Sunday morning, February 2, 2025 

Welcome & Announcements 

Prelude 

Coming into the Presence of the Living God 

*Receiving the Lord’s Invitation to Come to Him in Worship – Psalm 118:26,28,29 

Pastor: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD! We bless you from the house of the LORD. 

Congregation: You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God; I will extol you. O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever! 

*Lifting Our Hearts to the Lord in Humble Adoration & Praise 

Pastor: O Lord our God, we praise you that you sent the Lord Jesus to come to us, to rescue us from our sin. We praise you that you have made your light to shine upon us and we rejoice in the gift of this great salvation. Glorify your holy name and open our hearts to the riches of your grace as we come to worship you through Jesus Christ our Lord who taught us to pray…  

Congregation: Our Father… 

*Praising God in Song 

“O Worship the King” Trinity Hymnal 2:1-4,6  

Rejoicing in God’s Word Together (responsively) 

Psalm 103 (p.821 in Trinity hymnal)  

Corporate Confession of Sin (unison) 

Have mercy upon us, O God, according to your lovingkindness; according to the multitude of your tender mercies blot out our transgressions. Wash us thoroughly from our iniquities, and cleanse us from our sins. We acknowledge our transgressions, and our sin is ever before us. Purge us and we will be clean; wash us and we will be whiter than snow. Create in us clean hearts, O God, and renew a right spirit within us. Cast us not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from us.  

*Hearing God’s Promise of Forgiveness 

1 Timothy 1:15 - The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. 

*We Rejoice in this Great Forgiveness by Singing the Gloria Patri 

“Gloria Patri” (Trinity Hymnal 735):  

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;  

as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, amen. 

We Bring our Prayers before the Throne of Grace  

Responding with Gratitude to the Living God for His Grace 

“Wonderful Grace of Jesus” Trinity Hymnal 467  

*Confessing Our Faith Together 

Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter XI, Paragraph I & II (p.855 in Trinity Hymnal) 

*Praising the Lord with the Doxology 

“Doxology” (Trinity Hymnal 731): 

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; 

praise him above, ye heav’nly host: praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.  

Bringing our Tithes and Offerings to the Lord with Prayer 

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

Giving Heed to the Word of God 

Romans 10:14-21  

“His Master’s Voice” - Rev. John Peoples 

Faith Comes through Hearing the Word of Christ (v.14-17) 

Faith Comes through Understanding the Word of Christ (v.18-19) 

Faith Comes through Believing the Word of Christ (v.20-21) 

*Preparing Our Hearts to Celebrate the Lord’s Supper 

“How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds” Trinity Hymnal 647:1-3  

We Celebrate the Lord’s Supper Together 

*Responding to the Living God in Praise 

“How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds” Trinity Hymnal 647:4-6  

*The Lord Sends Us Out into the World with His Benediction