Worship Next Sunday
October 16, 2011
Preaching: Pastor Magee
Sermon text: Acts 8:9-13
Sermon title: “The Astounding Power of God”
Music:
Opening – 53 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
Preparation – 172 Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder
Response – 169 My Heard Does Overflow
Closing – 699 Like a River Glorious
Confession of Faith: Heidelberg Catechism
OT Reading: Psalm 29
Preparation Guide
Sunday: Review morning sermon (evening service @ 5pm)
Monday: Acts 8:9-13
Tuesday: 1 Kings 1:1-27
Wednesday: 1 Kings 1:28-53
Thursday: Psalm 29
Friday: Exodus 20:1-3
Saturday: Acts 8
Suggested Bible Study and Prayers
(Passages that we will refer to in next Sunday's worship)
1 Kings 1
Glorious God, we live and die at Your command. You know us when we are young, and You know us when we are old. The day comes when we step aside from our duties of responsibility, and the next generation takes our place. We come and go, but Your Son is forever King over the church. Here below, an Adonijah may attempt to make himself something, and he may even seem to succeed for a time. Despite the proud plans of men, You make a man rise or fall. You promised that Solomon would be king instead of Adonijah. Your Word cannot be broken. As we live among ambitious and treacherous men, we feel the danger of ruthless arrogance all around us. Despite these fears, You surely reign, and You will accomplish Your great will. Grant to us faith in You every day. We put aside our needless anxiety, and trust in You. Comfort our hearts as You teach us to trust in Your Word. May we serve You without doubt and fear all the days of our lives. We have been found in Your Son. Why should we live as orphans when we have such a good heritage in Your Son Jesus Christ? His throne is great and His Name is glorious. Thank You for our secure relation to You in the life and death of Your Son. Though we die, yet we only sleep in Jesus Christ. He will call our bodies forth from the grave. We live now in this most excellent hope.
Psalm 29
Lord of Hosts, all worship of men and angels is due to You, for You alone are God. Your voice is fearful and wonderful, like glorious thunder from the heavens. Blessed be Your Name, O great King. We hear Your Word of peace, and are greatly blessed.
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.
