Worship Next Sunday
November 27, 2011
Preaching: Pastor Magee
Sermon text: Acts 8:26-40
Sermon title: “The Good News About Jesus”
Music:
Opening – 80 Lord, with Glowing Heart I'd Praise Thee
Preparation – 165 Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim
Response – 521 My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less
Closing – 455 And Can It Be That I Should Gain
Confession of Faith: Apostles Creed
OT Reading: Isaiah 52:13-53:12
Preparation Guide
Sunday: Review morning sermon (evening service @ 5pm)
Monday: Acts 8:26-40
Tuesday: 1 Kings 6:1-13
Wednesday: 1 Kings 6:14-38
Thursday: Isaiah 52:13-53:12
Friday: Exodus 20:14
Saturday: Acts 8
Suggested Bible Study and Prayers
(Passages that we will refer to in next Sunday's worship)
1 Kings 6
Lord God, the work of building Your house requires much vision, wisdom, and obedience. Your resurrected and ascended Son is leading us in this important mission. Help us to keep His statutes, that we might be effective in worship and service for You. We now have access to the Most Holy Place in heaven through the blood of Christ. Your dwelling place with men is more precious than gold. What a creation is man, made in Your image! How much more wonderful is Your work of redemption, for we are now new creatures in Christ! Thank You for Your holy angels, created to be servants to the heirs of salvation. We long to see the gates of heaven. We know that Christ is the foundation of Your great house. We hear His holy voice through the witness of apostles and prophets.
Isaiah 53
O Lord, so many have ignored the truth of Your grace. So many were offended by the lowliness of our holy King. How is it that men would dare to despise Jesus, who was wounded for our transgressions? Thank You for this great truth: that the Shepherd died for the sheep. The One who was oppressed and afflicted in silence, now lives forever in the strength of resurrection power. When He is seen again, every knee shall bow before Him who was an offering for sin. He has justified many by His knowledge. He has carried our guilt. Through the strength of His death, and through His intercession for us, we have been saved.
Acts 8
Sovereign Lord, You have promised that Your truth would not be stopped in Jerusalem, but that it would be heard in all Judea, Samaria, and to the very ends of the earth. As that Word moved forward through Your apostles, many believed, even among those who had formerly been committed to pagan practices. So many in every age are dedicated to the worship of money, or think that they can buy Your gifts. You will bring Your Word even to men such as this. You will open the minds of distant tribes and people groups through Your great power. The faith that comes to one man can eventually touch many more who were once securely bound in the slavery of idolatry. Grant to all Your people the joy of new life, as Your servants are baptized into a community of living hope.
