Order of Worship
Welcome and Announcements
Meditation Passage
Job 42:2-6
I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. . . . Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. . . I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
* Apostolic Greeting
[Reserved for Ministers]
* God Calls His People to Worship
Psalm 46:8-11
Come, behold the works of the LORD, how he has brought desolations on the earth. He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the chariots with fire. "Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!" The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
* Invocation
God Commands His People:
Exodus 20:7
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
We Confess Our Faith
Westminster Shorter Catechism
Q. 101. What do we pray for in the first petition?
A. In the first petition, which is, Hallowed be thy name, we pray that God would enable us and others to glorify him in all that whereby he maketh himself known; and that he would dispose all things to his own glory.
Q. 102. What do we pray for in the second petition?
A. In the second petition, which is, Thy kingdom come, we pray that Satan’s kingdom may be destroyed; and that the kingdom of grace may be advanced, ourselves and others brought into it, and kept in it; and that the kingdom of glory may be hastened.
Confession of Sin
(Silent confession followed by corporate confession)
Almighty and eternal Father, we confess that we have taken your name in vain. We know that you have placed your name upon us in baptism, yet we have often lived in ways which shame you. At times, we ourselves have been ashamed of bearing your name before others. Rather than using our tongues to bless you, we have used them to curse those made in your image. We have belittled your name by harboring meager thoughts of you and your grace. We have have used your name to justify uncharitable thoughts and actions toward our neighbors. Have mercy upon us o God. Do not treat us as our sins deserve, but forgive us our sins for the sake of your dear son, Jesus Christ. By your Spirit’s power grant us repentance so that we may give our lives unto the hallowing of your name. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
Ephesians 1:7
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.
* We Praise God in Song
Doxology (#567)
God Speaks Through His Word
Prayer of Illumination
Sermon: Lord’s Prayer: 2nd Petition
Sermon Speaker: Elder James Schwacofer
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 Doxology
1 Timothy 1:17
To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.