07.19.20
Approach
WELCOME
CALL TO WORSHIP
Israel, put your hope in the LORD,
for with the LORD is unfailing love
and with him is full redemption.
He himself will redeem Israel
from all their sins.
—From Psalm 130:7–8
PRAYER OF INVOCATION
Almighty God, we long to see you;
Open our hearts and make them pure.
Spirit, we wash our hands in mercy;
Come teach our souls to love your truth.
Renewal
CONFESSION OF SIN
Verse 1
From the depths of woe I raise to Thee, a voice of lamentation.
Lord, turn a gracious ear to me, And hear my supplication.
If Thou iniquities dost mark, Our secret sins and misdeeds dark,
O who shall stand before Thee?
Verse 2
To wash away the crimson stain, Grace, grace alone availeth.
Our works, alas! are all in vain; In much the best life faileth.
No man can glory in Thy sight, All must alike confess Thy might,
And live alone by mercy.
Verse 3
Therefore my trust is in the Lord, And not in mine own merit.
On Him my soul shall rest, His word upholds my fainting spirit.
His promised mercy is my fort, My comfort, and my sweet support.
I wait for it with patience.
Verse 4
What though I wait the live-long night, And ’til the dawn appeareth.
My heart still trusteth in His might, It doubteth not nor feareth.
Do thus, O ye of Israel’s seed, Ye of the Spirit born indeed,
And wait ’til God appeareth.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?
4 But with you there is forgiveness,
that you may be feared.
—Psalm 130:3–4
Verse 5
Though great our sins and sore our woes,
His grace much more aboundeth.
His helping love no limit knows, Our upmost need it soundeth.
Our Shepherd good and true is He, Who will at last His Israel free,
From all their sin and sorrow.
Commitment
OFFERING:
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CHILDREN’S TEACHING TIME
Behold the Lamb of God,
who takes away the sin of the world;
Jesus the Lamb of God,
he has taken all of our sin!
HEARING GOD’S WORD:
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— 22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. eFor there is no distinction: 23 for fall have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 gand are justified by his grace as a gift, ithrough the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as ka 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. 26 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.
This is the Word of the Lord
Praise to you, Lord Christ.
HOMILY
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
Holy God. Holy and mighty.
Holy immortal one,
have mercy, have mercy on us.
COMMUNION
CONFESSION OF FAITH:
New City Catechism Q29
Christian, how can we be saved?
Only by faith in Jesus Christ and in his substitutionary atoning death on the cross; so even though we are guilty of having disobeyed God and are still inclined to all evil, nevertheless, God, without any merit of our own but only by pure grace, imputes to us the perfect righteousness of Christ when we repent and believe in him.
THE GREAT THANKSGIVING
The Lord be with you.
And also with you
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to the Lord our God.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give him thanks and praise.
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
Sanctus
Holy Holy Holy Lord
God of Power and Might
Heaven and Earth are full of your glory! (x2)
Hosanna, in the Highest! (x2)
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord (x2)
Hosanna, in the Highest! (x2)
MYSTERY OF FAITH
Together, we proclaim what Christ has done.
Christ has died.
Christ is risen.
Christ will come again.
RECEIVING THE BREAD AND WINE
Christ Our Passover has been sacrificed for us.
Hallelujah, let us keep the feast!
The Gifts of God for the people of God
Thanks be to God!
CELEBRATION OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
Mt. Zion
We have come
To Mt. Zion
The city of
The living God
The heavenly
Jerusalem
By His blood
We have Come
Verse 1
What love could remember no wrongs we have done
Omniscient all knowing He counts not their sum
Thrown into a sea without bottom or shore
Our sins they are many His mercy is more
Chorus
Praise the Lord His mercy is more
Stronger than darkness new every morn
Our sins they are many His mercy is more
Verse 2
What patience would wait as we constantly roam
What Father so tender is calling us home
He welcomes the weakest the vilest the poor
Our sins they are many His mercy is more
Verse 3
What riches of kindness He lavished on us
His blood was the payment His life was the cost
We stood ‘neath a debt we could never afford
Our sins they are many His mercy is more
Commissioning
1. All praise to Thee, my God, this night,
For all the blessings of the light!
Keep me, O keep me, King of kings,
Beneath Thine own almighty wings.
2. Forgive me, Lord, for Thy dear Son,
The ill that I this day have done,
That with the world, myself, and Thee,
I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
3. O may my soul on Thee repose,
And with sweet sleep mine eyelids close,
Sleep that may me more vigorous make
To serve my God when I awake
4. Teach me to live, that I may dread
The grave as little as my bed.
Teach me to die, that so I may
Rise glorious at the judgment day.
5. Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
BENEDICTION
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