Order of Worship  2-9-2025

Call to Worship         Psalm 134:1-3

Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the house of the LORD! Lift up your hands to the holy place and bless the LORD! May the LORD bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth!

Invocation and The Lord’s Prayer

Hymn of Praise   Psalm 98   Insert

Scripture Reading    Hebrews 11:1-7

Corporate Confession of Sin

Lord Jesus, we have sinned times without number, and been guilty of pride and unbelief, and of neglect to seek you in my daily life. Our sins and shortcomings present us with a list of accusations, but we thank you that they will not stand against us, for all have been laid on Christ. Deliver us from every evil habit, every interest of former sins, everything that dims the brightness of your grace in us, everything that prevents us taking delight in you. Cleanse us by your precious blood and renew us by your Holy Spirit. Amen.

Assurance of Pardon  Psalm 103:1-3

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases.

Hymn of Assurance

“Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness” (1-3) #193

Confession of Faith WSC #29-30

1. 29 How are we made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ?

We are made partakers of the redemption purchased by Christ, by the effectual application of it to us by his Holy Spirit.

1. 30 How doth the Spirit apply to us the redemption purchased by Christ?

The Spirit applieth to us the redemption purchased by Christ, by working faith in us, and thereby uniting us to Christ in our effectual calling.

Pastoral Prayer        

Choral Anthem          “Rise My Soul, To Watch and Pray”

Presentation of Tithes and Offerings

The Preaching of God’s Word

“Sin Is Crouching at the Door”          Genesis 4:1-16

Hymn of Response “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” #435

Benediction   1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.