Call to Worship: Psalm 146, Trinity Hymnal p. 839
Prayer of Adoration:
Song: “Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah”
Hallelujah, praise Jehovah, O my soul Jehovah praise;
I will sing the glorious praises of my God through all my days.
Put no confidence in princes, nor for help on man depend;
he shall die, to dust returning, and his purposes shall end.
Happy is the man that chooses Israel’s God to be his aid;
he is blessed whose hope of blessing on the Lord his God is stayed.
Heav’n and earth the Lord created, seas and all that they contain;
He delivers from oppression, righteousness He will maintain.
Food He daily gives the hungry, sets the mourning pris’ner free,
raises those bowed down with anguish, makes the sightless eye to see.
Well Jehovah loves the righteous, and the stranger He befriends,
helps the fatherless and widow, judgment on the wicked sends.
Hallelujah, praise Jehovah, O my soul Jehovah praise;
I will sing the glorious praises of my God through all my days.
Over all God reigns forever, through all ages He is King;
unto Him your God O Zion, joyful hallelujahs sing.
Song: “Come Christians Join to Sing” – Hymn 302 v.1-3
The Old Testament Lesson: Isaiah 52:7-10
Confession of Faith: The Shorter Catechism, Q. 98, Trinity Hymnal p. 877.
The New Testament Lesson and Prayer for the Church: 1 John 2:15-29. Dr. Bud Lancaster, Ruling Elder.
Song: “Speak O Lord” – CCLI #4615235
Speak, O Lord, as we come to You, To receive the food of Your Holy Word.
Take Your truth, plant it deep in us; Shape and fashion us in Your likeness,
That the light of Christ might be seen today In our acts of love and our deeds of faith.
Speak, O Lord, and fulfill in us All Your purposes for Your glory.
Teach us, Lord, full obedience, Holy reverence, true humility;
Test our thoughts and our attitudes In the radiance of Your purity.
Cause our faith to rise; cause our eyes to see Your majestic love and authority.
Words of pow’r that can never fail Let their truth prevail over unbelief.
Speak, O Lord, and renew our minds; Help us grasp the heights of Your plans for us
Truths unchanged from the dawn of time That will echo down through eternity.
And by grace we’ll stand on Your promises, And by faith we’ll walk as You walk with us.
Speak, O Lord, till Your church is built And the earth is filled with Your glory.
The Sermon: “New Covenant Worship and Life.” Hebrews 10:19-22. Dr. Michael Calvert, Teaching Elder.
Confession of Sin:
Assurance of Pardon: Micah 7:18
Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of His inheritance? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in steadfast love.
*Communion:
Song: “Holy, Holy, Holy” – Hymn 100 v.1-4
The Benediction: From 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.