Worship
Next Sunday
February
5, 2012
Preaching:
Intern Nathan Snyder
Sermon
text: 2 Samuel 23:1-7
Sermon
title: “The King Who Shines upon Us”
Music:
Opening
hymn 12 Exalt the Lord, His Praise Proclaim
Preparation
303 Blessed Jesus, at Your Word
Response
165 Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim
Closing
309 Rejoice, the Lord is King
Confession
of Faith: Heidelberg Catechism
New
Testament Passage: Ephesians
5:1-14
Preparation
Guide
Sunday:
Review morning sermon
(evening service @ 5pm)
Monday:
2 Samuel 23:1-7
Tuesday:
1 Kings 16:1-20
Wednesday:
1 Kings 16:21-34
Thursday:
Ephesians 5:1-14
Friday:
Exodus 20:8-11
Saturday:
2
Samuel 23
Suggested Bible Study and Prayers
(Passages
that we will refer to in next Sunday's worship)
1
Kings 16
Sovereign
Lord, Your works of providence for Your people over many generations
are hard for us to understand. You are not the author of sin, yet
You ordain all things that come to pass. You work through the means
that You see fit to use, wisely governing and limiting evil, and
working out Your good purposes. In the history of Your people we see
our own depravity. Take away from us every impulse to evil
conspiracies and murderous hatred. Purify our hearts and minds with
the Spirit of Christ, or we will surely be overtaken by our own sin.
Protect us also from wickedness all around us. Guide us into
helpful, loving relationships, for we have seen in Your Word the evil
that can come through marriage to one who is not true to You. Have
mercy on us, O Lord, and forgive us.
2
Samuel 23
Glorious
Lord, You have granted to us the Word of Your Anointed, the Lord
Jesus Christ. He has given us good news and has filled us with Your
Holy Spirit. He is our great Ruler and King. He is the Seed of the
Woman, who has crushed the head of the serpent. In our Redeemer, we
have been made as mighty men, for even the devil is to be crushed
under our feet. You have granted to Your servants water from the
well of eternal life. At the cost of Your Son’s blood, You have
given us a spring of water that gushes up forever, a refreshing help
for weary sinners. O Father, we long for the fulfillment of Your
Son’s Kingdom. There remain enemies all around us, and we are weak
and weary in our duties. Even when we read Your Word and worship You
we feel the challenge of our flesh and our sin. Deliver us forever
from this body of death, and bring us into a land of abiding
strength.
Ephesians
5
Great
God and Father, teach us to walk as we should, in a way that is
proper for those who are to be holy in Christ. We turn away from all
immorality and idolatry. Please help us to live as children of
light. Teach us not to hide in the darkness just to win the approval
of the world. Show us how to live as the light of Your Son, that the
darkness would be exposed. Fill us with the Spirit, that we might
worship You always with great thanksgiving and submission. Teach us
how to live in our marriages as followers of Your Son. Help the
wives in Your church to respect their husbands. Show our men how to
love their wives as Christ loves the church. Grant to all of us a
solid awareness of the pattern of life given to us in the cross of
Your Son.
