Order for the Worship of God

AUGUST 3, 2008

To all who are spiritually weary and seek rest; to all who mourn and long for comfort; to all who struggle and desire victory; to all who sin and need a Savior; to all who are strangers and want fellowship; to all who hunger and thirst after righteousness; and to all who will come, this church opens wide her doors and offers welcome in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Welcome and Announcements

Please sign the fellowship pad and pass it down the row

*CALL TO WORSHIP                               Isaiah 12

Behold, God is our salvation.  Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name, make known His deeds among the peoples, proclaim that His name is exalted.  Sing praises to the LORD, for He has done glorious things!  Shout, and sing for joy, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel!

*HYMN                                                     A Mighty Fortress is Our God                #92

*INVOCATION 

CORPORATE CONFESSION OF SIN

MINISTER:

God commands us: Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.  For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. (1 John 2:15-16)

Let us confess our sins and ask God’s forgiveness praying together: (In Unison)

Heavenly Father, we have no merit of our own, let the merit of Jesus stand for us.  We are undeserving, but we look to your tender mercy.  We are full of sin, but you are full of grace.  We confess our frequent and willful sin.  We are ashamed of ourselves.  Have mercy on us Lord.  Help us to put to death our sin and save us from the love of the world and the pride of life.  Grant us grace that we may grow daily into the image of Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

ASSURANCE OF PARDON:

Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more. (Jeremiah 31)

*HYMN                                                     Before the Throne of God Above

AFFIRMATION OF FAITH:

The Catechism for Young Children

Q. 37. What does every sin deserve?

A. The wrath and curse of God.

WORD OF GOD READ                              Genesis 41:1-36

PRAYER OF THANKGIVING

THE WORSHIP OF GOD THROUGH GIVING OF GOD’S TITHE AND OUR OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY:                                           Man of Sorrows! What a Name             #246 

*HYMN                                                    Doxology                                               #731

PRAYER OF INTERCESSION AND ILLUMINATION

PREACHED WORD OF GOD                    2 Samuel 18

*HYMN                                                    Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted              #257

THE LORD’S SUPPER

*Hymn                                                     Christ, We Do All Adore Thee                #737

*BENEDICTION