Exhortation: Our call to worship today is from Psalm 118, but before we read it, allow me to provide some context. Verse 22 (which we’ll read responsively) says “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is the LORD’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.” King David had been rejected by …
Leader:Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.ALL:I will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”The LORD is my …
Leader: Jesus said, “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that …
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None of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. We are not our own, for we were bought with a …
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[This responsive prayer is intended to follow the hymn For the Beauty of the Earth. At the end of each section, the congregation sings the refrain. Optionally, following For the Beauty of the Earth, you may allow the musicians to continue lightly playing in the key of F through the prayer and accompanying the refrain.] …
Leader: For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.ALL: For we have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” Leader: The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,ALL: and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow …
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Leader: We affirm as the final authority for all truth and practice – SOLA SCRIPTURA.ALL: Scripture alone! Leader: We believe that salvation is found SOLUS CHRISTUS,ALL: in Christ alone! Leader: We believe that salvation is not deserved, but comes to us SOLA GRATIA,ALL: by grace alone! Leader: We believe that salvation is not earned, but …
Leader: For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.ALL: We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be …
Leader: For thus says the LORD,I am the LORD, and there is no other…And there is no other god besides me,a righteous God and a Savior;there is none besides me.Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth!For I am God, and there is no other.ALL: For there is one God, and …
Leader:Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens. Your faithfulness endures to all generations; you have established the earth, and it stands fast.By your appointment they stand this day, for all things are your servants.ALL:If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. Leader:Jesus said, “The …