Unity ARP

The Lord’s Day ~ November 9, 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 112:1-2 “Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who delights greatly in His commandments. His descendants will be mighty on earth; the generation of the upright will be blessed.”

*Psalm of Praise - Psalm 112

Speaker: I was glad when they said to me,
All: “Let us go into the house of the LORD.” (Psalm 122:1)

*The Invocation and Lord’s Prayer

*The Hymn of Exaltation - Hymn 53
(Praise to the Lord, the Almighty)

The Responsive Reading - Psalm 112 (p. 826)

*The Gloria Patri - Hymn 735

The Confession of Sin

The Call to Repentance - Hebrews 12:25-29

See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven.” Now this, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire.

The Prayer of Confession (after silent confession)

All: LORD God, we have sinned gravely; we have become vile and afflicted. We are in great distress; our souls are troubled and our hearts overturned, for we have been very rebellious. The joy of our heart has ceased, and our dance has turned into mourning. Woe to us, for we have sinned! Because of this our heart is faint; because of these things our eyes grow dim. But You, O LORD, remain forever, and Your throne from generation to generation. Do not forget us nor forsake us. Turn us back to You, O LORD, and we will be restored. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen. (Lamentations 1 and 5)

The Assurance of Pardon - Galatians 1:4,5 “He gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be glory for ever and ever.”

*The Hymn of Gratitude - Hymn 170
(Fairest Lord Jesus)

The Means of Grace

The Pastoral Prayer

The Worship of Giving

*The Doxology - Hymn 731

The Scripture - Isaiah 40:18-26

The Prayer of Illumination

The Sermon - The Incomparable God

The Response and Blessing

*The Hymn of Consecration - Hymn 67
(Not unto Us, O Lord of Heaven)

*The Benediction

* Congregation Standing

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