Worship Next Sunday
April 17, 2011
Preaching: Pastor Magee
Sermon text: Acts 4:13-22
Sermon title: “The Audacity of Christian Preaching”
Music:
Opening – We Praise You, O God, Our Redeemer ... 97
Preparation – The Church's One Foundation 347
Response – Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness 520
Closing – My Faith Looks Up to Thee 528
Confession of Faith: Apostles Creed
OT Reading: Jeremiah 38:14-23
Preparation Guide
Sunday: Review morning sermon (evening service @ 5pm)
Monday: Acts 4:13-22
Tuesday: 1 Samuel 30:1-15
Wednesday: 1 Samuel 30:16-31
Thursday: Jeremiah 38:14-23
Friday: Exodus 20:2-3
Saturday: Acts 4
Suggested Bible Study and Prayers
(Passages that we will refer to in next Sunday's worship)
1 Samuel 30
Lord God, what will we do in the day of the worst news? Is there hope when the city has been burned with fire, and our families have been captured in battle? What will we do in the day when our own comrades in mission blame us for great evil that has come upon us? We will strengthen our souls in Your presence. We will inquire of You, O Lord. We will surely move forward again in Your service. We will have mercy on the weak, and You will grant us victory. Your Son has redeemed what was captured by an enemy. We have complete confidence in Him. Not one soul in Your family will be lost. Therefore we are safe, for we belong to Your Son. Grant to us a great victory in Your service. When You bring blessing into our hands, help us to be generous with all our brothers and sisters who are in need. Let us also honor the leaders of Your people out of reverence for Your Son.
Jeremiah 38
Merciful God, the servants of Your Word are in great need. Some are being threatened by those around them. Others are already in prison or have had their property confiscated from them. Appoint someone to help them today, that they might have food to eat, healing for their illnesses, aid for their financial distress, friendship for their loneliness, and especially Your strong presence in their lives. Make them to be men of great courage. Though the wicked seek their lives, You are able to preserve Your servants again this day. Through all this distress, help those who are true messengers of Your Son to continue with the fullness of Your holy counsel. Though their homes and even their families be destroyed, preserve Your servants through every trial.
Acts 4
Lord God Almighty, we know that there are some who do not want to hear the Word. They may be enraged by any signs of life that seem to flow from the Name of Jesus Christ. Grant to us the courage to speak boldly for that Name above all names. There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. Keep us near Your resurrected and ascended Son, so that it may be evident to all through our humility and holy boldness that we have been with Jesus. You have done great things for us. You are powerful in all Your works of creation and providence. Why does the world hate You? Why were even the rulers of Your people determined to kill the Son of God? Move our hearts and minds with the presence of Your Spirit, filling us with Your love and power. Make us witnesses of Your grace throughout the church and the world. Teach us to give all that we have and all that we are to You in the face of such obvious and overwhelming goodness.
