Guide for Home Worship
May 24, 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
Printable Children’s Bulletin
Time of Reflection
“You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire”
“You live as if you were destined to live forever, no thought of your frailty ever enters your head, of how much time has already gone by you take no heed. You squander time as if you drew from a full and abundant supply, though all the while that day which you bestow on some person or thing is perhaps your last.”
~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-AD 65), Roman philosopher, statesman, dramatist
“The things that I loved were very frail. Very fragile. I didn’t know that. I thought they were indestructible. They weren’t.”
~ Cormac McCarthy (1933-present), American novelist, an excerpt from The Sunset Limited
“Thou Great I Am
Fill my mind with elevation and grandeur at
the thought of a Being
with whom one day is as a thousand years,
and a thousand years as one day,
A mighty God, who, amidst the lapse of worlds,
and the revolutions of empires,
feels no variableness,
but is glorious in immortality.
May I rejoice that, while men die, the Lord lives;
that, while all creatures are broken reeds,
empty cisterns,
fading flowers,
withering grass,
he is the Rock of Ages, the Fountain
of living waters.
Turn my heart from vanity,
from dissatisfactions,
from uncertainties of the present state,
to an eternal interest in Christ.”~ excerpt from an anonymous Puritan prayer
Introduction
(please listen to the introduction before proceeding with the rest of the order of worship)
Opening Prayer
(select someone from your group to open your service in prayer)
Call to Worship
Psalm 23 (ESV)
LEADER: The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
PEOPLE: He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
LEADER: He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.
PEOPLE: Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
LEADER: You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
ALL: Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.
Songs and Liturgy
(sing as a group and/or sing along to recorded versions)
BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD ABOVE
(Charitie Bancroft, 1841, Vikki Cook)
Before the throne of God above,
I have a strong and perfect plea,
A great High Priest whose name is Love
Who ever lives and pleads for me.
My name is graven on his hands,
My name is written on his heart;
I know that while in heav’n he stands,
No tongue can bid me thence depart.
No tongue can bid me thence depart.
When Satan tempts me to despair,
And tells me of the guilt within,
Upward I look and see him there,
Who made an end to all my sin.
Because the sinless Savior died,
My sinful soul is counted free;
For God the Just is satisfied,
To look on him and pardon me,
To look on him and pardon me.
Behold him there! The risen Lamb,
My perfect, spotless righteousness;
The great unchangeable I AM,
The King of glory and of grace!
One with himself I cannot die,
My soul is purchased by his blood;
My life is hid with Christ on high,
With Christ, my Savior and my God,
With Christ my Savior and my God.
©1997 PDI Worship CCLI #1791178
RESPONSIVE READING: Psalm 99 (ESV)
LEADER: The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble!
PEOPLE: He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!
LEADER: The Lord is great in Zion;
he is exalted over all the peoples.
PEOPLE: Let them praise your great and awesome name!
Holy is he!
LEADER: The King in his might loves justice.
You have established equity;
you have executed justice
and righteousness in Jacob.
PEOPLE: Exalt the Lord our God;
worship at his footstool!
Holy is he!
LEADER: Moses and Aaron were among his priests,
Samuel also was among those who called upon his name.
They called to the Lord, and he answered them.
PEOPLE: In the pillar of the cloud he spoke to them;
they kept his testimonies
and the statute that he gave them.
LEADER: O Lord our God, you answered them;
you were a forgiving God to them,
but an avenger of their wrongdoings.
ALL: Exalt the Lord our God,
and worship at his holy mountain;
for the Lord our God is holy!
BEHOLD OUR GOD
(Jonathan Baird, Meghan Baird, Ryan Baird, Stephen Altrogge)
Who has held the oceans in His hands?
Who has numbered every grain of sand?
Kings and nations tremble at His voice.
All creation rises to rejoice.
CHORUS:
Behold our God, seated on His throne.
Come, let us adore Him.
Behold our King, nothing can compare,
Come, let us adore Him!
Who has given counsel to the Lord?
Who can question any of His words?
Who can teach the one who knows all things?
Who can fathom all his wondrous deeds?
(CHORUS)
Who has felt the nails upon His hands.
Bearing all the guilt of sinful man?
God eternal, humbled to the grave,
Jesus, Savior, risen now to reign!
(CHORUS)
BRIDGE:
You will reign forever! (Let Your glory fill the earth)
You will reign forever! (Let your glory fill the earth)
You will reign forever! (Let your glory fill the earth)
You will reign forever! (Let your glory fill)
(CHORUS)
©2011 Sovereign Grace Worship (ASCAP)/Sovereign Grace Praise (BMI). CCLI #1791178
Sharing
(as a lead into the Prayer, take some time to share as a group. Below are some suggested questions)
- How would you say you’ve struggled the most with the limitations that have come about these last two months?
- Generally speaking, in what ways could you see limitations serving us well in life?
- How do you tend to process and make decisions?
Prayer Time
(have an open time of prayer or appoint one or two to pray. Specific prayer requests for this week are listed below.)
- Give thanks for our various limitations and ask God to use them to strengthen our dependence upon Him.
- Spend some time asking God to accomplish His will among us as individuals and as a church.
- Share words of praise and gratitude to God (Heb. 13:15).
Listen to Sermon
“A Faith that Works Through Limitations”
preached by Pastor Doug Cooper
Download
James 4:13-17 (ESV)
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. 17 So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
Confession of Faith
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power,
And the glory, forever. Amen.
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)
YOU ALONE CAN RESCUE
(Jonas Myrin & Matt Redman)
Who, O Lord, could save themselves,
Their own soul could heal?
Our shame was deeper than the sea
Your grace is deeper still.
(REPEAT)
CHORUS:
You alone can rescue,
You alone can save.
You alone can lift us from the grave.
You came down to find us, led us out of death.
To You alone belongs the highest praise.
You, O Lord, have made a way.
The great divide You healed.
For when our hearts were far away
Your love went further still.
Yes, Your love goes further still
(CHORUS)
BRIDGE:
We lift up our eyes,
Lift up our eyes,
You’re the giver of life.
We lift up our eyes,
Lift up our eyes,
You’re the giver of life.
(Repeat 2X)
©2008 Atlas Mountain Songs (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing) CCLI#1791178
Benediction
(The leader or individual should read this aloud relishing in the confident assertion that Christ has conquered.)
Romans 15:13 (NASB)
LEADER: Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
PEOPLE: Amen!