Order of Worship
Welcome and Announcements
Meditation Passage
Psalm 46:1-3
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah
* Apostolic Greeting
[Reserved for Ministers]
* God Calls His People to Worship
Psalm 95:1-7
Oh come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
* Invocation
God Commands His People:
Exodus 20:8-11
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
We Confess Our Faith
The Apostles’ Creed
Confession of Sin
(Silent confession followed by corporate confession)
Almighty God, you rested on the seventh day of creation - the day of your royal enthronement. You sanctified that day, placing it before your people as a sign of perfect rest and communion to enter into with you. We thank you that the servant and Lord of the covenant, Jesus Christ, has entered that rest, being enthroned as Lord on the day of his resurrection. We rejoice that now, in Christ, the Lord's day is our special day of rest and communion with you. We confess that we have not sanctified this day properly. We have failed to give ourselves to worship, communion, and service on this day as we ought. We have failed to plan our week so that the Lord’s Day is our central priority and joy. Forgive us. Grant us hearts which burn to commune with you, and enable us to make great use of the Lord's Day unto your glory. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
Psalm 103:10-12
[The Lord] does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
* We Praise God in Song
Doxology (#567)
God Speaks Through His Word - Isaiah 50:4-11
Sermon: The Obedient Servant
Speaker: Drew Tilley
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 Doxology
Deuteronomy 32:3-4
For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe greatness to our God! “The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.”