VERSE

The Lord is my light and salvation
Whom shall I fear? Whom shall I be afraid?
The Lord is my light and salvation
Whom shall I fear? Whom shall I be afraid?
I will wait on you; I will wait on you
I will trust in you; I will trust in you

CHORUS

I will remain confident in this
I will see the goodness of the Lord
I will remain confident in this
I will see the goodness of the Lord

REPEAT VERSE

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE

We set our hope on you
We set our hope on your love
We set our hope on the One
Who is the everlasting God
You are the everlasting God
You are the Everlasting

REPEAT CHORUS

Great is Your mercy towards me
Your loving kindness towards me
Your tender mercies I see day after day

Forever faithful to me
Always providing for me
Great is Your mercy towards me great is Your grace

VERSE 1

I love you Lord
Oh, your mercy never fails me
All my days I’ve been held in your hands
From the moment that I wake up
Until I lay my head
I will sing of the goodness of God

CHORUS

All my life you have been faithful
All my life you have been so, so good
With every breath that I am able
I will sing of the goodness of God

VERSE 2

I love your voice,
You have led me through the fire
In darkest night you are close like no other
I’ve known you as a father,
I’ve known you as a friend
I have lived in the goodness of God

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE

Your goodness is running after
It’s running after me
Your goodness is running after
It’s running after me

With my life laid down, I’m surrendered now
I give you everything
Your goodness is running after
It’s running after me

REPEAT CHORUS

VERSE
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth
Thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside

CHORUS
Great is thy faithfulness!
Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning
New mercies I see
All I have needed thy hand hath provided
Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me

Unveiled: The Dragon

Jamaal Williams

12:1 A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.
2 She was pregnant and cried out in labor and agony as she was about to give birth.
3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: There was a great fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven crowns.
4 Its tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. And the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she did give birth it might devour her child.
5 She gave birth to a Son, a male who is going to rule all nations with an iron rod. Her child was caught up to God and to his throne.
6 The woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God, to be nourished there for 1,260 days.

7 Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels also fought,
8 but he could not prevail, and there was no place for them in heaven any longer.
9 So the great dragon was thrown out—the ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.
10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say,

The salvation and the power
and the kingdom of our God
and the authority of his Christ
have now come,
because the accuser of our brothers and sisters,
who accuses them
before our God day and night,
has been thrown down.

11 They conquered him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony;
for they did not love their lives
to the point of death.

12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens,
and you who dwell in them!
Woe to the earth and the sea,
because the devil has come down to you
with great fury,
because he knows his time is short.

13 When the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who had given birth to the male child.
14 The woman was given two wings of a great eagle, so that she could fly from the serpent’s presence to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, times, and half a time.
15 From his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river flowing after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood.
16 But the earth helped the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth.
17 So the dragon was furious with the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep the commands of God and hold firmly to the testimony about Jesus.

Revelation 12:1-17 CSB

Big Idea:  Because the Lamb has conquered, the church overcomes by holding firmly to the reigning Jesus.

Refrain: The dragon rages, but the Lamb reigns.

1. Scene One: The Dragon Hunts the Child (Revelation 12:1-6)
   • The first scene gives us three characters: a woman, a child, and a dragon.
   • The child is Jesus. Then John shows us the dragon.
   • This scene gathers up the conflict that began in Genesis 3.
   • But John moves from the birth of Jesus directly to his throne.
   • The dragon is real, but he has never stopped one promise of God.
   • Even the wilderness has been prepared by God.
2. Scene Two: The Accuser Falls from Heaven (Revelation 12:7-12)
   • The second scene shows a war in heaven. 
   • The dragon works through deception, accusation, and violence.
   • But the blood of the Lamb has answered the accusation.
   • The blood of the Lamb is the ground of their victory.
   • The church conquers the dragon when it refuses to abandon the Lamb’s testimony.
3. Scene Three: The Church Stands in the Wilderness (Revelation 12:13-17)
   • The third scene returns to the woman and expands what we saw in verse 6.
   • The church is a wilderness people.
   • God does not always keep us out of the wilderness. He sustains our allegiance while we are in it and promises to bring us home.
   • The passage ends by telling us what faithful resistance looks like.
4. Conclusion
   • Some of you have been living as though the dragon’s accusation is God’s final word over your life.
   • Some of us have loosened our grip on the testimony of Jesus because another form of power looked more effective.
   • The dragon rages, but the Lamb reigns. Hold firmly to the reigning Jesus. The Lamb reigns, and that is why the Lamb wins.

Main floor, middle section: Please go forward to a Communion station in front of you, as usual.

Main floor, back section: Please go back to a Communion station behind you, as usual. If you’re seated on the left side of the sanctuary (the side without the AV booth), you’ll return to your seat by walking out into the hall and looping back inside. Connect servants will help direct you.

Balcony: Please use one of the Communion stations on either side of the back of the balcony. Connect servants will help direct you.

VERSE 1
A thousand generations
Falling down in worship
To sing the song of ages to the Lamb
And all who’ve gone before us
And all who will believe
Will sing the song of ages to the Lamb

PRE-CHORUS
Your name is the highest
Your name is the greatest
Your name stands above them all
All thrones and dominions
All powers and positions
Your name stands above them all

CHORUS
And the angels cry “holy”
All creation cries “holy”
You are lifted high—holy
Holy forever

VERSE 2
If you’ve been forgiven
And if you’ve been redeemed
Sing the song forever to the Lamb
If you walk in freedom
And if you bear his name
Sing the song forever to the Lamb
We’ll sing the song forever and amen

CHORUS 2
And the angels cry “holy”
All creation cries “holy”
You are lifted high—holy
Holy forever

Hear your people sing “holy”
To the King of Kings, “holy”
You will always be holy
Holy forever

REPEAT PRE-CHORUS

REPEAT CHORUS