Order of Worship
Welcome and Announcements
Meditation Passage
Daniel 2:20-22
Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, to whom belong wisdom and might. He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding; he reveals deep and hidden things;
he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him.
* Apostolic Greeting
Galatians 1:3
“Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
* God Calls His People to Worship
Psalm 46:4-7
"There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns. The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts. The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah"
* Invocation
God Commands His People:
1 Peter 2:9-10
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
We Confess Our Faith
The Apostles’ Creed
Confession of Sin
(Silent confession followed by corporate confession)
Almighty God, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the forgiveness of sins which you purchased for us with the precious blood of your Son. Nevertheless, we have sometimes failed to fully forgive those who have sought our forgiveness. Please work remorse in us for our lack of forgiveness. Enable us to truly forgive others from the heart. Father, forgive us of these and all of our other sins. Do this for your own namesake and glory. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
Colossians 1:13-14
"He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."
* We Praise God in Song
Doxology (#567)
God Speaks Through His Word
Sermon Scripture Reference: Revelation 18:9-20
Prayer of Illumination
Sermon Title: The Lamentations of Babylon
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.
* Closing Prayer Scripture
2 Corinthians 13:14
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.”