Worship
Next Sunday
January
22, 2012
Preaching:
Pastor Stephen Magee
Sermon
text: Acts 9:17-19
Sermon
title: “My thoughts are not your thoughts”
Music:
Opening
Hymn 101 Come, Thou Almighty King
Preparation
140 O Word of God Incarnate
Response
461 Not What My Hands Have Done
Closing
500 Rock of Ages
Confession
of Faith: Apostles Creed
Old
Testament Passage: Isaiah
55:6-9
Preparation
Guide
Sunday:
Review morning sermon
(evening service @ 5pm)
Monday:
Acts 9:17-19
Tuesday:
1 Kings 14:1-18
Wednesday:
1 Kings 14:19-31
Thursday:
Isaiah 55:6-9
Friday:
Exodus 20:4-6
Saturday:
Acts
9
Suggested
Bible Study and Prayers
(Passages
that we will refer to in next Sunday's worship)
1
Kings 14
Glorious
God, we live in a world full of sickness and death. You have granted
to us a special love for our children, and our hearts are broken when
they face grave illness and trouble. What must Your love for us be
that You have called us Your children? What an amazing love You have
displayed through the cross of Christ! There are times and seasons
that You have ordained for the people that You have created. Your
determinations are true and right. Help us to receive Your truth
with humility, for You are God, and there is no other. Men live out
their days. We sin, even within Your church. Our sins are varied
and offensive. Your discipline of Your people is all around us. We
cannot understand Your providence, but we know that Your love for
Your children is sure. Will we not follow the clear directives of
Your moral law? Have mercy on us.
Acts
9
Glorious
Lord, You can take a man who is breathing threats against You and
Your people and make him into a great servant of the Word. Blessed
be Your Name. You help such a man to see the truth that he once
condemned. The power of Your gospel changes men, softening proud
hearts, and making them willing to suffer for the Name that they
hated. Remove from our eyes any remaining spiritual blindness. Help
us to see even more clearly that Jesus is Your Son. He is the only
Messiah, and this is clearly shown through even the Old Testament
Scriptures. Grant that our ministers would preach boldly among men
who may be seeking to kill us. Grant us peace and joy in the comfort
that comes from Your Truth and from the Holy Spirit. Make us know
Your love for us so fully that we cannot help but be overflowing with
good works. Remove far from us all ungodly hatred, self-centered
distractions, and laziness. Take away all false excuses that we used
in earlier days to reject so many great opportunities to serve You.
Isaiah
55
O
Father, we are thirsty and hungry, and we come to You. You will
satisfy us with abundance that can only be found in the Bread of Life
and the Cup of our Salvation. You have redeemed us, and we seek You
now. We turn away from all sin and turn toward You, O Lord. Your
ways are high, and Your thoughts are pure. We are yours, O God.
Your Word has accomplished what You have purposed by Your holy
decree. Bring about the fullness of a renewed creation.
