Sunday, October 13th Order of Worship at Zion Bible Church

Opening Hymn:
Faith Is the Victory # 216
My Savior First of All # 480

Worship Set:
Days of Elijah
Revelation Song
Open Our Eyes, Lord

Closing Song:
Ancient Words

During this past week, we had Micah Winefeld as a guest speaker at Zion.  He is the founder of Prophecy Today Ministries, a ministry that looks to connect recent events in history and God's prophecy of the end times.  This is the third time Micah has come to speak at Zion, and each time it is a blessing.  His message this morning was entitled "The Eyes of Faith" and had to do with learning to connect our faith to the importance of prophecy.

Life, he stated, was just like driving a car - we constantly have to not only know what is in our rear-view mirror, and be aware of our surroundings, but most importantly we have to have our eyes looking down the road.  Living faith day-to-day without knowing where we are headed is a dangerous idea.  In the Bible, 1/3 of scripture deals with prophecy, and he is alarmed at how little the average Christian knows concerning where we are headed.  His message was geared towards the importance of prophecy and how it should affect our daily lives.  For instance, we can look across the isle and see another for who they are today.  Or we can see them as God sees them, as immortal beings - headed either for an eternity in heaven or hell.

My song selection this morning focuses on prophecy, and how God's Word can help us "open our eyes".  This is the first time we have sung "Ancient Words".  Normally, I try to introduce a song slowly, but the chorus of this song touched me insomuch as to hope that God will allow it to inspire us this morning especially.

The opening lines of the chorus goes as follows:
Ancient words, ever true
Changing me and changing you.

Hear and follow along with the entire song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsz9NRclKa4