Psalm 48
BULLETIN 8.14.2022
WORSHIP PREPARATION GUIDE (Available 8.13)
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
GREETING, SALUTATION, AND VOTUM
Our help is in the name of the Lord, maker of heaven and Earth. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
~WORSHIP IN PRAISE~
§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
§HYMN O Day of Rest and Gladness #153
~WORSHIP IN CONFESSION~
SCRIPTURE LESSON Matthew 9
Mr. David Matzen, Ruling Elder
Jesus continues to heal the sick. He raises a young girl from the dead and encounters His first opposition, demonstrating in the physical realm His authority in the spiritual, even to forgive sins.
CORPORATE CONFESSION OF SIN
All: Our Father in heaven, we praise your name on another Lord’s day you gave us to worship you. We come as your children, humbled at our flesh's weakness and the ease with which we wander from your commands. We confess our failure to show compassion to the weak and hurting of this world. Though your Son demonstrated it to us, we rarely offer it to others. Forgive us, Father. Please cause us to have a greater burden for the lost and dying of our world. Please grant us a heart of compassion so we might advance your kingdom. Indeed, the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Here we are, Lord. Send us! These things we pray through Christ our Lord. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Psalm 51:16, 17
Minister:
For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it;
you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
All: Amen.
CONFESSION OF FAITH The Nicene Creed
Trinity Psalter-Hymnal p. 852
Mr. David Matzen, Ruling Elder
~WORSHIP IN GRATITUDE AND THANKSGIVING~
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
Mr. David Matzen, Ruling Elder
OFFERING
§DOXOLOGY
~WORSHIP AND THE MEANS OF GRACE~
PRAYER NEEDS OF THE PERSECUTED CHURCH
The Country of Uzbekistan
Dr. Lloyd Long, Ruling Elder
PASTORAL PRAYER AND LORD'S PRAYER
§HYMN Man of Sorrows! What a Name #352
THE PREACHING OF GOD'S WORD
Rev. William F. Hill, Jr., Pastor
Scripture Reading: Job 1:6-22
Sermon Title: A Right Response to Suffering
THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
§PSALTER I Will at All Times Bless the LORD #34A
§THE BENEDICTION Psalm 20:1-2
Minister:
May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble!
May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!
May he send you help from the sanctuary
and give you support from Zion!
All: Come Quickly, Lord Jesus!
§THE GLORIA PATRIA #572
All: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, amen.
POSTLUDE