer is the Bible’s word for speaking to God. It is through asking God for healing that God responds to us. Prayer is an expression of our trust that God will meet all our needs. He has shown his love for us and that our relationship has been restored by offering his Son Jesus to pay for our sins.

How can I have prayer? If you would like prayer, at the appointed time, our prayer team will respond only to your raised hand. Our prayer team will not advise or counsel you. They will pray for your needs. If you are approached by someone without raising your hand, please let us know.Who prays? Our prayer team can be identified by their GREEN or RED badges. They will only pray; women with women and men with men (in pairs where possible). The prayer team abide by a Code of Conduct that is renewed each year. Leaders at the Healing Ministry wear RED name badges. Feel free to approach them with questions and prayer requests. What is the laying on of hands with prayer? Placing a hand on your shoulder as we pray is a symbol of fellowship

(Acts 6:6; 28:5). In other parts of Scripture it is a sign of commissioning (Acts 13:3). If you would prefer us not to do this, please let our prayers know when they come to you.What is prayer with anointing of oil? Instructed in James 5:14, one of our elders will pray and anoint oil on your forehead. The oil is a physical sign symbolising prayer. Importantly, the key activity is prayer in the name of the Lord. The oil and hands are two important symbols God gives us, but they are not essential or mandated (like baptism and communion are). No special powers are transferred – prayer to God is what is special and powerful. It is prayer which God hears. It is prayer which God responds to. Bible and Sermon? It’s in the Bible that God has fully revealed himself and his love for us by telling us about Jesus. When we meet, we have the Bible and it's teaching as central so that we can be encouraged with the news of forgiveness that is freely available through Jesus’ work on the cross. Confession of Sins? Healing is often connected to repentance. Our prayer team do not hear confession. That is between you and God (who freely forgives). A prayer of confession you might find helpful is on page 12. There is no more important healing than the forgiveness which Jesus freely offers.