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The Lord’s Day ~ February 24, 2008The Preparation for Worship

Let us prepare our hearts for the worship of God.

“Oh worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness! Tremble before Him, all the earth.” (Psalm 96:9)

Prelude

Silent Prayer

Welcome and Announcements

The Adoration of God

Call to Worship: Psalm 78:1-4 “Give ear, O my people, to my law; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.”

*Psalm of Praise - Psalm 77

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 92
(A Mighty Fortress Is Our God)

The Responsive Reading - Shorter Catechism 53-56, p.873

The Confession of Sin

The Call to Repentance - Titus 3:4-8

But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.

The Prayer of Confession (after silent confession)

All: Most holy and merciful Father, we acknowledge and confess before You our sinful hearts - prone to evil and slothful in good - and all our shortcomings and offenses against You. You alone know how often we have sinned in wandering from Your ways, in wasting Your gifts, in forgetting Your love. O Lord, have mercy on us, who are ashamed and sorry for all wherein we have displeased You. Teach us to hate our errors, cleanse us from our secret faults, and forgive our sins for the sake of Your dear Son. And O most holy and loving Father, send Your purifying grace into our hearts, we pray, that we may henceforth live in Your light and walk in Your ways, according to the commandments of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Assurance of Pardon - Hebrews 9:14 “How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!”

*The Hymn of Gratitude - Hymn 691
(It Is Well with My Soul)

The Means of Grace

The Pastoral Prayer

The Worship of Giving

*The Doxology - Hymn 731

The Prayer of Illumination

The Scripture - Micah 6:1-8; Matthew 2316-24

The Sermon - The Preacher’s Questions to You

The Response and Blessing

*The Hymn of Consecration - Hymn 585
(Take My Life, and Let It Be)

*The Benediction

* Congregation Standing

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