Worship Next Sunday
October 23, 2011
Preaching: Pastor Magee
Sermon text: Acts 8:14-17
Sermon title: “The Word, Christian Baptism, and the Holy Spirit”
Music:
Opening – 3 Give to Our God Immortal Praise
Preparation – 437 O God, to Us Show Mercy
Response – 474 Blow Ye the Trumpet, Blow!
Close – 498 Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners!
Confession of Faith: Apostles Creed
OT Reading: Numbers 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 34:9-12
Preparation Guide
Sunday: Review morning sermon (evening service @ 5pm)
Monday: Acts 8:14-17
Tuesday: 1 Kings 2:1-25
Wednesday: 1 Kings 2:26-46
Thursday: Numbers 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 34:9-12
Friday: Exodus 20:4-6
Saturday: Acts 8
Suggested Bible Study and Prayers
(Passages that we will refer to in next Sunday's worship)
1 Kings 2
Lord, how is it that You work Your justice throughout the earth? One man rises and another falls. One man is given more life by Your mercy, yet the day comes when old transgressions catch up with him, and a taste of Your justice is felt at the day of his death. Bloodshed is all around us, and we cannot sort out all the misery and sin that we see across the years of our lives. There are those who will attempt to accomplish their own plans with intrigue and lies. They worm their way into the homes of the righteous and cause difficulties as they seek a weak ear and an unsuspecting ally. If you were not our help, how could we live? There is much trouble all around us. Please do not take away Your mercy from us. We hate our foolish past and we turn to You as those who know the hope that is securely ours in Your Son. We have heard the truth about the way of life that You have for Your children, and we acknowledge that it is good. Give us the strength to resist evil, lest we die in disgrace. You have fully established Your kingdom in the hands of Your Son. We thank You for the peace that we enjoy in His service.
Deuteronomy 34
Glorious God Almighty, the day of each man’s death approaches. Beyond this day is the coming of all of Your good decrees for life. Grant us a glimpse each day of the age to come. In light of that new vision, teach us to live in the sure hope of the coming age. Fill us with Your heavenly Spirit, and use us for Your good purposes even in the land where we now live. We thank You for Your holy Law that came through Moses. Even more than this, we thank You that grace and truth have come to us through Your Son Jesus Christ.
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.
