For January 1, 2017

Worship Next Sunday

January 1, 2017

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 4:11-12

Sermon Title: Love Perfected

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#2) O Worship the King

Preparation Hymn: (#140) O Word of God Incarnate

Response Hymn: (#420) At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing

Closing Hymn: (#345) Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken

Supporting Passages: Zephaniah 1:1-6, Matthew 5:21-26

Preparation Guide

Sunday: NO Evening Worship

Monday: NO Morning Worship

Tuesday: NO Morning Worship

Wednesday: NO Morning Worship

Thursday: Zephaniah 1:1-6 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Matthew 5:21-26 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 4:11-12 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 4:11-12

[11] Beloved, if God so loved us,

we also ought to love one another.

[12] No one has ever seen God;

if we love one another,

God abides in us

and his love is perfected in us.

Matthew 5:21-26

[21] You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ [22] But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire. [23] So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, [24] leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. [25] Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison. [26] Truly, I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny.

For December 25, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

December 25, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 4:9-10

Sermon Title: God Sent His Son

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#208) O Come, All Ye Faithful

Preparation Hymn: (#199) See, amid the Winter's Snow

Closing Hymn: (#216) Infant Holy, Infant Lowly

Supporting Passages: Isaiah 1:18, 9:6-7, Matthew 1:18-25

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Haggai 2:20-23 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Jeremiah 40, Psalm 9 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Jeremiah 41, Psalm 10 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Jeremiah 42, Psalm 11 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Isaiah 1:18, 9:6-7 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Matthew 1:18-25 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 4:9-10 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 4:9-10

[9] In this the love of God

was made manifest among us,

that God sent his only Son into the world,

so that we might live through him.

[10] In this is love,

not that we have loved God

but that he loved us

and sent his Son

to be the propitiation for our sins.

Matthew 1:18-25

[18] Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. [19] And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. [20] But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. [21] She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” [22] All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:

[23] “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,

and they shall call his name Immanuel”

(which means, God with us). [24] When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, [25] but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.

For December 18, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

December 18, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 4:7-8

Sermon Title: Born of God

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#199) See, amid the Winter's Snow

Preparation Hymn: (#196) Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus

Response Hymn: (#203) Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

Closing Hymn: (#170) Fairest Lord Jesus

Meditation on God's Law: “Follow Me” – Luke 9:23-26

Supporting Passages: Haggai 2:20-23, Matthew 5:17-20

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Haggai 2:10-19 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Jeremiah 37, Psalm 9 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Jeremiah 38, Psalm 10 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Jeremiah 39, Psalm 11 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Haggai 2:20-23 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Matthew 5:17-20 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 4:7-8 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 4:7-8

[7] Beloved, let us love one another,

for love is from God,

and whoever loves has been born of God

and knows God.

[8] Anyone who does not love

does not know God,

because God is love.

Matthew 5:17-20

[17] Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. [18] For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. [19] Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. [20] For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

For December 11, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

December 11, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 4:4-6

Sermon Title: Listening to the Word of the Almighty

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#193) Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

Preparation Hymn: (#201) O Little Town of Bethlehem

Response Hymn: (#195) Joy to the World! The Lord Is Come

Closing Hymn: (#699) Like a River Glorious

Meditation on God's Law: Tenth Commandment

Supporting Passages: Haggai 2:10-19, Matthew 5:14-16

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Haggai 2:1-9 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Jeremiah 34, Psalm 6 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Jeremiah 35, Psalm 7 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Jeremiah 36, Psalm 8 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Haggai 2:10-19 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Matthew 5:14-16 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 4:4-6 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 4:4-6

[4] Little children,

you are from God and have overcome them,

for he who is in you

is greater than he who is in the world.

[5] They are from the world;

therefore they speak from the world,

and the world listens to them.

[6] We are from God.

Whoever knows God listens to us;

whoever is not from God

does not listen to us.

By this we know the Spirit of truth

and the spirit of error.

Matthew 5:14-16

[14] You are the light of the world.

A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.

[15] Nor do people light a lamp

and put it under a basket, but on a stand,

and it gives light to all in the house.

[16] In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see

your good works and give glory

to your Father who is in heaven.

For December 4, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

December 4, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 4:1-3

Sermon Title: The Spirit of God and the Spirit of the Antichrist

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#194) O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Preparation Hymn:(# 221) Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

Response Hymn: (#218) Angels from the Realms of Glory

Closing Hymn: (#198) Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty...

Meditation on God's Law: Ninth Commandment

Supporting Passages: Haggai 2:1-9, Matthew 5:13

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Haggai 1:12-15 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Jeremiah 31, Psalm 3 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Jeremiah 32, Psalm 4 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Jeremiah 33, Psalm 5 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Haggai 2:1-9 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Matthew 5:13 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 4:1-3 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 4:1-3

[1] Beloved, do not believe every spirit,

but test the spirits

to see whether they are from God,

for many false prophets

have gone out into the world.

[2] By this you know the Spirit of God:

every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

[3] and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God.

This is the spirit of the antichrist,

which you heard was coming

and now is in the world already.

Matthew 5:13

[13] You are the salt of the earth,

but if salt has lost its taste,

how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.

For November 27, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

November 27, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 3:23-24

Sermon Title: The Gift of the Spirit

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#18) You Holy Angels Bright

Preparation Hymn: (#94) How Firm a Foundation

Response Hymn: (#642) Be Thou My Vision

Closing Hymn: (#689) Be Still, My Soul

Meditation on God's Law: Eighth Commandment

Supporting Passages: Haggai 1:12-15, Matthew 5:11-12

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Haggai 1:1-11 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Jeremiah 29, Psalm 1 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Jeremiah 30, Psalm 2 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Jeremiah 31, Psalm 3 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Haggai 1:12-15 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Matthew 5:11-12 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 3:23-24 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 3:23-24

[23] And this is his commandment,

that we believe in the name

of his Son Jesus Christ

and love one another,

just as he has commanded us.

[24] Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, 

and God in him.

And by this we know that he abides in us,

by the Spirit whom he has given us.

Matthew 5:11-12

[11] “Blessed are you

when others revile you

and persecute you

and utter all kinds of evil against you

falsely on my account.

[12] Rejoice and be glad,

for your reward is great in heaven,

for so they persecuted the prophets

who were before you.”

For November 20, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

November 20, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 3:21-22

Sermon Title: True Confidence and Answered Prayers

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#12) Exalt the Lord, His Praise Proclaim

Preparation Hymn: (#377) Jesus, Where'er Your People Meet

Response Hymn: (#444) O Zion, Haste, Your Mission High...

Closing Hymn: (#263) Lift High the Cross

Meditation on God's Law: Seventh Commandment

Supporting Passages: Haggai 1:1-11, Matthew 5:10

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Isaiah 55 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: (NO Daily Worship)

Tuesday: (NO Daily Worship)

Wednesday: (NO Daily Worship)

Thursday: Haggai 1:1-11 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Matthew 5:10 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 3:21-22 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 3:21-22

[21] Beloved,

if our heart does not condemn us,

we have confidence before God;

[22] and whatever we ask

we receive from him,

because we keep his commandments

and do what pleases him.

Matthew 5:10

Blessed are those who are persecuted

for righteousness' sake,

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

For November 13, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

November 13, 2016

Preaching: Nathan Snyder

Sermon Text: Luke 14:12-24

Sermon Title: Don't Miss This Banquet

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#7) From All That Dwell below the Skies

Preparation Hymn: (#529) Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Response Hymn: (#W7) Come to the Waters

Closing Hymn: (#474) Blow Ye the Trumpet, Blow!

Meditation on God's Law: Sixth Commandment

Supporting Passages: Isaiah 55, Matthew 5:9

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Esther 10 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: (NO Daily Worship)

Tuesday: (NO Daily Worship)

Wednesday: (NO Daily Worship)

Thursday: Isaiah 55 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Matthew 5:9 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: Luke 14:12-24 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

Luke 14:12-24

[12] He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. [13] But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, [14] and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”

[15] When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!” [16] But he said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many. [17] And at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ [18] But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.’ [19] And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.’ [20] And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’ [21] So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’ [22] And the servant said, ‘Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’ [23] And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled. [24] For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.’”

Matthew 5:9

Blessed are the peacemakers,

for they shall be called sons of God.

For November 6, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

November 6, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 3:18-20

Sermon Title: Reassuring Our Hearts

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#57) Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah, O My Soul

Preparation Hymn: (#398) Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies

Response Hymn: (#W3) Heaven's Gift

Closing Hymn: (#500) Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me

Meditation on God's Law: Fifth Commandment

Supporting Passages: Esther 10, Matthew 5:8

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Esther 9 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Jeremiah 26, Psalm 148 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Jeremiah 27, Psalm 149 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Jeremiah 28, Psalm 150 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Esther 10 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Matthew 5:8 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 3:18-20 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 3:18-20

[18] Little children,

let us not love in word or talk

but in deed and in truth.

[19] By this we shall know

that we are of the truth

and reassure our heart before him;

[20] for whenever our heart condemns us,

God is greater than our heart,

and he knows everything.

Matthew 5:8

Blessed are the pure in heart,

for they shall see God.

For October 30, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

October 30, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 3:17

Sermon Title: An Open Heart

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#165) Ye Servants of God, Your Master...

Preparation Hymn: (#157) None Other Lamb, None Other...

Response Hymn: (#378) Here, O My Lord, I See Thee Face...

Closing Hymn: (#534) O for a Closer Walk with God

Meditation on God's Law: Fourth Commandment

Supporting Passages: Esther 9, Matthew 5:7

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Esther 8 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Jeremiah 23, Psalm 145 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Jeremiah 24, Psalm 146 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Jeremiah 25, Psalm 147 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Esther 9 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Matthew 5:7 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 3:17 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 3:17

But if anyone has the world's goods

and sees his brother in need,

yet closes his heart against him,

how does God's love abide in him?

Matthew 5:7

Blessed are the merciful,

for they shall receive mercy.

For October 23, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

October 23, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 3:16

Sermon Title: Laying Down Our Lives

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#9) All You That Fear Jehovah's Name

Preparation Hymn: (#662) As the Hart Longs ...

Response Hymn: (#254) Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed

Closing Hymn: (#297) All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name!

Meditation on God's Law: Third Commandment

Supporting Passages: Esther 8, Matthew 5:6

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Esther 7 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Jeremiah 20, Psalm 142 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Jeremiah 21, Psalm 143 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Jeremiah 22, Psalm 144 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Esther 8 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Matthew 5:6 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 3:16 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 3:16

By this we know love,

that he laid down his life

for us,

and we ought to lay down our lives

for the brothers.

Matthew 5:6

Blessed are those

who hunger and thirst for righteousness,

for they shall be satisfied.

For October 16, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

October 16, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 3:14-15

Sermon Title: We Love the Brothers

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#119) I Sing the Almighty Power of God

Preparation Hymn: (#172) Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder

Response Hymn: (#335) Gracious Spirit, Dwell with Me

Closing Hymn: (#353) I Love Thy Kingdom Lord

Meditation on God's Law: Second Commandment

Supporting Passages: Esther 7, Matthew 5:5

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Esther 6 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: (NO Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Jeremiah 18, Psalm 140 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Jeremiah 19, Psalm 141 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Esther 7 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Matthew 5:5 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 3:14-15 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 3:14-15

[14] We know that we have passed

out of death into life,

because we love the brothers.

Whoever does not love

abides in death.

[15] Everyone who hates his brother

is a murderer,

and you know that no murderer

has eternal life abiding in him.

Matthew 5:5

Blessed are the meek,

for they shall inherit the earth.

For October 9, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

October 9, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 3:13

Sermon Title: A World of Hate

Music:

Opening Hymn:(#44) How Great Thou Art

Preparation Hymn: (#437) O God, to Us Show Mercy

Response Hymn: (#169) My Heart Does Overflow

Closing Hymn: (#252) When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Meditation on God's Law: First Commandment

Supporting Passages: Esther 6, Matthew 5:4

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Esther 5 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Jeremiah 15, Psalm 137 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Jeremiah 16, Psalm 138 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Jeremiah 17, Psalm 139 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Esther 6 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Matthew 5:4 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 3:13 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 3:13

Do not be surprised,

brothers,

that the world hates you.

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are those who mourn,

for they shall be comforted.

For October 2, 2016

Worship Next Sunday

October 2, 2016

Preaching: Pastor Steve Magee

Sermon Text: 1 John 3:11-12

Sermon Title: Love and Murder, Cain and Abel

Music:

Opening Hymn: (#32) Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Preparation Hymn: (#330) Holy Ghost, Dispel Our Sadness

Response Hymn: (#420) At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing

Closing Hymn: (#691) It Is Well with My Soul

Meditation on God's Law: 2^nd Great Commandment

Supporting Passages: Esther 5, Matthew 5:1-3

Preparation Guide

Sunday: Esther 4 (Tonight: Main Text)

Monday: Jeremiah 12, Psalm 134 (Daily Worship)

Tuesday: Jeremiah 13, Psalm 135 (Daily Worship)

Wednesday: Jeremiah 14, Psalm 136 (Daily Worship)

Thursday: Esther 5 (Next Sunday: OT Read.)

Friday: Matthew 5:1-3 (Next Sunday: Gospel)

Saturday: 1 John 3:11-12 (Next Sunday: Main Text)

Meditating on the Scriptures Together

1 John 3:11-12

[11] For this is the message

that you have heard from the beginning,

that we should love one another.

[12] We should not be like Cain,

who was of the evil one

and murdered his brother.

And why did he murder him?

Because his own deeds were evil

and his brother's righteous.

Matthew 5:3

Blessed are the poor in spirit,

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.