Call To Worship
We confess the supremacy of God in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Call to Worship
From Revelation 15:3-4 (ESV)
Great and amazing are your deeds,
O Lord God the Almighty!
Just and true are your ways,
O King of the nations!
Who will not fear, O Lord,
and glorify your name?
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
and worship you,
for your righteous acts have been revealed.
Our Sung Call to Worship
Salvation Belongs to God
Confession
We confess our need for mercy through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Confession
Prayers of lament from Habakkuk 1:2-3; Psalm 94.3-7; Psalm 90:13-15 read by musicians.
Turn your face away from our sins,
and look upon us with favor, we pray!
Lord, have mercy!
Christ, have mercy!
Lord, have mercy on us!
TIME OF SILENT CONFESSION
Our Sung Confession
Where is Room
Assurance and Peace
We profess our assurance of salvation and peace in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Remember the Gospel
From Heidelberg Catechism (Q/A 1)
What is your only comfort in life and death?
That I am not my own, but belong—
body and soul,
in life and death—
to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ.
He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood,
and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil.
He also watches over me in such a way
that not a hair can fall from my head
without the will of my Father in heaven;
in fact, all things must work together for my salvation.
Because I belong to him,
Christ, by his Holy Spirit,
assures me of eternal life
and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready
from now on to live for him.
Our Sung Profession of Assurance
Living Hope
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.
You may give electronically at gabcames.org/giving/.
We Give Thanks in Song
Be Still My Soul
Scripture Reading
Psalm 119:145-152
Qoph
145 With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O LORD!
I will keep your statutes.
146 I call to you; save me,
that I may observe your testimonies.
147 I rise before dawn and cry for help;
I hope in your words.
148 My eyes are awake before the watches of the night,
that I may meditate on your promise.
149 Hear my voice according to your steadfast love;
O LORD, according to your justice give me life.
150 They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose;
they are far from your law.
151 But you are near, O LORD,
and all your commandments are true.
152 Long have I known from your testimonies
that you have founded them forever.
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God!
Sermon
Psalm 119:145-152 – The Praying 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.
Sending Song
Romans Doxology
Blessing
From Romans 16:20 (ESV)
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.