Pastor Joel E. Wood
"Alone"
Acts 9:23-31
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July 14, 2024
9:30a Service
Welcome and Announcements
GREETING & CALL TO WORSHIP – Psalm 66:1, 4-5
Leader: The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
People: He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.
Leader: Bless the Lord, all his works, in all places of his dominion.
People: Bless the Lord, O my soul!
PRAYER OF ADORATION, ASSISTANCE, & BLESSING
Trinity Hymnal #2 “O Worship the King”
O worship the King all-glorious above,
O gratefully sing his pow'r and his love;
our shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days,
pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise.
O tell of his might, O sing of his grace,
whose robe is the light, whose canopy space.
His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,
and dark is his path on the wings of the storm.
The earth with its store of wonders untold,
Almighty, your pow'r has founded of old;
has 'stablished it fast by a changeless decree,
and round it has cast, like a mantle, the sea.
Your bountiful care what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air; it shines in the light;
it streams from the hills; it descends to the plain;
and sweetly distils in the dew and the rain.
Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
in you do we trust, nor find you to fail;
your mercies how tender, how firm to the end,
our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend!
O measureless Might! Ineffable Love!
While angels delight to hymn you above,
the humbler creation, though feeble their lays,
with true adoration shall lisp to your praise.
REFLECTION ON GOD’S LAW from Exodus 20:1-17 & N.T. corollaries, ESV
Leader: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
People: This is the great and first commandment. (Matt. 22: 37-38)
Leader: God spoke all these words, saying, "I am the Lord your God. You shall have no other gods before me."
People: For although there may be so-called "gods" in heaven or on earth…yet for us there is one God. (1 Cor. 8:5-6)
Leader: You shall not make for yourself an idol.
People: What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God. (2 Cor. 6:16)
Leader: You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
People: Let your "yes" be yes and your "no" be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation. (Jam. 5:12)
Leader: Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
People: There remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. (Heb. 4:9-10)
SILENT PRAYER OF CONFESSION
ASSURANCE OF PARDON – Colossians 1:21-22
Songbook #87 “ We Believe”
What is salt without its flavor
What is light you cannot see
What's a ship without a rudder
Without fruit what is a tree
Jesus said it's good for nothing
And He gave this warning call
If we speak and then do nothing
We do not have faith at all
Chorus: We believe our true salvation
Comes by grace through faith alone
But true faith results in action
By our deeds we make Him known
If we leave the poor and helpless
Without clothes or daily bread
Do not think this faith will save us
Faith without good works is dead
Abraham was counted righteous
When his sacrifice was made
So his faith was demonstrated
He believed and he obeyed [Chorus]
Lord we know that You are holy
And that we are full of sin
Not by works of our own doing
Only grace restores again
Give us faith to trust Your mercy
Give us vision when we do
Wash us in the blood of Jesus
As we show our love for You [Chorus]
James Ward
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PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
Psalm 119:97-104 “Oh How I Love Your Holy Law” [tune: Trinity Hymnal #168)
O how I love your holy law, O Lord!
All day I meditate upon your word;
It makes me wiser than my enemies,
For your commands are ever with me, Lord.
I have more wisdom than my teachers, Lord,
For on your laws I meditate each day.
I have more insight than the aged ones,
For all your testimonies I obey.
I keep my feet from ev’ry evil path,
For I desire to follow all your word;
Since you have taught me all your wise decrees,
From them I do not turn aside, O Lord.
How sweet your words are, Lord, unto my taste –
Sweeter than honey is upon my tongue.
Through your commandments I will understand,
Therefore, O Lord, I hate each path that’s wrong.
GOD’S WORD READ – Acts 9:23-31
GOD’S WORD PREACHED – “Alone” by Pastor Joel E. Wood
PRAYER OF APPLICATION & THE LORD’S PRAYER
Trinity Hymnal #264 “Jesus, Keep Me near the Cross”
Jesus, keep me near the cross;
there a precious fountain,
free to all — a healing stream —
flows from Calv'ry's mountain.
Refrain:
In the cross, in the cross,
be my glory ever;
till my raptured soul shall find
rest beyond the river.
Near the cross, a trembling soul,
love and mercy found me;
there the Bright and Morning Star
shed its beams around me. [Refrain]
Near the cross! O Lamb of God,
bring its scenes before me;
help me walk from day to day
with its shadow o'er me. [Refrain]
Near the cross I'll watch and wait,
hoping, trusting ever,
till I reach the golden strand
just beyond the river. [Refrain]
Trinity Hymnal p. 845 “Apostles’ Creed”
WORDS OF INSTITUTION & WARNING
Minister: The Lord be with you;
People: And also with you.
Minister: Lift up your hearts;
People: We lift them up to the Lord.
Minister: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God;
People: It is right to give him thanks and praise.
SERVING OF THE SUPPER
Song “His Mercy Is More”
What love could remember no wrongs we have done
Omniscient all knowing He counts not their sum
Thrown into a sea without bottom or shore
Our sins they are many His mercy is more
What patience would wait as we constantly roam
What Father so tender is calling us home
He welcomes the weakest the vilest the poor
Our sins they are many His mercy is more
What riches of kindness He lavished on us
His blood was the payment His life was the cost
We stood 'neath a debt we could never afford
Our sins they are many His mercy is more
Chorus: Praise the Lord His mercy is more
Stronger than darkness new every morn
Our sins they are many His mercy is more
Matt Boswell, Matt Papa
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Trinity Hymnal #731: “Doxology”
THE BENEDICTION
