For July 30, 2017

Worship Next Sunday

July 30, 2017

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 Chronicles 6:1-81

Sermon Title: All the Rest of Israel – Part 3: Meet the Levites

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#19) Thee We Adore, Eternal Lord!

Preparation Hymn: (#94) How Firm a Foundation

Response Hymn: (#299) Look, Ye Saints, the Sight Is...

Closing Hymn: (#498) Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners!

Meditation on God's Law: Third Commandment

Supporting Passages: Psalm 24, Matthew 8:28-34

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 23 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Hosea 4, Psalm 93 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Hosea 5, Psalm 94 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Hosea 6, Psalm 95 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Psalm 24 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Matthew 8:28-34 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 Chronicles 6:1-81 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 Chronicles 6:1-81

Priests

Samuel

Singers

Inheritance

Cities of refuge

Jesus, the Servant of the Lord

A Kingdom of Joyful Servants

Matthew 8:28-34

[28] And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way. [29] And behold, they cried out, “What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?” [30] Now a herd of many pigs was feeding at some distance from them. [31] And the demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.” [32] And he said to them, “Go.” So they came out and went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters. [33] The herdsmen fled, and going into the city they told everything, especially what had happened to the demon-possessed men. [34] And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

For July 23, 2017

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July 23, 2017

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 Chronicles 5:1-26

Sermon Title: All the Rest of Israel – Part 2: Living the Dream on the Other Side of the Jordan

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#53) Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

Preparation Hymn: (#727) Lead Me, Lord, Lead Me in Thy...

Response Hymn: (#457) Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Closing Hymn: (#580) Lead On, O King Eternal

Meditation on God's Law: Second Commandment

Supporting Passages: Psalm 23, Matthew 8:23-27

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 22 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Hosea 1, Psalm 90 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Hosea 2, Psalm 91 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Hosea 3, Psalm 92 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Psalm 23 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Matthew 8:23-27 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 Chronicles 5:1-26 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 Chronicles 5:1-26

[1] The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel

[11] The sons of Gad

[23] The members of the half-tribe of Manasseh

Jesus and the Church on the Other Side of the River

Matthew 8:23-27

[23] And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. [24] And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. [25] And they went and woke him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing.” [26] And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. [27] And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?”

For July 16, 2017

Worship Next Sunday

July 16, 2017

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 Chronicles 4:24-43

Sermon Title: All the Rest of Israel – Part 1: Simeon

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#6) O Come, My Soul, Bless Thou ...

Preparation Hymn: (#141) God, in the Gospel of His Son

Response Hymn: (#670) If Thou Suffer God to Guide Thee

Closing Hymn: (#521) My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less

Meditation on God's Law: First Commandment

Supporting Passages: Psalm 22, Matthew 8:18-22

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 21 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Daniel 10, Psalm 87 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Daniel 11, Psalm 88 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Daniel 12, Psalm 89 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Psalm 22 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Matthew 8:18-22 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 Chronicles 4:24-43 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 Chronicles 4:24-43

The heritage preserved in the Word of God

for the man, Simeon

The checkered providence of God

for the tribe of Simeon

The final conquest by God

for the elect of Simeon

Matthew 8:18-22

[18] Now when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side. [19] And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” [20] And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” [21] Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” [22] And Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”

For July 9, 2017

Worship Next Sunday

July 9, 2017

Preaching: Guest Preacher Pastor Bill Welzein

Sermon Text: Genesis 17:1-14, Romans 2:25-3:1-4; 6:1-11

Sermon Title: The Value of Baptism

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#2) O Worship the King

Preparation Hymn: (#140) O Word of God Incarnate

Response Hymn: (#420) At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing

Closing Hymn: (#598) Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah

Meditation on God's Law: Second Great Commandment

Supporting Passages: Psalm 21, Matthew 8:14-17

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 20 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: NO Morning Worship

Tuesday: NO Morning Worship

Wednesday: Daniel 9, Psalm 86 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Psalm 21 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Matthew 8:14-17 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: Rom 2:25-3:1-4; 6:1-11 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Romans 2:25-3:1-4; 6:1-11

[2:25] For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision. [26] So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? [27] Then he who is physically uncircumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law. [28] For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. [29] But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.

[3:1] Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? [2] Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God. [3] What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? [4] By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, “That you may be justified in your words,

and prevail when you are judged.”

[6:1] What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? [2] By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? [3] Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? [4] We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

[5] For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. [6] We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. [7] For one who has died has been set free from sin. [8] Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. [9] We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. [10] For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. [11] So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Matthew 8:14-17

[14] And when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. [15] He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him. [16] That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick. [17] This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.”