The Lord’s
Day
February 8,
2009
I will extol You, my God, O
King, and I will bless Your name forever and ever.
Every day I will bless You,
and I will praise Your name forever and ever.
(Psalm 145:1, 2)
Prelude
Apostolic Greeting
*Call to Worship Psalm 57:1–3
Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me, for my soul
takes refuge in You;
And in the shadow of Your
wings I will take refuge until destruction passes by.
I will cry to God Most High, to God who accomplishes all
things for me.
He will send from heaven and
save me;
He reproaches him who tramples upon me.
God will send forth His lovingkindness and His truth.
*Gloria
Patri No.
734
*Prayer of Invocation
*Hymn Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven Nos. 76, 77
(alternating verses)
Public Confession
Lord, we
acknowledge and confess our sinfulness in doing what You forbid and leaving
undone what You command. Your Word has made known to us our guilt, and apart
from Christ, we judge ourselves unworthy of the smallest of Your favors. In Christ’s
name, we encourage ourselves with the hope of Your merciful response to our
confession.
Words of Assurance Colossians 2:13, 14
When you were
dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you
alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, having
canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us and which
was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the
cross.
Response Searcher of Hearts (facing page)
Prayer for the Tithe and Offerings
Collection of the Tithe and Offerings
*Doxology No.
731
*Declaring Our Faith[†] The Written Word
What do we confess concerning the Word of God?
We confess that this Word of God was not sent nor
delivered by the will of men, but that holy men of God spoke, being moved by
the Holy Spirit.
What happened to this revelation?
Afterwards our
God—because of the special care He has for us and our salvation—commanded His
servants, the prophets and apostles, to commit this revealed Word to writing.
Pastoral Prayer
*Responsive
Reading Psalm 26
Vindicate me, O Lord,
for I have walked in my integrity,
And I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
Examine me, O Lord,
and try me;
Test my mind and my heart.
For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes,
And I have walked in Your
truth.
I do not sit with deceitful men, nor will I go with
pretenders.
I hate the assembly of
evildoers, and I will not sit with the wicked.
I shall wash my hands in innocence,
And I will go about Your
altar, O Lord, that I may
proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving and declare all Your wonders.
O Lord, I
love the habitation of Your house
And the place where Your
glory dwells.
Do not take my soul away along with sinners,
Nor my life with men of
bloodshed,
In whose hands is a wicked scheme,
And whose right hand is full
of bribes.
But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;
Redeem me, and be gracious to
me.
My foot stands on a level place;
In the congregations I shall bless the Lord.
*Hymn I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord No. 353
*Public Reading of the Word 1 Peter 2
*Prayer for the Ministry of the Word
Sermon James 1:2–18 (part 3)
Hymn Not
What My Hands Have Done No. 461
Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper+
*Hymn Fountain of Never-Ceasing Grace No. 519
*Benediction
*Threefold Amen No. 740
* Congregation will please stand
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