Orders of Corporate Worship
Order of Worship – August 29th, 2021
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We Give Glory to God
Call to Worship: “Psalm 3:5-6”
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Hymn of Acclamation: “He is Our God”
Sovereign Grace, 2017
Who can light the fires
Of a thousand burning suns
Blazing in the heavens?
There is only One
He is our God
Who commands the nations
Building up and tearing down
Silencing His rivals?
There is only One
He is our God, He is our God
CHORUS
Holy, You alone are holy
Matchless in Your glory, holy God
Who would come to save us
When we turned away His love
Conquer us with kindness?
There is only One
He is our God, He is our God
CHORUS 2
Holy, You alone are holy
Matchless in Your glory, no one is like You
Worthy, You alone are worthy
We adore You only, holy God
Now to the King on the throne
Who was and is to come
And to the Lamb Who was slain be glory
We Mourn the Reality of Sin
Hymn of Confession: “Christ Is Mine Forevermore”
CityAlight, 2016
Mine are days that God has numbered
I was made to walk with Him
Yet I look for worldly treasure
And forsake the King of kings
But mine is hope in my Redeemer
Though I fall, his love is sure
For Christ has paid for every failing
I am His forevermore
Mine are tears in times of sorrow
Darkness not yet understood
Through the valley I must travel
Where I see no earthly good
But mine is peace that flows from heaven
And the strength in times of need
I know my pain will not be wasted
Christ completes his work in me
Mine are days here as a stranger
Pilgrim on a narrow way
One with Christ I will encounter
Harm and hatred for his name
But mine is armour for this battle
Strong enough to last the war
And he has said he will deliver
Safely to the golden shore
And mine are keys to Zion city
Where beside the King I walk
For there my heart has found its treasure
Christ is mine forevermore
Come rejoice now, O my soul
For his love is my reward
Fear is gone and hope is sure
Christ is mine forevermore!
And mine are keys to Zion city
Where beside the King I walk
For there my heart has found its treasure
Christ is mine forevermore
Christ is mine forevermore
Prayer of Confession: “Approaching Jesus”
Adapted from The Valley of Vision, “Act of Approach”
We praise you continually, Lord. You give us permission to approach your throne of grace, and to freely spread our wants and desires before you.
We praise you, Lord Jesus!
We are not worthy of your blessings and mercies, because we fall so far short of your righteous standards. Our sin-natures reveal themselves in disobedience and rebellion; in discontent, pride, envy, and revenge. By nature and by choice, we betray you every day.
Forgive us, Lord Jesus!
Remember not our sins – sins we pursued in our youth, sins we are presently pursuing, and sins we will commit against you in the future:
Failing to use time and talents for your glory
Abusing your mercies and means
Wasting your Sabbath Rest
Indulging your grace, letting sin abound uncontested
Neglecting your salvation in our gospel-amnesia
Disregarding you, O Friend of Sinners
Forgive us, Lord Jesus!
As we confess our guilt, let us feel it deeply
[PAUSE FOR SILENT REFLECTION]
We Celebrate Christ as Our Redeemer
Assurance of Pardon: “1 Peter 2:24”
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
Hymn of Redemption: “Nothing but the Blood”
Lowry, 1876
What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Chorus
Oh! Precious is the flow
That makes me white as snow!
No other fount I know, nothing but the blood of Jesus!
For my pardon, this I see
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
For my cleansing, this I plea
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Repeat Chorus
This is all my hope and peace
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
This is all my righteousness
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Repeat Chorus
Reading: “Matthew 17:24-27”
When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the tax?” 25 He said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?” 26 And when he said, “From others,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free.27 However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.”
Prayer for the Proclamation of God’s Word
Sermon: “Do I Have To?”
Davis Lacey – Matthew 17:24-27
Main Point: Because Jesus has made us free, we can follow Him faithfully on mission!
We Respond to the Gospel
Hymn of Response: “All I Have is Christ”
Kauflin, 2008
[Chorus]
Hallelujah! All I have is Christ!
Hallelujah! Jesus is my life!
I once was lost in darkest night
Yet thought I knew the way
The sin that promised joy and life
Had led me to the grave
I had no hope that You would own
A rebel to your will
And if you had not loved me first
I would refuse You still
But as I ran my hell-bound race
Indifferent to the cost
You looked upon my helpless state
And led me to the cross
And I beheld God’s love displayed
You suffered in my place
You bore the wrath reserved for me
Now all I know is grace
[Chorus]
Now, Lord, I would be yours alone
And live so all might see
The strength to follow your commands
Could never come from me
O Father, use my ransomed life
In any way you choose
And let my song forever be, my only boast is you!
Commissioning of the Church
Hymn of New Creation: “Turn Your Eyes”
Lemmel, Sovereign grace music – 1922, 2019
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace
Turn your eyes to the hillside
Where justice and mercy embraced
There the Son of God gave His life for us
And our measureless debt was erased
[Chorus]
Jesus, to You we lift our eyes
Jesus, our glory and our prize
We adore You, behold You, our Savior ever true
Oh Jesus, we turn our eyes to You
Turn your eyes to the morning
And see Christ the Lion awake
What a glorious dawn, fear of death is gone
For we carry His life in our veins
[Chorus]
Turn your eyes to the heavens
Our King will return for His own
Every knee will bow, every tongue will shout,
‘All glory to Jesus alone!’
[Chorus]
Benediction and Sending
