Unity ARP

The Lord’s Day ~ May 25, 2008

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 95:1-3 “Oh come, let us sing to the LORD! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. For the LORD is the great God, and the great King above all gods.”

*Psalm of Praise - Hymn 95

Speaker: Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good!
All: For His mercy endures forever. (Psalm 136:1)

*The Invocation and Lord’s Prayer

*The Hymn of Exaltation - Hymn 75
(O Father, You Are Sovereign)

The Responsive Reading - Shorter Catechism 91-3, p.876

The Confession of Sin

The Call to Repentance - Hebrews 6:11-15

And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end, that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.” And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
The Prayer of Confession (after silent confession)

All: LORD God, our iniquities have made a separation between us and You, and our sins have hidden Your face from us so that You do not hear. Our hands and fingers are defiled with iniquity; our lips have spoken falsehood, and our tongues mutter wickedness. Our feet run to evil; our thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. Our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities: transgressing and denying the LORD, and turning away from our God. Redeem us, O LORD, and turn us from our transgression. In Jesus’ name, AMEN. (Isaiah 59)
The Assurance of Pardon - Titus 3:5-6 “He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior.”

*The Hymn of Gratitude - Hymn 537
(Take Time to be Holy)

The Means of Grace

The Pastoral Prayer

The Worship of Giving

*The Doxology - Hymn 731

The Prayer of Illumination

The Scripture - Genesis 16:1-16

The Sermon - Waiting on God

The Response and Blessing

*The Hymn of Consecration - Hymn 634
(Sweet Hour of Prayer)

*The Benediction

* Congregation Standing

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