Call to Worship            

Psalm 34:1-3         

I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 

My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the humble hear and be glad. 

Oh, magnify the LORD with me, 

and let us exalt his name together! 

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Prayer of Invocation

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Choral Praise                           

#391       Safely through Another Week

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Psalm of Adoration

link       Psalm 91:1-16 (tune, Trinity Hymn #196, Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus)

#731       Doxology

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Call to Confession ​

​Psalm 32:1-2​​

Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

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Corporate Confession of Sin          

​Psalm 32:3-5a       

For when I kept silent (about my sin), my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. I acknowledged my sin to you and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,’ … 

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Silent Confession of Sin

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Assurance of Pardon

Psalm 32:5b, 10-11

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Westminster Confession of Faith  

Of Saving Faith  14.1

The grace of faith, whereby the elect are enabled to believe to the saving of their souls, is the work of the Spirit of Christ in their hearts, and is ordinarily wrought by the ministry of the Word, by which also, and by the administration of the sacraments,  and prayer, it is increased and strengthened.  

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Pastoral Prayer​​

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Offertory

2 Chronicles 31:5

‘As soon as the command was spread abroad, the people of Israel gave in abundance of the first-fruits of grain, wine, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field. And they  brought in abundantly the tithe of everything.”

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Sermon

“What Is This That God Has Done to Us?”

An Unexpected Outcome of the Journey to Egypt

Genesis 42:1-38

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Hymn of Response

#38           Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise

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​Benediction​​

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