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Greeting
Call to worship:
L: I will sing of your steadfast love, O Lord, for ever. I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations.
All: Your steadfast love is established for ever, your faithfulness is firm as the heavens.
L: Will you revive us again that your people may rejoice in you?
All: Show us your steadfast love, O Lord, and grant us your salvation.
L: Let me hear what God will speak, for the Lord will speak peace to his people, to his faithful, to those who
turn to the Lord in their hearts.
All: Surely salvation is at hand for those who fear the Lord, that glory may dwell in our land.
Song – How Great Thou Art – UMH 77
O Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder consider all the worlds thy hands have made, I see the stars, I
hear the rolling thunder, thy power throughout the universe displayed.
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee; how great thou art, how great thou art! Then sings my soul, my
Savior God to thee; how great thou art, how great thou art!
And when I think that God, his Son not sparing, sent him to die, I scarce can take it in; that on the cross, my
burden gladly bearing, he bled and died to take away my sin;
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee; how great thou art, how great thou art! Then sings my soul, my
Savior God to thee; how great thou art, how great thou art!
CCLI Song#14181 Stuart K. Hine
Lord, Be Glorified – TFWS 2150
In our lives, Lord, be glorified, be glorified. In our lives, Lord, be glorified today.
In our homes, Lord, be glorified, be glorified. In our homes, Lord, be glorified today.
In your church, Lord, be glorified, be glorified. In your church, Lord, be glorified today. In your world, Lord, be glorified, be glorified. In your world, Lord, be glorified today.
CCLI Song #26368 Bob Kilpatrick
Prayer:
O God, our Guide and Guardian, you have led us apart from the busy world and into the quiet of your house. Grant us grace to worship you in Spirit and in truth, to the comfort of our souls and the upbuilding of every good purpose and holy desire. Enable us to do more perfectly the work to which you have called us, that we may not fear the coming of night, when we shall resign into your hands the tasks which you have committed to us. So may we worship you not with our lips at this hour, but in word and deed all the days of our lives; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.
Scripture – Second Samuel 7:1-14a:
Now when the king was settled in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him, the king said to the prophet Nathan, ‘See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God stays in a tent.’ Nathan said to the king, ‘Go, do all that you have in mind; for the Lord is with you.’ But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan: Go and tell my servant David: Thus says the Lord: Are you the one to build me a house to live in? I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent and a tabernacle. Wherever I have moved about among all the people of Israel, did I ever speak a word with any of the tribal leaders of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built me a house of cedar?’ Now therefore thus you shall say to my servant David: Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep to be prince over my people Israel; and I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth. And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may live in their own place, and be disturbed no more; and evildoers shall afflict them no more, as formerly, from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house. When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come forth from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me.
L: The word of God for the people of God.
All: Thanks be to God!
Sermon – “Our plans and God’s plans” – Rev. Gayle Porias
Affirmation of Faith:
L: Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is the one true church, apostolic and universal, whose holy faith let us now declare:
All: We believe in God the Father, infinite in wisdom, power and love, whose mercy is over all his works, and whose will is ever directed to his children’s good. We believe in Jesus Christ, Son of God and Son of man, the gift of the Father’s unfailing grace, the ground of our hope, and the promise of our deliverance from sin and death. We believe in the Holy Spirit as the divine presence in our lives, whereby we are kept in perpetual remembrance of the truth of Christ, and find strength and help in time of need. We believe that this faith should manifest itself in the service of love as set forth in the example of our blessed Lord, to the end that the kingdom of God may come upon the earth. Amen
Offering: Our tithes, time, talent, prayer and witness
Song – Have Thine Own Way UMH 382:
Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way!
Thou art the potter; I am the clay.
Mold me and make me after thy will,
while I am waiting, yielded and still.
Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way!
Hold o’er my being absolute sway.
Fill with thy Spirit, till all shall see
Christ only, always, living in me!
CCLI Song # 28225 Adelaide Addison Pollard | George Coles Stebbins.
Prayer of dedication:
Almighty and merciful God, from you comes every good and perfect gift. We give you praise and thanks for all your mercies. Your goodness has created us, your bounty has sustained us, your discipline has chastened us, your patience has borne with us, your love has redeemed us. Give us a heart to love and serve you, and enable us to show our thankfulness for all your goodness and mercy by giving up ourselves to your service and cheerfully submitting in all things to your blessed will. Bless our humble gifts and use them according to your will. We pray through our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
Sharing Joys and Concerns
Prayer of Intercession
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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Benediction
Song – Lead Me, Guide Me – TFWS 2214
Lead me, guide me, along the way, for if you lead me, I cannot stray.
Lord, let me walk each day with thee. Lead me, O Lord, lead me.
CCLI Song # Doris Akers
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