September 8, 2024

Order of Worship

Sunday, September 8, 2024

Welcome and Announcements

Gathering the Family Together

Psalm 143A                                                                Blue Psalter, pg 936

“Hear My Prayer, O God”

Call To Worship

Scripture Reading:                                                           Psalm 119:1-8

¹ Blessed are those whose way is blameless,
who walk in the law of the Lord!

² Blessed are those who keep his testimonies,
who seek him with their whole heart,

³ who also do no wrong,
but walk in his ways!

⁴ You have commanded your precepts
to be kept diligently.

⁵ Oh that my ways may be steadfast
in keeping your statutes!

⁶ Then I shall not be put to shame,
having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.

⁷ I will praise you with an upright heart,
when I learn your righteous rules.

⁸ I will keep your statutes;
do not utterly forsake me!

Prayer of Invocation

Declaring What We Believe:

The Apostle’s Creed

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.

And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord;

Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the virgin Mary;

Suffered under Pontius Pilate;

Was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell;

The third day He rose again from the dead;

He ascended into heaven,

And sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;

From whence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost;

The holy universal church; The communion of saints;

The forgiveness of sins; The resurrection of the body;

And the life everlasting. Amen.

We Respond to God’s Presence

His Mercy Is More

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.

Refrain:     Praise the Lord! His mercy is more.

Stronger than darkness, new every morn;

Our sins they are many, His mercy is more.

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.

Refrain:     Praise the Lord! His mercy is more.

Stronger than darkness, new every morn;

Our sins they are many, His mercy is more.

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.

Refrain:     Praise the Lord! His mercy is more.

Stronger than darkness, new every morn;

Our sins they are many, His mercy is more.

(Repeat Refrain)

Words and Music by Matt Boswell and Matt Papa ©2016 Getty Music Songs, Messenger Hymns and Love Your Enemies Publishing

Psalm 77B                                                                  Blue Psalter, pg 470

“I Refused to Be Comforted Easily”

The Steadfast Love of the Lord

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases,

His mercies never come to an end:

They are new every morning. Great is Thy faithfulness.

“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,

“Therefore I will hope in Him.”

Repeat from the beginning

“Therefore I will hope in Him.”

Words: Lamentations 3:22-24; Music: Amy Bessire  ©1978 by Amy Bessire ARR CCLI #172212.

Children’s Song:

Trinity Song

Verse 1

God the Father, God the Son, God the Spirit, three in one.

God the Father loves me so, Gave His Word so I would know.

God the Father, God the Son, God the Spirit three in one.

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

Today’s Message

Sermon Series: Route 66 – Redemption Road

“Christ is Our Weeping Prophet”

Lamentations

Notes

I. _________________ of Sin are Experienced

(Lamentations 3:1-6)

II. _________________ for Salvation with Expectation

(Lamentations 3:21-26)

III.       _________________ in Submission with Endurance

(Lamentations 3:27-33)

We Are Sent Forth in Worship

to Share the Gospel

Christ Our Wisdom

Verse 1

Christ our wisdom, we are humbled when You hide Your ways from us.

You have purposes un-numbered, each one good and glorious.

Help us trust when we grow weary, free us from our anxious thoughts.

Give us grace to see more clearly. You are God, and we are not.

Verse 2

Christ our wisdom, be our gladness when we fail to understand.

You ordain all joy and sadness to fulfill Your perfect plan.

Help us know You rule with power over every raging flood.

In our most uncertain hour, You are God, and we are loved.

Verse 3

Christ our wisdom, we will follow though the way ahead is veiled.

As we journey through the shadows, grant us faith where sight has failed.

Help us cling to Your commandments,

strengthened by Your faithful Word.

We will never be abandoned. You are God, and we are Yours.

Verse 4

Christ our wisdom, we adore You for the beauty of the cross.

Once in foolishness we scorned You, but Your blood has ransomed us.

Help us sing the endless mercies of Your humble heart to save.

Christ our wisdom, Christ our glory, You are God, forever praised.

Help us sing the endless mercies of Your humble heart to save.

Christ our wisdom, Christ our glory, You are God, forever praised.

Words and Music by Jon Althoff, Bob Kauflin, and Nathan Stiff © 2024 Sovereign Grace Praise/BMI (adm. by Integrity Music) Sovereign Grace Music, a division of Sovereign Grace Churches. All rights reserved. www.SovereignGraceMusic.org

Benediction