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

If You Think You Are Being Faithful…

For September 30, 2018

Worship Next Sunday

September 30, 2018

Preaching: Bruce Johnson

Sermon Text: Mark 3:31-35

Sermon Title: Two Kinds of People

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#219) O Worship the King

Preparation Hymn: (#259) O Lord, How Shall I Meet You

Response Hymn: (#474) If Thou But Suffer God to Guide...

Closing Hymn: (#538) Take My Life, and Let It Be

Meditation on God's Law: Love God

Supporting Passages: Psalm 77, Hebrews 6

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 76 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: NO Daily Worship

Tuesday: NO Daily Worship

Wednesday: NO Daily Worship

Thursday: Psalm 77 (Next Sunday: OT Reading)

Friday: Hebrews 6 (Next Sunday: NT Reading)

Saturday: Mark 3:31-35 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Morning: Mark 3:31-35

[31] And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him. [32] And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you.” [33] And he answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” [34] And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! [35] For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.”

Evening: Psalm 77

I will remember the deeds of the Lord.

For September 23, 2018

Worship Next Sunday

September 23, 2018

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: Mark 3:22-30

Sermon Title: The Most Basic Spiritual Distinction

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#223) Thee We Adore, Eternal Lord!

Preparation Hymn: (#170) God, in the Gospel of His Son

Response Hymn: (#376) The Head That Once Was Crowned...

Closing Hymn: (Insert) Facing a Task Unfinished

Meditation on God's Law: Follow Me

Supporting Passages: Psalm 76, Hebrews 5

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 75 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: WSC #66, Psalm 60, John 4 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: WSC #67, Psalm 61A, John 5 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: WSC #68, Psalm 62A, John 6 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Psalm 76 (Next Sunday: OT Reading)

Friday: Hebrews 5 (Next Sunday: NT Reading)

Saturday: Mark 3:22-30 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Morning: Mark 3:22-30

[22] And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.” [23] And he called them to him and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? [24] If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. [25] And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. [26] And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end. [27] But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house.

[28] “Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, [29] but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin”—[30] for they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

What did the scribes think of Jesus?

Jesus responded with a parable.

A solemn warning

Sermon point: Discernment between Satan and Jehovah is the most basic spiritual distinction.

Evening: Psalm 76

God fearing

For September 16, 2018

Worship Next Sunday

September 16, 2018

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: Mark 3:13-21

Sermon Title: His Own Holy Desire

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#22B) All You That Fear Jehovah's Name

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

Response Hymn: (#233) O Father You Are Sovereign

Closing Hymn: (#544) Lead On, O King Eternal

Meditation on God's Law: Covetousness

Supporting Passages: Psalm 75, Hebrews 4

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 74 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: WSC #63, Psalm 57, John 1 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: WSC #64, Psalm 58, John 2 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: WSC #65, Psalm 59, John 3 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Psalm 75 (Next Sunday: OT Reading)

Friday: Hebrews 4 (Next Sunday: NT Reading)

Saturday: Mark 3:13-21 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Morning: Mark 3:13-21

[13] And he went up on the mountain and called to him those whom he desired, and they came to him. [14] And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach [15] and have authority to cast out demons. [16] He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter); [17] James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder); [18] Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot, [19] and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

[20] Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. [21] And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”

Jesus

The Twelve

His Family

Sermon point: The final verdict on Jesus and the gospel was never ultimately a matter of human opinion. He is the Sovereign Lord over heaven and earth.

Evening: Psalm 75

It is I.

For September 9, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

September 9, 2018

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: Mark 3:7-12

Sermon Title: Son of God and Healer of the World

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#135) O Praise the Lord! His Praise...

Preparation Hymn: (#51B) God, Be Merciful to Me

Response Hymn: (#444) Come to the Waters

Closing Hymn: (#452) Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me

Meditation on God's Law: False Witness

Supporting Passages: Psalm 74, Hebrews 3

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 73 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: (NO Daily Worship)

Tuesday: (NO Daily Worship)

Wednesday: (NO Daily Worship)

Thursday: Psalm 74 (Next Sunday: OT Reading)

Friday: Hebrews 3 (Next Sunday: NT Reading)

Saturday: Mark 3:7-12 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Morning: Mark 3:7-12

[7] Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea [8] and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him. [9] And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him, [10] for he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed around him to touch him. [11] And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” [12] And he strictly ordered them not to make him known.

A Great Crowd from Where?

A Boat

Diseases and Unclean Spirits

Sermon point: To fully appreciate Jesus and the life to come, we must see the present crushing burden of decay and evil as it really is.

Evening: Psalm 74

Not Cast Off Forever