Call To Worship
We confess the supremacy of God in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Call to Worship
Psalm 103:1-5
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits,
who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit,
who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
who satisfies you with good
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Bless the LORD, O my soul!
TIME OF REFLECTION TO PREPARE OUR HEARTS FOR WORSHIP.
Our Sung Call to Worship
10,000 Reasons
Confession
We confess our need for mercy through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Confession
Lord, you gave us the gift of work so that we could reflect your glory.
But we have used work to get glory for ourselves.
You called us to work hard so that we might have something to share with those in need.
But we have stored up excess for ourselves.
You have called us to work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.
But we give in to both laziness and over-work in order to please ourselves and to gain the praise of others.
You have called us to have sincere hearts as we work for others.
But we have grumbled about and slandered our employers.
You have called us to treat those who work for us with justice and fairness.
But we are too often harsh and ungracious toward those we employ.
You have called us to love by believing and hoping all things.
But in seeking to justify ourselves, we indulge in suspicion.
When we see those who are more successful than us,
We suspect that they are greedy and dishonest.
When we see those who are less successful than us,
We suspect that they are lazy and unambitious.
When we act as our neighbor’s judge,
We set ourselves up as God.
When we condemn our neighbor to justify ourselves,
We are trusting in our own works and despising the work of Christ.
Have mercy on us, Lord,
And teach us to rest in Jesus’ finished work.
Amen.
TIME OF SILENT CONFESSION
Our Sung Confession
Not In Me
Assurance and Peace
We profess our assurance of salvation and peace in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Profession of Assurance
Remember the Gospel
Psalm 130
Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD!
O Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears by 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 the 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.
Our Sung Profession of Assurance
In Christ Alone
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.
We Give Thanks in Song
Show Us Christ
Scripture Reading
We hear the scripture text of the sermon read.
Colossians 3:22-4:1
3:22Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 23Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. 25For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality. 4:1Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
Sermon
Colossians 3:22-4:1 – Shaped by the Gospel: Work – 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.
Sending Song
All I Have Is Christ
Blessing
Blessing from 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming our Lord Jesus Christ.
He who calls you is faithful; He will surely do it.