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Greeting
Call to worship:
L: To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul
All: O my God, in you I trust; do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
L: Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths
All: Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation;
L: Good and upright is the Lord who leads the humble in what is right and teaches them God’s way.
All: All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness for those who keep God’s covenant.
Song – He Leadeth Me – UMH 128:
He leadeth me: O blessed thought! O words with heavenly comfort fraught! Whate’er I do, where’er I be, still
‘tis God’s hand that leadeth me.
He leadeth me, he leadeth me, by his own hand he leadeth me; his faithful follower I would be,
for by his hand he leadeth me.
Lord, I would place my had in thine, nor ever murmur nor repine, content, whatever lot I see,
since ‘tis my God that leadeth me.
He leadeth me, he leadeth me, by his own hand he leadeth me; his faithful follower I would be,
for by his hand he leadeth me.
CCLI Song # 62762. Joseph Henry Gilmore | William Batchelder Bradbury
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
Prayer:
O Lord, our God, you are always more ready to bestow your good gifts on us than we are to seek them, and are willing to give more than we desire or deserve. Help us to seek that we may truly find, so to ask that we may joyfully receive, so to knock that the door of your mercy may be opened to us; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.
Scripture – Second Samuel 11:1-15:
1 In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel with him; they ravaged the Ammonites, and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. 2 It happened, late one afternoon, when David rose from his couch and was walking about on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; the woman was very beautiful. 3 David sent someone to inquire about the woman. It was reported, ‘This is Bathsheba daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite.’ 4 So David sent messengers to fetch her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she was purifying herself after her period.) Then she returned to her house. 5 The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, ‘I am pregnant.’ 6 So David sent word to Joab, ‘Send me Uriah the Hittite.’ And Joab sent Uriah to David. 7 When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the people fared, and how the war was going. 8 Then David said to Uriah, ‘Go down to your house, and wash your feet.’ Uriah went out of the king’s house, and there followed him a present from the king. 9 But Uriah slept at the entrance of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house. 10 When they told David, ‘Uriah did not go down to his house’, David said to Uriah, ‘You have just come from a journey. Why did you not go down to your house?’ 11 Uriah said to David, ‘The ark and Israel and Judah remain in booths; * and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field; shall I then go to my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing.’ 12 Then David said to Uriah, ‘Remain here today also, and tomorrow I will send you back.’ So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day. On the next day, 13 David invited him to eat and drink in his presence and made him drunk; and in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house. 14 In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 In the letter he wrote, ‘Set Uriah in the forefront of the hardest fighting, and then draw back from him, so that he may be struck down and die.’
L: The word of God for the people of God.
All: Thanks be to God!
Sermon – Rev. Gayle Porias
Prayer of Confession:
Almighty and most merciful God, we have erred and strayed from your ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the plans and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against your holy laws that direct us to love you with all of our heart, soul, and strength and to love others as we love ourselves. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done and have done those things which we ought not to have done. Have mercy on us and restore those who are sincerely repentant, according to the promises declared in Christ Jesus our Lord. Help us to live a holy, Christ-centered life by the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen
Offering: Our tithes, time, talent, prayer and witness
Song – Precious Lord, Take My Hand – UMH 474:
Precious Lord, take my hand, lead me on, let me stand, I am tired, I am weak, I am worn;
through the storm, through the night, lead me on to the light: Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home.
When my way grows drear, precious Lord, linger near, when my life is almost gone, hear my cry,
hear my call, hold my hand, lest I fall: Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home.
When the darkness appears and the night draws near, and the day is past and gone, at the river I stand,
guide my feet, hold my hand: Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home.
Thomas Andrew Dorsey CCLI Song# 3759532
Prayer of dedication:
All things come from you, O God, and with gratitude we return to you want is yours. You created all that is, and with love formed us in your image. When our loved failed, your love remained steadfast. You gave your only Son Jesus Christ to be our Savior. All that we are, and all that we have, is a trust from you. And so, in gratitude for all your gifts, we offer you ourselves, and all that we have, in union with Christ’s offering for us. By your Holy Spirit make us one with Christ, one with each other, and one in ministry to all the world; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen
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 – I Will Trust in the Lord – UMH 464:
I will trust in the Lord, I will trust in the Lord,
I will trust in the Lord, till I die.
I will trust in the Lord, I will trust in the Lord,
I will trust in the Lord, till I die.
Sister, will you trust in the Lord? Sister will you trust in the Lord,
Sister will you trust in the Lord, till you die?
Sister will you trust in the Lord, sister will you trust in the Lord,
sister will you trust in the Lord, till you die?
Brother, will you trust in the Lord? brother, will you trust in the Lord,
brother will you trust in the Lord, till you die?
Brother, will you trust in the Lord, brother will you trust in the Lord,
brother will you trust in the Lord, till you die?
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