The Lord’s
Day
November 29,
2009
First
Sunday of Advent
Prelude
Lighting
of the Advent Candle Genesis
3:14, 15
The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because
you have done this, cursed are you more than all cattle, and more than every
beast of the field; on your belly you will go, and dust you will eat all the
days of your life; and I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between
your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise
Him on the heel.”
Musical Offering Watchman, Tell Us of the Night
(text on facing page)
*Call to Worship Psalm 44:25, 26;
Isaiah 9:2
Our soul has
sunk down into the dust;
Our body
cleaves to the earth.
Rise up, O
God, be our help,
And redeem us
for the sake of Your lovingkindness.
The people who walk in darkness will see a great light.
Those who live in a dark land, the light will shine on them.
*Gloria
Patri No. 734
*Prayer of Invocation
*Hymn Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus No. 196
Public Confession
O
God, we make this confession in hope, knowing that our Savior has paid our
debt. Forgive us for sinning with our words, actions, and mind. Forgive us for
turning from one in need when You have given us so much. Teach us to walk in
the way of truth and righteousness all the days of our lives.
Words of Assurance Hebrews
10:19–23
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy
places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that He opened for us
through the curtain, that is, through His flesh, and since we have a great
priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full
assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and
our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope
without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
Response Psalm 51E (following)
Prayer for the Tithe and Offerings
Collection of the Tithe and Offerings
*Doxology No.
731
*Declaring Our Faith[†] The Canons of Dordt:
Article 17
What are we to believe concerning the
death of an infant?
Since we must make judgments about God’s will from
His Word, which testifies that the children of believers are holy, not by
nature but by virtue of the gracious covenant in which they together with their
parents are included, godly parents ought not to doubt the election and
salvation of their children whom God calls out of this life in infancy.
Pastoral Prayer
*Responsive Reading Psalm
6
Lord, rebuke me not
in Your anger,
Nor discipline me in Your wrath.
Be gracious to me, O Lord,
for I am languishing;
Heal me, O Lord, for my bones
are troubled.
My soul also is greatly troubled.
But You, O Lord—how long?
Turn, O Lord, deliver my
life;
Save me for the sake of Your steadfast love.
For in death there is no remembrance of You;
In Sheol who will give You praise?
I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
My eye wastes away because of grief;
It grows weak because of all my foes.
Depart from me, all you workers of evil,
For the Lord has heard the
sound of my weeping.
The Lord has heard my plea;
The Lord accepts my prayer.
All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled;
They shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.
*Hymn Hail to the Lord’s Anointed No.
311
*Public Reading of the Word The
Gospel of John 8:12–30
*Prayer for the Ministry of the Word
Sermon Naboth’s Vineyard 1 Kings 21
Hymn Thou Who Wast Rich No. 230
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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