The Lord’s
Day
August 26,
2007
Prelude
Apostolic Greeting
*Call to Worship Psalm
92:1-4
Minister: It is good to give thanks to the Lord
Congregation: And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;
Minister: To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning
Congregation: And Your faithfulness by night,
Minister: With the ten-stringed lute and with the harp,
Congregation: With resounding music upon the lyre.
Minister: You, O Lord, have
made me glad by what You have done,
Congregation: I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands.
*Gloria
Patri No.
734
*Prayer of Invocation
*Hymn How Good It Is to Thank the Lord No. 635
Public Confession
All:
You
are the God of our salvation. In Your Son, You have provided our redemption.
Forgive us, O Lord, for caring too little about
righteousness. Forgive us for all those times we acted wrongly. Forgive our
quickness to condemn and our slowness to forgive. Forgive our loose tongues,
and cause us to mourn the harm we bring to another’s reputation.
Make us steadfast
in the pursuit of holiness, heavenly Father. Do not let us be satisfied with
lives of indifference. Let the Savior be honored in our lives, day by day. Let
His great name be exalted among us as we display His grace.
Children:
Cause us to love Your Word, heavenly Father. Forgive us when we do what we know
is wrong. Help us to honor our parents every day.
Words of Assurance Psalm 84:10, 11
A day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside. I would rather
stand at the threshold of the house of my God than dwell in the tents of
wickedness. For the Lord God is a
sun and shield; the Lord gives
grace and glory; no good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
Response Let Us Praise God Together (inside
front)
Prayer for the Tithe and Offerings
Collection of the Tithe and Offerings
*Doxology No.
731
*Declaring Our Faith The
Larger Catechism (46, 47)
What was the estate of Christ’s humiliation?
The estate of Christ’s humiliation was that low condition
wherein He for our sakes, emptying Himself of His glory, took upon Him the form
of a servant, in His conception and birth, life, death, and after His death,
until His resurrection.
How did Christ humble Himself in His conception and
birth?
Christ humbled Himself in His conception and birth in
that, being from all eternity the Son of God, in the bosom of the Father, He
was pleased in the fullness of time to become the son of man, made of a woman
of low estate, and to be born of her; with divers circumstances of more than
ordinary abasement.
Pastoral Prayer
*Responsive
Hope deferred
makes the heart sick,
But desire
fulfilled is a tree of life.
The one who
despises the word will be in debt to it,
But the one who
fears the commandment will be rewarded.
The teaching of
the wise is a fountain of life,
To turn aside
from the snares of death.
Good
understanding produces favor,
But the way of
the treacherous is hard.
Every prudent man
acts with knowledge,
But a fool
displays folly.
A wicked messenger
falls into adversity,
But a faithful
envoy brings healing.
Poverty and shame
will come to him who neglects discipline,
But he who
regards reproof will be honored.
*Hymn Alleluia! Alleluia! No. 283
*Public Reading of the Word 1 Corinthians 15:1-38
*Prayer for the Ministry of the Word
Sermon Matthew
10:16-27
Hymn It Is Well with My Soul No.
691
Sacrament
of the Lord’s Supper+
*Hymn I’m Not Ashamed to Own My Lord No. 505
*Benediction
*Threefold Amen No.
740
* Congregation will please stand
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