Service Guide

Sunday, January 25, 2026

Welcome & Call to Worship

Deuteronomy 6:4-5

Leader: Welcome to Evanston Bible Fellowship! If you’re new, we invite you to scan the QR code in front of you and fill out the connection card to let us know you’re here. Please stand for our call to worship from Deuteronomy 6:4-5, reading the words in bold.

Leader: 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
All: 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

Leader: Let’s lift up our hearts and voices in worship!

Saved My Soul

Chorus
You my God have saved my soul
I am Yours forevermore
I won't be moved of this I'm sure
You are my God and You saved my soul

Verse 1
I was lost when You came for me
Held in chains by the enemy
But You broke them in victory
Now I'm free I am free

Verse 2
You’re my joy and You are my hope
I am saved by Your grace alone
I will sing of Your love for me
I am free I am free

Verse 3
Now I stand with the Kings of kings
He has paid for my every sin
And from now through eternity
I am free I am free

Bridge
What once was dead is now alive
You gave to me the breath of life
You brought me up out from the grave
I'm bursting out with songs of praise

Dustin R. Smith, James Ferguson, Rich Thompson
CCLI Song #7073333
© 2016 CityAlight Music; Integrity's Praise! Music
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com
CCLI License #195574

O Church Arise

Verse 1
O church arise and put your armour on
Hear the call of Christ our Captain
For now the weak can say that they are strong
In the strength that God has given
With shield of faith and belt of truth
We'll stand against the devil's lies
An army bold whose battle cry is Love
Reaching out to those in darkness

Verse 2
Our call to war to love the captive soul
But to rage against the captor
And with the sword that makes the wounded whole
We will fight with faith and valour
When faced with trials on every side
We know the outcome is secure
And Christ will have the prize for which He died
An inheritance of nations

Verse 3
Come see the cross where love and mercy meet
As the Son of God is stricken
Then see His foes lie crushed beneath His feet
For the Conqueror has risen
And as the stone is rolled away
And Christ emerges from the grave
This victory march continues till the day
Every eye and heart shall see Him

Verse 4
So Spirit come put strength in every stride
Give grace for every hurdle
That we may run with faith to win the prize
Of a servant good and faithful
As saints of old still line the way
Retelling triumphs of His grace
We hear their calls and hunger for the day
When with Christ we stand in glory

Keith Getty, Stuart Townend
CCLI Song #4611992
© 2005 Thankyou Music Ltd
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com

Forever Reign

Verse 1
You are good You are good
When there's nothing good in me
You are love You are love
On display for all to see
You are light You are light
When the darkness closes in
You are hope You are hope
You have covered all my sin

Verse 2
You are peace You are peace
When my fear is crippling
You are true You are true
Even in my wandering
You are joy You are joy
You're the reason that I sing
You are life You are life
In You death has lost its sting

Chorus
(Oh) I'm running to Your arms
I'm running to Your arms
The riches of Your love will always be enough
Nothing compares to Your embrace
Light of the world forever reign

Verse 3
You are more You are more
Than my words will ever say
You are Lord You are Lord
All creation will proclaim
You are here You are here
In Your presence I'm made whole
You are God You are God
Of all else I'm letting go

Bridge
My heart will sing no other Name
Jesus Jesus
(REPEAT 4X)

Jason Ingram, Reuben Morgan
CCLI Song #5639997
© 2009 Hillsong Music Publishing Australia; Spirit Nashville Three; So Essential Tunes; Spirit Nashville Three
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com
CCLI License #195574

Kid's Moment

Scripture Reading: 1 John 2:3-11 (NIV)

Leader: Please return and remain standing (as you are able) for today’s Scripture reading from 1 John 2:3-11. After the reading, the response will be, “Thanks be to God.”

3 We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. 4 Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. 5 But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them.
This is how we know we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did. 7 Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard. 8 Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.
9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness. 10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble. 11 But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.

Leader: The Word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God!

Leader: You may be seated.

Message: Pastor Tim Allen

"Authentic Faith" | 1 John 2:3–11 (NIV)

Ethos Questions:

Read the text. Then read it again in another version. Then summarize the text as best you can.
What stands out to you from the text? What questions does it raise?
What does this text reveal to us about God?
What does this text reveal to us about ourselves and how we should respond to God?
How does this text in particular drive these truths home?
If this text did not exist, what would we be missing?
What problem or question is the text solving or answering? What issue is it addressing?
What solution or answer does the text offer to the primary issue it is addressing?
How does the text connect with the gospel?
How will you commit to obey the text this week?
With whom can you share what you have learned from the text?

Abide

Verse 1
For my waking breath
For my daily bread
I depend on You
I depend on You
For the sun to rise
For my sleep at night
I depend on You
I depend on You

Chorus 1
You’re the way the truth and the life
You’re the well that never runs dry
I’m the branch and You are the vine
Draw me close and teach me to abide

Verse 2
Where the Spirit leads
As I’m following
I depend on You
I depend on You
For the victories
Still in front of me
I depend on You
I depend on You

Chorus 2
You’re the way the truth and the life
You’re the well that never runs dry
I’m the branch and You are the vine
Draw me close and teach me to abide
Be my strength my song in the night
Be my all my treasure my prize
I am Yours forever You're mine
Draw me close and teach me to abide

Verse 3
When I pass through death
As I enter rest
I depend on You
I depend on You
For eternal life
To be raised with Christ
I depend on You
I depend on You

Tag 1
Oh would you teach me
Would You teach me to abide

Tag 2
I depend on You
I depend on You

Aaron Keyes, Aaron Williams, Jake Fauber
CCLI Song #7168160
© Aaronwilliamsmusic; Integrity Worship Music; WellWithYouMusic
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com

Communion & Prayers of the People

Overcome

Verse 1
Seated above enthroned in the Father's love
Destined to die poured out for all mankind

Verse 2
God's only Son perfect and spotless One
He never sinned but suffered as if He did

Pre-Chorus
All authority
Every victory is Yours
All authority
Every victory is Yours

Chorus
Savior worthy of honor and glory
Worthy of all our praise
For You overcame
Jesus awesome in power forever
Awesome and great is Your Name
For You overcame

Verse 3
Power in hand speaking the Father's plan
You're sending us out light in this broken land

Bridge
We will overcome
By the blood of the Lamb
And the word of our testimony
Everyone overcome