Guide for Home Worship
May 10, 2020

The following page will take you through the order of worship for this Sunday. To access the recorded songs and sermon, use the embedded audio players in each section.

Please note: the song and sermon audio may not be available until Saturday evening.

Printable Worship Guide
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Time of Reflection

“We must begin by admitting that people and situations do not cause us to speak as we do. Our hearts control our words. People and situations simply provide the occasion for the heart to express itself.”

~ Paul David Tripp, contemporary pastor and author

“Deep in our timid hearts is a desire to be loved mildly, nothing more. That way, we retain control, we set the terms, we avoid risk. Our loving God, in His ferocious intensity, will have none of it. He defines the meaning of our lives, and we are saved from our anemic loves and brought by degrees into intense loves, like His own.”

~  Ray Ortlund, contemporary pastor and author

“Forgiving and being reconciled to our enemies or our loved ones are not about pretending that things are other than they are… True reconciliation exposes the awfulness, the abuse, the hurt, the truth. It could even sometimes make things worse. It is a risky undertaking, but in the end it is worthwhile, because in the end only an honest confrontation with reality can bring real healing.”

~ Desmond Tutu ( 1931-present), South African Anglican cleric and theologian known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist

“To be a friend to someone does not mean you pamper or indulge him or her. Friendship also involves struggle and loss, tension and turbulence… A friend, if honest and true, will tell you things you don’t want to hear. A friend, if deeply serious about you, will do things that feel painful. Friends do that because they respect our dignity and honor our uniqueness.”

~ Eugene Peterson (1932-2018), American minister and author

“Ironically, you most clearly see another person’s commitment to relationships when you are at your worst. And that’s true of God as well. His commitment to us shone clearly as He handled one of humanity’s worst moments.”

~ William P. Smith, contemporary pastor and author

“Repentance requires greater intimacy with God than with our sin.”

~ Rosaria Butterfield (1962-present), author and speaker

“There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us.”

~ Richard Sibbes (1577–1635), Anglican author and theologian

Opening Prayer

(select someone from your group to open your service in prayer)

Call to Worship

Psalm 32 (ESV)

LEADER: Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.

PEOPLE: Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity,
and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

LEADER: For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.

PEOPLE: For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah

LEADER: I acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not cover my iniquity;

ALL: I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.

Songs and Liturgy

(sing as a group and/or sing along to recorded versions)

NAILED TO THE CROSS
(Bryan Fowler, Christoper Llewellyn, Gareth Gilkeson, Jonathan Lindley Smith)

When I stand accused by my regrets
And the Devil roars his empty threats,
I will preach the gospel to myself
That I am not someone condemned,
For Jesus Christ is my defense.

CHORUS:
My sin is nailed to the cross.
My soul is healed by the scars.
The shame and guilt I bear no more.
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord.

When my doubt and shame hang over me
Like the arrows of the enemy,
I will run again to Calvary;
That rugged hill of Hell’s defeat,
My fortress and my victory.
(CHORUS)

BRIDGE:
It is finished, sin is vanquished.
Hallelujah, praise the Lord.
All the glory, all the honor,
To my Savior, Christ the Lord.
(REPEAT)

When I stand before the throne at last,
His blood will plead my innocence.
I will worship Him with holy hands
And raise the song that never ends,
Of Jesus Christ, my righteousness.
(CHORUS)
^{©2017 Capitol CMG Amplifier (Admin by Capitol CMG Publishing) CCLI #1791178}

RESPONSIVE READING: Psalm 27 (ESV)

LEADER: The Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?

PEOPLE: When evildoers assail me
to eat up my flesh,
my adversaries and foes,
it is they who stumble and fall.

LEADER: Though an army encamp against me,
my heart shall not fear;
though war arise against me,
yet I will be confident.

PEOPLE: One thing have I asked of the Lord,
that will I seek after:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord
and to inquire in his temple.

LEADER: For he will hide me in his shelter
in the day of trouble;
he will conceal me under the cover of his tent;
he will lift me high upon a rock.

ALL: And now my head shall be lifted up
above my enemies all around me,
and I will offer in his tent
sacrifices with shouts of joy;
I will sing and make melody to the Lord.

I HAVE A SHELTER
(Steve Cook, Vikki Cook, Bob Kauflin)

I have a shelter in the storm,
When troubles pour upon me.
Though fears are rising like a flood,
My soul can rest securely.
O Jesus, I will hide in You,
My place of peace and solace.
No trial is deeper than Your love
That comforts all my sorrows.

I have a shelter in the storm,
When all my sins accuse me.
Though justice charges me with guilt,
Your grace will not refuse me.
O Jesus, I will hide in You,
Who bore my condemnation.
I find my refuge in Your wounds,
For there I find salvation.

I have a shelter in the storm,
When constant winds would break me.
For in my weakness, I have learned
Your strength will not forsake me.
O Jesus, I will hide in You,
The One who bears my burdens.
With faithful hands that cannot fail,
You’ll bring me home to heaven.
^{©2008 Integrity’s Hosanna! Music/Sovereign Grace Worship (ASCAP)/Integrity’s Praise! Music/Sovereign Grace Praise (BMI) CCLI #1791178}

Sharing

(as a lead into the Prayer Time, as a group share how you are feeling and what you are learning; below are suggested questions)

• What are you learning from the letter of James and how has it applied to your life lately?
• When you hear the word “repentance” what comes to mind?
• What connections can be made between repentance and our relationship with God?

Prayer Time

(have an open time of prayer, appoint one or two to pray, or pray the printed prayer below)

Our Heavenly Father,

You have made us and you sustain us. In our time of trouble, we look to you and ask for your mercy and grace. We ask that you would provide for our daily needs, and especially have mercy on those who are suffering loss, and those who are bearing greater burdens in the course of the pandemic. We pray for strength and health, and ask for wisdom. We pray that you would guide those in authority and give them wisdom so that they might act justly, graciously, and effectively for the sake of our community.

We pray for peace in our country and in our world, and for deliverance from both disease and fear. We pray that you would give us wisdom as we strive to better love the church, our families, and our community. Would you draw near to us, and give us the peace of your presence. Make us more like Jesus Christ, the wisdom and word of God made flesh. Thank you for your care for us! We rejoice in the grace that comes to us through Jesus and pray that you would be glorified in and through us. We ask this in Christ’s name.

Amen.

Listen to Sermon

“A Faith That Works Through Repentance”
preached by Pastor Doug Cooper
Download

James 4:1-12 (ESV)

¹ What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? ² You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. ³ You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. ⁴ You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. ⁵ Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”? ⁶ But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” ⁷ Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. ⁸ Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. ⁹ Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. ¹⁰ Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

¹¹ Do not speak evil against one another, brothers.The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. ¹² There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

Confession of Faith

adapted from Matthew 16 and Galatians 2:20

LEADER: Christian, who do you say Jesus is?

CONGREGATION: I say He is the Christ, the Messiah, the Anointed King of Heaven and Earth…the Son of the living God. 

LEADER: And what is true of you now that you are in Christ?

CONGREGATION: I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life, which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered Himself up for me.

Sharing Time

(have everyone share one thing that struck them from the sermon)

Song

(sing as a group and/or sing along to recorded versions) 

LET US LOVE AND SING AND WONDER
(John Newton 1774, Laura Taylor)

Let us love and sing and wonder,
Let us praise the Savior’s name!
He has hushed the law’s loud thunder,
He has quenched Mt. Sinai’s flame.

Let us love the Lord who bought us,
Pitied us when enemies,
Called us by His grace and taught us,
Gave us ears and gave us eyes.

He has washed us with His blood,
He has washed us with His blood,
He has washed us with His blood,
He presents our souls to God.

Let us wonder grace and justice
Join and point to mercy’s store;
When through grace in Christ our trust is,
Justice smiles and asks no more.

He who washed us with His blood,
He who washed us with His blood,
He who washed us with His blood,
Has secured our way to God.

Let us praise and join the chorus
Of the saints enthroned on high;
Here they trusted him before us,
Now their praises fill the sky.

He has washed us with His blood,
He has washed us with His blood,
He has washed us with His blood,
He presents us whole to God.
^{©2001 Laura Taylor Music CCLI License #1791178}

Closing prayer

(select someone to close your time in prayer)

Benediction

(The leader or individual should read this aloud relishing in the confident assertion that Christ has conquered. )

from 2 Thessalonians 3:16 (ESV)

LEADER:  Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.

PEOPLE: Amen! 

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