Service Preview for October 25

Service Preview for October 25

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Call To Worship
We confess the supremacy of God in Christ through both responsive reading and song.

Our Spoken Call to Worship
From Psalm 108:1, 3-5 (ESV)

My heart is steadfast, O God!
I will sing and make melody with all my being!

I will give thanks to you, O LORD, among the peoples;
I will sing praises to you among the nations.

For your steadfast love is great above the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!
Let Your glory be over all the earth!

Our Sung Call to Worship
Amazing Grace

Verse 1
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound!
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

Verse 2
‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved:
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed!

Verse 3
Thro’ many dangers, toils, and snares,
I have already come;
‘Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.

Verse 4
When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise,
Than when we first begun.

Words by John Newton
Music: Virginia Harmony
Public Domain

Confession
We confess our need for mercy through both responsive reading and song.

Our Spoken Confession
Based on Psalm 130 (CSB)

Out of the depths we call to you, Lord!
Lord, listen to our voice;
let your ears be attentive
to our cry for help.

Lord, if you kept an account of iniquities,
Lord, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness,
so that you may be revered.

We wait for the Lord; we wait
and put our hope in his word.
We wait for the Lord
more than the watchmen for the morning—
more than the watchmen for the morning.

Time of silent confession.

People of God, put your hope in the Lord!
For there is faithful love with the Lord,
and with him is redemption in abundance.
And he will redeem us
from all our iniquities.

Our Sung Confession
Show Us Christ

Verse 1
Prepare our hearts, O God,
Help us to receive.
Break the hard and stony ground,
Help our unbelief.
Plant Your Word down deep in us,
Cause it to bear fruit,
Open up our ears to hear,
Lead us in Your truth. (Chorus)

Chorus:
Show us Christ, show us Christ,
O God, reveal Your glory
Through the preaching of Your Word
Until every heart confesses Christ is Lord.

Verse 2
Your Word is living Light
Upon our darkened eyes,
Guards us through temptations,
Makes the simple wise.
Your Word is food for famished ones,
Freedom for the slave,
Riches for the needy soul,
Come speak to us today. (Chorus 2x’s)

Words and Music by Bob Kauflin and Doug Plank
©2011 Sovereign Grace Praise, Sovereign Grace Worship

Assurance and Peace
We profess our assurance of salvation and peace in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Remember the Gospel & The Lord’s Supper
Based on Colossians 1:12-13, 19-22 (ESV)

There is good news for those who wait upon the Lord in faith! The Father has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness
and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,
In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

For all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell in Christ,
and through him to reconcile to himself all things,
whether on earth or in heaven,
making peace by the blood of his cross.

And we, who once were alienated
and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,
he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death,
in order to present us holy and blameless
and above reproach before him.

What has Christ given you to remember this salvation?

He invites us to feast with him at this table.

What is this bread?

This is the body of Christ, broken for us.

What is this cup?

This is the blood of Christ, broken for us.

As often as you eat this bread and drink the cup,
you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

Glory to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now
and will be for ever. Amen.

Our Sung Profession of Assurance
The Gospel Changes Everything

Verse 1
The gospel changes ev’rything,
The turning point in history.
Even now it’s changing me from who I was.
The story of my Savior calls
Me to the wonder of the cross.
The gospel changes ev’rything
And it is changing me. (Repeat) (Chorus)

Chorus
You saved my soul by Your blood
And I’m undone by your great love.
You made a way so I could come
Just as I am to You my God.

Verse 2
Jesus changes ev’rything.
There is no greater mystery
That God would come to rescue me
From who I was.
The kindness of my Savior calls
Me to wonder of His love.
Jesus changes ev’rything
And He’s changing me. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Meredith Andrews, Benji Cowart, and Paul Mabury
©2012 So Essential Tunes, Spirit Nashville Three, Curb Word Music, Mesmerized Music

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/ or place your offering in the boxes at the back of the sanctuary or send a check in the mail.

Scripture Reading
2 Peter 1:16-21 (ESV)

16 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 For when he
received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased,” 18 we ourselves heard this very
voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain. 19 And we have the
prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp
shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, 20 knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. 21 For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God!

Sermon
2 Peter 1:16-21 – Our Firm Foundation – 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.

Blessing

How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said,
To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?

Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed,
For I am thy God, and will still give thee aid;
I’ll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand,
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.

When through the deep waters I call thee to go,
The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow;
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.

When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,
My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.

Even down to old age all My people shall prove
My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love;
And then, when grey hairs shall their temples adorn,
Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne.

The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose,
I will not, I will not desert to his foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I’ll never, no, never, no, never forsake!

John Rippon 1787
Public Domain

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