Prelude Aaron Patterson, organ

Call to Worship

Invocation

Hymn 381: Brethren, We Have Met to Worship Holy Manna

Brethren, we have met to worship and adore the Lord our God;
will you pray with all your power, while we try to preach the Word?
All is vain, unless the Spirit of the Holy One comes down;
brethren, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around.

Brethren, see poor sinners round you slumb’ring on the brink of woe;
death is coming, hell is moving–can you bear to let them go?
See our fathers and our mothers and our children sinking down;
brethren, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around.

Sisters, will you join and help us? Moses’ sister aided him;
will you help the trembling mourners who are struggling hard with sin?
Tell them all about the Savior–tell them that he will be found;
sisters, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around.

Let us love our God supremely, let us love each other too;
let us love and pray for sinners till our God makes all things new.
Then he’ll call us home to heaven, at his table we’ll sit down;
Christ will gird himself and serve us with sweet manna all around.

Prayer of Confession

O Lord, you are our Father. We are your children. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hands. Forgive us, Lord, for having corrupted your good creation. Gracious Lord, you alone are righteous and holy, and in your presence no one can stand. Your gracious mercy is our only hope and we ask for your forgiveness. We pray for your cleansing touch to wash away our corruption, and to clothe us in the righteousness that may only be found by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, in whose holy name we pray. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: Romans 3:23–25

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith.

Doxology Tallis’ Canon

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below;
Praise him above, ye heavenly host: praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Prayer of Illumination

Scripture Reading: Philippians 4:4–13

4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 9 What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. 10 I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity. 11 Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. 12 I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. 13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Hymn 699: Like a River Glorious Wye Valley

Like a river glorious is God’s perfect peace, over all victorious in its bright increase;
perfect, yet it floweth fuller ev’ry day, perfect, yet it groweth deeper all the way.

(Refrain)
Stayed upon Jehovah, hearts are fully blest, finding, as he promised, perfect peace and rest.

Hidden in the hollow of his blessed hand, never foe can follow, never traitor stand;
not a surge of worry, not a shade of care, not a blast of hurry, touch the spirit there. (Refrain)

Ev’ry joy or trial falleth from above, traced upon our dial by the Sun of Love.
We may trust him fully all for us to do; they who trust him wholly find him wholly true. (Refrain)

Confession of Faith: Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 14

Question: What is sin?
Answer: Sin is any want of comformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.

Offering Prayer

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Offertory: Aaron Patterson, organ

Sermon: Rejoice in the Lord Always Dr. Enrique Leal

Hymn 369: Shout, for the Blessed Jesus Reigns Truro

Shout, for the blessed Jesus reigns;
through distant lands his triumphs spread;
and sinners, freed from endless pains,
own him their Savior and their Head.

He calls his chosen from afar,
they all at Zion’s gates arrive;
those who were dead in sin before
by sovereign grace are made alive.

Gentiles and Jews his laws obey;
nations remote their off’rings bring,
and unconstrained their homage pay
to their exalted God and King.

O may his holy church increase,
his Word and Spirit still prevail,
while angels celebrate his praise,
and saints his growing glories hail.

Loud hallelujahs to the Lamb,
from all below, and all above!
In lofty songs exalt his name,
in songs as lasting as his love.

Benediction

Postlude: Now Thank We All Our God , BWV 657 Johann Sebastian Bach Aaron Patterson, organ

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