THE LORD'S DAY

August 12, 2001 - 10:30 A.M.

Worship Theme: Promise

PRELUDE

ACTIVITIES & CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH

PREPARING IN STILLNESS

WELCOMING THE ASSEMBLY

PASTOR: The Lord be with you!
PEOPLE: And also with you!

DRAWING NEAR TO WORSHIP

Blessed Be the Lord God Almighty

Father in heaven, how we love You, we lift Your name in all the earth.
May Your kingdom be established in our praises,
As Your people declare Your mighty works.

Blessed be the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come;
Blessed be the Lord God Almighty, who reigns forevermore.

Bob Fitts * 1984 and this arr. * 1987 Scripture in Song. Admin. by Maranatha! Music. Used by permission. CCLI #89178

Gonna Trust in God

I'm gonna trust in God, I'm gonna trust in Jesus,
Without shame and without fear.
I'm gonna fix my eyes on the hope of glory, for His day is drawing near.

How great is the love of God! How steady is His hand,
To guide me through this world,
And though I am weak, in Him, I stand,
And you will hear me say, today, in faith, "I'm gonna trust in God."

Now when the cares of life seem overwhelming,
And my heart is sinking down, I'm gonna lift my hands
To the One who'll help me, to the One who holds my crown.

Repeat Chorus

Steve Earl * 1998 PDI Worship, a division of PDI Music. Music. Used by permission. CCLI #89178

CONFESSING OUR SINS

ALL: Lord God! Eternal and Almighty Father, we acknowledge and confess before Your holy Majesty that we are poor sinners, conceived and born in guilt and in corruption, prone to do evil, unable of ourselves to do any good, who, by reason of our depravity, transgress without end Your holy commandments. Therefore, we have drawn upon ourselves, by Your just sentence, condemnation and death.

But, Oh Lord! with heartfelt sorrow, we repent and deplore our offenses. We condemn ourselves and our evil ways, with true penitence, beseeching that Your grace may relieve our distress. Amen.

ASSURANCE OF PARDON

PASTOR: Hear the promises of God to those who truly repent of their sins and trust in Christ: If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

Now, lift up your hearts!

PEOPLE: We lift them up to the Lord!

CALL TO WORSHIP

PASTOR: "The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will fulfill the gracious promise I made to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah."

PEOPLE: Sustain me according to your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed.

PASTOR: For no matter how many promises God has made, they are "Yes" in Christ. And so through him the "Amen" is spoken by us to the glory of God.

ALL: My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.

PRAISING OUR LORD

My Hope is Built on Nothing Less - Hymn 521

THANKING GOD FOR HIS PRESENCE

PASTOR: We give thanks to you, Lord, for you are good.

ALL: Your love endures forever. Amen.

PRAYING TOGETHER FOR GOD'S PEOPLE

PASTOR: Lord, in your mercy:
ALL: Hear our prayer.

WORSHIPPING BY GIVING

• Westminster Confession of Faith, XXVII

• Prayer - The pastor and another church elder will be available in the front to pray personally with anyone during the offertory.

• Offeratory - Ms. Lynna Harbison

PRAISING OUR GOD

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, amen.

DEDICATING OUR LIVES & GIFTS

Pastor: Yours, O Lord, are grandeur and power, majesty, splendor, and glory.

All: All in the heavens and on the earth is yours, and of your own we give you. Amen.

HEARING SCRIPTURE - Isaiah 54:4-10

READER: This is the Word of the Lord.
CONGREGATION: Thanks be to God!

GREETING ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE

• Children ages 4-5 dismissed to Children's Church in Rooms M1 & M3.

PREPARING TO HEAR GOD'S WORD

King of Heaven

King of heaven, Lord of me, I don't understand this mystery.
I can't comprehend how You can be King of heaven and Lord of me.

The hand that made the moon and stars is the hand that reaches down to me.
The Holy One for the lowly comes and lays aside His majesty.
The eyes that always watch the world are the eyes that see inside of me.
How great a love that You are mindful of and Father to the least of these.

Repeat Chorus

The One that could have worn the crown wore the thorns upon His head.
The Prince has come as a pauper's son; the First became the Last instead.
His shoulders should have worn robes and yet, He chose the sinner's cross.
The great I AM became the Lamb and gave Himself to save the lost.

King of heaven, Lord of me, I don't understand this mystery.
I can't comprehend how You can be King of heaven and Lord of me,
King of Heaven and Lord of me.

Paul Fields, Matt Huesmann, & Grant Cunningham *1998 River Oaks Music (BMI) Matt Huesmann (ASCAP). Used by permission. CCLI #89178

With Our Hearts

With our hearts we believe, with our mouths we confess,
"You are Lord, you are Lord."
From this day 'til the end we will sing it again,
and again, "You are Lord, you are Lord."

By your power you've made us, and by your grace we're redeemed,
To walk in the truth that you give us, and minister life in your name.

Repeat Chorus

Don Harris * 1989 Integrity's Hosanna! Music. Used by permission. CCLI #89178

I Worship You, Almighty God

I worship You, Almighty God, there is none like You.
I worship You, O Prince of Peace, that is what I long to do.
I give You praise for You are my righteousness.
I worship You, Almighty God, there is none like You.

Sondra Corbett * 1983 Integrity's Hosanna! Music. Used by permission. CCLI #89178

APPLYING GOD'S WORD

The Bow Without an Arrow- Genesis 8:20-9:17
(Text and Outline will be included on Sunday)

RESPONDING IN SONG

Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners! - Hymn 498

RECEIVING GOD'S BLESSING

POSTLUDE