NOTES:Today's Psalm is a person's reflection on a difficult time in their life that has now passed. The Psalmist remembers both waiting patiently and crying out for help. The Psalmist looks at the way God was present and how God acted to save. After all that, the writer is ready to make a thanksgiving offering, to declare appreciation in front of everyone, as one would expect to do, but instead finds God ready to do something new. "Sacrifice and offering you do not desire, but you have given me an open ear. " What does it mean that God, in a time of gratitude and praise, instead of requiring something, offers something? When have we come to God ready to do our duty only to discover that God was offering us an opportunity to be heard?
Scripture: Psalm 40:1-9
I waited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and heard my cry.
2 He drew me up from the desolate pit,
out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps secure.
3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear,
and put their trust in the Lord.
4 Happy are those who make
the Lord their trust, who do not turn to the proud,
to those who go astray after false gods.
5 You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;
none can compare with you.
Were I to proclaim and tell of them,
they would be more than can be counted.
6 Sacrifice and offering you do not desire,
but you have given me an open ear.
Burnt offering and sin offering
you have not required.
7 Then I said, “Here I am;
in the scroll of the book it is written of me.
8 I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my heart.”
9 I have told the glad news of deliverance
in the great congregation; see, I have not restrained my lips,
as you know, O Lord.
10 I have not hidden your saving help within my heart,
I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
from the great congregation.
11 Do not, O Lord, withhold
your mercy from me;
let your steadfast love and your faithfulness
keep me safe forever.
8:30 am Order of Service
We Gather in God's Presence
Welcome
Prelude
Lighting the Christ Candles
Praise Hymn#500 "God Made from Our Blood" (verses 1, 2, & 5)
Call to Worship
Leader: Listen up, everyone!
People: God has given us work to do.
Leader: God has called each of us
People: Before we were even born.
Leader: It was God who named us.
People: It is God who claims us.
Leader: The light of God’s love shines in us.
People: Let’s shine God’s love into all the world!
~ posted on the Worship Elements page of the Ministry Matters website. http://www.ministrymatters.com/worship/article/entry/4549/worship-connection-january-12-2014
Invocation
Gracious and all loving God,
you call to us across deep waters and dark places.
Yours is the light which guides us
and the voice which we follow.
We pray that you would reveal yourself to us as we worship you.
May those without hope be encouraged;
those who are sad, cheered;
those who are seeking, find you;
and may all things be according to your will.
In the name of your beloved Son we pray. Amen.
~ written by Rev. Richard J. Fairchild, and posted on Kir-shalom. http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/a-or01sm.php
We Contemplate God's Word
Scripture
Sermon
We Pray Together
Joys & Concerns
Prayer Hymn#352 "Spirit Song"
Praying Together
Gracious God,
you have enriched and enlightened us by the revelation of your eternal Christ.
Comfort us in our mortality
and strengthen us to walk the path of your desire,
so that by word and deed we may manifest the gracious news
of your faithfulness and love.
We remember Christ, who asked the disciples,
“What are you looking for,”
and who offered the invitation to “Come and See.”
Open our hearts to what you reveal and give us the courage to follow.
By Your Spirit aid us in our journey,
so that like those disciples, our words and deeds point to the Lamb of God.
For those who are suffering, let us point to Christ through comfort.
For those who are hungry, let us point to Christ through bread.
For those in the grip of despair, let us point to Christ through hope.
Almighty God,
whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ is the light of the world:
Grant that your people, illumined by your Word,
may shine with the radiance of Christ’s glory,
that he may be known, worshiped, and obeyed to the ends of the earth.
We pray this in the name of Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God now and forever, Amen.
~ posted on I’m just saying. http://thepostmodernpastor.com/2011/01/16/pastoral-prayer-epiphany-2-a-sunday-january-16-2011/
We Come to the Lord's Table
Invitation to the Table
Communion Hymn#263 "Surely the Presence of the Lord" (all verses)
Elder's Prayer
Words of Institution
The Lord's Supper with instrumental meditation
Prayer of Thanksgiving
We Go Forth into the World
Challenge for Discipleship
Discipleship Hymn#469" I Am the Light of the World" (verses 1 & 4)
Blessing
10:40 am Order of Service
We Gather in God's Presence
Welcome
Prelude
Call to Worship
Leader: Listen up, everyone!
People: God has given us work to do.
Leader: God has called each of us
People: Before we were even born.
Leader: It was God who named us.
People: It is God who claims us.
Leader: The light of God’s love shines in us.
People: Let’s shine God’s love into all the world!
~ posted on the Worship Elements page of the Ministry Matters website. http://www.ministrymatters.com/worship/article/entry/4549/worship-connection-january-12-2014
Praise Hymn#500 "God Made from Our Blood" (verses 1, 2, & 5)
Lighting of the Candles
Invocation
Gracious and all loving God,
you call to us across deep waters and dark places.
Yours is the light which guides us
and the voice which we follow.
We pray that you would reveal yourself to us as we worship you.
May those without hope be encouraged;
those who are sad, cheered;
those who are seeking, find you;
and may all things be according to your will.
In the name of your beloved Son we pray. Amen.
~ written by Rev. Richard J. Fairchild, and posted on Kir-shalom. http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermons/a-or01sm.php
Passing of the Peace
We Contemplate God's Word
Children's Song
Scripture
Sermon
We Pray Together
Joys & Concerns
Prayer Hymn#352 "Spirit Song"
Praying Together
Gracious God,
you have enriched and enlightened us by the revelation of your eternal Christ.
Comfort us in our mortality
and strengthen us to walk the path of your desire,
so that by word and deed we may manifest the gracious news
of your faithfulness and love.
We remember Christ, who asked the disciples,
“What are you looking for,”
and who offered the invitation to “Come and See.”
Open our hearts to what you reveal and give us the courage to follow.
By Your Spirit aid us in our journey,
so that like those disciples, our words and deeds point to the Lamb of God.
For those who are suffering, let us point to Christ through comfort.
For those who are hungry, let us point to Christ through bread.
For those in the grip of despair, let us point to Christ through hope.
Almighty God,
whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ is the light of the world:
Grant that your people, illumined by your Word,
may shine with the radiance of Christ’s glory,
that he may be known, worshiped, and obeyed to the ends of the earth.
We pray this in the name of Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God now and forever, Amen.
~ posted on I’m just saying. http://thepostmodernpastor.com/2011/01/16/pastoral-prayer-epiphany-2-a-sunday-january-16-2011/
We Come to the Lord's Table
Invitation to the Table
Communion Hymn#263 "Surely the Presence of the Lord" (all verses)
Words of Institution
The Lord's Supper with instrumental meditation
Prayer of Thanksgiving
We Go Forth into the World
Challenge for Discipleship
Discipleship Hymn#469" I Am the Light of the World" (verses 1 & 4)
Blessing
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