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Prelude
WE COME TO GOD
Welcome
God’s Greeting – Isaiah 41:9-10
Silent Prayer
Piano Response
Hymn – Psalter 408 “Great is Thy Faithfulness”
Invocation (responsive) – O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and steadfast love for your servants who walk before you with all their heart. Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to his people Israel according to all that he promised; not one word has failed of all his good promise, which he spoke through his servant Moses.
The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors; may He not leave us or abandon us, but incline our hearts to him, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments, his statutes, and His ordinances, which he commanded our ancestors.
—1 Kings 8:23, 56-58
Creedal Affirmation – Canons of Dort, Article 4
Mutual Greetings
WE ARE RECONCILED TO GOD
God’s Law – Exodus 20
Confession of Sin – Reading #1
Hymn – Psalter 280 “O Bless Our God with One Accord”
God’s Declaration of Absolution (responsive) – Righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.
By faith I have a deep-rooted assurance, created in me by the Holy Spirit through the gospel, that, out of sheer grace earned for us by Christ, not only others, but I too, have had my sins forgiven, have been made forever right with God, and have been granted salvation.
—from Romans 3:22, NIV; Heidelberg Catechism, Q&A 21
WE HEAR GOD’S WORD
Children’s Sermon
Hymn – Psalter 440 “My Jesus, I Love Thee”
Scripture – 1 Timothy 1:15-20
Message – “Theology, Doxology, Commission”
WE RESPOND TO THE WORD
Hymn – Psalter 443 “Faith of Our Fathers”
Congregational Prayer and Praise
Offering
Doxology – Psalter 488 “Now Blessed Be Jehovah God”
Benediction
Postlude
Reverend Bret L. McAtee is the husband of a wife without peer, father of three children who walk as heroes in the land, and grandfather of fourteen. He is the author of Iron Ink which is committed to thinking God’s thoughts after Him.
