Order of Worship 12-13-2020

Call to Worship​Psalm 46:10

Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”

Invocation

Hymn of Praise​​“Joy Has Dawned”​HMA #71

Scripture Reading​Genesis 15:1-6

Confession of Sin and Assurance of Pardon  Psalm 86:5

​For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.

Hymn of Assurance  ​“While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks” (1-3, 5)​#135

Confession of Faith​​Westminster Shorter Catechism #60-62

Q. 60 ​How is the Sabbath to be sanctified?

A.​The Sabbath is to be sanctified by a holy resting all that day, even from such worldly employments and recreations as are lawful on other days; and spending the whole time in the public and private exercises of God’s worship, except so much as is to be taken up in the works of necessity and mercy.

Q. 61​What is forbidden in the fourth commandment?

A.​The fourth commandment forbiddeth the omission, or careless performance, of the duties required, and the profaning the day by idleness, or doing that which is in itself sinful, or by unnecessary thoughts, words, or works, about our worldly employments or recreations.

Q. 62​What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment?

The reasons annexed to the fourth commandment are, God’s allowing us six days of the week for our own employments, his challenging a special propriety in the seventh, his own example, and his blessing the Sabbath day.

Pastoral Prayer​

The Preaching of God’s Word ​“Characters of Christmas: Joseph the Faithful”

​​​​​​Matthew 1:18-25

Hymn of Response​“Infant Holy, Infant Lowly” ​ ​#143

Benediction ​Numbers 6:24-26

The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.