What Do You Do in a City Filled with Idols?
May 21, 2023
Order of Worship 5-21-2023
Call to Worship Psalm 95:6-8a
Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.
Invocationand The Lord’s Prayer
Hymn of Praise “The God of Abraham Praise”#34
Scripture Reading Isaiah 44:6-20
Confession of Sin and Assurance of Pardon 1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Hymn of Assurance “In Christ Alone”HMA #62
Confession of FaithWestminster Shorter Catechism #102-103
Q. 102 What do we pray for in the second petition?
In the second petition (which is Thy kingdom come) we pray, That Satan’s kingdom may be destroyed; and that the kingdom of grace may be advanced, ourselves and others brought into it, and kept in it; and that the kingdom of glory may be hastened.
Q. 103 What do we pray for in the third petition?
In the third petition (which is, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven) we pray, That God, by his grace, would make us able and willing to know, obey, and submit to his will in all things, as the angels do in heaven.
Pastoral Prayer
Choral Anthem “I Run to Christ” (HMA #57)
Presentation of Tithes and Offerings
The Preaching of God’s Word “What Do You Do in a City Filled with Idols?”
Acts 17:16-21
Hymn of Response “God of the Ages”HMA #40
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.
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