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 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. 53. Which is the fifth commandment?
A. The fifth commandment is, Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Q. 54. What is required in the fifth commandment?
A. The fifth commandment requireth the preserving the honor, and performing the duties, belonging to every one in their several places and relations, as superiors, inferiors, or equals.
Q. 55. What is forbidden in the fifth commandment?
A. The fifth commandment forbiddeth the neglecting of, or doing anything against, the honor and duty which belongeth to everyone in their several places and relations.
Q. 56. What is the reason annexed to the fifth commandment?
A. The reason annexed to the fifth commandment is a promise of long life and prosperity (as far as it shall serve for God’s glory and their own good) to all such as keep this commandment.
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
Romans 3:21-26
But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
* We Praise God in Song
Doxology (#567)
God Speaks Through His Word - Ephesians 2:11-22
Sermon: The Servant Speaks
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
1 Chronicles 29:11-13
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name.