For November 4, 2018

Worship Next Sunday

November 4, 2018

Preaching: Steve Magee

Sermon Text: Mark 4:30-34

Sermon Title: Alive with Hope

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#249) For the Beauty of the Earth

Preparation Hymn: (#241) O God Beyond All Praising

Response Hymn: (#245) Great is Thy Faithfulness

Closing Hymn: (#512) Jesus Lives, and So Shall I

Meditation on God's Law: The Sabbath

Supporting Passages: Psalm 82, Hebrews 11

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 81 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: WSC #74, Psalm 68, John 12 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: WSC #75, Psalm 69, John 13 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: WSC #76, Psalm 70, John 14 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Psalm 82 (Next Sunday: OT Reading)

Friday: Hebrews 11 (Next Sunday: NT Reading)

Saturday: Mark 4:30-34 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Morning: Mark 4:30-34

[30] And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? [31] It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, [32] yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”

[33] With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it. [34] He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

Evening: Psalm 82

Human “gods” and the Son of the Most High

For October 28, 2018

Worship Next Sunday

October 28, 2018

Preaching: Steve Magee

Sermon Text: Mark 4:26-29

Sermon Title: The Lord of the Harvest

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#212 Come Thou Almighty King

Preparation Hymn: (#224) Immortal, Invisible, God Only ...

Response Hymn: (#403) Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken

Closing Hymn: (#380) Crown Him with Many Crowns

Meditation on God's Law: The Name

Supporting Passages: Psalm 81, Hebrews 10

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 80 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: WSC #71, Psalm 65A, John 9 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: WSC #72, Psalm 66A, John 10 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: WSC #73, Psalm 67, John 11 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Psalm 81 (Next Sunday: OT Reading)

Friday: Hebrews 10 (Next Sunday: NT Reading)

Saturday: Mark 4:26-29 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Morning: Mark 4:26-29

[26] And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. [27] He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how. [28] The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. [29] But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

Evening: Psalm 81

Rescued and Tested for Worship

For October 21, 2018

Worship Next Sunday

October 21, 2018

Preaching: Steve Magee

Sermon Text: Mark 4:21-25

Sermon Title: I'd Rather Have Jesus

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#100B) All People That on Earth Do Dwell

Preparation Hymn: (#444) Come to the Waters

Response Hymn: (#425) How Sweet and Awesome Is the...

Closing Hymn: (#476) It Is Well with My Soul

Meditation on God's Law: No Idols

Supporting Passages: Psalm 80, Hebrews 9

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 79 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: NO Daily Worship

Tuesday: WSC #69, Psalm 63A, John 7 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: WSC #70, Psalm 64, John 8 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Psalm 80 (Next Sunday: OT Reading)

Friday: Hebrews 9 (Next Sunday: NT Reading)

Saturday: Mark 4:21-25 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Morning: Mark 4:21-25

[21] And he said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand? [22] For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light. [23] If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” [24] And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you. [25] For to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”

Evening: Psalm 80

The Shining Face of the Lord

For October 14, 2018

Worship Next Sunday

October 14, 2018

Preaching: David Herrod

Sermon Text: Mark 4:10-20

Sermon Title: The Purpose of the Parables

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#282) I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer

Preparation Hymn: (#270) At the Name of Jesus

Response Hymn: (#431) And Can It Be That I Should Gain

Closing hymn: (#466) My Faith Looks Up to Thee

Meditation on God's Law: No Other Gods

Supporting Passages: Psalm 79, Hebrews 8

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 78 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: NO Daily Worship

Tuesday: NO Daily Worship

Wednesday: NO Daily Worship

Thursday: Psalm 79 (Next Sunday: OT Reading)

Friday: Hebrews 8 (Next Sunday: NT Reading)

Saturday: Mark 4:10-20 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Morning: Mark 4:10-20

[10] And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. [11] And he said to them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables, [12] so that

“‘they may indeed see but not perceive,

and may indeed hear but not understand,

lest they should turn and be forgiven.’”

[13] And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? [14] The sower sows the word. [15] And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. [16] And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy. [17] And they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away. [18] And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, [19] but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. [20] But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”

Evening: Psalm 79

Deliver Us for Your Name's Sake

For October 7, 2018

Worship Next Sunday

October 7, 2018

Preaching: Nathan Snyder

Sermon Text: Mark 4:1-9

Sermon Title: Lord, Make Us Good Soil

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#239) Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven

Preparation Hymn: (#529) Lead Me, Lord, Lead Me in Thy...

Response Hymn: (#488) May the Mind of Christ, My Savior

Closing Hymn: (#437) How Marvelous, How Wise, How...

Meditation on God's Law: Love Neighbor

Supporting Passages: Psalm 78, Hebrews 7

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 77 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: NO Daily Worship

Tuesday: NO Daily Worship

Wednesday: NO Daily Worship

Thursday: Psalm 78 (Next Sunday: OT Reading)

Friday: Hebrews 7 (Next Sunday: NT Reading)

Saturday: Mark 4:1-9 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Morning: Mark 4:1-9

[1] Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. [2] And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: [3] “Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. [4] And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. [5] Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil. [6] And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away. [7] Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. [8] And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.” [9] And he said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Evening: Psalm 78

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