Download: Readings and Song Lyrics for August 23, 2026
Pre-service Song
Tell the Story (Psalm 8)
O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful Your name
In all the earth, Your glory on display.
The works of your hands
Show us who You are.
O, all around a vision of Your love,
A vision of Your love.
Lift up your voice and sing His praises.
With all creation tell the story of the One
Who made it all, You made it all.
With every breath we shout Your praises.
With all creation tell the story of the One
Who loves us, You love us, You love us.
O Lord, our Lord, You light up our world.
The sun, moon and stars declare who You are,
Declare who you are.
Lift up your voice and sing His praises.
With all creation tell the story of the One
Who made it all, You made it all.
With every breath we shout Your praises.
With all creation tell the story of the One
Who loves us, You love us, You love us.
Who am I, unworthy one,
That You would give Your only son?
Who are You to care for me?
Amazing love, how can it be? (Repeat)
Lift up your voice and sing His praises.
With all creation tell the story of the One
Who made it all, You made it all.
With every breath we shout Your praises.
With all creation tell the story of the One
Who loves us, You love us, You love us.
By Shane Barnard and Davy Flowers
© 2022 Davisha Flowers; More Songs From Wellhouse; Songs From Wellhouse
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, 20-22 (ESV)
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 you his angels,
you mighty ones who do his word,
obeying the voice of his word!
Bless the LORD, all his hosts,
his ministers, who do his will!
Bless the LORD, all his works,
in all places of his dominion.
Bless the LORD, O my soul!
Our Sung Call to Worship
Come People of the Risen King
Come people of the risen King
Who delight to bring Him praise.
Come all and tune your hearts to sing,
To the Morning Star of grace.
From the shifting shadows of the earth,
We will lift our eyes to Him.
Where steady arms of mercy reach
To gather children in.
Chorus:
Rejoice, rejoice,
Let ev’ry tongue rejoice.
One heart, one voice,
O Church of Christ rejoice.
Come those whose joy is morning sun,
and those weeping through the night.
Come those who tell of battles won,
And those struggling in the fight.
For His perfect love will never change
And His mercies never cease,
But follow us through all our days
With the certain hope of peace. (Chorus)
Come young and old from every land,
Men and women of the faith.
Come those with full or empty hands
Find the riches of His grace.
Over all the world His people sing,
Shore to shore we hear them call,
The truth that cries through ev’ry age
Our God is all and all. (Chorus)
By Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, and Stuart Townend
© 2007 Thankyou Music Ltd
Confession
We confess our need for mercy through both responsive reading and song.
Our Spoken Confession
New City Catechism Q14, 16, 18, 19 (Romans 5:12, 1 John 3:4, Ephesians 5:5-6, Isaiah 53:10-11)
Did God create us unable to keep His law?
No, but because of the disobedience of Adam and Eve,
we are all born in sin and guilt, unable to keep God’s law.
What is sin?
Sin is rejecting or ignoring God in the world he created,
not being or doing what he requires in his law.
Will God allow our disobedience and idolatry to go unpunished?
No, God is righteously angry with our sins and
will punish them both in this life, and in the life to come.
Is there any way to escape punishment and be brought back into God’s favor?
Yes, God reconciles us to himself by a Redeemer, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Time of silent confession.
Assurance and Peace
We profess our assurance of salvation and peace in Christ through both responsive reading and song.
Remember the Gospel
Titus 3:3-7 (ESV)
Remember the Gospel!
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient,
led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures,
passing our days in malice and envy,
hated by others and hating one another.
But when the goodness and loving kindness
of God our Savior appeared, he saved us,
not because of works done by us in righteousness,
but according to his own mercy,
by the washing of regeneration
and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
whom he poured out on us richly
through Jesus Christ our Savior,
so that being justified by his grace
we might become heirs
according to the hope of eternal life.
Our Sung Profession of Assurance
All Creatures of our God and King
All creatures of our God and King,
Lift up your voice and with us sing
“Oh, praise Him! Alleluia!”
Thou burning sun with golden beam,
Thou silver moon with softer gleam,
Oh praise Him, Oh praise Him!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Let all things their Creator bless,
And worship Him in humbleness,
Oh, praise Him! Alleluia!
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son,
And praise the Spirit, Three in One!
Oh, praise Him, Oh, praise Him!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
All the redeemed washed by His blood,
Come and rejoice in His great love.
Oh, praise Him! Alleluia!
Christ has defeated ev’ry sin;
Cast all your burdens now on Him.
Oh, praise Him! Oh, praise Him!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
He shall return in pow’r to reign;
Heaven and earth will join to say,
“Oh, praise Him! Alleluia!”
Then who shall fall on bended knee?
All creatures of our God and King!
Oh, praise Him! Oh, praise Him!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
By St. Francis of Assisi (vs. 1-2) translated by William Henry Draper, Jonathan Baird and Ryan Baird (vs. 3-4)
© 2013 Sovereign Grace Praise
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.
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
Psalm 47 (ESV)
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.
1 Clap your hands, all peoples!
Shout to God with loud songs of joy!
2 For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared,
a great king over all the earth.
3 He subdued peoples under us,
and nations under our feet.
4 He chose our heritage for us,
the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah
5 God has gone up with a shout,
the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises!
Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
7 For God is the King of all the earth;
sing praises with a psalm!
8 God reigns over the nations;
God sits on his holy throne.
9 The princes of the peoples gather
as the people of the God of Abraham.
For the shields of the earth belong to God;
he is highly exalted!
This is the word of the Lord.
The grass withers and the flower falls
but the word of the Lord endures forever.
Sermon
Psalm 47 – ” The Victory of God” – Pastor Dean VanEvery
Sermon Discipleship Questions
1. What encouraged you?
2. What convicted you?
3. Is there anything in your life that needs to change?
Praise to the Lord (Joyful, Joyful) (Distribution Song)
Praise to the Lord the Almighty, the King of creation.
O my soul, praise Him, for He is your health and salvation.
Come, all who hear, now to His temple draw near.
Join me in glad adoration.
Praise to the Lord above all things so wondrously reigning.
Sheltering you under His wings and so gently sustaining.
Have you not seen all that is needful has been
Sent by His gracious ordaining?
Praise to the Lord, who will prosper your work and defend you.
Surely His goodness and mercy shall daily attend you.
Ponder anew what the Almighty can do.
If, with His love, He befriends you.
Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love.
Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, opening to the Sun above.
Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love.
Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, opening to the Sun above.
Praise to the Lord, O let all that is in me adore Him.
All that hath life and breath, come now, with praises before Him.
Let the amen sound from His people again,
Gladly forever adore Him.
By Adrian Disch and Shane Barnard
© 2019 Songs From Wellhouse; Extraction Time Publishing
Celebration of the Lord’s Supper
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 Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name
All hail the power of Jesus’ name!
Let angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him Lord of all;
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him Lord of all!
Ye chosen seed of Israel’s race,
Ye ransomed from the fall,
Hail Him who saves you by His grace,
And crown Him Lord of all;
Hail Him who saves you by His grace,
And crown Him Lord of all!
Sinners, whose love can ne’er forget
The wormwood and the gall,
Go spread your trophies at His feet,
And crown Him Lord of all;
Go spread your trophies at His feet,
And crown Him Lord of all.
Let every kindred, every tribe,
On this terrestrial ball,
To Him all majesty ascribe,
And crown Him Lord of all;
To Him all majesty ascribe,
And crown Him Lord of all!
O that with yonder sacred throng
We at His feet may fall!
We’ll join the everlasting song,
And crown Him Lord of all;
We’ll join the everlasting song,
And crown Him Lord of all!
Words by Edward Perronet & John Rippon, Music by Oliver Holden
©Public Domain
Blessing
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 (ESV)
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself,
and God our Father,
who loved us and gave us eternal comfort
and good hope through grace,
comfort your hearts and establish them
in every good work and word.
Amen.
Scripture text for next Sunday: Psalm 48