Order of Worship
Welcome and Announcements
Meditation Passage
Psalm 18:1-3
I love you, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
* 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 20:16
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
We Confess Our Faith
Westminster Shorter Catechism
Q. 76. Which is the ninth commandment?
A. The ninth commandment is, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Q. 77. What is required in the ninth commandment?
A. The ninth commandment requireth the maintaining and promoting of truth between man and man, and of our own and our neighbor’s good name, especially in witness-bearing.
Q. 78. What is forbidden in the ninth commandment?
A. The ninth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever is prejudicial to truth, or injurious to our own or our neighbor’s good name.
Confession of Sin
(Silent confession followed by corporate confession)
Most merciful Heavenly Father, the source and promoter of all truth, we confess that we have not loved, preserved, and promoted the truth as you call us to do. We have harbored false thoughts about you and our neighbor in our hearts. We have spoken falsehoods with our mouths. We have not stood ready to receive a good report about our neighbor, and have all too often been willing to receive an evil report about them. We have hidden the truth when speaking it would result in our own loss. Be merciful to us for the sake of Christ Jesus your son, and forgive us for all of the ways in which we have borne false witness. Teach us to love, preserve, and promote the truth so that you may gain great glory in our lives. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
Titus 3:4-7
But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
* We Praise God in Song
Doxology (#567)
God Speaks Through His Word - Psalm 73
Sermon: Christ, Our Portion Forever
Speaker: Shon Barrett
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
Revelation 5:12,13
..Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!... and To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever! Amen!