Service for June 22, 2025

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Welcome

Prelude

Call to Worship

I will declare Your name to My brethren;

In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.

23 You who fear the Lord, praise Him!

Psalms 22:22-23a

Hymn # 9 All You That Fear Jehovah’s Name

1 All you that fear Jehovah's name,

his glory tell, his praise proclaim;

you children of his chosen race,

stand in awe before his face,

stand in awe before his face.

2 The suff'ring One he has not spurned,

who unto him for help has turned;

from him he has not hid his face,

but answered his request in grace,

but answered his request in grace.

3 O Lord, your goodness makes me raise

amid your people songs of praise;

before all them that fear you, now

I worship you and pay my vow,

I worship you and pay my vow.

4 For all the meek you will provide;

they shall be fed and satisfied;

all they that seek the Lord shall live

and never-ending praises give,

and never-ending praises give.

5 The Lord's unfailing righteousness

all generations shall confess;

from age to age shall men be taught

what wondrous works the Lord has wrought,

what wondrous works the Lord has wrought.

Call To Confession

Our Lord Jesus says, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ And also, ‘Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.’

"If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us... If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.” Let us, therefore, confess ours sins to the Lord, saying together:

1 John 1:8 (NKJV)

Confession of Sins

Almighty and Gracious Father, we confess to you that we have sinned by not loving you with our whole heart and by not loving our neighbor as ourselves. Our faith is weak, and we easily give in to doubt. Forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness in thought, word and deed. For we ask this in the name of your Son, who is our sure Redeemer and our Savior. Amen.

Word of Assurance

Brothers and Sisters in Jesus, our Gracious Heavenly Father has forgiven us our sins according to His word that "He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins."

Colossians 1:13–14

Doxology # 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.

Scripture Lesson:

Ephesians 4:7-16

7 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8 Therefore He says:

“When He ascended on high,

He led captivity captive,

And gave gifts to men.”

9 (Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.)

11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

Sermon

Hymn # 149 Teach Me, O Lord, Your Way of Truth

1 Teach me, O Lord, your way of truth,

and from it I will not depart;

that I may steadfastly obey,

give me an understanding heart.

2 In your commandments make me walk,

for in your law my joy shall be;

give me a heart that loves your will,

from discontent and envy free.

3 Turn now my eyes from vanity,

and cause me in your ways to tread;

O let your servant prove your word

and thus to godly fear be led.

4 Turn away my reproach and fear;

your righteous judgments I confess;

to know your precepts I desire;

revive me in your righteousness.

Prayer of the Church with the Lord’s Prayer

Let us pray together as Jesus taught us:

“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 # 529 Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

1 Love divine, all loves excelling,

Joy of heav'n, to earth come down:

fix in us thy humble dwelling,

all thy faithful mercies crown:

Jesus, thou art all compassion,

pure, unbounded love thou art;

visit us with thy salvation,

enter ev'ry trembling heart.

2 Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit

into ev'ry troubled breast;

let us all in thee inherit,

let us find the promised rest:

take away the love of sinning;

Alpha and Omega be;

End of faith, as its Beginning,

set our hearts at liberty.

3 Come, Almighty to deliver,

let us all thy life receive;

suddenly return, and never,

nevermore thy temples leave.

Thee we would be always blessing,

serve thee as thy hosts above,

pray, and praise thee, without ceasing,

glory in thy perfect love.

4 Finish, then, thy new creation;

pure and spotless let us be:

let us see thy great salvation

perfectly restored in thee;

changed from glory into glory,

till in heav'n we take our place,

till we cast our crowns before thee,

lost in wonder, love, and praise.

Benediction