Rev. Dr. Ligon Duncan
“God’s Two Books”
Psalm 19
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11/24/24 Worship Outline
Morning Liturgy
Welcome and Announcements
Call to Worship. Psalm 135:1-3, 20b-21
Leader: Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord, give praise, O servants of the Lord, who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God!
People: Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing to his name, for it is pleasant!
Leader: You who fear the Lord, bless the Lord!
People: Blessed be the Lord from Zion, He who dwells in Jerusalem!
Trinity Hymnal #125 “Let All Things Now Living”
Let all things now living
A song of thanksgiving
To God the Creator
Triumphantly raise
Who fashioned and made us
Protected and stayed us
Who still guides us on
To the end of our days
His banners are o'er us
His light goes before us
A pillar of fire
Shining forth in the night
Till shadows have vanished
And darkness is banished
As forward we travel
From light into light
His law He enforces
The stars in their courses
The sun in His orbit
obediently shine
The hills and the mountains
The rivers and fountains
The deeps of the ocean
Proclaim Him divine
We too should be voicing
Our love and rejoicing
With glad adoration
A song let us raise
Till all things now living
Unite in thanksgiving
To God in the highest
Hosanna and praise
Katherine Kennicott Davis
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
Song “Give Thanks”
Give thanks with a grateful heart;
Give thanks to the Holy One;
Give thanks because He’s given
Jesus Christ, His Son. [repeat]
And now let the weak say, “I am strong,”
Let the poor say, “I am weak rich,”
Because of what the Lord
Has done for us. [repeat]
Give thanks.
Sacrament of Baptism
Prayer of the Church
Psalm 56 “You Have Recorded All My Ways” [tune: Trinity Hymnal #296)
You have recorded all my ways,
All pathways that I took;
Within Your bottle placed my tears,
Are they not in Your book?
When I cry out then my foes flee;
I know God is for me.
In God whose word I give my praise,
The LORD’s word I revere,
In God I now have put my trust,
So I will have no fear.
In God is where my trust will be;
What can man do to me?
Your vows are binding on me, God,
I’ll render thanks to You.
For You have saved my soul from death,
My feet from stumbling, too.
So I will walk before God’s sight
With life and in its light.
God’s Word Read: Psalm 19
God’s Word Preached: “God’s Two Books” by Rev. Dr. Ligon Duncan
PRAYER OF APPLICATION & THE LORD’S PRAYER
Trinity Hymnal #251 “Beneath the Cross of Jesus”
Beneath the cross of Jesus
I fain would take my stand,
the shadow of a mighty Rock
within a weary land;
a home within the wilderness,
a rest upon the way,
from the burning of the noon-tide heat
and the burden of the day.
Upon the cross of Jesus
mine eye at times can see
the very dying form of One
who suffered there for me:
and from my stricken heart with tears
two wonders I confess,
the wonders of redeeming love
and my unworthiness.
I take, O cross, thy shadow
for my abiding place:
I ask no other sunshine than
the sunshine of his face;
content to let the world go by,
to know no gain nor loss;
my sinful self my only shame,
my glory all the cross.
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.
Song – “My Heart Is Filled”
My heart is filled with thankfulness
To Him who bore my pain
Who plumbed the depths of my disgrace
And gave me life again
Who crushed my curse of sinfulness
And clothed me with His light
And wrote His law of righteousness
With pow'r upon my heart
My heart is filled with thankfulness
To Him who walks beside
Who floods my weaknesses with strength
And causes fears to fly
Whose every promise is enough
For every step I take
Sustaining me with arms of love
And crowning me with grace
My heart is filled with thankfulness
To Him who reigns above
Whose wisdom is my perfect peace
Whose every thought is love
For every day I have on earth
Is given by the King
So I will give my life my all
To love and follow Him
Trinity Hymnal #731: “Doxology”
Benediction
Postlude
