Psalm 130… Waiting with Hope
This coming Sunday we are looking at Psalm 130 in worship, which is my absolutely favorite Psalm! I’ll try not to say that on Sunday:) For some reason I relate to these types of honest, emotional expressions in God’s word. Specifically, it has always stuck out to me that the Psalmist uses such repetitive poetic […]
Preparing Our Hearts For Worship – 5/31/15
– – – -Liturgy for Sunday, May 31st, 2015- – – – “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, […]
Preparing Our Hearts For Worship – 7/5/15
– – – -Liturgy for Sunday, July 5th, 2015- – – – “We must obey God rather than men…” Acts 5:29 “There would be no sense in saying you trusted a person if you would not take his advice. Thus if you have really handed yourself over to Him[Christ], it must follow that you are […]
Preparing Our Hearts For Worship – 5/24/15
– – – -Liturgy for Sunday, May 24th, 2015- – – – As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me! Psalm 40:11 Prelude: Take To The World (Derek Webb) Gathering Song: Come Christians Join To Sing (Bateman) Call […]
Preparing Our Hearts For Worship – 5/17/15
– – – -Liturgy for Sunday, May 17th, 2015- – – – “Worship, as we see from the Psalms, is not limited to celebration, nor is it spoiled by tears.” -Hughes Old Be still, and know that I am God… Psalm 46:10 Prelude: The Victory (All Sons & Daughters) Gathering Song: Come Thou Fount (Wyeth/Robinson) […]
Preparing Our Hearts For Worship – 5/3/15
– – – -Liturgy for Sunday, May 3rd, 2015- – – – “Unity and distinction—the principle at the heart of the Trinity—can be seen in much of what makes life so rich and beautiful. Woven into the fabric of the world are multiple reflections of the One who made it with unity and distinction as […]
Preparing Our Hearts For Worship – 4/19/15
– – – -Liturgy for Sunday, April 19th, 2015- – – – “Learn to know Christ and him crucified. Learn to sing to him, and say, ‘Lord Jesus, you are my righteousness, I am your sin. You have taken upon yourself what is mine and given me what is yours. You have become what you […]
Preparing Our Hearts For Worship – 4/12/15
– – – -Liturgy for Sunday, April 12th, 2015- – – – “The doctrine of adoption is a family idea, conceived in terms of love, and viewing God as father. In adoption, God takes us into His family and fellowship, and establishes us as His children and heirs. Closeness, affection and generosity are at the […]
Preparing Our Hearts For Worship – 4/5/15 EASTER
– – – -Liturgy for Sunday, April 5th, 2015 – Easter- – – – “If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or […]
Preparing Our Hearts For Worship – 3/29/15 Palm Sunday
– – – -Liturgy for Sunday, March 29nd, 2015 – Palm Sunday- – – – “Hosanna…that Hebrew phrase is found one solitary place in the whole Old Testament,Psalm 118:25, where it means, ‘Save, please!’ hoshiya na! …over the centuries the phrase hoshiya na stopped being a cry for help in the ordinary language of the […]
Preparing Our Hearts For Worship – 3/22/15
– – – -Liturgy for Sunday, March 22nd, 2015- – – – “For Jesus is not merely someone who once loved us enough to die for us. His love for us is the infinite love of God, which is stronger than all evil and cannot be touched by death. Suffering, therefore, can only be consecrated […]
Preparing Our Hearts For Worship – 3/15/15
– – – -Liturgy for Sunday, March 15th, 2015- – – – “…as your love for God increases, so will the pain of your exile.” -Thomas a Kempis If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink… John 7:37 Prelude: Did Christ Over Sinners Weep (Indelible Grace) Gathering Song: 10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord) […]
Preparing Our Hearts For Worship – 3/8/15
– – -Liturgy for Sunday, March 8th, 2015- – – “Everyone will be forgotten, nothing we do will make any difference, and all good endeavours, even the best, will come to naught. Unless there is God. If the God of the Bible exists, and there is a True Reality beneath and behind this one, and […]
Preparing Our Hearts For Worship – 3/01/15
– – -Liturgy for Sunday, March 1st, 2015- – – “The essence of…worship [is] to be turning to God because of sin so as to be turned by God from it.” -Ashley Null But I say, walk by the Spirit… Galatians5:16 Prelude: Hear The Call Of The Kingdom (Getty Music) Gathering Song: Jesus Everlasting King […]
Preparing Our Hearts For Worship on 2/22/15
– – -Liturgy for Sunday, February 22, 2015- – – “Legalism says God will love us if we change. The gospel says God will change us because He loves us.” ― Tullian Tchividjian My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. […]
2/8/15 – Preparing Our Hearts For Worship
– – -Liturgy for Sunday, February 8, 2015- – – “It’s important to notice that the gospel is not simply an invitation; it’s a declaration, an announcement: The time has come for God to be your king. He’s reclaiming and restoring his world. Repent of all of your petty kingdoms and believe this good news.” […]
2/1/15 – Preparing Our Hearts For Worship
– -Liturgy for Sunday, February 1, 2015- – “The doctrine of propitiation is precisely this: that God loved the objects of His wrath (the world) so much that He gave His own Son to the end that He by His blood should make provision for the removal of His wrath. It was Christ’s so to […]
1/25/15 – Preparing Our Hearts For Worship
– -Liturgy for Sunday, January 25, 2015- – “Giving the gospel away is one of the best ways of experiencing its power in your own life.” -John Piper “This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.” Psalm 18:30 Prelude: […]
Preparing Our Hearts For Worship – 1/18/15
– -Liturgy for Sunday, January 18, 2015- – “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” Jer. 17:9. Learn much of the Lord Jesus. For every look at yourself, take ten looks at Christ. He is altogether lovely. Such infinite majesty, and yet such meekness and grace, and all […]
Preparing Our Hearts For Worship – 1/11/15
– -Liturgy for Sunday, January 11, 2015- – “It is the nature of faith to believe God upon His bare word…. ‘It will not be,’ saith sense; ‘it cannot be,’ saith reason; ‘it both can and will be,’ saith faith, ‘for I have a promise.’”—John Trapp You are my refuge, my portion in the land […]
12/21/14 – Preparing Our Hearts For Worship: Advent Week 4
– -Liturgy for Advent Sunday, December 21, 2014- – “And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom,that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him;his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away,and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.” -Daniel 7:14 Prelude: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By […]
12/14/14 – Preparing Our Hearts For Worship: Advent Week 3
– -Liturgy for Advent Sunday, December 14, 2014- – “…Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” 2 Corinthians 6:2 Prelude: O Come O Come Emmanuel (Sovereign Grace Music, traditional tune with new verses) Gathering Song: O Little Town Of Bethlehem (traditional) “O come let us adore Him, O come […]
Preparing Our Hearts For Worship (Advent) 12/07/14
– -Liturgy for Advent Sunday, December 7, 2014- – “And a Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD. -Isaiah 59:20 Prelude: Gather ‘Round (Andrew Peterson) Gathering Song: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (traditional, Sears/Smith/Willis) “O come let us adore Him, O come let us adore Him O […]
Preparing Our Hearts for Worship (Advent) 11/30/14
– -Liturgy for Advent Sunday, November 30, 2014- – The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. -Isaiah 9:2 Prelude: Serve Hymn (Andrew Peterson) Gathering Song: O Come All Ye Faithful (traditional) Lighting of the 1st Advent Candle: […]
Preparing Our Hearts For Worship 11/23/14
– -Liturgy for Sunday, November 23, 2014- – …let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Colossians 3:15 Prelude: A City No Longer Forsaken (Sojourn) Gathering Song: For The Beauty Of The Earth (traditional) Call to Worship: (Psalm 136:1-5,23-24, 26) Leader: Give […]