Sunday: Review morning sermon (evening service @ 5pm)
Monday: Acts 2:1-4
Tuesday: 1 Samuel 14:1-23
Wednesday: 1 Samuel 14:24-52
Thursday: Genesis:1-2
Friday: Luke 9:23-26
Saturday: Acts 2
Next Sunday: December 26, 2010
Preaching: Pastor Magee
Sermon text: Acts 2:1-4
Sermon title: “Immanuel Spirit” - Part 1
Music: Opening – All People That on Earth Do Dwell 1
Preparation – Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise 38
Response – How Marvelous, How Wise, How Great (White 2)
Closing – Crown Him With Many Crowns 295
Confession of Faith: Heidelberg Catechism
OT Reading: Genesis 1:1-2
Suggested Bible Study and Prayers
(Passages that we will refer to in next Sunday's worship)
1 Samuel 14
God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, in ways that we may never fully understand, Your Son has won an astounding victory for us. As a solo warrior, with none to help Him, He waited for just the right time and place to answer the taunts of a deadly foe. Through the cross, Your Son has utterly defeated the devil, making a public spectacle of Him. In the ranks of the enemy there is great confusion to this day as a result of this mighty victory. You have brought us into a land that is dripping with the honey of Your presence. In Word, sacrament, and prayer, You have made our eyes bright with the gift of the sweetness of Your Spirit. Help us to enjoy You with the eager desire of hungry people who have been denied food for longer than is necessary. We ask you to grant us victory in the spiritual battle before us. Restrain our foolishness, for we would destroy one another for no good cause if we were left to our own devices. May we not die from self-righteous and empty deeds that come from our own wicked imaginations. Grant that we would serve You truly and valiantly according to Your Word, for we are Your people, and the Commander of our forces is our great Redeemer and Lord.
Genesis 1
Creator God, You have made all things of nothing. You were in the beginning, and Your Spirit hovered over the face of the deep. In the person of Your Son, You have spoken the world into being. He is the Light of the World, and through Him Light was made. Your Spirit is a fountain of living water for our souls, and by Your Spirit You created the waters and defined their boundaries. You have given us the true Bread from heaven, our great Redeemer, and through Him You made all the vegetation that has covered the dry land. Father, You ordained that the sun, moon, and stars would have dominion over light and darkness. You have filled the waters above with the birds of the air and the waters below with the fish of the sea. You have given us all kinds of creatures, covering the dry land with such a variety of living things. O Marvelous Lord, You then created man, male and female, in Your image. You have granted to us all that we need for life, and have placed us in dominion over all things in the created order. Blessed be Your Name, O God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, for You alone created the heavens and the earth.
Acts 2
Great God, You have granted to Your church the promised blessing of the Holy Spirit. You have enabled us to hear the message of Your mighty works. Glory to Your Name, O God! You will pour out Your Spirit on all flesh in the age to come. That age has broken in now through Your great work of salvation. All who call upon the Name of the Lord as worshipers in the covenant assembly shall be brought from death to life. That Name above all names is Jesus, who is the Lord of Glory. He is yet alive, and so we call upon Him even now, for He is both Man and God. He is David’s Son and David’s Lord. He is our King and our Messiah. Our sins sent Him to the cross. We now repent of all known sin. We thank You for the covenant sign and seal of baptism, testifying of the life to come by the cleansing work of the Spirit and the forgiveness of sins through the blood of Christ. We give ourselves to You and to one another, as we devote ourselves to the way of worship as the community of salvation in this present age.
