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Reflection
When through the deep waters I call you to go,
the rivers of sorrow shall not overflow,
for I will be with you, your troubles to bless,
and sanctify to you the deepest distress.
How Firm a Foundation (Verse 3)
John Rippon & Robert Keen
Call To Worship
We confess the supremacy of God in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Call to Worship
Based on Psalm 19
The heavens declare the glory of God;
and the firmament shows His handiwork.
Day unto day utters speech, and night unto night reveals knowledge.
There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard.
Their line has gone out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world.
He has set a tabernacle for the sun, which is like a bridegroom
coming out of his chamber and rejoices like a strong man to
run its race.
Its rising is from one end of heaven and its circuit to the other
end; and there is nothing hidden from its heat.
The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul;
The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;
The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;
The judgements of the Lord are turn and righteous altogether.
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Moreover by them your servant is warned and in keeping them
there is great reward.
Who can understand his errors? Cleanse us from secret faults.
Keep back your servants also from presumptuous sins;
Let them not have dominion over us.
Then we shall be blameless and innocent of great transgression.
Let the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts
be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, our Strength and our Redeemer.
Our Sung Call to Worship
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 2 X’s)
Words and Music by Bob Kauflin and Doug Plank
©2011 Sovereign Grace Praise, Sovereign Grace Worship
Confession
We confess our need for mercy through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Confession
Adapted from Henry Law; Family Prayers
Holy Father, we blush to lift up our eyes to You,
O God of all grace and love.
Shame humbles us to the very dust.
Wherever You have been boundless in mercy,
we have been abundant in sin!
We cannot measure our ingratitude.
We cannot estimate our vileness.
Each day has added to our guilt.
Each scene has witnessed our wicked hearts,
our straying feet and our offending tongues.
What is there in heaven or on earth, above, around,
without or within which does not condemn us?
The cruel accuser justly accuses us.
We make no denial. We frame no excuse.
We confess, Father, that we have sinned against
heaven and before You and are not worthy to be
called Your sons and daughters.
Look on us with pity, we pray.
Silence for personal confession.
Our Sung Confession
Come Ye Sinners Poor and Needy
Verse 1
Come, ye sinners, poor and needy,
Weak and wounded, sick and sore;
Jesus ready stands to save you,
Full of pity, love, and pow’r. (Chorus)
Chorus
I will arise and go to Jesus,
He will embrace me in His arms;
In the arms of my dear Savior,
O there are ten thousand charms.
Verse 2
Come, ye thirsty, come, and welcome,
God’s free bounty glorify;
True belief and true repentance,
Ev’ry grace that brings you nigh. (Chorus)
Verse 3
Come, ye weary, heavy laden,
Lost and ruined by the fall;
If you tarry till you’re better,
You will never come at all. (Chorus)
Verse 4
Let not conscience make you linger,
Nor of fitness fondly dream;
All the fitness He requireth
Is to feel your need of Him. (Chorus)
Words by Joseph Hart.
Music: Walker’s Southern Harmony, 1835
Public Domain
Assurance and Peace
We profess our assurance of salvation and peace in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Remember the Gospel
We know that we will not be cast off,
for Jesus brings us near.
We will not be condemned,
for He has died in our place.
The mountains of our sin will be cast away,
for the Savior has removed them all.
His precious blood has washed out
every crimson stain!
Christ’s spotless robe of righteousness,
covers all our deformities.
We come to You, Jesus—
clinging to Your cross,
sheltered by Your side,
hidden in Your wounds,
cleansed in Your blood,
covered by Your spotless robe,
made perfect in Your salvation!
Our Sung Profession of Assurance
What Wondrous Love is This
Verse 1
What wondrous love is this,
O my soul, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this
That caused the Lord of bliss
To bear the dreadful curse
For my soul, for my soul,
To bear the dreadful curse for my soul.
Verse 2
When I was sinking down,
Sinking down, sinking down,
When I was sinking down, sinking down,
When I was sinking down
Beneath God’s righteous frown,
Christ laid aside His crown
For my soul, for my soul,
Christ laid aside His crown for my soul.
Verse 3
To God and to the Lamb,
I will sing, I will sing;
To God and to the Lamb, I will sing.
To God and to the Lamb
Who is the great “I Am”;
While millions join the theme,
I will sing, I will sing;
While millions join the theme, I will sing.
Verse 4
And when from death I’m free,
I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on;
And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on.
And when from death I’m free
I’ll sing and joyful be;
And thro’ eternity,
I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on;
And thro’ eternity, I’ll sing on.
Words American Folk Hymn
Music by William Walker & William J. Reynolds
Public Domain
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
Joshua 3:1-17 (Reader will be reading only verses 1 through 5)
1 Then Joshua rose early in the morning and they set out from Shittim. And they came to the Jordan, he and all the people of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. 2 At the end of three days the officers went through the camp 3 and commanded the people, “As soon as you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, then you shall set out from your place and follow it. 4 Yet there shall be a distance between you and it, about 2,000 cubits in length. Do not come near it, in order that you may know the way you shall go, for you have not passed this way before.” 5 Then Joshua said to the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.” 6 And Joshua said to the priests, “Take up the ark of the covenant and pass on before the people.” So they took up the ark of the covenant and went before the people.
7 The LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. 8 And as for you, command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, ‘When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.’” 9 And Joshua said to the people of Israel, “Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God.” 10 And Joshua said, “Here is how you shall know that the living God is among you and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Hivites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, and the Jebusites. 11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is passing over before you into the Jordan. 12 Now therefore take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, from each tribe a man. 13 And when the soles of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off from flowing, and the waters coming down from above shall stand in one heap.”
14 So when the people set out from their tents to pass over the Jordan with the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people, 15 and as soon as those bearing the ark had come as far as the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (now the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest), 16 the waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. And the people passed over opposite Jericho. 17 Now the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firmly on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, and all Israel was passing over on dry ground until all the nation finished passing over the Jordan.
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God!
Sermon
Joshua 3:1-17 – Bound for the Promised Land – Pastor Michael Felkins
Sermon Discipleship Questions
1. What encouraged you?
2. What convicted you?
3. Is there anything in your life that needs to change?
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
Hear the words of the Lord for you from Isaiah 41:10:
Do not be afraid, for I am with you;
Do not be dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.
Next Sunday’s Scripture Passage: Joshua 4