Call to Worship            

Psalm 68         selected verses 

Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the LORD; exult before him! 

Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation……O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God; sing praises to the Lord. 

Ascribe power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, and whose power is in the skies. 

Awesome is God from his sanctuary; the God of Israel—he is the one who gives power and strength to his people. Blessed be God!

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Prayer of Invocation

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Choral Praise

#106       Father, Father of All Things

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Hymn of Marriage and the Home

#719      A Christian Home

#731      Doxology

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Call to Confession ​

Psalm 85:4​​

 

Corporate Confession of Sin            

adapted from  Isaiah 59:12-13

O LORD, please hear our prayer. For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; transgressing and denying the LORD, and turning our back from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, and conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words. We humbly ask your forgiveness for our sins. In the name of Jesus Christ our Savior we pray. Amen.

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Silent Confession of Sin

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Assurance of Pardon

Isaiah 53:4-5

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Westminster Shorter Catechism   

57 Q. What is the fifth commandment?

      A. The fifth commandment is: Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. 

 

58 Q. What is required in the fifth commandment? 

      A. The fifth commandment requires us to respect and treat others, whether above, below, or equal to us, as their position or our relationship to them demands. 

 

62 Q. What does the fifth commandment forbid? 

      A. The fifth commandment forbids being disrespectful to or not treating others as their position or relationship to us demands. 

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Pastoral Prayer​​

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Offertory

Proverbs 11:23-25

The desire of the righteous ends only in good; the expectation of the wicked in wrath. One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.

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Sermon

“Restore Us Again”

Confidence in God's Covenant Love

Psalm 85:1-13

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Hymn of Response

#449        We Rest on Thee

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​Benediction​​

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