The Lord’s
Day
June 21, 2009
O my strength, I will sing praises to Thee;
for God is my stronghold, the God who shows me lovingkindness.
(Psalm 59:17)
Prelude
Apostolic Greeting
*Call to Worship Psalm 67
God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us,
That Your way may be known on the earth, Your salvation among all nations.
Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You.
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy; for You will judge the peoples
with uprightness and guide the nations on the earth.
Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You.
The earth has yielded its produce; God, our God, blesses us. God blesses
us, that all the ends of the earth may fear Him.
*Gloria
Patri No.
734
*Prayer of Invocation
*Hymn From All That Dwell Below the Skies No. 7
Public Confession
O God, forgive
us for straying from the path of righteousness. Forgive us for using our words
to tear down, rather than build up. Forgive us for our lack of compassion,
kindness, and longsuffering. And forgive us for thinking of You wrongly as we
have considered our circumstances.
Words of Assurance Titus
2:11-14
For the grace
of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny
ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in
the present age, looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of
our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, who gave Himself for us to redeem us
from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own
possession, zealous for good deeds.
Response Who Trusts in God, a Strong Abode (facing page)
Prayer for the Tithe and Offerings
Collection of the Tithe and Offerings
*Doxology No.
731
*Declaring Our Faith[†] The Fulfillment of the Law
How is the law related to the work of Christ?
We believe that the ceremonies and symbols of the law
have ended with the coming of Christ, and that all foreshadowings have come to
an end, so that the use of them ought to be abolished among Christians. Yet the
truth and substance of these things remain for us in Jesus Christ, in whom they
have been fulfilled.
Of what use is the law to us?
Nevertheless, we
continue to use the witnesses drawn from the law and prophets to confirm us in
the gospel and to regulate our lives with full integrity for the glory of God,
according to his will.
Pastoral Prayer
*Responsive Reading Psalm 98
O Sing to the Lord a new
song, for He has done wonderful things,
His right hand and His holy arm have gained the victory for Him.
The Lord has made known His
salvation;
He has revealed His righteousness in the sight of the nations.
He has remembered His lovingkindness and His faithfulness to the house of
Israel;
All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Shout joyfully to the Lord,
all the earth;
Break forth and sing for joy and sing praises.
Sing praises to the Lord with
the lyre; with the lyre and the sound of melody.
With trumpets and the sound of the horn shout joyfully before the King, the
Lord.
Let the sea roar and all it contains,
The world and those who dwell in it.
Let the rivers clap their hands;
Let the mountains sing together for joy before the Lord; for He is coming to judge the earth;
He will judge the world with righteousness,
And the peoples with equity.
*Hymn That Man Is Blest Who, Fearing God No. 558
*Public Reading of the Word The Revelation of Jesus Christ 4, 5
*Prayer for the Ministry of the Word
Sermon Mr. Toby Holt
*Hymn O God beyond All Praising No. 660
*Benediction
*Threefold Amen No. 740
* Congregation will please stand
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