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he 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 96:1-3 “Oh, sing to the LORD a new song! Sing to the LORD, all the earth. Sing to the LORD, bless His name; Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day. Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples.”

*Psalm of Praise - Hymn 96

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 691
(It Is Well with My Soul)

The Responsive Reading - Shorter Catechism 94-95, p.876

The Confession of Sin

The Call to Repentance - Hebrews 8:10-12

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”
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 - Ezekiel 36:25 “I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.”

*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 Prayer of Illumination

The Scripture - Genesis 17:1-8

The Sermon - El Shaddai

The Response and Blessing

*The Hymn of Consecration - Hymn 457
(Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing)

*The Benediction

* Congregation Standing

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