The Lord’s Day
June 19, 2011
Return, O Lord, rescue my soul; save me because
of Your lovingkindness.
(Psalm 6:4)
Prelude
Apostolic
Greeting
*Call to Worship Psalm 140:12, 13
I know that the Lord
will maintain the cause of the afflicted
And justice for the poor.
Surely the righteous will give thanks to Your name;
The upright will dwell in Your presence.
*Gloria Patri No. 734
*Prayer of Invocation
*Hymn Give to Our God Immortal Praise No. 3
Public
Confession
Heavenly Father, please have mercy on us and forgive our
transgressions. Forgive our sinful words and attitudes; forgive our selfishness
and ill-treatment of others. Forgive us for the sins we have committed against
those in our own homes. And please teach us to forgive as we have been forgiven—all
for the honor of our blessed Savior.
Words of
Assurance Psalm
5:4–7
You
are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; no evil dwells with You. The
boastful shall not stand before Your eyes; You hate all who do iniquity. You
destroy those who speak falsehood; the Lord
abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit. But as for me, by Your abundant
lovingkindness I will enter Your house, at Your holy temple I will bow in
reverence for You.
Response O for a
Closer Walk with God (facing page)
Prayer for
the Tithe and Offerings
Collection
of the Tithe and Offerings
*Doxology No.
731
*Declaring
Our Faith[†] Fisher’s Catechism
Our Catechism states that there
are three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and
these three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory. Why
has this article of our holy religion been so much opposed by adversaries in
every period of the church?
The devil and his
instruments have opposed it because they know it is the primary object of our
faith and worship; it not being enough for us to know what God is, as to His
essential attributes, without knowing who He is, as to His personality,
according as He has revealed Himself in His Word, to be Father, Son, and Holy
Ghost.
What is the meaning of the
word Trinity, which is commonly used in expressing this doctrine?
It signifies the same with Tri-unity, or three in
one; that is, three distinct persons, in one and the same individual or
numerical essence.
Pastoral Prayer
*Responsive
Reading Psalm 91
He who
dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the
Almighty.
I will
say to the Lord, “My refuge and
my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!”
For it
is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper and from the deadly
pestilence.
He
will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings you may seek refuge; His
faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.
You
will not be afraid of the terror by night, or of the arrow that flies by day;
Of the
pestilence that stalks in darkness, or of the destruction that lays waste at
noon.
A
thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not approach you.
You
will only look on with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked.
For
you have made the Lord, my
refuge, even the Most
High, your dwelling place.
No
evil will befall you, nor will any plague come near your tent.
For He
will give His angels charge concerning you, to guard you in all your ways.
They
will bear you up in their hands, that you do not strike your foot against a
stone.
You
will tread upon the lion and cobra, the young lion and the serpent you will
trample down.
“Because
he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him securely on high, because he has
known My name.”
“He will
call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will
rescue him and honor him.”
“With
a long life I will satisfy him and let him see My salvation.”
*Hymn This Is My Father’s World No. 111
*Public Reading of the Word Acts 23:12–35
*Prayer for the Ministry of the Word
Sermon
Hymn The
Church’s One Foundation No. 347
Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper+
*Hymn Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation No. 342
*Benediction
*Threefold Amen No. 740
* Congregation
will please stand
+ Visitors: please see the note on the back of this
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