For March 24, 2019

Worship Next Sunday

March 24, 2019

Preaching: Elder Dave Herrod

Sermon Text: Isaiah 50:4-9

Sermon Title: They stood for the truth, and so should we.

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#220) Give Praise to God

Preparation Hymn: (#243) How Firm a Foundation

Response Hymn: (#466) My Faith Looks Up to Thee

Closing Hymn: (#446) Be Thou My Vision

Meditation on God's Law: Contentment

Supporting Passages: Psalm 101, 1 Corinthians 15:19-28

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 100 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: (NO Daily Worship)

Tuesday: WSC #15, Psalm 116, Romans 11 (Daily Worship)

Wed.: WSC #16, Psalm 117, Romans 12 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Psalm 101 (Next Sunday: OT Reading)

Friday: 1 Corinthians 15:19-28 (Next Sunday: NT Reading)

Saturday: Isaiah 50:4-9 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Morning: Isaiah 50:4-9

[4] The Lord GOD has given me

the tongue of those who are taught,

that I may know how to sustain with a word

him who is weary.

Morning by morning he awakens;

he awakens my ear

to hear as those who are taught.

[5] The Lord GOD has opened my ear,

and I was not rebellious;

I turned not backward.

[6] I gave my back to those who strike,

and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard;

I hid not my face

from disgrace and spitting.

[7] But the Lord GOD helps me;

therefore I have not been disgraced;

therefore I have set my face like a flint,

and I know that I shall not be put to shame.

[8] He who vindicates me is near.

Who will contend with me?

Let us stand up together.

Who is my adversary?

Let him come near to me.

[9] Behold, the Lord GOD helps me;

who will declare me guilty?

Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment;

the moth will eat them up.

Evening: Psalm 101

The Land of the Faithful

For March 17, 2019

Worship Next Sunday

March 17, 2019

Preaching: Elder Stephen Leavitt

Sermon Text: Isaiah 49:1-7

Sermon Title: On Mission

Music:

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

Preparation Hymn: (#163) Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty

Response Hymn: (#287) Lift High the Cross

Closing Hymn: (#528) Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart

Meditation on God's Law: Truth

Supporting Passages: Psalm 100, 1 Corinthians 15:12-20

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 99 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: WSC #12, Psalm 113, Romans 8 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: WSC #13, Psalm 114, Romans 9 (Daily Worship)

Wed.: WSC #14, Psalm 115, Romans 10 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Psalm 100 (Next Sunday: OT Reading)

Friday: 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 (Next Sunday: NT Reading)

Saturday: Isaiah 49:1-7 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Morning: Isaiah 49:1-7

[1] Listen to me, O coastlands,

and give attention, you peoples from afar.

The LORD called me from the womb,

from the body of my mother he named my name.

[2] He made my mouth like a sharp sword;

in the shadow of his hand he hid me;

he made me a polished arrow;

in his quiver he hid me away.

[3] And he said to me, “You are my servant,

Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”

[4] But I said, “I have labored in vain;

I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;

yet surely my right is with the LORD,

and my recompense with my God.”

[5] And now the LORD says,

he who formed me from the womb to be his servant,

to bring Jacob back to him;

and that Israel might be gathered to him—

for I am honored in the eyes of the LORD,

and my God has become my strength—

[6] he says:

“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant

to raise up the tribes of Jacob

and to bring back the preserved of Israel;

I will make you as a light for the nations,

that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

[7] Thus says the LORD,

the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One,

to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation,

the servant of rulers:

“Kings shall see and arise;

princes, and they shall prostrate themselves;

because of the LORD, who is faithful,

the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

Evening: Psalm 100

The Unchanging Character of God

For March 10, 2019

Worship Next Sunday

March 10, 2019

Preaching: Deacon John Warenda

Sermon Text: Isaiah 42:1-9

Sermon Title: The Justice of Jesus

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#157) When Morning Gilds the Skies

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

Response Hymn: (#337) Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou ...

Closing Hymn: (#524) Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah

Meditation on God's Law: Property

Supporting Passages: Psalm 99, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 98 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: NO Daily Worship

Tuesday: NO Daily Worship

Wed.: NO Daily Worship

Thursday: Psalm 99 (Next Sunday: OT Reading)

Friday: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (Next Sunday: NT Reading)

Saturday: Isaiah 42:1-9 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Morning: Isaiah 42:1-9

[1] Behold my servant, whom I uphold,

my chosen, in whom my soul delights;

I have put my Spirit upon him;

he will bring forth justice to the nations.

[2] He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice,

or make it heard in the street;

[3] a bruised reed he will not break,

and a faintly burning wick he will not quench;

he will faithfully bring forth justice.

[4] He will not grow faint or be discouraged

till he has established justice in the earth;

and the coastlands wait for his law.

[5] Thus says God, the LORD,

who created the heavens and stretched them out,

who spread out the earth and what comes from it,

who gives breath to the people on it

and spirit to those who walk in it:

[6] “I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness;

I will take you by the hand and keep you;

I will give you as a covenant for the people,

a light for the nations,

[7] to open the eyes that are blind,

to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,

from the prison those who sit in darkness.

[8] I am the LORD; that is my name;

my glory I give to no other,

nor my praise to carved idols.

[9] Behold, the former things have come to pass,

and new things I now declare;

before they spring forth

I tell you of them.”

Evening: Psalm 99

The LORD reigns; let the peoples tremble!

For March 3, 2019

Worship Next Sunday

March 3, 2019

Preaching: Steve Magee Bruce Johnson

Sermon Text: Mark 7:31-37

Sermon Title: They brought a man to Jesus and were not disappointed.

Music:

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

Preparation Hymn: (#391) Come, O Come, Thou Quickening

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

Closing Hymn: (#402) Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation

Meditation on God's Law: Faithfulness

Supporting Passages: Psalm 98, James 1:26-27

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 97 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: WSC #10, Psalm 111, Romans 6 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: (NO Daily Worship)

Wed.: WSC #11, Psalm 112, Romans 7 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Psalm 98 (Next Sunday: OT Reading)

Friday: James 1:26-27 (Next Sunday: NT Reading)

Saturday: Mark 7:31-37 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Morning: Mark 7:31-37

[31] Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. [32] And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. [33] And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue. [34] And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” [35] And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. [36] And Jesus charged them to tell no one. But the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. [37] And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

Evening: Psalm 98

The salvation of our God

For February 24, 2019

Worship Next Sunday

February 24, 2019

Preaching: Steve Magee

Sermon Text: Mark 7:24-30

Sermon Title: The Children's Crumbs

Music:

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

Preparation Hymn: (#67A) O God, to Us Show Mercy

Response Hymn: (#419) O Zion, Haste, Your Mission High...

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

Meditation on God's Law: Life

Supporting Passages: Psalm 97, James 1:22-25

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 96 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: WSC #7, Psalm 108, Romans 3 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: WSC #8, Psalm 109, Romans 4 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: WSC #9, Psalm 110, Romans 5 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Psalm 97 (Next Sunday: OT Reading)

Friday: James 1:22-25 (Next Sunday: NT Reading)

Saturday: Mark 7:24-30 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Morning: Mark 7:24-30

[24] And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden. [25] But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell down at his feet. [26] Now the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. [27] And he said to her, “Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.” [28] But she answered him, “Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs.” [29] And he said to her, “For this statement you may go your way; the demon has left your daughter.” [30] And she went home and found the child lying in bed and the demon gone.

Evening: Psalm 97

Let the many coastlands be glad!

For February 17, 2019

Worship Next Sunday

February 17, 2019

Preaching: Steve Magee

Sermon Text: Mark 7:1-23

Sermon Title: Clean Hands, Pure Heart

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#230) Holy ,Holy, Holy!

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

Response Hymn: (#459) My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less

Closing Hymn: (# 275) Arise, My Soul, Arise

Meditation on God's Law: Father and Mother

Supporting Passages: Psalm 96, James 1:19-23

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 95 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: WSC #4, Psalm 105, Acts 28 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: WSC #5, Psalm 106, Romans 1 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: WSC #6, Psalm 107, Romans 2 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Psalm 96 (Next Sunday: OT Reading)

Friday: James 1:19-21 (Next Sunday: NT Reading)

Saturday: Mark 7:1-23 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Morning: Mark 7:1-23

[1] Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, [2] they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. [3] (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of the elders, [4] and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.) [5] And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?”

[6] And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written,

“‘This people honors me with their lips,

but their heart is far from me;

[7] in vain do they worship me,

teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’

[8] You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.” [9] And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! [10] For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ [11] But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God)—[12] then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, [13] thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”

[14] And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: [15] There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.” [17] And when he had entered the house and left the people, his disciples asked him about the parable. [18] And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, [19] since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.) [20] And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. [21] For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, [22] coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. [23] All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”

Evening: Psalm 96

Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness

For February 10, 2019

Worship Next Sunday

February 10, 2018

Preaching: Steve Magee

Sermon Text: Mark 6:53-56

Sermon Title: Even the Fringe of His Garment

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#216) Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

Preparation Hymn: (#435) Not What My Hands Have Done

Response Hymn: (#156) Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies

Closing Hymn: (#457) Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness

Meditation on God's Law: Sabbath

Supporting Passages: Psalm 95, James 1:16-18

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Psalm 94 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: WSC #1, Psalm 102A, Acts 25 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: WSC #2, Psalm 103A, Acts 26 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: WSC #3, Psalm 104A, Acts 27 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Psalm 95 (Next Sunday: OT Reading)

Friday: James 1:16-18 (Next Sunday: NT Reading)

Saturday: Mark 6:53-56 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Morning: Mark 6:53-56

[53] When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored to the shore. [54] And when they got out of the boat, the people immediately recognized him [55] and ran about the whole region and began to bring the sick people on their beds to wherever they heard he was. [56] And wherever he came, in villages, cities, or countryside, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and implored him that they might touch even the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched it were made well.

Evening: Psalm 95

Today if you hear His voice