Worship
Next Sunday
June
3, 2012
Preaching:
Intern Nathan Snyder
Sermon
text: Titus 2:11-3:8
Sermon
title: Being Trained by Grace
Music:
Opening
Hymn 100 Holy,Holy, Holy!
Preparation
Hymn 520 Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness
Response
Hymn 457 Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Closing
Hymn 699 Like a River Glorious
Confession
of Faith: Apostles Creed
Old
Testament Passage: Ezekiel
36:22-32
Preparation
Guide
Sunday:
Review morning sermon
(evening service @ 5pm)
Monday:
Titus 2:11-3:8
Tuesday:
2 Kings 10:1-17
Wednesday:
2 Kings 10:18-27
Thursday:
Ezekiel 36:22-32
Friday:
Exodus 20:15
Saturday:
Titus
2-3
Suggested
Bible Study and Prayers
(Passages
that we will refer to in next Sunday's worship)
2
Kings 10
Merciful Lord,
You have granted to us the great gift of families. Each of us had a
father and mother by birth, though we may have not known them. Many
have been granted brothers and sisters. Some have enjoyed the
privilege of being husbands and wives. Some have been blessed to be
parents for a season. As great as these gifts are, they are far
surpassed by the blessing of our family relations within the
household of faith. Though we may lose our loved ones in our birth
families through the treachery of men and Your own sovereign
purposes, nothing can separate us from our new family relationships
within the body of Christ. In that household of faith, no one will
worship false gods. Nothing that offends will be in that holy place.
Thank You for Your eternal plan, O God. Use whatever means You see
fit to bring about all of Your holy will. One day the places of
false worship that litter the earth and defile even Your church will
be utterly consumed by Your wrath. Your Kingdom of light will shine
forever and ever, and we shall dwell securely in Your city with joy.
Ezekiel 36
Glorious
Lord, Your Word is perfect. As we wait for the great blessings you
have promised, we should hear Your voice with reverence and joy.
Grant especially that all of Your ministers would not only hear Your
Word, but also that they would rightly preach it and obey it. Grant
that Your church will be doers of the Word rather than imitators of
the world. Help us to follow in Your ways, and bless Your church in
the days to come. We have defiled Your church with our disobedience,
and You have disciplined us in love. Will we ever change? In Your
concern for Your holy Name, fill us with Your Spirit so that we will
turn away from sin. Cause us to believe in Your power and Your love.
Grant to us a new heart and a new Spirit. Why should we not do the
things that Christ has commanded? We will follow You by the strength
of Your Spirit. Bring us growth in holiness and every good and
appropriate prosperity by Your grace.
Titus 2
Great
God, help our elders as they work with the various groups within your
congregations. We pray that You would also provide other godly men
and women in the churches who are willingly submitting to Your Word.
Such believers will be so helpful to us as friends and mentors.
Teach us through their good example how we may live more godly lives
as those who love Your Son and are truly zealous for good works.
Titus 3
Faithful
Lord, we thank You for the grace that You are giving to Your church
day by day. We consider our lives of sin in former days, and we
thank You for the measure of sanctification that we have come to know
at present. We still feel the troubles that continue to come to us
through the foolishness of our remaining sin. Help us to take the
spiritual battle in front of us more seriously. Our days on this
earth are few, and we desire to use them in a more godly way.
