Worship Next Sunday
October 9, 2011
Preaching: Intern Nathan Snyder
Sermon text: Psalm 100
Sermon title: “”
Music:
Opening – 1 All People That on Earth Do Dwell
Preparation – 163 At the Name of Jesus
Response – 170 Fairest Lord Jesus
Closing – 296 All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name!
Confession of Faith: Nicene Creed
NT Reading: Philippians 4:4-9
Preparation Guide
Sunday: Review morning sermon (evening service @ 5pm)
Monday: Psalm 100
Tuesday: 2 Samuel 24:1-14
Wednesday: 2 Samuel 24:15-25
Thursday: Philippians 4:4-9
Friday: Matthew 22:39
Saturday: Psalm 100
Suggested Bible Study and Prayers
(Passages that we will refer to in next Sunday's worship)
2 Samuel 24
Father God, we are so weak, and we would easily fail and fall at any test. Surely we need Your strength if we are to resist evil. We are so full of pride. We do what we do because of our own desires. Transform our hearts into something better and purer, that we might have holier desires. Your heart is perfect. Make us to love what You love, and to pursue these better desires with all the power and faith that comes from You. We would bring great trouble upon our lives and upon others all around us through our lust for power, fame, or pleasure. We need an atoning sacrifice for our wickedness. Your hand came against a Son of David, the Lord Jesus Christ, who was the Lamb of God for us. Through His perfect desires and His astounding love, a plague of death has been taken away from us. Through His own life and death, He has accomplished what could never have come to us through the death of bulls or goats. Though we can pay nothing for our salvation, the cost to You has been measured out in the blood of Your Son. Thank You for Your mercy, for Your justice has been satisfied at a great cost, and we have been redeemed.
Psalm 100
Father, the duty of worship is not only for Israel. All Your people throughout the earth should love and serve You. We thank You for Your steadfast love, secured for us in the life and death of Your Son.
Philippians 4
Our God and King, take away from our hearts unproductive and vicious thoughts that are out of accord with godliness. Take away our foolish anxieties, and help us to rejoice in You always. Keep our minds on You and on Your great works of creation, providence, and redemption. Fill us with peace as we fill our minds with the glorious wonders of Your greatness and beauty. Thank You for those You have given to us as companions and partners in the way of faith and life. We have confidence in You, for You will not abandon us. You will supply our every need, according to the abundance of Your grace for all of Your children.
