Service for August 10, 2025

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Welcome

Prelude – Before the Throne of God

Call to Worship

Oh, sing to the Lord a new song!

Sing to the Lord, all the earth.

Psalm 96:1

Hymn # 62 Sing to the Lord, Sing His Praise

1 Sing to the Lord, sing his praise, all you peoples,

new be your song as new honors you pay;

sing of his majesty, bless him forever,

show his salvation from day to day.

2 Tell of his wondrous works, tell of his glory,

till through the nations his name is revered;

praise and exalt him, for he is almighty;

God over all let the Lord be feared.

3 Vain are the heathen gods, idols and helpless;

God made the heav'ns, and his glory they tell;

honor and majesty shine out before him,

beauty and strength in his temple dwell.

4 Give unto God most high glory and honor,

come with your off'rings and humbly draw near;

in holy beauty now worship Jehovah,

tremble before him with godly fear.

5 Make all the nations know God reigns forever;

earth is established as he did decree;

righteous and just is the King of the nations,

judging the people with equity.

6 Let heav'n and earth be glad; waves of the ocean,

forest and field, exultation express;

for God is coming, the Judge of the nations,

coming to judge in his righteousness.

Call To Confession

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.

Romans 12:9–14 (NKJV):

Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord;

Lord, hear my voice!

Let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

If You, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?

But there is forgiveness with You that You may be feared.

Psalm 130:1–4 (NKJV)

Confession of Sins

Let us, therefore, confess our sin, saying together:

Merciful Heavenly Father, pardon us our many sins; the sins we know and the sins hidden from our conscience. Cleanse us from wrong motives and forgive us for feeble obedience. By your Spirit renew our hearts to love you, our minds to know you, and our wills to obey you. For we ask this mercy in the name of your Son who shed his blood for us. Amen.

Word of Assurance

God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.

Romans 5:8–9 (NKJV)

Children’s Choir – Marvelous Grace of Our Loving Lord

Scripture Lesson:

Ephesians 4:20-32

But you have not so learned Christ, 21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

25 Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another. 26 “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27 nor give place to the devil. 28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need. 29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. 32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

Sermon

Hymn # 597 Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire

1 Though I may speak with bravest fire,

and have the gift to all inspire,

and have not love, my words are vain,

as sounding brass, and hopeless gain.

2 Though I may give all I possess,

and striving so my love profess,

but not be giv'n by love within,

the profit soon turns strangely thin.

3 Come, Spirit, come, our hearts control,

our spirits long to be made whole.

Let inward love guide every deed;

by this we worship and are freed.

Prayer of the Church and 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.”

Hymn # 469 How Sweet and Awesome Is the Place

1 How sweet and awesome is the place

with Christ within the doors,

while everlasting love displays

the choicest of her stores.

2 While all our hearts and all our songs

join to admire the feast,

each of us cries, with thankful tongue,

"Lord, why was I a guest?

3 "Why was I made to hear your voice,

and enter while there's room,

when thousands make a wretched choice,

and rather starve than come?"

4 'Twas the same love that spread the feast

that sweetly drew us in;

else we had still refused to taste,

and perished in our sin.

5 Pity the nations, O our God,

constrain the earth to come;

send your victorious Word abroad,

and bring the strangers home.

6 We long to see your churches full,

that all the chosen race

may, with one voice and heart and soul,

sing your redeeming grace.

Benediction