Worship Next Sunday
June
17, 2012
Preaching:
Pastor Stephen Magee
Sermon
text: Acts 13:32-41
Sermon
title: A Glad Father
Music:
Opening
Hymn 168 I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art
Preparation
Hymn 181 We Come, O Christ, to You
Response
Hymn 257 Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted
Closing
Hymn 252 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Confession
of Faith: Heidelberg Catechism
Old
Testament Passage: Proverbs
15:20a
Preparation
Guide
Sunday:
Review morning sermon
(evening service @ 5pm)
Monday:
Acts 13:32-41
Tuesday:
2 Kings 12:1-16
Wednesday:
2 Kings 12:17-21
Thursday:
Proverbs 15:20a
Friday:
Exodus 20:17
Saturday:
Acts
13
Suggested Bible Study and Prayers
(Passages
that we will refer to in next Sunday's worship)
2
Kings 12
Lord God, You
grant us lives to be lived for Your glory. We have opportunities for
faithfulness that You give to us. You also grant us resources of
money and time for the use of Your kingdom. Will we use these things
for ourselves, and miss the opportunity to serve You sacrificially?
Help us to love Your house out of our deep regard for You. Give us
others with whom we may serve. Build up Your kingdom for Your own
glory. Protect us from vicious men who have no intention of truly
serving You.
Proverbs 15
Lord
God, keep us from words that are unnecessarily harsh. Grant us
gentle speech and ears that heed reproof. Our Father, how is it that
wickedness so easily finds a resting place in our lives and in our
homes? Give us glad hearts as we contemplate the many blessings that
You have given to us. May we feast on the fullness of Your grace and
wisdom day by day. Move us along on the good highway of
righteousness, and grant us a healthy glimpse of our destination,
lest we become discouraged and despondent, and turn away from the way
of the cross either to the right or to the left.
Acts 13
Father
God, we thank You for the preachers and teachers that You have given
to Your church. We pray that You will lead them to the precise
places that You have for them to go, that they might serve You in
fruitful work according to Your plan. Help these men to be
forthright in their speech, for men-pleasers will not be helpful to
the progress of the truth. Help these servants to see this life
in a right way, so that they will not fall into the many temptations
that so easily ensnare those who are called to be servants of the
Word. Grant that these preachers and teachers would have an
accurate understanding of the Old and New Testaments. May they
be in the Word day by day in ways that are helpful for their own
souls, and for the understanding of those who will hear them. Help
them to see Christ, His atoning work, and His glorious resurrection
as the very center of Your living Word. What a joy it is to see
Your Son as the surprising fulfillment of the Word given to Your
people even under the period of the Law! We have been freed
from sin by the message and power of Christ. We pray that the
true and bold ministry of Your Word would be powerful in our day.
How can this happen if the men that You call as Your servants are
trapped by worldliness and idolatry? Sanctify Your church,
including her ministers, and grant all of Your assemblies a strong
hope of eternal life and the fullness of joy even now through the
Holy Spirit.
