Morning Worship
“You have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God…”
*Call to Worship (from Psalm 115)
Pastor: Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and faithfulness.
People: Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.
Pastor: The idols of the nations are the work of human hands. They have mouths but do not speak; eyes, but do not see. They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell. They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat. Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them. Therefore, you who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD!
People: He is our help and our shield!
Pastor: He will bless those who fear the LORD, both the small and the great. May you be blessed by the LORD who made heaven and earth!
People: We will bless the LORD from this time forth and forevermore.
All: Praise the LORD!
*Hymn of Approach TH 53 “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty”
Preparation for Confession
Prayer of Confession with Lord’s Prayer (from Psalm 86)
Incline your ear, O LORD, and answer us, for we are poor and needy.
Preserve us, O God, and deliver us, for we trust in you.
Be gracious to us, O Lord, for to you we cry all the day.
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
Give ear, O LORD, to our prayer; listen to our plea for grace.
For you are great and you have done wondrous things in our Lord Jesus Christ, overthrowing the powers of sin, death and the Devil through the death and resurrection of your Son.
Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father, and be gracious to us, forgiving all our sins for Christ’s sake.
Teach us your way, O LORD, that we may walk in your truth.
Unite our hearts, by the grace of your Holy Spirit, to fear your name, for we pray in the name of him who taught us to pray, Our Father . .
Declaration of Pardon (Psalm 86:12-13)
Pastor: . . . Believer in Jesus Christ, you are free from the power of sin and death!
People: We give thanks to you, O Lord our God, with our whole heart, and we will glorify your name forever. For great is your steadfast love toward us; you have delivered our souls from the depths of the grave!
*Hymn of Praise PHSS 179 “How Deep the Father’s Love for Us”
*Offertory Prayer
Offering
*Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow!
Praise him all creatures here below!
Praise him above, ye heavenly hosts!
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost! Amen
“Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts…”
Old Testament Reading Exodus 33 (p. 60)
*Psalm of Response Psalm 91 “The One Whose Dwelling Is with God Most High”
New Testament Reading 1 John 4 (p. 1008)
Sermon “I Need Thy Presence” Pastor Peter Wallace
- The “Evil Word”: Go to the Land Without Me (33:1-6)
- The Tent of Meeting Outside the Camp (33:7-11)
- The Intercession of Moses (33:12-23)
- Moses Appeals to God’s Own Words: I Need Your Presence (v12-13)
- The LORD Agrees (v14)
- Moses Applies the Principle Further: Your Presence Is What Makes Us Distinct (v15-16)
- The LORD Agrees (v17)
- Okay, Then, “Let Me See Your Glory” (v18)
- The LORD Agrees (v19-23)
- The Gracious Name of the LORD (v19)
- The Perilous Face of the LORD (v20)
- The Hand, the Back, and the Face of the LORD (v21-23)
- The Gracious Name of the LORD (34:1-9)
- The Two Tablets of Stone (v1-4)
- The Name of the LORD (v5-7)
- The Formal Petition for Forgiveness (v8-9)
*Hymn of Praise PHSS 205 “Sound a Trumpet in Zion!”
“Now therefore, O LORD, let your word be confirmed…”
Congregational Prayer
*Nicene Creed (p.846)
Lord’s Supper
Exhortation & Blessing
Pastor The Lord be with you
People And also with you
Pastor Lift up your hearts
People We lift them up to the Lord
Pastor Let us give thanks to the Lord our God
People It is right to give him thanks and praise
Pastor prays: It is indeed right, and a good and joyful thing . . .
The Peace
Communion (We use wine as the element commanded by our Lord Jesus Christ. We provide grape juice in the outer ring for those who conscientiously abstain from wine.)
Prayer of Thanksgiving (from the Canadian Reformed)
Merciful God and Father, we thank you that in your boundless mercy you have given us your only-begotten Son as our Mediator. We praise you that he is the sacrifice for our sins and that through him you have drawn us into fellowship with you and with one another. And now we ask that we, being strengthened in faith through this sacrament, might bring forth the fruit of thankfulness in our whole life, until that glorious day, promised by our Lord Jesus Christ, when we will drink of the fruit of the vine in the kingdom of his Father, to whom be all glory, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen.
*Closing Hymn TH 469 “How Sweet and Awesome Is the Place”
*Benediction
Evening Worship
*Call to Worship Isaiah 25
*Prayer of Invocation
*Hymn of Praise Psalm 145 “I Will Extol You, O My God and King”
Psalms and Hymns
Scripture Reading Numbers 11; Luke 10:38-11:13 (pp. 531, 810)
Sermon “That Which Is Truly Needful” Elder Joel Irvin
- 104 – What do we pray for in the fourth petition?
- In the fourth petition, which is,Give us this day our daily bread, we pray that of God’s free gift we may receive a competent portion of the good things of this life, and enjoy His blessing with them.
Congregational Prayer
*Apostles’ Creed (p.845)
*Hymn of Praise TH 146 “Break Thou the Bread of Life”
*Benediction
