The Lord’s Day ~ May 3, 2009
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009| May 3, 2009 | ||
| 11:00 am | to | 12:00 pm |
The Lord’s Day ~ May 3, 2009
The Preparation for Worship
Let us prepare our hearts for the worship of God.
“Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness!” (1Chron 16:29)
Prelude
Silent Prayer
Welcome and Announcements
The Adoration of God
Call to Worship: Psalm 139:14 “I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well.”
Psalm of Praise - Psalm 139
Speaker: The Lord is near to all who call upon Him,
All: To all who call upon Him in truth. (Ps. 145:18)
The Invocation and Lord’s Prayer (see insert)
The Hymn of Exaltation - Hymn 125
(Let All Things Now Living)
The Responsive Reading - Psalm 139, p. 836
The Gloria Patri - Hymn 735
The Confession of Sin
The Call to Repentance - James 4:11-12
Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another?
The Prayer of Confession (after silent confession)
All: LORD God, we are ashamed and embarrassed to lift up our face to You, for our iniquities have risen above our heads and our guilt has grown even to the heavens. Now, O God, what shall we say? For we have forsaken Your commandments, which You have commanded by Your servants the prophets. After all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and our great guilt, since You our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, shall we again break Your commandments? Would You not be angry with us to the point of destruction, until there is no remnant nor any who escape? O LORD God of Israel, You are righteous; behold, we are before You in our guilt, for no one can stand before You because of this. In Jesus name. Amen. (Ezra 9)
The Assurance of Pardon - Galatians 2:16 “So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified.”
The Hymn of Gratitude - Hymn 521
(My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less)
The Means of Grace
The Pastoral Prayer
The Worship of Giving
The Doxology - Hymn 731
The Scripture - 1 Timothy 6:1-2
The Prayer of Illumination
The Sermon - Jesus our Hope: Responsible Servants
The Response and Blessing
The Hymn of Consecration - Hymn 585 (vv. 1,3,5)
(Take My Life, and Let It Be)
The Benediction
Congregation Standing
The Lord’s Day ~ April 19, 2009
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009| April 19, 2009 | ||
| 11:00 am | to | 12:00 pm |
The Lord’s Day ~ April 19, 2009
The Preparation for Worship
Let us prepare our hearts for the worship of God.
“Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness!” (1 Chron 16:29)
Prelude
Silent Prayer
Welcome and Announcements
The Adoration of God
Call to Worship: Psalm 135:3-5 “Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing praises to His name, for it is pleasant. For the LORD has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel for His special treasure. For I know that the LORD is great, and our Lord is above all gods.”
*Psalm of Praise - Psalm 136
Speaker: Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
All: For His mercy endures forever. (Ps. 136)
*The Invocation and Lord’s Prayer (see insert)
*The Hymn of Exaltation - Hymn 274
(Thine Be the Glory)
The Responsive Reading - Psalm 136, p. 835
*The Gloria Patri - Hymn 735
The Confession of Sin
The Call to Repentance - James 4:1-5
Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
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 - Romans 3:21-22 “But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe.”
*The Hymn of Gratitude - Hymn 501 (vv. 1-4)
(Just As I Am, without One Plea)
The Means of Grace
The Pastoral Prayer
The Worship of Giving
*The Doxology - Hymn 731
The Scripture - 1 Timothy 5:3-16
The Prayer of Illumination
The Sermon - Worse than an Unbeliever
The Response and Blessing
*The Hymn of Consecration - Hymn 600
(He Leadeth Me: O Blessed Thought!)
*The Benediction
* Congregation Standing
