WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
§CALL TO WORSHIP
Psalm 145:1-3
Minister: I will extol you, my God and King,
and bless your name forever and ever.
Every day I will bless you
and praise your name forever and ever.
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
and his greatness is unsearchable.
All: Amen.
§PRAYER OF INVOCATION
§PSALTER God, My King, Thy Might Confessing #145D
SCRIPTURE LESSON 2 Samuel 7:1-17
The Davidic covenant that looks forward to the Kingship of the Lord Jesus Christ
CORPORATE CONFESSION OF SIN
Minister: As we gather before our holy God, let us now humble ourselves, praying together:
All: Our God in heaven, we acknowledge your holiness and confess our sinfulness. Though you have promised your people great things, and have give us your Son, the King of kings, to rule and reign over us, we often grow restless and anxious, forgetting your love for us. Forgive us, Father. Help us to trust you more as citizens of your glorious Kingdom. We pray this in the name of Christ. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Exodus 34:6-7
Minister: “The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.”
All: Amen.
CONFESSION OF FAITH Westminster Shorter Catechism Q23, 26
Mr. Mason Scroggins, Ruling Elder
Q. 23. What offices doth Christ execute as our redeemer?
A. Christ, as our redeemer, executeth the offices of a prophet, of a priest, and of a king, both in his estate of humiliation and exaltation.
Q. 26. How doth Christ execute the office of a king?
A. Christ executeth the office of a king, in subduing us to himself, in ruling and defending us, and in restraining and conquering all his and our enemies.
PRAYER NEEDS OF THE PERSECUTED CHURCH
Dr. Lloyd Long, Ruling Elder
PASTORAL PRAYER AND LORD'S PRAYER
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
§HYMN And Can It Be That I Should Gain #431
THE PREACHING OF GOD’S WORD
Rev. William F. Hill, Jr., pastor
Scripture Reading: Mark 4:30-34
Title: The Shelter of the Tree
THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
§HYMN Bread of the World in Mercy Broken #205
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
OFFERING
§DOXOLOGY
§THE BENEDICTION Psalm 121:7-8
Minister: The Lord will keep you from all evil;
he will keep your life.
The Lord will keep
your going out and your coming in
from this time forth and forevermore.
All: Come quickly, Lord Jesus. Amen!