6-9 Then he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, 'See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. Cut it down! Why should it be wasting the soil?'
He replied, 'Sir, let it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and put manure on it. If it bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.'"
iTunes 17 song collection with full-length arrangements.
Go to iTunes Store, type in "David & Dale MacGregor", listen to song samples, and purchase if you wish. songs include Dare to discover, Renewing the passion, More than anything, Let your light shine ...
12-13 So if you think you are standing, watch out that you do not fall. No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing he will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it.
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songs
writers
SIS 473/P&W 507 kid-friendly
Blessed be the rock
Gardner
P&W 657/SCE 436/Mercy Publishing-Vineyard
Refiner's fire (Purify my heart)
Doerksen
SCE 597
You are my rock
Cooper/Pearce
SCE 302/P&W 739
Firm foundation
Gordon/Harvill
P&W 428/SIS 505/SOF 105 kid-friendly
Fear not
Pringle
Psalms of patience, protest & praise [Wild Goose] /TIS/ATO/AOV[2] 39
O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on your name. My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast, and my mouth praises you with joyful lips when I think of you on my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night; for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy. My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.
sources
songs
writers
SCE[2] 753/Vineyard
Hungry
Scott
SIS 460/TIS 703/SCE 27/ATE 206/P&W 445/SOF 27
As the deer
Nystrom
SCE[2] 906/various kid-friendly
Step by step
Beaker
SCE 173/P&W 496/SIS 527/Vineyard kid-friendly
Hold me Lord
Daniels
SCE[3] 1107/worshiptogether songs
All of me
Busbee/Layzell
SCE 172
May I never lose sight of you
Richards
Vineyard/SCE 193
Blessed be the name [I am standing beneath your wings]
5-9 See, you shall call nations that you do not know, and nations that do not know you shall run to you, because of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you. Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake their way, and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the LORD, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Singing the Lectionary Weekly song and recorded music suggestions for worship - based on the Revised Common Lectionary. Suggestions are posted on Wednesday nights, usually a few weeks in advance of each Sunday - Natalie Sims, Uniting Church - Australia
6-9 Then he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, 'See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. Cut it down! Why should it be wasting the soil?'
iTunes 17 song collection
arrangements.