Faith Reformed Presbyterian Church
A Congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America
Family Devotions
Week 7, 2021
Order of Worship
Sunday, February 14, 2020
We extend a warm welcome to all our visitors this morning! Visitors, please complete the Welcome card in the pew rack and put it in the offering plate, so we may know how best to minister to/with you. Let’s prepare our hearts with silent Bible reading, meditation, and prayer before the service begins.
PRAISE (We Acknowledge God’s Majesty)
PRELUDE Christ Is Mine Forevermore Praise Team
*HYMN OF PRAISE Glory Be To God The Father
*CALL TO WORSHIP Psalm 135:1-3, 21
Leader: Praise the Lord!
All: Praise the name of the Lord, give praise, O servants of the Lord, who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God!
Leader: Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing to his name, for it is pleasant!
All: Blessed be the Lord from Zion, he who dwells in Jerusalem! Praise the Lord!
*PRAISE SONGS Days of Elijah
Ancient of Days
*INVOCATION
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
All: Almighty God, To know you is the fulfillment of our deepest longings and the satisfaction of our most ardent desires. Yet foolishly we have sought our pleasures elsewhere. We have put the seeking of idols, which are bound to leave us feeling empty, above seeking you. We have failed to love you with our whole heart, soul, and mind. We have failed to love our neighbors as ourselves. Forgive us for our sins for the sake of your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. And grant that from now on we might serve you in newness of life.
SILENT CONFESSION
ASSURANCE OF PARDON Isaiah 55:6-7
“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”
CONSECRATION (We Surrender Our Lives to Christ)
*HYMN 381 Brethren We Have Met To Worship!
THE OFFERING Deuteronomy 10:14
“Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it.”
OFFERTORY
* Doxology: Hymnal, p. 731
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host, praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Amen
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION Brian Boyer
SCRIPTURE TEXT Matthew 20:29-34
SERMON “Called to Serve” John Armstrong
*HYMN 304 I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say
*BENEDICTION
For 2021, we are continuing to provide a basic Family Worship plan to help enable our families to more regularly worship together during the week. In each weekly bulletin, we will provide a Daily Bible Reading plan from “A Daughter of the Reformation”, weekly questions from the Heidelberg Catechism, and a hymn for you to learn together.
Week 7:
Weekly Hymn: 235 All Glory Laud and Honor
https://youtu.be/h3a8fTTrAdE
Heidelberg Catechism–
- Q9 But does not God do man an injustice by requiring in his law
what man cannot do? /
Answer: No, for God so created man that he was able to do it. But man, at the instigation of the devil, in deliberate disobedience robbed himself and all his descendants of these gifts. - Q10 Will God allow such disobedience and apostasy to go unpunished? /
Answer: Certainly not. He is terribly displeased with our original sin
as well as our actual sins. Therefore he will punish them by a just judgment both now and eternally, as he has declared:
Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law (Gal 3:10).
Bible Reading:
Mon – 2/15 – Exodus 37-40
Tue – 2/16 – Mark 1-3
Wed – 2/17 – Mark 4-6
Thurs – 2/18 – Mark 7-9
Fri – 2/19 – Mark 10-12
Sat – 2/20 – Psalms 22-24
Sun – 2/21 – Proverbs 8
A Look at Next Week
Sermon Text: Matthew 21:1-11
Praise Music: Lion of Judah
Christ is Mine Forevermore
Hymns: 198 Lift Up Your Heads Ye Mighty Gates
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Hearing assistance and large print pew Bibles are available during the worship service. Please contact an usher for assistance.
Officer Elections in February – We are voting on extending Ruling Elders in service at a congregational meeting today, Sunday, February 14th. Ruling Elders having been reexamined and approved for standing for continuation in office are: Charlie Van Meter, Rich Rochford, David Johnston, and Martin Hudzinski.
