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The Word of the King

Rev. Dr. Joel E. Wood

Sunday, September 15, 2024

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Pastor Joel E. Wood

“The Word of the King”

Acts 12:20-25

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9/15/24 Morning Liturgy

Welcome and Announcements

Leader: The Lord is great in Zion; he is exalted over all the peoples.

People: Let them praise your great and awesome name! Holy is he!

Leader: Exalt the Lord our God; worship at his footstool!

All: Holy is he!

Trinity Hymnal #345: “Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken”

Glorious things of thee are spoken,

Zion, city of our God;

he whose word cannot be broken

formed thee for his own abode:

on the Rock of Ages founded,

what can shake thy sure repose?

With salvation's walls surrounded,

thou may'st smile at all thy foes.

See, the streams of living waters,

springing from eternal love,

well supply thy sons and daughters,

and all fear of want remove;

who can faint, while such a river

ever flows their thirst t'assuage?–

grace which, like the Lord, the giver,

never fails from age to age.

Round each habitation hov'ring,

see the cloud and fire appear

for a glory and a cov'ring,

showing that the Lord is near:

thus deriving from their banner

light by night and shade by day,
safe they feed upon the manna

which he gives them when they pray.

Savior, if of Zion's city

I, through grace, a member am,

let the world deride or pity,

I will glory in thy name:

fading is the worldling's pleasure,

all his boasted pomp and show;

solid joys and lasting treasure

none but Zion's children know.

REFLECTION ON GOD’S LAW

Leader: Honor your father and your mother.

People: Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Leader: You shall not murder.

People: Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

Leader: You shall not commit adultery.

People: Everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Leader: You shall not steal.

People: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. Do your work quietly and earn your own living.

Leader: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

People: Having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor.

Leader: You shall not covet anything that is your neighbor's.

People: For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

Silent Prayer of Confession

Assurance of Grace

Trinity Hymnal #533 “I Am Thine, O Lord”

I am thine, O Lord, I have heard thy voice,

and it told thy love to me;

but I long to rise in the arms of faith,

and be closer drawn to thee.

Refrain:

Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,

to the cross where thou hast died;

draw me nearer, nearer, nearer blessed Lord,

to thy precious, bleeding side.

Consecrate me now to thy service, Lord,

by the pow'r of grace divine;

let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,

and my will be lost in thine. [Refrain]

O the pure delight of a single hour

that before thy throne I spend,

when I kneel in prayer, and with thee, my God,

I commune as friend with friend. [Refrain]

There are depths of love that I cannot know

till I cross the narrow sea;

there are heights of joy that I may not reach

till I rest in peace with thee. [Refrain]

Prayer of the Church: Elder D. Abbott

Psalm 111:1-5 “O Praise the Lord”

O praise the LORD! With all my heart

Thanks to the LORD I’ll bring

Together with the upright ones,

And in their gathering.

The works accomplished by the LORD

Are very great in might.

They’re studied closely by all those

Who find in them delight.

His work is splendid and displays

His glorious majesty;

And His enduring righteousness

Forevermore will be.

He made His wonders lasting signs

Remembered endlessly;

The LORD is most compassionate,

And merciful is He.

Those fearing Him He fills with food

Provided by His hand.

He keeps in mind His covenant,

That it may ever stand.

God’s Word Read: Acts 12:20-25

God’s Word Preached: “The Word of the King” by Pastor Joel E. Wood

PRAYER OF APPLICATION & THE LORD’S PRAYER

All: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.

Song “How Deep the Father’s Love for Us”

How deep the Father's love for us

How vast beyond all measure

That He should give His only Son

To make a wretch His treasure

How great the pain of searing loss

The Father turns His face away

As wounds which mar the Chosen One

Bring many sons to glory

Behold the Man upon a cross

My sin upon His shoulders

Ashamed I hear my mocking voice