Service May 10

Order of Worship - 5/10/2020

Thank you for taking part in this time of worship. Please follow the order of service as it is listed here, from top to bottom. I hope you are richly encouraged.

- CALL TO WORSHIP -

 

- WORSHIP IN SONG - 

 All Praise to Him

 - NEW TESTAMENT READING - 

 Romans 8:12-17

So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

- SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT -

- PRAYER - 

O FATHER,

Thou hast made man for the glory of thyself,
      and when not an instrument of that glory,
      he is a thing of nought;
No sin is greater than the sin of unbelief,
  for if union with Christ is the greatest good,
  unbelief is the greatest sin,
  as being cross to thy command;
I see that whatever my sin is,
  yet no sin is like disunion from Christ by unbelief.
Lord, keep me from committing the greatest sin
    in departing from him,
  for I can never in this life perfectly obey
    and cleave to Christ.
When thou takest away my outward blessings,
    it is for sin,
  in not acknowledging that all that I have is of thee,
  in not serving thee through what I have,
  in making myself secure and hardened.
Lawful blessings are the secret idols, and
    do most hurt;
  the greatest injury is in the having,
  the greatest good in the taking away.
In love divest me of blessings that I may glorify
    thee the more;
  remove the fuel of my sin,
  and may I prize the gain of a little holiness
  as overbalancing all my losses.
The more I love thee with a truly gracious love
  the more I desire to love thee,
  and the more miserable I am at my want of love;
The more I hunger and thirst after thee,
  the more I faint and fail in finding thee,
The more my heart is broken for sin,
  the more I pray it may be far more broken.
My great evil is that I do not remember
    the sins of my youth,
  nay, the sins of one day I forget the next.
Keep me from all things that turn to unbelief
  or lack of felt union with Christ.

 

- WORSHIP IN SONG - 

He Will Hold Me Fast

- OLD TESTAMENT READING-

 Proverbs 31

The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him:

What are you doing, my son? What are you doing, son of my womb?
    What are you doing, son of my vows?
Do not give your strength to women,
    your ways to those who destroy kings.
It is not for kings, O Lemuel,
    it is not for kings to drink wine,
    or for rulers to take strong drink,
lest they drink and forget what has been decreed
    and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
Give strong drink to the one who is perishing,
    and wine to those in bitter distress;
let them drink and forget their poverty
    and remember their misery no more.
Open your mouth for the mute,
    for the rights of all who are destitute.
Open your mouth, judge righteously,
    defend the rights of the poor and needy.

An excellent wife who can find?
    She is far more precious than jewels.
The heart of her husband trusts in her,
    and he will have no lack of gain.
She does him good, and not harm,
    all the days of her life.
She seeks wool and flax,
    and works with willing hands.
She is like the ships of the merchant;
    she brings her food from afar.
She rises while it is yet night
    and provides food for her household
    and portions for her maidens.
She considers a field and buys it;
    with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.
She dresses herself with strength
    and makes her arms strong.
She perceives that her merchandise is profitable.
    Her lamp does not go out at night.
She puts her hands to the distaff,
    and her hands hold the spindle.
She opens her hand to the poor
    and reaches out her hands to the needy.
She is not afraid of snow for her household,
    for all her household are clothed in scarlet.
She makes bed coverings for herself;
    her clothing is fine linen and purple.
Her husband is known in the gates
    when he sits among the elders of the land.
She makes linen garments and sells them;
    she delivers sashes to the merchant.
Strength and dignity are her clothing,
    and she laughs at the time to come.
She opens her mouth with wisdom,
    and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
She looks well to the ways of her household
    and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Her children rise up and call her blessed;
    her husband also, and he praises her:
“Many women have done excellently,
    but you surpass them all.”
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
    but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
Give her of the fruit of her hands,
    and let her works praise her in the gates.

- SERMON -

 

- WORSHIP THROUGH GIVING - 

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- SONG OF REFLECTION - 

 Be Thou My Vision

- BENEDICTION -

 

- CHILDREN'S CHURCH -

  • Memory verses: Review Philippians 4:4-9
  • Read Acts 5:1-11
    • Ask your child(ren) whether or not Aninias and Saphira deserved to be struck down by God. 
    • Point out to your child(ren) that God graciously gave them the opportunity to repent when they were questioned by Peter, but they continued to lie.
    • Explain that every time we lie, we are not just lying to others, but to God.  
    • Remind your children that when we lie, it reveals that our hearts are sinful and that we need a Savior.
    • Discuss your children their need to be saved by the grace of God.

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