1 John 4:7-21

26th January 2020 A very warm welcome to our services of worship today. We pray that you will all know God’s blessing as we meet together. Please pray for our Minister Rev John Murdo Nicolson who will be leading the worship today and also pray for those leading our praise. Induction loops are fitted in both the Church and hall for the hard of hearing. Please set your hearing aid to position ‘T’. Recordings of all our services are available on our website www.crossnesschurch.com as free Podcasts. CD recordings of the services and are made available free of charge to the house- bound and elderly. Please ask one of the office bearers or Anne MacDonald if you would like a copy. Crèche available by request. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/eaglaisnis or via Google by entering ‘@eaglaisnis’ www.crossnesschurch.com for more information and audio content. If you would like information posted on the website, please contact Chris or email the website crossnesschurch@gmail.com Cross Ness Church of Scotland is a registered Scottish Charity No.SC000991 Good morning and welcome to our service today. 11am service – led by our Minister. Sunday school / Bible class after the Children’s service. Praise Psalm – 27: 1-5 Hymn – I Have Decided To Follow Jesus Hymn – The Lords My Shepherd (I will trust in you) Hymn – 479 Reading - 1 John 4: 7-21 (ESV) 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 19 We love because he first loved us. 20 If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. Tea/coffee will be served in the Church hall after the morning service to which everyone is warmly invited. 6pm Service – Led by our Minister. 6pm Church Hall – Youth Alpha. The Week Ahead Monday 27th January 7.30pm. Church Hall – Bible Study. Our study is in 1st Corinthians. Everyone’s welcome. Wednesday 29th January 10.45am – Women’s Bible Study at Joey Kennedy’s house. All women welcome. Wednesday 29th January 7.30pm. Church Hall - Midweek Prayer Meeting. Everyone is warmly invited to this meeting. Friday 31st January 7.30 - 9pm. Spors Nis – Rock Solid for all P5-S2 youth. Please invite your friends to come along. Services Sunday 2nd February 2020 11am & 6pm – Led by our Minister. 11am - Sunday School / Bible class after the children’s service. 6pm – Youth Alpha for all teenagers. Food Bank – We are organising a food bank collection of various items such as teabags, coffee, UHT/dried milk, cereals, pasta, tinned food and biscuits. Any donations can be left in the Church hall and we’ll take them to the food bank towards the end of January. It’s good for us to remember to give as well as receive at this time of year. Many thanks for giving to this work. Please continue to pray for our Minister, his family and for our congregation that we would know the Lord’s blessing at this time. We continue to pray for all in our congregation and community who are in hospital or are ill in any way. If you know of someone who needs prayer at this time, please let the Minister or one of the Elders know.