True Talk, Upright Walk

Rev. Brian Hofman

ORDER OF WORSHIP

Prelude: Miriam Hector
“Awesome God”
Welcome/Announcements
* Call to Worship (Psalm 100:1-3)
L: Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
P: Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.
L: Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his;
P: we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
* Song of Worship “Awesome God”
* God’s Greeting
* We Greet Each Other
* Song of Confession “Give Us Clean Hands”
* Assurance of Pardon
* Song of Praise “Be the Center”
Congregational Prayer
Offertory “Offering”
Prayer of Preparation
Scripture Reading Malachi 2:1-9
Message: Pastor Brian
“True Talk, Upright Walk”
Response of Faith Heidelberg Catechism 4, 115
Q. What does God’s law require of us?
A. Christ teaches us this in summary in Matthew 22:37-40: “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.
“And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ “On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
Q. Since no one in this life can obey [God’s law] perfectly, why does God want [it] preached so pointedly?
A. First, so that the longer we live the more we may come to know our sinfulness and the more eagerly look to Christ for forgiveness of sins and righteousness.
Second, so that we may never stop striving, and never stop praying to God for the grace of the Holy Spirit, to be renewed more and more after God’s image, until after this life we reach our goal: perfection.
* Song of Response “You Shall Love the Lord”
* Benediction
* Closing Song “You Shall Love the Lord”
Postlude