Order of Worship
Welcome and Announcements
Meditation Passage
Psalm 24:3-6
Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully. He will receive blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of his salvation. Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah
* Apostolic Greeting
Galatians 1:3
* God Calls His People to Worship
Psalm 24:7-10
Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle! Lift up your heads, O gates! And lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory! Selah
* Invocation
God Commands His People:
Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world,[a] but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect
We Confess Our Faith
The Apostles’ Creed
Confession of Sin
(Silent confession followed by corporate confession)
Almighty God, we confess that we have not sought to preserve, protect, and promote the lives of others as you have called us to do. Moreover, we have taken away from other’s lives by harboring uncharitable thoughts, speaking unjust words, and acting unkindly toward them.
Forgive us, O Lord. Grant us the self-sacrificial love found in your Son, our Savior. Enable us, more and more, to die to ourselves and to protect and promote the lives of those in our church and our families by showing them the cross-bearing love of Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
Micah 7:18
Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnan
* We Praise God in Song
Doxology (#567)
God Speaks Through His Word
Sermon Scripture Reference: Revelation 7:1-8
Prayer of Illumination
Sermon Title: Who Can Stand? Those Who are Sealed and Secure in Christ
Speaker: Rev. Aaron Mize
Prayer of Consecration
Congregational Prayer (Followed by the Lord's Prayer)
Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.
Amen.
* Benediction
2 Thessalonians 3:16, 18
Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.