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Prelude 

Coming into the presence of the living God  

*Receiving the Lord’s call to come to him in worship – Psalm 96:8-9 

Pastor: Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts!  

Congregation: Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth! 

*Lifting our hearts to the Lord in humble adoration and praise 

Pastor: O LORD of hosts, you are God, the God whose steadfast love endures forever. As such, this week and always we direct our praise and thanksgiving to you and to you alone. Fix our hearts and minds again today on the glories of your person and work, as well as the person and work of your Son Jesus Christ, that our praise and thanksgiving would not decrease, but abound. We ask this in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, who taught us to pray… 

Congregation: Our Father… 

*Singing the praise of our triune God 

“Holy God, We Praise Your Name” Trinity Hymnal 103 

Hearing the Word of God from the New Testament 

Romans 1:18-32 

Approaching the living God in confession and supplication 

Hearing the Word of God from the Old Testament  

Isaiah 45:14-25 

*Seeking and rejoicing in the grace of our God 

“And Can it Be That I Should Gain” Trinity Hymnal 455 

*Confessing our faith together 

Westminster Larger Catechism Q104-105 

Q104: What are the duties required in the first commandment? 
A104: The duties required in the first commandment are, the knowing and acknowledging of God to be the only true God, and our God; and to worship and glorify him accordingly, by thinking, meditating, remembering, highly esteeming, honoring, adoring, choosing, loving, desiring, fearing of him; believing him; trusting, hoping, delighting, rejoicing in him; being zealous for him; calling upon him, giving all praise and thanks, and yielding all obedience and submission to him with the whole man; being careful in all things to please him, and sorrowful when in anything he is offended; and walking humbly with him. 

Q105: What are the sins forbidden in the first commandment? 
A105: The sins forbidden in the first commandment are, atheism, in denying or not having a God; Idolatry, in having or worshiping more gods than one, or any with or instead of the true God; the not having and avouching him for God, and our God; the omission or neglect of anything due to him, required in this commandment; ignorance, forgetfulness, misapprehensions, false opinions, unworthy and wicked thoughts of him; bold and curious searching into his secrets; all profaneness, hatred of God; self-love, self-seeking, and all other inordinate and immoderate setting of our mind, will, or affections upon other things, and taking them off from him in whole or in part; vain credulity, unbelief, heresy, misbelief, distrust, despair, incorrigibleness, and insensibleness under judgments, hardness of heart, pride, presumption, carnal security, tempting of God; using unlawful means, and trusting in lawful means; carnal delights and joys; corrupt, blind, and indiscreet zeal; lukewarmness, and deadness in the things of God; estranging ourselves, and apostatizing from God; praying, or giving any religious worship, to saints, angels, or any other creatures; all compacts and consulting with the devil, and hearkening to his suggestions; making men the lords of our faith and conscience; slighting and despising God and his commands; resisting and grieving of his Spirit, discontent and impatience at his dispensations, charging him foolishly for the evils he inflicts on us; and ascribing the praise of any good we either are, have, or can do, to fortune, idols, ourselves, or any other creature. 

*Praising the Lord with a doxology  

“Book Three Doxology” (Psalm 89:52) (Book of Psalms for Worship 89H):  

Now to the LORD all blessings be ascribed forever then; 

Forevermore, so let it be! Amen, and yes, Amen! 

*Bringing our tithes and offerings to the Lord with prayer  

Asking God to bless our hearing of his Word 

(Children age 4 through K may be dismissed to Children’s Church) 

Giving heed to the Word of God 

Exodus 20:3 

God Alone: No Substitutes, No Seconds - Rev. Nicholas Davelaar 

*Responding with grateful praise to the triune God 

“Not unto Us, O Lord of Heaven” (Psalm 115) Trinity Hymnal 67  

*Being sent out into the world with the Lord’s benediction