Call To Worship
We confess the supremacy of God in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Call to Worship
From Psalm 100 (ESV)
Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth!
Serve the LORD with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!
Know that the LORD, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name!
For the LORD is good;
his steadfast love endures forever
and his faithfulness to all generations.
Our Sung Call to Worship
Psalm 100 (All People That On Earth Do Dwell)
Confession
We confess our need for mercy through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Confession
From Psalm 130 (ESV)
Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD!
O Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my pleas for mercy!
If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness,
that you may be feared.
I wait for the LORD, my soul waits,
And in his word I hope;
my soul waits for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning,
more than watchmen for the morning.
O Israel, hope in the LORD!
For with the LORD there is steadfast love,
and with him is plentiful redemption.
And he will redeem Israel
from all his iniquities.
TIME OF SILENT CONFESSION
Our Sung Confession
Psalm 130 (From Depth to Woe)
Assurance and Peace
We profess our assurance of salvation and peace in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Remember the Gospel
From Romans 3:22-28 (CSB17)
The righteousness of God is through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe, since there is no distinction.
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
They are justified freely by his grace
through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
God presented him as an atoning sacrifice in his blood, received through faith, to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his restraint God passed over the sins previously committed.
God presented him to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so that he would be righteous and declare righteous the one who has faith in Jesus.
Where, then, is boasting?
It is excluded.
By what kind of law? By one of works?
No, on the contrary, by a law of faith.
For we conclude that a person is justified by faith
apart from the works of the law.
Our Sung Profession of Assurance
Psalm 62
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
For the Cause
Scripture Reading
Psalm 119:41-48(ESV)
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41 Let your steadfast love come to me, O Lord,
your salvation according to your promise;
42 then shall I have an answer for him who taunts me,
for I trust in your word.
43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
for my hope is in your rules.
44 I will keep your law continually,
forever and ever,
45 and I shall walk in a wide place,
for I have sought your precepts.
46 I will also speak of your testimonies before kings
and shall not be put to shame,
47 for I find my delight in your commandments,
which I love.
48 I will lift up my hands toward your commandments,
which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes.
This is the word of the Lord,
a lamp for our feet and a light on our path.
Sermon
Psalm 119:41-48 – “The Confident Heart” – Pastor Michael Felkins
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.
Prayer for the Call Family
Sending Song
The Doxology
Blessing
Based on Ephesians 6:18-21 (ESV)
May the Spirit of God give you words
in the opening of your mouth
to proclaim the mystery of the gospel,
that you may declare it boldly.