Sunday: Review morning sermon (evening service @ 5pm)
Monday: Acts 1:1-5
Tuesday: 1 Samuel 8:1-9
Wednesday: 1 Samuel 8:10-22
Thursday: Isaiah 35
Friday: Exodus 20:12
Saturday: Acts 1
Next Sunday: November 14, 2010
Preaching: Pastor Magee
Sermon text: Acts 1:1-5
Sermon title: “The Promise of the Father”
Music: Opening – “O Worship the King” #2
Preparation – “O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing” #164
Response – Psalm 126 (Psalter)
Closing – “Lift High the Cross” #263
Confession of Faith: Heidelberg Catechism #1
OT Reading: Isaiah 35
Suggested Bible Study and Prayers
(Passages that we will refer to in next Sunday's worship)
1 Samuel 8
Father, one day we will be old, if it is Your will. What will our children be? Will they walk in Your ways? Lord, be our God and the God of our children. We need You. Do our young ones seem to go their own way for a season? Do they seem to follow the ways of the world more than is safe for their souls? We weep here before you, for we do not understand Your providence in Your church. Have we gone after a false King? We know that You are good – yes, very good. Be our only King, and fight all our battles for us. We will not trust in anyone but You.
Isaiah 35
Father God, we had wandered so far from You, but You have strengthened us and You have saved us by Your strong hand. We have been given new life, and streams have suddenly appeared in the desert. There is a road for us that leads to Zion, for we are Your ransomed people. Cause sorrow and sighing to flee far from us, for we are Your beloved children, and You will never forsake us.
Acts 1
Sovereign Lord, Your plans are full and wonderful. You have promised us the great gift of Your Holy Spirit. By this same Spirit we are Your witnesses to the end of the earth. You direct this great work of mission from Your seat on high. Continue to supply us with all things necessary for the life that You have given to us. We thank You for the apostolic witness granted to us in the New Testament. Through this good Word we have the perfect interpretation of the Old Testament. Please direct us into a true understanding of the Scriptures, and lead us in the preaching and teaching of Your Word. Build Your glorious kingdom by Your mighty power even in our day.
