Pastor Joel E. Wood
“Testimony Time”
Acts 11:1-8
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August 11, 2024
9:30a Service
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GREETING & CALL TO WORSHIP – Psalm 5:7-8,11
Leader: But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house.
People: I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you.
Leader: Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me.
People: But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy.
All: Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.
PRAYER OF ADORATION, ASSISTANCE, & BLESSING
Trinity Hymnal #310 “Rejoice, the Lord Is King”
Rejoice, the Lord is King:
your Lord and King adore!
Rejoice, give thanks, and sing,
and triumph evermore.
Refrain:
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice!
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!
Jesus the Savior reigns,
the God of truth and love;
when he had purged our stains,
he took his seat above. [Refrain]
His kingdom cannot fail,
he rules o'er earth and heav'n;
the keys of death and hell
are to our Jesus giv'n. [Refrain]
He sits at God's right hand
till all his foes submit,
and bow to his command,
and fall beneath his feet. [Refrain]
Rejoice in glorious hope!
Our Lord, the Judge, shall come,
and take his servants up
to their eternal home. [Refrain]
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 – I Timothy 1:15
Trinity Hymnal 432 “We Give Thee But Thine Own”
We give thee but thine own,
whate'er the gift may be:
all that we have is thine alone,
a trust, O Lord, from thee.
May we thy bounties thus
as stewards true receive,
and gladly, as thou blessest us,
to thee our first-fruits give.
Our hearts are bruised and dead,
and homes are bare and cold,
and lambs for whom the Shepherd bled
are straying from the fold.
And we believe thy Word,
though dim our faith may be,
whate'er for thine we do, O Lord,
we do it unto thee.
PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
Psalm 43:1-5 “Before a Wicked Nation, God” (BOPFW, tune: Trinity Hymnal #164)
Before a wicked nation, God,
My innocence defend;
O vindicate and rescue me
From cruel, deceitful men.
For You are God who gives me strength;
Why have You cast me off?
Why must I go about in grief
While foes oppress and scoff?
O send Your light forth and Your truth,
And let them be my guide,
To lead me to Your holy hill,
The place where You abide.
Then to God’s altar I will go,
To God my boundless joy;
And in Your praise, O God, my God,
The harp I will employ.
O why are you cast down my soul?
Why so discouraged be?
Hope now in God, I’ll praise Him still.
My help, my God is He.
GOD’S WORD READ – Acts 11:1-8
GOD’S WORD PREACHED – “Testimony Time” by Pastor Joel E. Wood
PRAYER OF APPLICATION & THE LORD’S PRAYER
Trinity Hymnal #423 “According to Thy Gracious Word” (tune: #128)
According to thy gracious word,
in meek humility,
this will I do, my dying Lord,
I will remember thee.
Thy body, broken for my sake,
my bread from heav'n shall be;
thy testamental cup I take,
and thus remember thee.
Gethsemane can I forget?
Or there thy conflict see,
thine agony and bloody sweat,
and not remember thee?
When to the cross I turn mine eyes,
and rest on Calvary,
O Lamb of God, my sacrifice,
I must remember thee.
Remember thee, and all thy pains,
and all thy love to me:
when thou shalt in thy kingdom come,
Jesus, remember me.
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 “We Will Feast in the House of Zion”
We will feast in the house of Zion
We will sing with our hearts restored
He has done great things we will say together
We will feast and weep no more
We will not be burned by the fire
He is the Lord our God
We are not consumed by the flood
Upheld protected gathered up
In the dark of night before the dawn
My soul be not afraid
For the promised morning oh how long
Oh God of Jacob be my strength
Every vow we’ve broken and betrayed
You are the faithful one
And from the garden to the grave
Bind us together bring shalom
Joshua Moore, Sandra McCracken
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Trinity Hymnal #731: “Doxology”
THE BENEDICTION
