Unity ARP

The Preparation for Worship

Let us prepare our hearts for the worship of God.

“When they saw Him, they worshiped Him.” (Matthew 28:17)

Prelude

Silent Prayer

Welcome and Announcements

The Adoration of God

Call to Worship: Psalm 92:1-2 “It is good to give thanks to the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; to declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, and Your faithfulness every night.”

*Psalm of Praise - Hymn 92

Speaker: Our help is in the name of the LORD,
All: Who made heaven and earth. (Psalm 124:8)

*The Invocation and Lord’s Prayer

*The Hymn of Exaltation - Hymn 165
(Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim)

The Responsive Reading - Shorter Catechism 82-84, p.875

The Confession of Sin

The Call to Repentance - Hebrews 4:14-16

Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
The Prayer of Confession (after silent confession)

All: LORD God, we have trusted in mankind, we have made flesh our strength, and our hearts have turned away from You. Our hearts are more deceitful than all else, and are desperately sick; who can understand the heart? You, O LORD, search the heart and test the mind, even to give to each man according to his ways, according to the results of his deeds. Do not be a terror to us, we ask, for You are our refuge in the day of disaster. Help us to put our trust in You. Heal us, O LORD, and we will be healed; save us and we will be saved, for You are our praise. In Jesus’ name we pray, AMEN. (Jeremiah 17)

The Assurance of Pardon - Isaiah 53:5 “But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.”

*The Hymn of Gratitude - Hymn 254
(Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed)

The Means of Grace

The Pastoral Prayer

The Worship of Giving

*The Doxology - Hymn 731

The Prayer of Illumination

The Scripture - Genesis 15:7-21

The Sermon - The Abrahamic Covenant

The Response and Blessing

*The Hymn of Consecration - Hymn 34, vv.1-3
(The God of Abraham Praise)

*The Benediction

* Congregation Standing

The Preparation for Worship

Let us prepare our hearts for the worship of God.

“When they saw Him, they worshiped Him.” (Matthew 28:17)

Prelude

Silent Prayer

Welcome and Announcements

The Adoration of God

Call to Worship: Psalm 91:1-2 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.”
*Psalm of Praise - Hymn 91

Speaker: The LORD is in His holy temple,
All: Let all the earth keep silence before Him. (Habakkuk 2:20)

*The Invocation and Lord’s Prayer

*The Hymn of Exaltation - Hymn 441
(Jesus Shall Reign)

The Responsive Reading - Shorter Catechism 79-81, p.875

The Confession of Sin

The Call to Repentance - Hebrews 4:12-13
For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

The Prayer of Confession (after silent confession)

All: LORD, make me to know my end, and what is the measure of my days, that I may know how frail I am. Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, and my age is as nothing before You; certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Surely every man walks about like a shadow; surely they busy themselves in vain; he heaps up riches and does not know who will gather them. And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you. Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of the foolish. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry. In Jesus’ name. Amen. (Ps. 39)

The Assurance of Pardon - 1 John 2:12 “I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.”

*The Hymn of Gratitude - Hymn 42
(El-Shaddai)

The Means of Grace

The Pastoral Prayer

The Worship of Giving

*The Doxology - Hymn 731

The Prayer of Illumination

The Scripture - Genesis 15:1-6

The Sermon - Look at the Stars

The Response and Blessing

*The Hymn of Consecration - Hymn 308
(Jesus Paid it All)

*The Benediction

* Congregation Standing