Service for July 13, 2025

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Welcome

Call to Worship

Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.

2 Before the mountains were brought forth,

Or ever You had formed the earth and the world,

Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

Psalm 90:1-2

Hymn # 30 Our God, Our Help in Ages Past

1 Our God, our help in ages past,

our hope for years to come,

our shelter from the stormy blast,

and our eternal home:

2 Under the shadow of your throne

your saints have dwelt secure;

sufficient is your arm alone,

and our defense is sure.

3 Before the hills in order stood,

or earth received her frame,

from everlasting you are God,

to endless years the same.

4 A thousand ages in your sight

are like an evening gone;

short as the watch that ends the night

before the rising sun.

5 The busy tribes of flesh and blood,

with all their lives and cares,

are carried downward by your flood,

and lost in foll'wing years.

6 Time, like an ever-rolling stream,

bears all its sons away;

they fly forgotten, as a dream

dies at the op'ning day.

7 Our God, our help in ages past,

our hope for years to come:

O be our guard while troubles last,

and our eternal home.

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)

Song of Renewal

My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;

I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus’ name.

On Christ the solid rock I stand; all other ground is sinking sand, all other ground is sinking sand.

Trinity Hymnal # 521, stanza 1

Scripture Lesson: Ephesians 4:17-24

This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; 19 who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

20 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.

Sermon

Hymn # 334 Breathe on Me, Breath of God

1 Breathe on me, Breath of God,

fill me with life anew,

that I may love what thou dost love,

and do what thou wouldst do.

2 Breathe on me, Breath of God,

until my heart is pure,

until my will is one with thine,

to do and to endure.

3 Breathe on me, Breath of God,

till I am wholly thine,

until this earthly part of me

glows with thy fire divine.

4 Breathe on me, Breath of God,

so shall I never die,

but live with thee the perfect life

of thine eternity.

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 # 650 I Will Sing of My Redeemer

1 I will sing of my Redeemer,

and his wondrous love to me;

on the cruel cross he suffered,

from the curse to set me free.

Refrain:

Sing, O sing of my Redeemer!

With his blood he purchased me;

on the cross he sealed my pardon,

paid the debt and made me free.

2 I will tell the wondrous story,

how my lost estate to save,

in his boundless love and mercy,

he the ransom freely gave. (Refrain)

3 I will praise my dear Redeemer,

his triumphant pow'r I'll tell,

how the victory he giveth

over sin and death and hell. (Refrain)

4 I will sing of my Redeemer

and his heav'nly love to me;

he from death to life has brought me,

Son of God, with him to be. (Refrain)

Benediction