Led by: Revd George Mwaura

Prayer of the Week

Loving God, we acknowledge and celebrate the kingship of our Lord Jesus Christ.
He is the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords,
the one to whom all authority in heaven and earth has been given.
We thank you for his perfect life, his atoning death, and his triumphant resurrection.
As we await his return, help us to live as loyal subjects of our King.

Amen

Hymn: Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored’
He has loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword.
His truth is marching on.

Glory, glory, hallelujah! [×3] His truth is marching on.

I have seen him in the watchfires of a hundred circling camps.
They have gilded him an altar in the evening dews and damps.

I can read his righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps.
His day is marching on.

Glory, glory, hallelujah! …

He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never sound retreat.
He is sifting out the hearts of all before his judgement seat.
O, be swift my soul to answer him, be jubilant my feet!
Our God is marching on.

Glory, glory, hallelujah! …

In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea
with a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me.
As he died to make us holy, let us make all people free
Whilst God is marching on.

Glory, glory, hallelujah! …

Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910)
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Hymn: Crown him with many crowns

Crown him with many crowns,
the Lamb upon the throne;
hark, how the heavenly anthem drowns
all music but its own!
Awake, my soul, and sing
of him who died for thee,
and hail him as thy matchless King
through all eternity.

Crown him the Virgin’s Son,
the God incarnate born,
whose arm those crimson trophies won
which now his brow adorn:
Fruit of the mystic Rose,
as of that Rose the Stem;
the Root whence mercy ever flows,
the Babe of Bethlehem.

Crown him the Lord of love;
behold his hands and side,
those wounds yet visible above
in beauty glorified:
no angel in the sky
can fully bear the sight,
but downward bends his burning eye
at mysteries so bright.

Crown him the Lord of peace,
whose power a sceptre sways
from pole to pole that, wars may cease
and all be prayer and praise;
his reign shall know no end
and round his pierced feet
fair flowers of paradise extend
their fragrance ever sweet.

Crown him the Lord of heaven,
one with the father known,
and the blest Spirit through him given
from yonder triune throne:
all hail, Redeemer, hail!
for thou hast died for me;
thy praise shall never, never fail
throughout eternity.

Matthew Bridges (1800–1894)
Revelation 19: 12)
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Hymn: Hail to the Lord’s anointed!

Hail to the Lord’s Anointed!
Great David’s greater Son!
hail, in the time appointed,
his reign on earth begun!
He comes to break oppression,
to set the captive free,
to take away transgression,
and rule in equity.

He comes with succour speedy
to those who suffer wrong;
to help the poor and needy,
and bid the weak be strong;
to give them songs for sighing,
their darkness turn to light,
who souls, condemned and dying,
were precious in his sight.

He shall come down like showers,
upon the fruitful earth
and love, joy, hope’ like flowers,
spring in his path to birth:
before him on the mountains
shall peace, the herald, go;
and righteousness in fountains
from hill and valley flow.

Arabia’s desert-ranger
to him shall bow the knee;
the Ethiopian stranger
his glory come to see;
with offerings of devotion
ships from the isles shall meet,
to pour the wealth of ocean
in tribute at his feet.

Kings shall down before him,
and gold and incense bring;
all nations shall adore him,
his praise all people sing:
to him shall prayer unceasing
and daily vows ascend;
his kingdom still increasing,
a kingdom without end.

O’er every foe victorious,
he on his throne shall rest;
from age to age more glorious,
all-blessing and all-blest:
the tide of time shall never
his covenant remove;
his name shall stand for ever,
that name to us is love.

James Montgomery (1771–1854)
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Hymn: Rejoice! The Lord is King!

Rejoice! The Lord is King!
Your Lord and King adore;
mortals give thanks and sing,
and triumph evermore:
Lift up you heart, lift up your voice;
rejoice, again I say, rejoice.

Jesus the Saviour reigns,
the God of truth and love;
when he had purged our stains,
he took his seat above:
Lift up you heart, lift up your voice;
rejoice, again I say, rejoice.

His kingdom cannot fail;
he rules o’er earth and heaven;
the keys of death and hell
are to our Jesus given:
Lift up you heart, lift up your voice;
rejoice, again I say, rejoice.

He sits at God’s right hand
till all his foes submit,
and bow to his command,
and fall beneath his feet:
Lift up you heart, lift up your voice;
rejoice, again I say, rejoice.

Charles Wesley (1707–1788)
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Bible Readings

Psalm 93

Read by Kudakwashe Matare

¹ The Lord reigns, he is robed in majesty;
the Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength;
indeed, the world is established, firm and secure.
² Your throne was established long ago;
you are from all eternity.

³ The seas have lifted up, Lord,
the seas have lifted up their voice;
the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.
⁴ Mightier than the thunder of the great waters,
mightier than the breakers of the sea—
the Lord on high is mighty.

⁵ Your statutes, Lord, stand firm;
holiness adorns your house
for endless days.

NIV®

This is the word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

John 18: 33–37

Read by David Chapman

³³ Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, ‘Are you the king of the Jews?’

³⁴ ‘Is that your own idea,’ Jesus asked, ‘or did others talk to you about me?’

³⁵ ‘Am I a Jew?’ Pilate replied. ‘Your own people and chief priests handed you over to me. What is it you have done?’

³⁶ Jesus said, ‘My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.’

³⁷ ‘You are a king, then!’ said Pilate.

Jesus answered, ‘You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.’

NIV®

This is the Gospel of Christ.
Praise to Christ our light.