Joseph and His Brothers: Trusting God's Mercy

Rev. Brian Hofman

ORDER OF WORSHIP

Prelude: Miriam Hector
“Ten Thousand Reasons”
Welcome/Announcements
* Call to Worship
L: God makes the sun rise and set. He makes summer and winter come and go.
P: He is faithful from generation to generation.
L: God helps plants grow and flowers bloom. He gives us food to eat, places to live, and people who love us.
P: He is faithful from generation to generation.
L: God is always with us. He keeps his promises to us.
P: He is faithful from generation to generation.
L: Let us praise our faithful God.
* Song of Worship
“Ten Thousand Reasons”
* God’s Greeting
* We Greet Each Other
Song of Confession
“Lord I Need You”
Assurance of Pardon
Call to Discipleship
* Song of Praise
“That’s Why We Praise Him”
Congregational Prayer
Offertory
“My Soul Finds Rest”
Offering
Prayer of Preparation
Scripture Reading
Genesis 43:1-34
Message: Pastor Brian
“Joseph and His Brothers: Trusting God’s Mercy”
Response of Faith: Belgic Confession 13
This doctrine [of God’s providence] gives us unspeakable comfort since it teaches us that nothing can happen to us by chance but only by the arrangement of our gracious heavenly Father, who watches over us with fatherly care, sustaining all creatures under his lordship, so that not one of the hairs on our heads (for they are all numbered) nor even a little bird can fall to the ground without the will of our Father. In this thought we rest, knowing that God holds in check the devils and all our enemies, who cannot hurt us without divine permission and will.
* Song of Response
“Mighty to Save”
* Benediction
* Closing Song
“Be the Centre”
Postlude