Exhortation: Our call to worship today is Psalm 130, which we’ll hear in its entirety. One of the benefits of the Psalms is that, in addition to teaching propositional truths, the Psalms demonstrate the experiential, emotional life of the believer that accompanies those truths. We’re not just heads, we’re heads attached to hearts. We have …
Leader: Jesus said, “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart …
ALL: As we come to him,a living stone rejected by menbut in the sight of God chosen and precious,we like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood,to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Leader: For it stands in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in …
This is the day that the LORD has made;let us rejoice and be glad in it.Psalm 118:24 The “day that the Lord has made” in Psalm 118:24 is not just any day. The psalmist is not saying “God has made today, just like he did yesterday, and every day that God makes is reason to …
Scriptures You ascended on high,leading a host of captives in your trainand receiving gifts among men,even among the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.(Psalm 68:18 ESV) “But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore it says, ‘When he ascended on high he led a …
“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat …
(This responsive prayer aims to remind, rehearse, and affirm how the Old Testament petitions of Psalm 51 find their answers in the gospel, revealed in the New Testament.) Leader: Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love;according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. ALL: In love, he predestined us for …
You’ve probably come here today after a long work week—a week in which you’ve labored behind a counter, at a desk, at the site, on the road, in the office, with the customer, or wherever work has taken you. The point is that you showed up and did the work to reap the reward of …
Prayer of Confession Based on Isaiah 53 Heavenly Father,We acknowledge the truth of your word – that we are powerless to save ourselves.All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one of us to our own way and have sinned against you in word and deed. Forgive us, Lord. Have mercy on …
Leader: What do you believe concerning the holy universal church and the communion of the saints?ALL: We believe that the Son of Godthrough his Spirit and Word,out of the entire human race,from the beginning of the world to its end,gathers, protects, and preserves for himselfa community chosen for eternal lifeand united in true faith.And of …
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