Worship Next Sunday
October 2, 2011
Preaching: Pastor Magee
Sermon text: Acts 8:5-8
Sermon title: “A Proclamation that Brings Much Joy to a City”
Music:
Opening – 97 We Praise You, O God, Our Redeemer, Creator
Preparation – 164 O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
Response – 646 Jesus Thou Joy of Loving Hearts
Closing – 455 And Can It Be That I Should Gain
Confession of Faith: Apostles Creed
OT Reading: Psalm 48
Preparation Guide
Sunday: Review morning sermon (evening service @ 5pm)
Monday: Acts 8
Tuesday: 2 Samuel 23:1-7
Wednesday: 2 Samuel 23:8-39
Thursday: Psalm 48
Friday: Matthew 22:37
Saturday: Acts 8
Suggested Bible Study and Prayers
(Passages that we will refer to in next Sunday's worship)
2 Samuel 23
Glorious Lord, You have granted to us the Word of Your Anointed, the Lord Jesus Christ. He has given us good news and has filled us with Your Holy Spirit. He is our great Ruler and King. He is the Seed of the Woman, who has crushed the head of the serpent. In our Redeemer, we have been made as mighty men, for even the devil is to be crushed under our feet. You have granted to Your servants water from the well of eternal life. At the cost of Your Son’s blood, You have given us a spring of water that gushes up forever, a refreshing help for weary sinners. O Father, we long for the fulfillment of Your Son’s Kingdom. There remain enemies all around us, and we are weak and weary in our duties. Even when we read Your Word and worship You we feel the challenge of our flesh and our sin. Deliver us forever from this body of death, and bring us into a land of abiding strength.
Psalm 48
Lord of heaven and earth, we look to Your great sanctuary in glory and we are astonished. Your Word teaches us about the place of our citizenship in that heavenly Jerusalem. We are deeply impressed. Our expectation of the life to come is a matter of great joy for our souls. We will pass on this good news to the coming generation, and will speak of You throughout all the nations of men.
Acts 8
Sovereign Lord, You have promised that Your truth would not be stopped in Jerusalem, but that it would be heard in all Judea, Samaria, and to the very ends of the earth. As that Word moved forward through Your apostles, many believed, even among those who had formerly been committed to pagan practices. So many in every age are dedicated to the worship of money, or think that they can buy Your gifts. You will bring Your Word even to men such as this. You will open the minds of distant tribes and people groups through Your great power. The faith that comes to one man can eventually touch many more who were once securely bound in the slavery of idolatry. Grant to all Your people the joy of new life, as Your servants are baptized into a community of living hope.
