Call to Worship: Psalm 150:6
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Prayer of Adoration:
Song: We Will Feast in the House of Zion – CCLI #7041364
CHORUS: We will feast in the house of Zion,
we will sing with our hearts restored
“He has done great things,” we will say together
We will feast and weep no more
We will not be burned by the fire; He is the Lord our God
We are not consumed by the flood; upheld, protected, gathered up
In the dark of night before the dawn, my soul be not afraid
For the promised morning, oh how long! O God of Jacob, be my strength
Every vow we’ve broken and betrayed, You are the faithful One
And from the garden to the grave, bind us together, bring shalom
The Old Testament Lesson: From Zephaniah 1
Confession of Faith: From Philippians 2
We believe that Jesus our Lord, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage. Rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross! Therefore, God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name!
The New Testament Lesson: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6
Song: My Help, My God – CCLI# 7041360
Why are you so full of heaviness, Why are you disquieted within
Oh my soul, Oh my soul
As the deer longs for the water brooks, So my soul, it longs and thirsts for you
Oh my God, Oh my God
CHORUS:
Put your trust in God, I will yet give thanks to Him
Put your trust in God, I will yet give thanks to Him
Put your trust in God, I will yet give thanks to Him
My Help, my God
Deep goes unto deep like ocean waves, All your floods and rapids on me break
Oh my soul, Oh my soul
I will say unto my God, my strength, How it is you have forgotten me
Oh how long, Oh how long
Yahweh grants His kindness in the day
Through the night His song it is that stays
Oh my soul, Oh my soul
Prayer for the Church: Crawford Dillon, Ruling Elder.
The Sermon: “The Mystery and Magnificence of the Son’s Greater Priesthood: Part Two.” Hebrews 5:7-10. Dr. Michael Calvert, Teaching Elder.
Prayer of Confession: From Psalm 90
Pastor: Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.
People: Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
Pastor: For we are brought to an end by your anger; by your wrath we are dismayed.
People: You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
Pastor: For all our days pass away under your wrath; we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
People: The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.
Pastor: Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you?
People: So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
Pastor: Return, O Lord! How long? Have pity on your servants!
People: Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Assurance of Pardon: 1 Corinthians 1:9
God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
*Communion:
Song: More Love to Thee, O Christ – Hymn 649 v.1,2,4
The Benediction: 2 Corinthians 13:14
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen!