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Preparation for Worship

“Jesus, deeply grieved in heart at the hardness of their hearts, said in effect: Rise up and stand in their midst. Become a marvel to those who see’… While the withered hand was restored, the withered minds of the onlookers were not. For they went out and immediately were debating what they would do to Jesus.  Are you debating what you will do?  Worship Him as God.”

Athanasius of Alexandria, 4^th century

Call to WorshipIsaiah 55:2-3

Listen diligently to Me, and eat what is good,
and delight yourselves in rich food.
Incline your ear, and come to Me;
hear, that your soul may live.

Declaration of FaithThe Apostles’ Creed (orig. 2^nd century)

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. 

I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary.  He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; He descended into hell.  The third day He rose again from the dead.  He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.  From there He will come to judge the living and the dead. 

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.  Amen.

O Worship The King (Robert Grant, 1833)

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The Ministry of PrayerLuke 11:2-4

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 the evil one.  For Thine is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.   Amen.

There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy (Frederick Faber, 1862)

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Old Testament ReadingPsalm 80:14-19

Turn again, O God of hosts!  Look down from heaven, and see; have regard for this vine, the stock that Your right hand planted, and for the son whom you made strong for yourself.  They have burned it with fire; they have cut it down; may they perish at the rebuke of your face!  But let your hand be on the man of your right hand, the son of man whom You have made strong for Yourself!  Then we shall not turn back from You; give us life, and we will call upon Your name! Restore us, O Lord God of hosts Let your face shine, that we may be saved!

Thy Mercy My God (John Stocker, 1776)

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Be Merciful to Me (Henry Baker, 1868)

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Sermon   Mark 3:1-12

¹Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. ² And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. ³ And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here.” ⁴ And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. ⁵ And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. ⁶ The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.

⁷ Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea ⁸ and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him. ⁹ And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him, ¹⁰ for he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed around him to touch him. ¹¹ And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” ¹² And he strictly ordered them not to make him known.

Preparation for the Lord’s Supper

Words of InstitutionMark 14:16-25

The disciples prepared the Passover. And when it was evening, Jesus came with the twelve. And they were reclining at the table and as they were eating, he took bread.  And after blessing it, he broke it and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.” And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. And he said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. Truly, I say to you, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”

 We Confess Our Sin Togetheradapted from The Valley of Vision, 129

O God Most High, Most Glorious, the thought of Your infinite peace cheers me,

For I am toiling, troubled and distressed, but You are forever at perfect peace.

Your designs cause You no fear or care of unfulfillment, they stand fast as the eternal hills.

Your power knows no bound, Your goodness no end.  You bring order out of confusion, and my defeats are Your victories: The Lord God omnipotent reigns.

I come to You as a sinner with cares and sorrows, to leave every concern entirely to You, every sin calling for Christ’s precious blood;

Revive deep spirituality in my heart: Let me live near to the great Shepherd, hear His voice, know its tones, follow its call.

 Keep me from deception by causing me to abide in You, keep me from harm by helping me to walk in the power of the Spirit.  Give me more intense faith in the eternal Truth, burning into me by experience the things I know;

Let me never be ashamed of the truth of the Gospel, that I may bear its reproach, vindicate it, see Jesus as its essence, know in it the power of the Spirit.

Lord, help me, for I am often lukewarm and cold; Unbelief mars my confidence, sin makes me forget You.  Restore my withered heart.

Grant me to know that I truly live only when I live to You, that all else is trifling.  Your presence alone can make me holy, devout, strong and satisfied.

Abide in me, gracious God, and grant me rest.

God Declares Our ForgivenessI Peter 2:24

He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.  By His wounds you have been healed.

Celebration of the Lord’s Supper

Our Great God (Ortega & Powell, 1997)

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None Other Lamb (Christina Rossetti, 1830-1894)

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O Day of Rest and Gladness (Christopher Wordsworth, 1862)

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Jesus I Am Resting, Resting — (Jean Sophia Pigott, 1876)

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Benediction

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Preparation for Worship

“When Jesus is attacked for eating with sinners, and taking as His disciple a despised  tax collector, one might ask: ‘What could He possibly gain by doing so?’  Only the salvation of sinners.”

Gregory of Nazianzus, 4^th century

Call to WorshipPsalm 36:5-9

Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,
Your faithfulness to the clouds.
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;
Your judgments are like the great deep;
man and beast You save, O Lord.

How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
They feast on the abundance of Your house,
and You give them drink from the river of Your delights.

For with You is the fountain of life;
in Your light do we see light.

And Can It Be (Charles Wesley, 1738)

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Mission UpdateFamilyLife, Dave Peery

I Will Sing Of My Redeemer (James McGranahan, 1877)

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Old Testament ReadingPsalm 78:15-19,23-25

He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep.  He made streams come out of the rock and caused waters to flow down like rivers.  Yet they sinned still more against Him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.  They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved. They spoke against God, saying, “Can God spread a table in the wilderness?… Yet He commanded the skies above and opened the doors of heaven, and He rained down on them manna to eat and gave them the grain of heaven.  Man ate of the bread of the angels; He sent them food in abundance.

We Confess Our Sin Together

Lord, forgive us our sins against You and our neighbor.  You are the Great Physician, giving new life to all who come; but we cling to our familiar sickness.  You are the Bridegroom, inviting us to feast on new wine; but we are slow to come to Your table.  You said You came not to call the righteous, but sinners.  Forgive our pride and unbelief.  Lamb of God, You take away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us.  Lamb of God, You take away the sin of the world, have mercy upon us.  Lamb of God, You take away the sin of the world, grant us Your peace.

God Declares Our Forgiveness — I Corinthians 1:9,18

God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful…The message of the Cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Jesus Whispers (Joseph Hart, 1759)

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Sermon — Mark 2:13-28

¹³ He went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them. ¹⁴ And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.

¹⁵ And as he reclined at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. ¹⁶ And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” ¹⁷ And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

¹⁸ Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” ¹⁹ And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. ²⁰ The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day. ²¹ No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made. ²² And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins—and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins.”

²³ One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. ²⁴ And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” ²⁵ And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him: ²⁶ how he entered the house of God, in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?” ²⁷ And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. ²⁸ So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”

None Other Lamb (Christina Rossetti, 1830-1894)

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Amazing Grace (John Newton, 1779)

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Benediction

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Preparation for Worship

“How can your sins be remitted unless the very One against whom one has sinned grants the pardon?” —Irenaeus, 2^nd century

“You have been a paralytic inwardly.  You did not take charge of your bed.  Your bed took charge of you.”  —Augustine, 4^th century

Call to WorshipZephaniah 3:14,17

Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel!  Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!  The Lord your God is in your midst, a Mighty One who will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you by His love; He will exult over you with loud singing.

God Is Love Let Heaven Adore Him (Timothy Rees, 1922)

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Mission UpdateOrphan Care Ministry

O Church, Arise (Getty & Townend, 2005)

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Old Testament ReadingDeuteronomy 32:39

“See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no god beside Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of My hand.”

We Confess Our Sin TogetherPsalm 32. Of David. A maskil.

Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the one whose sin the LORD does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit.  When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.  For day and night Your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.  Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD.” And You forgave the guilt of my sin.  Therefore let all the faithful pray to You while You may be found; surely the rising of the mighty waters will not reach them.  You are my hiding place; You will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.  I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with My loving eye on you.  Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you.  Many are the woes of the wicked, but the LORD’s unfailing love surrounds the one who trusts in Him.  Rejoice in the LORD and be glad, you righteous; sing, all you who are upright in heart!

 God Declares Our ForgivenessIsaiah 43:14,25

This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel…”I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions, for My own sake,  and remembers your sins no more.”

Streams Of Living Water Flow (Thomas Kelly, 1768-1855)

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SermonMark 2:1-12

¹And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. ² And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. ³ And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. ⁴ And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. ⁵ And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” ⁶ Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, ⁷ “Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” ⁸ And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts? ⁹ Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk’? ¹⁰ But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic— ¹¹ “I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.” ¹² And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”

My Song Is Love Unknown (Samuel Crossman, 1664)

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Come Boldly To The Throne Of Grace (D. Herbert, 1838)

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Arise! My Soul Arise! (Charles Wesley, 1742)

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Benediction

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