Pastor Joel E. Wood
“Blind for the Sight”
Acts 13:4-12
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September 29, 2024
9:30a Service
Welcome and Announcements
Call to Worship
Leader: Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!
People: But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and forevermore.
All: Praise the Lord!
Trinity Hymnal #30 “Our God, Our Help in Ages Past
Our God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
our shelter from the stormy blast,
and our eternal home:
Under the shadow of your throne
your saints have dwelt secure;
sufficient is your arm alone,
and our defense is sure.
Before the hills in order stood,
or earth received her frame,
from everlasting you are God,
to endless years the same.
A thousand ages in your sight
are like an evening gone;
short as the watch that ends the night
before the rising sun.
The busy tribes of flesh and blood,
with all their lives and cares,
are carried downward by your flood,
and lost in foll'wing years.
Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
bears all its sons away;
they fly forgotten, as a dream
dies at the op'ning day.
Our God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come:
O be our guard while troubles last,
and our eternal home.
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 #132 “O Rejoice in the Lord”
God never moves without purpose or plan
When trying His servant and molding a man
Give thanks to the Lord
Though your testing seems long
In darkness He giveth a song
Chorus:
O rejoice in the Lord He makes no mistake
He knows the end of each path that I take
For when I am tried and purified
I shall come forth as gold
I could not see through the shadows ahead
So I looked at the cross of my Savior instead
I bowed to the will of the Master that day
Then peace came and tears fled away
Now I can see testing comes from above
God strengthens His children and purges in love
My Father knows best and I trust in His care
Through purging more fruit I will bear
Prayer of the Church: Elder B. Tidwell
Psalm 104:1-8 “O Praise the Lord” [tune: Trinity Hymnal #2]
My soul, bless the LORD!
LORD God, You are great,
With honor arrayed, majestic in state!
You cover Yourself with a garment of light
And stretch out the sky as a curtain by night.
The beams of Your courts in waters You laid;
On wings of the wind Your pathway You made.
The clouds are Your chariot; the winds do Your will;
The flames and the lightnings Your pleasure fulfill.
You set up the earth on foundations sure,
That always it should unshaken endure.
Deep seas like a garment about it You cast;
The waters stood high; over mountains they passed.
But at Your rebuke the high waters fled;
Your thunder they heard and from there they sped.
The mountains arose, and the valleys sank low,
And went to the place You ordained them to go.
God’s Word Read: Acts 13:4-12
God’s Word Preached: “Blind for the Sight” by Pastor Joel E. Wood
PRAYER OF APPLICATION & THE LORD’S PRAYER
Song “O Come and Mourn with Me Awhile”
O come and mourn with me awhile
O come ye to the Savior's side
Oh come together let us mourn
Jesus our Lord is crucified
Chorus:
O love of God O sin of man
In this dread act Your strength is tried
And victory remains with love
Jesus our Lord is crucified
Sev'n times He spake sev'n words of love
And all three hours His silence cried
For mercy on the souls of men
Jesus our Lord is crucified [Chorus]
O break O break hard heart of mine
Thy weak self love and guilty pride
His Pilate and His Judas were
Jesus our Lord is crucified [Chorus]
A broken heart a fount of tears
Ask and they will not be denied
A broken heart love's cradle is
Jesus our Lord is crucified [Chorus]
Trinity Hymnal p. 845 “Apostles’ Creed”
Words of Institution
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.
Communion Prayer
Approach the Table
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Hymn. “O Church, Arise”
O church arise and put your armour on
Hear the call of Christ our Captain
For now the weak can say that they are strong
In the strength that God has given
With shield of faith and belt of truth
We'll stand against the devil's lies
An army bold whose battle cry is Love
Reaching out to those in darkness
Our call to war to love the captive soul
But to rage against the captor
And with the sword that makes the wounded whole
We will fight with faith and valour
When faced with trials on every side
We know the outcome is secure
And Christ will have the prize for which He died
An inheritance of nations
Come see the cross where love and mercy meet
As the Son of God is stricken
Then see His foes lie crushed beneath His feet
For the Conqueror has risen
And as the stone is rolled away
And Christ emerges from the grave
This victory march continues till the day
Every eye and heart shall see Him
So Spirit come put strength in every stride
Give grace for every hurdle
That we may run with faith to win the prize
Of a servant good and faithful
As saints of old still line the way
Retelling triumphs of His grace
We hear their calls and hunger for the day
When with Christ we stand in glory
Trinity Hymnal #731: “Doxology”
Benediction
Postlude
