Welcome to the Port Ann Sunday message for May 3, 2020. If you have any specific needs or prayer requests, please contact the pastor at 570-837-3188 or email by clicking here.
Here is the first of two songs from Pastor Paul Sheets, called “Moses” by Ken Medema. Scroll below video player for lyrics to follow along with:
MOSES: Words & Music by Ken Medema
Old Moses, ‘way back there in the wilderness,
saw some smoke,
came to the bush,
and the bush was burnin’.
Lord said,
“Take off your shoes, Moses, you’re on holy ground.
Moses, I’ve chosen you to be my man,
Moses, ‘way down in Egypt’s land.
Moses, I’ve chosen you to work for Me;
Moses, you’re gonna to set My people free!”
“Not me, Lord!
D-d-d-don’t You know I can’t speak so good;
Well, I stutter all the time.
D-d-d-do you know my brother, Aaron?
He can sing like an angel, talk like a preacher.
Not me, Lord! I can’t talk so good.
And another thing,
How will they know that I’ve been here with You?
How will they know what You’ve sent me to do?
Don’t you know in Egypt, they want little Moses’ head?
Don’t you know in Egypt, they want little Moses dead?
Don’t You know they’ll never hear a single word I’ll say?
Maybe You’d get Your dirty work done another way!
Not me, Lord! Please?”
“What you got in your hand, Moses?”
“It’s just a rod.”
“Well, throw it down, Moses.”
“Do You mean, like, on the ground?”
“Yes, throw it down, Moses.”
“Lord, don’t take my rod away from me!
Don’t You know it’s my only security?
Don’t you know when you live here all alone,
a man’s gotta have something he can call his own?
Not me, Lord!”
“Throw it down, Moses.”
“But, Lord, I …”
“Throw it down, Moses.”
“But …”
“Throw it down, Moses!”
Moses threw the rod on the ground
and the rod became a hissing snake!
Moses was-a runnin’.
I bet you you’d run. (You’d run.)
Well, maybe I’d run. (I’d run.)
He was a-runnin’ from a hot rod!
Runnin’ from a hissing snake!
Runnin’ scared of what God’s gonna do!
Runnin’ scared He’ll get a hold of you!
And the Lord said, “Stop, pick it up, Moses, by the tail!”
“Lord, You have not been here very long!
Lord, You’ve got the whole thing wrong!
Don’t You know
that you never pick up
a hissing snake by his …”
“Pick it up, Moses!”
“Lord, it’s a rod again,
it’s a rod again!”
“Do you know what it means, Moses?
Do you know what I’m trying to say, Moses?
The rod of Moses became the rod of God!
With the rod of God, strike the rock and the water will come;
With the rod of God, part the waters of the sea;
With the rod of God, you can strike old Pharaoh dead;
With the rod of God, you can set the people free!”
What do you hold in your hand this day?
To whom or to what are you bound?
Are you willing to give it to God right now?
Give it up,
Let it go,
Throw it down.
Second song from Pastor Paul Sheets for this week:
If you missed the youth group lesson from Wednesday, you can catch up here.
