The Lord’s
Day
August 16,
2009
By awesome deeds You answer
us in righteousness, O God of our salvation,
You who are the trust of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea.
(Psalm 65:5)
Prelude
Apostolic Greeting
*Call to Worship Psalm
16:5–9
The Lord is the portion of my
inheritance and my cup;
You support my lot.
The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me.
I will bless the Lord who has
counseled me;
Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night.
I have set the Lord
continually before me;
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices;
My flesh also will dwell securely.
*Gloria
Patri No. 734
*Prayer of Invocation
*Hymn All Praise to God (facing page)
Public Confession
Heavenly
Father, we do look forward to that day when we will join Your holy angels in
hymns of praise. In this life we are burdened with sin, and we long to be free
from sin’s presence. Please forgive our transgression now for the sake of our
Savior, Jesus Christ. Fill us with gladness as we consider His work on our
behalf.
Words of Assurance Isaiah
30:18, 19
Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, and
therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; how blessed
are all those who long for Him. O people in Zion, inhabitant in Jerusalem, you
will weep no longer. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your
cry; when He hears it, He will answer you.
Response Praise Jehovah, All Ye Nations (following)
Prayer for the Tithe and Offerings
Collection of the Tithe and Offerings
*Doxology No.
731
*Declaring Our Faith[†] The Order and Discipline of the Church
What principle
should guide the officers in their organization?
We believe that
although it is useful and good for those who govern the churches to establish
and set up a certain order among themselves for maintaining the body of the
church, they ought always to guard against deviating from what Christ, our only
Master, has ordained for us.
What caution must
we employ in regard to our worship of God?
We reject all
human innovations and all laws imposed on us, in our worship of God, which bind
and force our consciences in any way.
Pastoral Prayer
*Responsive Reading Psalm
112
Praise the Lord! How blessed
is the man who fears the Lord,
Who greatly delights in His commandments.
His descendants will be mighty on earth;
The generation of the upright will be blessed.
Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.
Light arises in the darkness for the upright;
He is gracious and
compassionate and righteous.
It is well with the man who is gracious and lends;
He will maintain his cause in judgment.
For he will never be shaken;
The righteous will be remembered forever.
He will not fear evil tidings;
His heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.
His heart is upheld, he will not fear,
Until he looks with satisfaction
on his adversaries.
He has given freely to the poor, His righteousness endures forever;
His horn will be exalted in honor.
The wicked will see it and be vexed,
He will gnash his teeth and melt away;
The desire of the wicked will perish.
*Hymn Crown Him with Many Crowns No. 295
*Public Reading of the Word The Revelation
of Jesus Christ 19, 20
*Prayer for the Ministry of the Word
Sermon Consecration of the Nation 1 Kings 8:54–9:9 (pt. 1)
Hymn Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord No. 593
Sacrament of the Lord’s
Supper+
*Hymn What Shall I Render No.
637
*Benediction
*Threefold Amen No.
740
* Congregation will please stand
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