July 23, 2023

Order of Worship
Sunday, July 23, 2023

Welcome and Announcements

Gathering the Family Together

Red Hymnal #507 “Come, All Christians, Be Committed”

Call To Worship

Scripture Reading: Galatians 5:16-26
Paul the Apostle wrote to the Galatians:
16 …walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,
20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,
21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.
26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

Prayer of Invocation

Declaring What We Believe

Red Hymnal #418 “The General Confession”

We Respond to God’s Presence

Red Hymnal #574 “Revive Us Again”

Light of God

1. Light of God, come dwell within your people,
As intended from the dawn of time.
Make your goodness, echoed through creation, our desire;
Joy of The Divine.

Chorus: Holy Spirit, break through our darkness,
Holy Spirit, breathe through our lives.
Light of God, come, radiant and glorious;
Perfect wisdom in this world today.

2. Light of God, come to Your fallen people,
As we follow in the steps of Christ.
May Your fragrance beautify Your people,
As we mirror our Creator’s light. (Repeat Chorus)

3. Light of God, come claim Christ’s stolen glory.
Burn the shadows with the flame of Truth.
May Your church rise, stars in the darkness,
Giving glory to the Lord of Light. (Repeat Chorus)

4. Light Divine, come Father of all beauty;
Son of goodness, Spirit of all Truth.
Move us, use us, people of Your vision,
As we wait for our returning King. (Repeat Chorus)
“Light of God” by Keith & Kristyn Getty. Copyright © 2005 Thankyou Music (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing)

The Lord’s Prayer Song
Our Father who art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, Hallowed be Thy name.

On earth as it is in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy name.
And give us this day our daily bread, Hallowed be Thy name.

Forgive us our trespasses, Hallowed be Thy name.
As we forgive those who trespass against us, Hallowed be Thy name.

And lead us not into temptation, Hallowed be Thy name.
But deliver us from all evil, Hallowed be Thy name.

For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory,
Hallowed be Thy name.

Forever, and ever and ever and ever, Hallowed be Thy name.
A-----men. A-----men.

Children’s Sermon

Pastoral Prayer
The basket to receive His tithes and our offerings
is located on the left as you leave the Sanctuary.

We Worship Through Hearing

Sermon Hymn:

Red Hymnal #572 “Renew Thy Church, Her Ministries Restore”

TODAY’S MESSAGE
Sermon Series: Speak, Lord, the Church is Listening
“The Self-Confidant Sardisians”
Revelation 3:1-6

NOTES

I. Christ Confronts (Rev. 3:2)
A. Their Self- _____________
1. Your _______________ is Being Alive.
2. Your ____________ is That You Are Dead.

II. Christ Commands (Rev. 3:2-3)
A. Their Spiritual _____________ 1. _______________ Up! (vs. 2a)
2. _______________ Up! (vs. 2b)
3. _______________ Up! (vs. 3a)
4. _______________ Up! (vs. 3b)
5. _______________ Up! (vs. 3b)
B. Or _____________ Spiritual _____________ (vs. 3c)

III. Christ Comforts (Rev. 3:4-6)
A. Conquerors can:
1. ____________ in a Dead Church (vs. 4a)
2. ____________ in a Dead Church (vs. 4b)
B. Conquerors will be given:
1. An Immaculate ____________ (vs. 5a)
2. An Eternal ________________ (vs. 5b)
3. An Emphatic ______________ (vs. 5c)

We Are Sent Forth in Worship
to Share the Gospel

Red Hymnal #546 “We Are God’s People”

Benediction