Call To Worship
We confess the supremacy of God in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Call to Worship
From Psalm 104:1-4, 31-33 (ESV)
My soul, bless the LORD!
O LORD my God, you are very great;
you are clothed with majesty and splendor.
He wraps himself in light as if it were a robe,
spreading out the sky like a canopy,
laying the beams of his palace on the waters above,
making the clouds his chariot,
walking on the wings of the wind,
and making the winds his messengers,
flames of fire his servants.
May the glory of the LORD endure forever;
may the LORD rejoice in his works.
He looks at the earth,
and it trembles;
he touches the mountains,
and they pour out smoke.
I will sing to the LORD all my life;
I will sing praise to my God while I live.
Our Sung Call to Worship
How Great is Our God
Confession
We confess our need for mercy through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Confession
From Psalm 51:1-4 (ESV)
Be gracious to me, God,
according to your faithful love;
according to your abundant compassion,
blot out my rebellion.
Completely wash away my guilt
and cleanse me from my sin.
For I am conscious of my rebellion,
and my sin is always before me.
Against you—you alone—I have sinned
and done this evil in your sight.
So you are right when you pass sentence;
you are blameless when you judge.
TIME OF SILENT CONFESSION
Our Sung Confession
Just As I Am
Assurance and Peace
We profess our assurance of salvation and peace in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Remember the Gospel
From Galatians 3:10-14 (ESV)
For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse;
for it is written, “Cursed be everyone
who does not abide by all things
written in the Book of the Law,
and do them.”
Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law,
for “The righteous shall live by faith.”
But the law is not of faith, rather
“The one who does them shall live by them.”
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law
by becoming a curse for us—for it is written,
“Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—
so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham
might come to the Gentiles,
so that we might receive the promised Spirit
through faith.
Our Sung Profession of Assurance
The Power of the Cross
Thanksgiving and Petition
We Give Thanks in Prayer and Offer Petitions to God
We express our gratitude to God our Father for Christ’s work on the cross for us and bring our requests before him. In bringing our requests, we confess that we believe God truly is a good father, who cares about our needs and gives us what he knows is best.
We Give Thanks by Giving
We give financial offerings to support the work of the church because of our gratitude to God. By giving we confess we are trusting in God’s provision for us as well.
On the first Sunday of each month we have two offerings—one for the general fund and a second one for the benevolence ministry of our church.
We Give Thanks in Song
Good To Me
Scripture Reading
Psalm 119:49-56(ESV)
Zayin
49 Remember your word to your servant,
in which you have made me hope.
50 This is my comfort in my affliction,
that your promise gives me life.
51 The insolent utterly deride me,
but I do not turn away from your law.
52 When I think of your rules from of old,
I take comfort, O LORD.
53 Hot indignation seizes me because of the wicked,
who forsake your law.
54 Your statutes have been my songs
in the house of my sojourning.
55 I remember your name in the night, O LORD,
and keep your law.
56 This blessing has fallen to me,
that I have kept your precepts.
This is the word of the Lord,
a lamp for our feet and a light on our path.
Sermon
Psalm 119:49-56 – “The Weary Heart” – Allen Reger
Sending
Having heard and confessed the Gospel, we are sent into the world on mission in Christ, which we express in both song and spoken word.
Sending Song
Psalm 121
Blessing
From Psalm 121:5-8 (CSB17)
The LORD is your keeper;
the LORD is your shade on your right hand.
The sun shall not strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.
The LORD will keep you from all evil;
he will keep your life.
The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in
from this time forth and forevermore.