Worship
Next Sunday
March
25, 2012
Preaching:
Pastor Stephen Magee
Sermon
text: Acts 10:1-24
Sermon
title: “Adventure at Caesarea”
Music:
Opening
Hymn 80 Lord, with Glowing Heart I'd Praise Thee
Preparation
Hymn 145 The Spirit Breathes upon the Word
Response
Hymn 172 Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder
Closing
Hymn 642 Be Thou My Vision
Confession
of Faith: Apostles Creed
Old
Testament Passage: Psalm 117
Preparation
Guide
Sunday:
Review morning sermon
(evening service @ 5pm)
Monday:
Acts 10:1-24
Tuesday:
2 Kings 1:1-8
Wednesday:
2 Kings 1:9-18
Thursday:
Psalm 117
Friday:
Luke 9:23-26
Saturday:
Acts
10
Suggested
Bible Study and Prayers
(Passages
that we will refer to in next Sunday's worship)
2
Kings 1
Father
God, we need You. It will do us no good to inquire of foreign gods.
We need spiritual wisdom that can only come from You. You are the
one God in heaven who rules over life and death. You have created
all things, and You sustain everything by the Word of Your power.
You are a consuming fire. We must worship You alone. Please have
mercy on us, that we might live. Give us hope in the day of illness
and trouble. Forgive our sins, draw us near to You in Christ, and
turn us away from all idolatry.
Acts
10
God
of the Nations, we rejoice in the obvious truth that salvation has
been granted not only to Jews, but also to the Gentiles. How many a
Cornelius have come to know the truth of this great Jewish Messiah!
In this Christ we have been declared clean. How often do we treat
others as unclean when You have cleansed them for the hearing of Your
Word? Thank You for Your providence among men and angels whereby the
truth of Jesus has been brought to the ends of the earth. Could it
be that Your church would be strangely unmoved by this great
expansion of Your kingdom? Are we really so captivated by our
private concerns that we only see our own homes and families and the
continual needs of our lives? Help us to fear You again and to do
what is right. Help us to love the preaching of Jesus Christ here
and in distant lands. Will we not be moved by the resurrection of
Jesus Christ? Could it be that a man would claim to be alive to the
resurrection of Jesus, and yet still be dead to the progress of Your
Son’s kingdom throughout the world? Open our eyes, O Lord! Some
unseen enemy must yet be against us or within us. Open our eyes so
that we would love You and serve You! Grant us a more powerful
cleansing by Your Spirit and a more wonderful knowledge of the truth
so that we would be eager to serve You forever.
Psalm
117
God
of all the earth, everyone everywhere should worship You. Use us as
Your servants to extend the glory of Your Name to lands that have
never heard of You. Bring the power of redemption through the blood
of Your Son to every nation.
