August 10, 2025
PRELUDE
Call to Worship from Psalm 40:1-7
Pastor: I waited patiently for the
Lord; he inclined to me his
ear and heard my cry.
People: He drew me up from the
pit of destruction, out of
the miry bog, and set my
feet upon a rock, making
my steps secure.
Pastor: He put a new song in my
mouth, a song of praise to
our God. Many will see
and fear, and put their
trust in the Lord.
People: Blessed is the man who
makes the Lord his trust,
who does not turn to the
proud, to those who go
astray after a lie!
Pastor: Sacrifice and offering you
have not desired, but you
have given me an open ear.
Burnt offering and sin
offering you have not
required.
All: Then I said, “Behold, I
have come; in the scroll of
the book it is written of
me: I desire to do your
will, O my God; your law
is within my heart.”
PRAYER of INVOCATION From 2 Cor 6:16
SONG of ADORATION “Blessed Be Your Name”
Blessed Be Your Name in the land that is plentiful,
Where Your streams of abundance flow
Blessed be Your name
Blessed Be Your name, when I'm found in the desert place
Though I walk through the wilderness
Blessed Be Your name
Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord, Still I will say:
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name
Blessed be Your name when the sun's shining down on me
When the world's ‘all as it should be’
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be Your name on the road marked with suffering
Though there’s pain in the offering
Blessed be Your name
You give and take away! You give and take away!
My heart will choose to say:
Lord, blessed be Your name
Matt Redman | Blessed Be Your Name lyrics ©2002 Thankyou Music, Thank You Music Ltd. CCLI Song No. 3798438 CCLI License #3071858
Confession and Assurance
READING of GOD’S LAW
Hear God’s Law, His Will for Your Life, from Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand . . . You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
PRAYER of CONFESSION George Matheson
Pastor: O Lord, as long as we are
apart from You, we
are self-satisfied, because
we have no standard by
which to measure our
low stature.
People: But when we come near
to You, there for the first
time we see ourselves. In
Your light we behold our
darkness. In Your purity
we behold our
corruption.
Pastor: Our very confession of
sin is the fruit of holiness.
Oh! Divine Man, let us
gaze upon You more and
more until, in the vision
of Your brightness, we
say,
All: I loathe the sight of my
impurity; until, in the
blaze of that glory which
human eye has not seen,
I fall prostrate, blinded,
broken, to rise again a
new person in You.
Amen. ◆
ASSURANCE of PARDON from Ephesians 1:4-7
Receive these words of comfort from God:
In love He predestined us for adoption to Himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.
In poverty of spirit, receive the riches of His grace, poured out lavishly for sinners, for our salvation and His glory, Amen. ◆
SONG of RESPONSE “Fairest Lord Jesus” CH #87
Life of Worship
PROFESSION of FAITH
Heidelberg #1
Leader: What is your only comfort
in Life and in Death?
All: That I am not my own,
but belong—
with body and soul, both
in life and in death—
to my faithful Savior
Jesus Christ.
He has fully paid for all
my sins with His
precious blood, and has
set me free from all the
power of the devil.
He also preserves me in
such a way that,
without the will of my
heavenly Father, not a
hair can fall from my
head; indeed, all things
must work
together for my salvation.
Therefore, by His Holy
Spirit, He also assures me
of eternal life and makes
me heartily willing and
ready from now on to live
for Him. Amen. ◆
OFFERING
DOXOLOGY CH#815
PRAYER of DEDICATION
CHILDREN’S CATECHISM
Q50: Of what advantage to us is
Christ’s ascension?
A: Christ is now advocating for
us in the presence of his
Father and also sends us his
Spirit.
From The New City Catechism for Kids, ©2018 Crossway Books. Used with permission
PASSING of the PEACE
PRAYER OF INTERCESSION
OUR LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in 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. ◆
Ministry of the Word
SONG “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” CH #139
PRAYER for ILLUMINATION BOCP
Blessed Lord, you have caused all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning—grant us that we may in such a way hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them; that by patience and comfort of your holy Word, we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.◆
SCRIPTURE READING John 5:25-30
SERMON “The Son and the Resurrection” Pastor Zach
SONG of DEPARTURE “My Friends, May You Grow in Grace”
My friends, may you grow in grace,
And in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior.
My friends, may you grow in grace,
And in the knowledge of Jesus Christ.
To God be the glory, now and forever!
Now and forever, Amen! (Repeat)
Meaney / Demey / Kett © 2000 Timothy James
CCLI #3071858
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
