PRELUDE – “Great Are You Lord” by All Sons & Daughters

WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP – Psalm 113:1-3 & Psalm 34:1-3

LEADER:

Praise the Lord!

Praise, O servants of the Lord,

praise the name of the Lord!

Blessed be the name of the Lord

from this time forth and forevermore!

From the rising of the sun to its setting,

the name of the Lord is to be praised!

EVERYONE:

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!

 

Song –

“Blessed Be Your Name” by Matt Redman

CONFESSION OF SIN – Jeremiah 5:23-24

This people has a stubborn and rebellious heart;

they have turned aside and gone away.

They do not say in their hearts,

‘Let us fear the Lord our God,

who gives the rain in its season,

the autumn rain and the spring rain,

and keeps for us

the weeks appointed for the harvest.’

ASSURANCE OF PARDON – Jeremiah 33:8

I will cleanse them

from all the guilt of their sin against me,

and I will forgive

all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me.

Songs –

“At the Cross” by Darlene Zschech and Rueben Morgan

“How Can I Keep From Singing?” by Chris Tomlin

PRAYER

CHILDREN’S BLESSING & DISMISSAL – New City Catechism Q32

What do justification and sanctification mean?

Justification means our declared righteousness before God.

Sanctification means our gradual, growing righteousness.

Song –

“How Firm a Foundation” by Unknown

SCRIPTURE READING – Deuteronomy 8:1-20

SERMON – “Loving God in the Good Times”

LORD’S TABLE

Songs –

“It Is Well with My Soul” by Horatio Gates Spafford and Philip Paul Bliss

“He Will Hold Me Fast” by Ada Ruth Habershon and Matthew Merker

OFFERING

Song –

“Be Thou My Vision” by Ascend the Hill

BENEDICTION

ANNOUNCEMENTS

POSTLUDE – “We Will Feast in the House of Zion” by Sandra McCracken