Call To Worship
We confess the supremacy of God in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Call to Worship
Psalm 146 (Christian Standard Bible)
Hallelujah! My soul, praise the Lord.
I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing to my God as long as I live.
Do not trust in nobles, in a son of man, who cannot save.
When his breath leaves him, he returns to the ground; on that day his plans die.
Happy is the one whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea and everything in them.
He remains faithful forever, executing justice for the exploited and giving food to the hungry.
The Lord frees prisoners.
The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord raises up those who are oppressed.
The Lord loves the righteous.
The Lord protects resident aliens and helps the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
The Lord reigns forever!
Zion, your God reigns for all generations.
Hallelujah!
TIME OF REFLECTION TO PREPARE OUR HEARTS FOR WORSHIP.
Our Sung Call to Worship
O Great God
Confession
We confess our need for mercy through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Confession
Romans 5:12 (New Living Testament)
When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.
Lord, how long will we follow our first father and sin against your loving commands? How long will death reign among your creation?
Lord, forgive us our sin, bring us life where there is death, make us new.
Amen.
TIME OF SILENT CONFESSION
Our Sung Confession
Did Christ Over Sinners Weep?
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
Romans 5:16-18 (New Living Testament)
And the result of God’s gracious gift is very different from the result of that one man’s sin. For Adam’s sin led to condemnation, but God’s free gift leads to our being made right with God, even though we are guilty of many sins. For the sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of righteousness, for all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ.
Yes, Adam’s one sin brings condemnation for everyone, but Christ’s one act of righteousness brings a right relationship with God and new life for everyone.
Our Sung Profession of Assurance
Jesus Paid It All
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
How Deep The Father’s Love For Us
Scripture Reading
We hear the scripture text of the sermon read.
Colossians 4:2-6
2Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. 3At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison—4that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.
Sermon
Colossians 4:2-6 – Famous Last Words – 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
O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing
Blessing
Blessing from Psalm 106:48
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting!
And let all the people say,
“Amen!” Praise the LORD!