Prelude: Prelude on Brother James’s Air Searle Wright

Call to Worship

Invocation

Hymn 165: Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim Lyons
Text: Charles Wesley (1744)

Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim,
and publish abroad his wonderful name;
the name, all victorious, of Jesus extol;
his kingdom is glorious and rules over all.

God ruleth on high, almighty to save;
and still he is nigh–his presence we have.
The great congregation his triumph shall sing,
ascribing salvation to Jesus, our King.

Salvation to God, who sits on the throne!
Let all cry aloud and honor the Son.
The praises of Jesus the angels proclaim,
fall down on their faces and worship the Lamb.

Then let us adore, and give him his right,
all glory and pow’r, and wisdom and might,
all honor and blessing, with angels above,
and thanks never ceasing for infinite love.

Prayer of Confession

O most just and holy God, we confess before your great majesty that we are sinners by nature, and we have willingly disobeyed your commandments in thought, word, and deed. We have not loved you with our whole heart, nor have we loved our neighbor as ourselves. We come to you, Lord, not to make excuses or claim any merit of our own, but to cast ourselves upon your tender mercy, hoping and trusting in the merit and mediation of Christ alone. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: 1 Peter 2:24

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

Doxology 733 Lasst Uns Erfreuen

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; alleluia, alleluia!
Praise him above, ye heav’nly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

Prayer of Illumination

Scripture Reading: Psalm 107:1–43 (pew Bible p. 506)

Hymn: Come, Let Us to the Lord Our God Kilmarnock Text: John Morison (1781)

Confession of Faith: Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 12

Question: What special act of providence did God exercise towards man in the estate wherein he was created?
Answer: When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect obedience; forbidding him to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon pain of death.

Offering Prayer

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Offertory: The Lord’s My Shepherd Bob Chilcott
Women’s Ensemble

Sermon: God to the Rescue! Dr. Phil Ryken

Hymn 498: Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners Hyfrydol

Text: J. Wilbur Chapman (1910)

Jesus! what a Friend for sinners! Jesus! lover of my soul;
friends may fail me, foes assail me, he, my Savior, makes me whole.

(Refrain)
Hallelujah! what a Savior! Hallelujah, what a Friend!
Saving, helping, keeping, loving, he is with me to the end.

Jesus! what a strength in weakness! Let me hide myself in him;
tempted, tried, and sometimes failing, he, my strength, my vict’ry wins. (Refrain)

Jesus! what a help in sorrow! While the billows o’er me roll,
even when my heart is breaking, he, my comfort, helps my soul. (Refrain)

Jesus! what a guide and keeper! While the tempest still is high,
storms about me, night o’ertakes me, he, my pilot, hears my cry. (Refrain)

Jesus! I do now receive him, more than all in him I find;
he hath granted me forgiveness, I am his, and he is mine. (Refrain)

Benediction

Postlude: Fugue on St. Denio John Weaver

Serving this evening:
George McFarland, platform
Colin Howland, organist

Scripture quotations are from the ESV®Bible, copyright©2001 by Crossway. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Hymn lyrics used by permission: CCLI# 2486853