The Lord’s
Day
March 15, 2009
The Lord keeps all who love Him; but all the wicked, He will
destroy.
(Psalm 145:20)
Prelude
Apostolic Greeting
*Call to Worship Psalm
93:1, 2
The Lord
reigns,
He is clothed with majesty;
The Lord
has clothed and girded Himself with strength;
Indeed, the world is firmly
established, it will not be moved.
Your throne is established from of old;
You are from everlasting.
*Gloria
Patri No. 734
*Prayer of Invocation
*Hymn God, the Lord,
a King Remaineth No. 64
Public Confession
O God, our
heavenly Father, pardon our iniquity, for it is great. Cause us to repent and
turn away from all our transgressions so that sin may not become a stumbling
block to us. Give us a steadfast heart and an obedient spirit; and make us
worthy of Your name as we rejoice in righteousness.
Words of
Comfort and Assurance Ephesians
1:3–6
Blessed be the
God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every
spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him
before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before
Him. In love He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to
Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory
of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
Response Lead Me, Lord (following page)
Prayer for the Tithe and Offerings
Collection of the Tithe and Offerings
*Doxology No.
731
*Declaring Our Faith[†] The Trinity
(continued)
What do we believe concerning the divinity of the Holy Spirit?
We believe and confess that the Holy Spirit proceeds
eternally from the Father and the Son—neither made, nor created, nor begotten,
but only proceeding from the two of them.
What do we believe concerning the order of relationships in the Trinity?
In regard to order, the Holy Spirit is the third person
of the Trinity—of one and the same essence, and majesty, and glory, with the
Father and the Son.
Pastoral Prayer
*Responsive
Reading Psalm
31:1–8
In You, O Lord,
I have taken refuge; let me never be ashamed;
In Your righteousness deliver
me.
Incline Your ear to me, rescue me quickly;
Be to me a rock of strength,
a stronghold to save me.
For You are my rock and my fortress;
For Your name’s sake You will
lead me and guide me.
You will pull me out of the net which they have secretly
laid for me,
For You are my strength.
Into Your hand I commit my spirit;
You have ransomed me, O Lord, God of truth.
I hate those who regard vain idols,
But I trust in the Lord.
I will rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness,
because You have seen my affliction;
You have known the troubles
of my soul,
And You have not given me over into the hand of the
enemy;
You have set my feet in a
large place.
*Hymn Give Thanks unto the Lord, Jehovah No.
613
Public Reading of the Word 2
Peter 2
*Prayer for the Ministry of the Word
Sermon A Lesson on Wisdom James
3:13–18
*Hymn Be Thou My Vision No. 642
Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper+
*Hymn O God beyond All Praising No. 660
*Benediction
*Threefold Amen No.
740
* Congregation will please stand
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