We gather to encourage one another to rely on God's Spirit now as we anticipate the day when we will no longer sin.
Song of Preparation
Come Thou Fount
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Call to Worship
“Shout for joy in the LORD, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright. Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings! Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.” (Psalm 33:1–3)
This call to worship God comes from Psalm 33. And in it we are told that praising God – that making much of God – befits those who are upright. In other words, declaring God's praise is precisely the thing that every righteous person – that every Christian – should be doing; and joyfully so! So let's do this today. Let's joyfully declare God's praise; for this is a very fitting thing for every Christian to do.
Song
Holy Holy Holy
Song
O For A Heart To Praise My God
Service Leader
Confession of Sin
Oh to have a heart completely free from sin.
"a heart perfect and right and pure and good,
A copy, Lord, of Thine".But there's a reason we just sung, oh to have such a heart! Because right now, we don't. Jeremiah the prophet wrote of the human heart and said this (Jeremiah 17:9):
"The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?"Jesus talked about our hearts too. He tells us in Matthew 15:19-20:
“For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a person.”
Knowing what God's Word and your LORD himself says about your heart, it is only fitting that we take a moment to silently confess our sins to God and ask for his forgiveness in Christ. Please confess your sins to God in silent prayer now. [Silent prayer of confession]
Service Leader
Confession of Sin
Confess your sins silently and personally.
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Assurance of Pardon
Brothers and sisters, our hearts are a mess. But if you are repenting from your sins and are trusting in Christ, if you are genuinely broken over your sinful heart, I want to remind you of the words we heard preached last week from Romans 8:1:
"There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus".
But it gets even better: because not only does God give us grace in Christ, he gives us his Holy Spirit, the Helper. So let's sing of both persons. Let's sing of Christ, our hope; and let's ask the Holy Spirit for help.
Song
Christ Our Hope In Life And Death
Song
Holy Spirit Come
Lead Elder
Pastoral Prayer
Lead Elder
Scripture Reading
Galatians 5:16–25 And Romans 8:12–17
Song
See He Comes
Preacher
Sermon
Galatians 5:16–25 And Romans 8:12–17
Song
O Church Arise
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The Lord's Supper
Song
We Will Feast In The House Of Zion
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Benediction
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” (2 Corinthians 13:14)
