Worship Next Sunday
February
19, 2012
Preaching:
Pastor Steve Magee
Sermon
text: Acts 9:26-30
Sermon
title: “But I thought that you were on our side!”
Music:
Opening
Hymn 6 O Come, My Soul, Bless Thou the Lord
Preparation
163 At the Name of Jesus
Response
463 A Debtor to Mercy Alone
Closing
305 Arise, My Soul, Arise
Confession
of Faith: Nicene Creed
Old
Testament Passage: Psalm 97
Preparation
Guide
Sunday:
Review morning sermon
(evening service @ 5pm)
Monday:
Acts 9:26-30
Tuesday:
1 Kings 18:1-16
Wednesday:
1 Kings 18:17-46
Thursday:
Psalm 97
Friday:
Exodus 20:13
Saturday:
Acts
9
Suggested
Bible Study and Prayers
(Passages
that we will refer to in next Sunday's worship)
1
Kings 18
Father,
You bring rain upon the earth at just the right time. In the days of
Elijah, you worked through Your servant to confront evil rulers. It
is a frightening thing to face the sword of the civil government when
it is in the hand of a perverse man. Even today Your servants
throughout the world face great dangers from corrupt and incompetent
governments. They are quick to call Your true servants
troublemakers, when their own sins have brought trouble upon so many
people. Worse than this, even those who claim to follow You have
been led astray into horrible idolatry. You are the God who hears.
You do not sleep. You are not impressed with desperate and
idolatrous acts of humiliation aimed at forcing Your hand. The gods
of the nations are nothing. They have no voice. They do not answer.
They can do nothing. Grant Your wandering children wisdom in the
day of a holy contest. Send fire from heaven that would touch our
hearts and call us back to clear spiritual thinking. May we see Your
hand and fall on our faces, for You, O Lord, are God. Answer us when
we pray to You. Turn the hearts of Your people back to You, and
glorify Your holy Name. The day of Your vengeance is surely coming.
Our only hope is in Your Son Jesus. He is the true Man of God. His
prayers are completely effectual, and He has prayed for us. Grant us
sweet rain from heaven, that we might be refreshed in Your service in
a day of intense struggle.
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.
Psalm
97
Almighty
Father, You rule over the earth. You are a mighty God. You should
be feared by all men. All the earth should worship You. There is no
god that men can make with their own hands. We have been made by
You. We love You, O Lord. We turn away from evil. We rejoice in
You.
