Sunday (5/9): review morning sermon (evening service @ 5:00 p.m.)
Monday (5/10): Read & discuss Hebrews 4:12-13; read sermon outline
Supplementary Bible reading: 1 Peter 1:22-25
Tuesday (5/11): Read & sing “We Praise You, O God…” (97)
Supplementary Bible reading: Revelation 1:9-20
Wednesday (5/12): Read & sing “My Heart Does Overflow” (169)
Supplementary Bible reading: 1 Samuel 16:1-13
Thursday (5/13): Read & sing Psalm 46 (v. 2)
Supplementary Bible reading: Psalm 119:1-24
Friday (5/14): Read & sing “Rejoice, The Lord Is King” (310)
Supplementary Bible reading: Jeremiah 23:23-32
Saturday (5/15): Read & discuss Hebrews 4:12-13; rev. sermon outline
Supplementary Bible reading: Psalm 33:1-22
Next Sunday: May 16, 2010
Preaching: Elder Matt Parks
Sermon text: Hebrews 4:12-13
Sermon outline: “Exposed before the Word”
I. Living and active (1a)
II. Sharp and piercing (1b)
III. Discerning (1c)
IV. Naked and exposed (2)
Music: Opening – “We Praise You, O God…” (97)
Preparation – “My Heart Does Overflow” (169)
Response – Psalm 46 (v. 2)
Closing – “Rejoice, the Lord Is King” (310)
Confession of Faith: The Apostle’s Creed
OT Reading: Psalm 19:1-14
Suggested Bible Study and Prayers
(Passages that we will refer to in next Sunday's worship)
__ Ezekiel 45
Lord God, we long for Immanuel’s land. You have a place for us there. Your Son went ahead to prepare that place for us. How extensive is Your great land! There is a room there for Your beloved children. The priesthood of all believers is laboring here below by Your grace. Today we face oppression, even from those who should be godly leaders in our midst. Here people lie to us and cheat us. Here we worry about the danger that our money will run out. We spend our resources in foolish ways, with little sense of our purpose in life. We long for Your courts above. We will thank You forever for our perfect atonement in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. There we will not be plagued by evil people around us or from the remaining sin within and among us. We wait, O Lord, and we love You and one another in the strength of our eternal hope.
__ Psalm 46
Strong Deliverer, You are the Help of Your people every day and through every time of trouble. There is a great river of Your Spirit coming to us out of Your heavenly sanctuary. You have made us glad. You have defended us in times of trouble. You will glorify Your Name in us, for You are the mighty fortress of Your church, and we are Your people.
__ Psalm 19
Creator God, we hear of You from every mountaintop and from the vastness of the oceans that exist according to Your will. In the skies we see who You are from all that You have made. But now You have spoken to us so clearly and wonderfully in Your written word. Help us to love Your speech, and keep us from the foolishness of willful rebellion against You. Change us that we might love Your Law more and more with a pure heart.
