Opening Song: Meet Me There by Lydia Laird and Michael FarrenLyrics:When it feels like I’m slipping throughYour fingersWhen the weight of my sin’s too much to bearWhen the enemy whispers that I’m still whoI once wasSweet Jesus meet me thereMeet me in the struggleMeet me in the fightMeet me in the troubleOf my darkest nightWalkin' through the valleyOf shadows ev'rywhereSweet Jesus would You meet me thereWhen I’m sure I’m forgotten and forsakenWhen I find myself all alone and scaredWhen the chains of anxiety have brought meTo my kneesSweet Jesus meet me thereEven when it seems all hope is gonePlease meet me thereWhen the arrows fly and the nights are longPlease meet me thereMy soul will not be downcastI know You’ve never once ignored my prayerPassage: 21 And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, 22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, 23 if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church, 25 of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, 26 the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints. 27 To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 28 Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. 29 For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.(Colossians Musical Reflection: I Need Thee Every Hour (NEED) by Robert LowryReflection Notes: Each stanza of this familiar hymn was written by Annie Hawks as part of a poem. When she showed the composition to her pastor, Robert Lowry, he added the refrain and set the text to music for their congregation to enjoy. The musical lines always tend upward before falling back down, an apt parallel to the textual pleas reaching up to God. Prayer:Eternal God, the refuge of all your children, in our weakness you are our strength, in our darkness our light, in our sorrow our comfort and peace. May we always live in your presence and serve you in our daily lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord.-Boniface