Worship Next Sunday
May
27, 2012
Preaching:
Pastor Stephen Magee
Sermon
text: Acts 13:5-12
Sermon
title: Listen, My Son...
Music:
Opening
Hymn Psalm 122
Preparation
Hymn 727 Lead Me, Lord, ...
Response
Hymn 706 Jesus Lives and So Shall I
Closing
Hymn 498 Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners!
Confession
of Faith: Heidelberg Catechism
Old
Testament Passage: Proverbs 3
Preparation
Guide
Sunday:
Review morning sermon
(evening service @ 5pm)
Monday:
Acts 13:5-12
Tuesday:
2 Kings 9:1-16
Wednesday:
2 Kings 9:17-37
Thursday:
Proverbs 3
Friday:
Exodus 20:14
Saturday:
Acts
13
Suggested Bible Study and Prayers
(Passages
that we will refer to in next Sunday's worship)
2
Kings 9
Lord
God Almighty, You rule over all nations and all people. Surely Your
Son is especially the King and Head of Your church. That assembly is
comprised not only of the descendants of Jacob. People of many
nations have been anointed with Your Spirit. You have granted us
life, in the midst of a world that is full of death. We have a hope
that is far better than anything the world can offer us. We have
heard the sure Word of the life to come, and we believe. We will not
run to news of false religion that is neither good nor true. There
is a day of reckoning for all evil. Will not the cross of Christ be
enough for us on that day? Are we dissatisfied with that full
atonement, so that we continue searching for what is obviously wrong?
May the Jezebel impulse of sin and false prophesy be removed far
from Your church. May we learn to flee from immorality and lies.
The way of evil is an ugly road in the end. It leads only to
destruction. Keep us in the Day of Judgment because of what Christ
has done for us. We will soon be with You in the land of the living,
rescued out of this sea of evil and death.
Proverbs
3
Sovereign
Lord, we have taught our children the way to go. Forgive us where we
have failed in our duties. Will the next generation remember that
way of righteousness and follow it? Father, we admit to You that we
have been wise in our own eyes. This is not the way of hope. Thank
You for the discipline that You have given us. We see that You have
moved us in the way of the cross through Your hand of correction.
May we walk securely in faith and love. Give us diligence and
prosperity that we might have something to share with those in need.
We want You, O Lord. Give us wisdom so that we will know how to live
in humility and peace.
Acts
13
Father
God, we thank You for the preachers and teachers that You have given
to Your church. We pray that You will lead them to the precise
places that You have for them to go, that they might serve You in
fruitful work according to Your plan. Help these men to be
forthright in their speech, for men-pleasers will not be helpful to
the progress of the truth. Help these servants to see this life
in a right way, so that they will not fall into the many temptations
that so easily ensnare those who are called to be servants of the
Word. Grant that these preachers and teachers would have an
accurate understanding of the Old and New Testaments. May they
be in the Word day by day in ways that are helpful for their own
souls, and for the understanding of those who will hear them. Help
them to see Christ, His atoning work, and His glorious resurrection
as the very center of Your living Word. What a joy it is to see
Your Son as the surprising fulfillment of the Word given to Your
people even under the period of the Law! We have been freed
from sin by the message and power of Christ. We pray that the
true and bold ministry of Your Word would be powerful in our day.
How can this happen if the men that You call as Your servants are
trapped by worldliness and idolatry? Sanctify Your church,
including her ministers, and grant all of Your assemblies a strong
hope of eternal life and the fullness of joy even now through the
Holy Spirit.
