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image :: Mother with Child, Honore Daumier (1865, French)
Preparation for Worship on January 29, 2017 :: A Son
“It is hard to have hope. It is harder as you grow old.” (Wendell Berry)
“I wavered back and forth, and You guided me. I wandered upon the broad way of the world, but You did not forsake me.” (Augustine)
Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs for January 29 include ::
:: Praise to the Lord the Almighty (Joachim Neander, 1680) CHART [bandcamp track=3835971872 bgcol=FFFFFF linkcol=4285BB size=short]:: How High and How Wide (Mark Altrogge, 1990) CHART [bandcamp track=1890280234 bgcol=FFFFFF linkcol=4285BB size=short]:: Come All Ye Pining, Hungry, Poor (Anne Steele, 18th cent.) CHART [bandcamp track=2538870965 bgcol=FFFFFF linkcol=4285BB size=short]:: Doxology (Thomas Ken, 1709) CHART [bandcamp track=2257784892 bgcol=FFFFFF linkcol=4285BB size=short]:: Just As I Am (Charlotte Elliott, 1836) CHART
:: How Great Is Our God (Tomlin, Reeves & Cash, 2004) CHART // AUDIO
Call to Worship :: Psalm 113
Praise the Lord! Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord! Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and forevermore! From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised! The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens! Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high, who looks far down on the heavens and the earth? He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people. He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord!
Confession of Sin
Heavenly Father, You have loved us with an everlasting love, but we have gone our own way and broken Your laws. We are sorry for our sins and turn away from them. For the sake of Your Son who died for us, forgive us, cleanse us, and change us. By Your Holy Spirit, enable us to live for You, and to please You more and more; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Words of Encouragement ::I John 4:10
This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
New Testament Reading :: Galatians 3:26-29
In Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.
Sermon :: Ruth 4:13-17
13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. And he went in to her, and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son. 14 Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a redeemer, and may his name be renowned in Israel! 15 He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.” 16 Then Naomi took the child and laid him on her lap and became his nurse. 17 And the women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.