Order
for the Worship of God
The
Lord’s Day, February 5, 2012, 10:20 a.m.
We Prepare to
Worship God
Gathering Praise 87 “The
Lord’s My
Shepherd, I’ll Not Want”
Welcome and Announcements
Hymn of Preparation: “O
Come, My
Soul, Bless Thou the Lord”
1.
O come, my soul, bless thou the Lord thy
maker,
And all within me bless his
holy
name;
Bless thou the Lord, forget
not all
his mercies,
His pardoning grace and
saving love
proclaim.
Refrain:
Bless him for
ever, wondrous in might,
Bless him, his
servants that in his will delight.
2.
Good is the Lord and full of kind compassion,
Most slow to anger,
plenteous in
love;
Rich is his grace to all
that humbly
seek him,
Boundless and endless as the
heavens
above.
Refrain...
From
103, The Psalter, 1912; Tune: Tidings,
11.10.11.10 ref., James Walch, 1875
We
Worship God
Votum:
Psalm 124:8
Salutation:
I Corinthians 1:3
+ Call to
Worship:
Psalm 135:1-3
+
Gloria Patri (Greatorex)
Glory be to the
Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the
beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
World without
end. Amen, Amen.
+ Prayer of
Praise
and Invocation
+ Hymn of
Praise
53 “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty”
+ Historic
Confession of Faith: The Nicene Creed
We believe in one God, the
Father
Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and
invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus
Christ, the
only-begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds, God
of God,
Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made; being of one
substance with the Father; by whom all
things were made; who for us and for our salvation came down from
heaven, and
was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man;
and was
crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; he suffered and was buried;
and the
third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, and ascended into
heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father; and he shall come again,
with
glory, to judge both the living and the dead; whose kingdom shall have
no end.
And we believe in the Holy
Spirit,
the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son;
who with
the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified; who spoke
by the
prophets; and we believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church; we
acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and we look for the
resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
+
Doxological Response
Glory be to God
the Father,
Glory be to God the Son,
Glory be to God the Spirit,
Great Jehovah, Three in One!
Glory, glory, glory, glory,
While eternal ages run!
Words:
Horatius Bonar, 1866; Tune: Lauda
Anima, 8.7.8.7.8.7., John Goss, 1869
The Law of God: Micah 6:6-8
Call to
Confession of Sin: Micah 7:7-9
Corporate
Confession of Sin
“Almighty God, who
does freely pardon
all who repent and turn to You, now fulfill in every contrite heart the
promise
of redeeming grace; forgiving all our sins, and cleansing us from an
evil
conscience; through the perfect sacrifice of Christ Jesus our Lord.
Amen.”
Assurance
of Pardon: Micah 7:18, 19
+ Hymn of
Thanksgiving 55 “To God Be the Glory”
We
Hear God’s Word Proclaimed
Scripture
Lesson: Psalm 119:65-72 (pew Bible pg. 447, Old
Testament)
Prayer for
Illumination
Sermon: “The
Goodness of God”
The
Rev. Rick L. Steele
Prayer of
Dedication
We
Respond to God’s Word
+ Hymn of
Response
161 “O Christ, Our Hope, Our Heart’s Desire”
Prayers of
Petition and The Lord's Prayer
Our
Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy
will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us
not
into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom,
and
the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Presentation
of Tithes and Offerings
Offertory Hymn 56 “When
All Your
Mercies, O My God” (stanzas 1-4)
The Offertory Prayer
+
The Doxology (Old Hundredth,
L.M.)
Praise God
from whom all blessings
flow;
Praise him,
all creatures here below;
Praise him
above, ye heav’nly host:
Praise
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Amen.
+ The
Benediction
TE Steele
+ Give God
the
Glory: “Now Blessed Be the Lord Our God”
Psalm 72:18;
Scottish Psalter 1650. Tune:
Now blessed
be the Lord our God, the God of
for He
alone does wondrous works, in glory that excel.
And blessed
be His glorious name to all eternity;
the whole
earth let His glory fill. Amen, so let it
be.
(+ Congregation standing if able)