Pastor Joel E. Wood
“Outward to 60: A Gospel Community”
2 Timothy 2:14-26
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New Life Presbyterian Church
January 5, 2025
9:30a Service
Welcome and Announcements
Introit
Greeting & Call to Worship Psalm 149:1-5
Leader: Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of the godly!
People: Let Israel be glad in his Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King!
Leader: Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!
People: For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.
Leader: Let the godly exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their beds.
PRAYER OF ADORATION, ASSISTANCE AND BLESSING Hymnal #660 “O God beyond All Praising”
O God beyond all praising, we worship you today and sing the love amazing that songs cannot repay; for we can only wonder at every gift you send, at blessings without number and mercies without end: we lift our hearts before you and wait upon your word, we honor and adore you, our great and mighty Lord.
Then hear, O gracious Savior, accept the love we bring, that we who know your favor may serve you as our King; and whether our tomorrows be filled with good or ill, we'll triumph through our sorrows and rise to bless you still:
to marvel at your beauty and glory in your ways, and make a joyful duty our sacrifice of praise.
Reflection of 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 CONFESSION OF SIN
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Hymnal #586 “Take My Life and Let It Be”
Take my life, and let it be
consecrated, Lord, to thee.
Take my moments and my days;
let them flow in ceaseless praise.
Take my hands, and let them move
at the impulse of thy love.
Take my feet, and let them be
swift and beautiful for thee.
Take my voice, and let me sing,
always, only, for my King.
Take my lips, and let them be
filled with messages from thee.
Take my silver and my gold;
not a mite would I withhold
Take my intellect, and use
ev'ry pow'r as thou shalt choose.
Take my will, and make it thine;
it shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart, it is thine own;
it shall be thy royal throne.
Take my love; my Lord, I pour
at thy feet its treasure store.
Take myself, and I will be
ever, only, all for thee.
PRAYER OF THE CHURCH Elder Dean Abbott
Psalm 33 "The Lord by His Word Has Created the Heavens"
The LORD by His word has created the heavens; And He by His breath made the stars come to be. The depths of the ocean He heaps up together, And puts in a storehouse the waves of the sea.
So let all the earth and its people revere Him, And in the LORD’s presence with awe let them stand. He spoke, it was done, and continues to stand fast; It all was accomplished when He gave command.
The LORD brings to nothing the plans of the nations; He frustrates their counsel and makes their schemes fail. But all that the LORD in His heart has intended, The plans He has made will forever prevail.
The nation the LORD has embraced is most blessed, Where He is acknowledged to be God alone, This people He claims, His inherited portion, The ones He has chosen and calls as His own.
The LORD looks from heaven to see all of mankind, He looks from His throne on all dwelling on earth – The same One who made them, who all their hearts fashioned,
Who knows what they do and considers its worth. The king is not saved by the strength of his army; The soldier as well should not trust his own might. The strength of a horse does not make rescue certain; A horse is a false hope for winning the fight.
Behold, the LORD’s eye is upon all who trust Him, Who hope in His love and, in awe, Him revere. They trust that from death He will rescue and save them, And keep them all living when famine comes near. The LORD we await is our help and protection,
Our heart is glad trusting in His holy Name. O LORD, let Your covenant love be upon us, As we hold to You and the hope that we claim.
GOD’S WORD READ 2 Timothy 2:14-26
GOD’S WORD PREACHED “Outward to 60: A Gospel Community”
Pastor Joel E. Wood
Prayer of Application and the Lord’s Prayer Hymn “In Christ Alone”
In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light my strength my song
This Cornerstone this solid Ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm What heights of love what depths of peace When fears are stilled when strivings cease My Comforter my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand
In Christ alone who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
Till on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live
There in the ground His body lay Light of the world by darkness slain Then bursting forth in glorious Day Up from the grave He rose again And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ
No fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me From life's first cry to final breath Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell no scheme of man Can ever pluck me from His hand Till He returns or calls me home Here in the power of Christ I'll stand
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.
Communion Prayer
Approach the Table for the Lord’s Supper
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Song “Trisagion”
Holy God, holy and mighty, holy Immortal One, have mercy, have mercy on us [repeat]
Holy God, holy and mighty, holy Immortal One, Have mercy, have mercy have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on us.
Hymnal #731 “Doxology”
Praise God from Whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heav’nly host:
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
THE BENEDICTION
Postlude
