There isn’t a Worship Guide for this week. LORD willing, it will return next week. Below are the texts and hymns that we plan to use for the morning and evening worship services.
MORNING WORSHIP
Call to Worship: Psalm 98:1-3
Opening Hymn: 245 “Great is Thy Faithfulness”
Confession of Sin
O great and everlasting God, Who dwells in unapproachable light, Who searches and knows the thoughts and intentions of the heart; We confess that we have not loved You with all our heart, nor with all our soul, nor with all our mind, nor with all our strength; Nor our neighbors as ourselves. We have loved what we ought not to have loved; We have coveted what is not ours; We have not been content with Your provisions for us. We have complained in our hearts about our family, about our friends, about our health, about our occupations, about Your church, and about our trials. We have sought our security in those things which perish, rather than in You, the Everlasting God. Chasten, cleanse, and forgive us, through Jesus Christ, who is able for all time to save us who approach You through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for us. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon: Romans 8:1-4
Psalm of Preparation: Psalm 75 “We Give You Thanks, O God”
Old Covenant Reading: Malachi 3:1-5
New Covenant Reading: Matthew 3:1-12
Sermon: The Crisis of the Coming Messiah
Hymn of Response: 281 “Rejoice, the Lord is King”
Confession of Faith: Apostles Creed (p. 851)
Doxology (Hymn 568)
Closing Hymn: 552 “Come, Ye Thankful People, Come”
EVENING WORSHIP
Hymns: 100A, 143B, 351
OT: Psalm 143:1-12
NT: Acts 4:23-31
Sermon: Deliverance and Presence