September 24, 2023

Order of Worship

Sunday, September 24, 2023

Welcome and Announcements

Gathering the Family Together

You Are The King

We lift up the gates; we open the doors

That You may come in, that You may come in.

We open our hearts to You Mighty Lord

That You may come in, that You may come in.

You are the King of Glory, Hosanna, hosanna!

You are the King of Glory, Hosanna, hosanna!

by Bruce Greer   2000 by Pilot Point Music. ARR CCLI #172212

Call To Worship

Scripture Reading:                                                             Titus 2:11-14

¹¹ For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,

¹² training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

¹³ waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

¹⁴ who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.

Prayer of Invocation

Declaring What We Believe

^6:3 Since Adam and Eve are the root of all mankind, the guilt for this sin has been imputed to all human beings, who are their natural descendants and have inherited the same death in sin and the same corrupt nature.

^6:4 This original corruption completely disinclines, incapacitates, and turns us away from every good, while it completely inclines us to every evil. From it proceed all actualized sins.

^6:5 During life on earth this corrupt nature remains in those who are regenerated, and, although it is pardoned and deadened in Christ, yet it and all its impulses are truly and properly sinful.

^6:6 Every sin, both original and actual, transgresses the righteous law of God and brings guilt on the sinner. Every sinner is consequently subjected to the wrath of God, the curse of the law, and death, with all the resultant miseries, spiritual, temporal, and eternal.

^7:3 By his fall, man made himself incapable of life under that covenant [covenant of works], and so the Lord made a second, the covenant of grace. In it he freely offers sinners life and salvation through Jesus Christ. In order to be saved he requires faith in Jesus and promises to give his Holy Spirit to all who are ordained to life so that they may be willing and able to believe.

Westminster Confession of Faith

We Respond to God’s Presence

Father, We have Sinned

1. Father, we have sinned in word, and deed, and thought;

Through ignorance, through weakness, through deliberate fault.

We’ve sinned against our neighbors and against You, Lord.

Yet we are truly sorry, and we turn to You once more.

2. Father of the nations, You who bless the poor—

We’re servants of the endless want and strive for more.

We’ve made our greed a virtue, while the children starve;

Come change our joy to sorrow, till our lives reflect Your heart.

Words and Music by Stuart Townend & Keith Getty. Copyright © 2003 Thankyou Music/Adm. by worshiptogether.com songs. excl. UK & Europe, adm. by Kingsway Music. tym@kingsway.co.uk. Used by permission

Scripture Reading:                                                                  Psalm 130

I Will Wait for You (Psalm 130)

1. Out of the depths I cry to You;

In darkest places I will call.

Incline Your ear to me anew,

and hear my cry for mercy, Lord.

2. Were You to count my sinful ways;

how could I come before Your throne?

Yet full forgiveness meets my gaze;

I stand redeemed by grace alone.

Refrain:     I will wait for You; I will wait for You;

on Your word I will rely.

I will wait for you, surely wait for You;

till my soul is satisfied.

3. So put Your hope in God alone:

take courage in His power to save.

Completely and forever won

by Christ’s emerging from the grave.

Refrain:     I will wait for You; I will wait for You;

on Your word I will rely.

I will wait for you, surely wait for You;

till my soul is satisfied.

4. Now He has come to make a way,

and God Himself has paid the price,

that all who trust in Him today

find healing in His sacrifice.

Refrain:     I will wait for You; I will wait for You;

through the storm and through the night.

I will wait for you, surely wait for You;

for Your love is my delight.

I Will Wait For you @ 2018 Getty Music Publishing (BMI) / Jordan Kauflin Music (BMI) / Matthew Merker Music (BMI) / Getty Music Songs, LLC (adm. by MusicServices.org) / Townend Songs (PRS) (adm. by MusicServices.org in the US and Canada and by www.songsolutiom.org elsewhere in the World) Lord from the Depths I Call to You @ 2003 Sing Psalms, Free Church of Scotland Psalmody & Praise Committee.

Scripture Reading:                                                                  Psalm 131

You Are My All In All

You are my strength when I am weak,

You are the treasure that I seek; You are my all in all.

Seeking You as a precious jewel, Lord to give up, I'd be a fool;

You are my all in all.

Chorus:  Jesus, Lamb of God, worthy is Your name!

Jesus, Lamb of God, worthy is Your name!

Taking my sin, my cross, my shame,

Rising again I bless Your name; You are my all in all

When I fall down, You pick me up;

When I am dry, You fill my cup; You are my all in all.

Repeat Chorus

by Dennis L. Jernigan ©  1990 by Sherperd's Heart Music ARR CCLI #172212

Children’s Sermon Song:

Get On Board, Little Children

The Gospel train’s a-comin,’—I hear it just at hand,

I hear the car wheels rumb-lin’—An’ rollin’ thru the land.

Get on board little children, Get on board little children,

Get on board, little children, There’s room for many-a-more.

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

Spirit of Heaven

1. Spirit of Heaven, flood over me,

forming Christ in all that I do.

Turn every sinful desire in me

into holy passion for You.

Refrain:     O, Spirit of God, come down; Let mercy and grace abound.

My passionate prayer shall be: Christ in me.

2. Spirit of beauty and holiness,

come refine with fire from above,

Till I am cast in Your righteousness

and I love the things that you love.                (Refrain)

3. Breathe Your forgiveness when darkness falls

and my heart is heavy with sin.

Fill me with faith for the higher cause

of the ceaseless praise of the King.                (Refrain)

Copyright ©2007 Thankyou Music/Adm. By worthiptogether.com songs excl. UK & Europe, adm by Kingsway Music tym@kingsway.co.uk Used by permission CCLI

Today’s Message

Sermon Series: Our Pilgrim Journey

“Confession and Confidence”

Psalm 130-131

Notes

I. Awareness of Our ____________.                         (Psalm 130:1-4)

A. Our ________ of Confession from the Depths                 (vs. 1-2)

B. Our ________________ of Forgiveness and Fear. (vs. 3-4)

II. Abundance of His _______________.    (Psalm 130:5-8)

A. Our ____________ of the Soul.                                      (vs. 5-6)

B. Our ____________ to Hope.                                      (vs. 7-8)

III. Ambitions of Our Souls ____________ .                         (Psalm 131)

A. Our Prideful ________________ Renounced. (vs. 1a)

B. Our Selfish ________________ to Rejected.                  (vs. 1b)

C. Our Souls Are ________________ .                          (vs. 2)

D. Our Cry of ________________ is in the Lord.                    (vs. 3)

We Are Sent Forth in Worship

to Share the Gospel

Hear the Call of the Kingdom

Hear the call of the kingdom, lift your eyes to the King,

Let His song rise within you as a fragrant offering

Of how God rich in mercy came in Christ to redeem

All who trust in His unfailing grace

Hear the call of the Kingdom to be children of light

With the mercy of heaven the humility of Christ

Walking justly before Him, loving all that is right

That the life of Christ may shine through us

Refrain:    King of Heaven we will answer the call

We will follow bringing hope to the world

Filled with passion filled with power to proclaim

Salvation in Jesus’ name

Hear the call of the Kingdom to reach out to the lost

With the Father’s compassion in the wonder of the cross

Bringing peace and forgiveness and a hope yet to come

Let the nations put their trust in Him

Repeat Refrain:

Stuart Townend/Keith Getty/Kristyn Getty. Copyright © 2006 Thankyou Music. CCLI #172212

Benediction