The Lord GOD'S Preparation of His Servant

Prelude                                                               

Welcome and Announcements

Testimony and Call to Office

Dave McLane (Elder Candidate)

Colin Hale (Deacon Candidate)

Introit                                                                                               

Please use this time to set your hearts on Christ and pray for the Word, our worship, and that holiness and reverence will be known among us.                  

Call to Worship*                                                            Psalm 147:1-5

Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.

The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel.

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.

Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.

Hymn of Praise*                                                                                 #2

“O Worship the King”

Invocation*

Confession of Faith                           Westminster Larger Catechism

Q83:  What is the communion in glory with Christ which the members of the invisible church enjoy in this life?

Congregation:  The members of the invisible church have communicated to them in this life the firstfruits of glory with Christ, as they are members of him their head, and so in him are interested in that glory which he is fully possessed of; and, as an earnest thereof, enjoy the sense of God’s love, peace of conscience, joy in the Holy Ghost, and hope of glory; as, on the contrary, sense of God’s revenging wrath, horror of conscience, and a fearful expectation of judgment, are to the wicked the beginning of their torments which they shall endure after death.

Preparation for Confession of Sin                  Romans 3:19-20

Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.

Confession of Sin

Assurance of Pardon                                          Romans 3:21-22

But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe.

Hymn of Thanks*                                                                             #31

“Have You Not Known, Have You Not Heard” (verses 1-4)    

Giving of Tithes and Offerings                                 

Prayer of Response

Scripture Reading*                      

Isaiah 11:1-10; Luke 2:39-40, 46-52

Doxology*                                            #731

Preaching of God’s Word                                  Pastor Jim Claycomb

“The Lord GOD’S Preparation of His Servant”

Isaiah 50:4-11

Hymn of Affirmation*                                                                     #53

“Praise to the Lord, the Almighty”          

Benediction*             

Postlude*