2022-07-17

Posted on Jul 16, 2022 in Bulletin |

Engage Spiritual Disciplines
Daniel 9:1-5, Acts 13:2-3, Matthew 6:16-18, Joshua 1:7-9, Luke 6:12, Nehemiah 1:4-7

  • Prelude
  • Welcome | Announcements
    • Sun July 17 | 11:30am (after service) Church Picnic (Parking Lot and Dining Hall)
    • Fri July 29 | 7pm Feed My Starving Children – All the slots are full
    • Sat Aug 6 | 8am-12pm Work Day – Demolition Women’s restroom downstairs
  • Opening Prayer
  • Call To Worship – Psalm 33:1-5 ESV
    • 1 Shout for joy in the LORD, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright.
    • 2 Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!
    • 3 Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
    • 4 For the word of the LORD is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness.
    • 5 He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD.
  • Reading – [Psalm 1 ESV]
    • 1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
    • 2 but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
    • 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
    • 4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
    • 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
    • 6 for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
  • Worship Hymns
    • TFWS 2040 – Awesome God (2x)
    • UMH 530 – Are Ye Able
    • How Great Is Our God – © 2004 sixsteps Music
  • Offering
  • Prayer Hymn
    • TFWS 2055 – You Are My Hiding Place
  • Intercessory Prayer
  • Sermon – “Engage Spiritual Disciplines”
    • [Daniel 9:1-5 ESV]
    • 1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a Mede, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans–
    • 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.
    • 3 Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
    • 4 I prayed to the LORD my God and made confession, saying, “O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments,
    • 5 we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules.
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    • [Acts 13:2-3 ESV]
    • 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
    • 3 Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
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    • [Matthew 6:16-18 ESV]
    • 16 “And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
    • 17 But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
    • 18 that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
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    • [Joshua 1:7-9 ESV]
    • 7 Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
    • 8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
    • 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
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    • [Luke 6:12 ESV]
    • 12 In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God.
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    • [Nehemiah 1:4-7 ESV]
    • 4 As soon as I heard these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
    • 5 And I said, “O LORD God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments,
    • 6 let your ear be attentive and your eyes open, to hear the prayer of your servant that I now pray before you day and night for the people of Israel your servants, confessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Even I and my father’s house have sinned.
    • 7 We have acted very corruptly against you and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the rules that you commanded your servant Moses.
  • Communion
  • Closing Hymn
    • UMH 664 – Sent forth by God’s Blessing
  • Benediction
  • Postlude