Call to Worship: Psalm 68:26
Bless God in the great congregation, the Lord, O you who are of Israel’s fountain!
Prayer of Adoration:
Song: “To Thee I Come” – CCLI #5445851
To thee I come, a sinner poor, and wait for mercy at thy door
Indeed I’ve nowhere else to flee, Oh God be merciful to me!
To thee I come, a sinner weak, and scarce know how to pray or speak
From fear and weakness set me free, Oh God be merciful to me!
To thee I come, a sinner vile, upon me Lord vouchsafe to smile
Mercy through blood, I make my plea, Oh God be merciful to me!
To thee I come, a sinner great, and well thou knowest all my state
Yet full forgiveness is with thee, Oh God be merciful to me!
To thee I come, a sinner lost, nor have I aught wherein to trust
But where thou art, Lord I would be, Oh God be merciful to me!
To glory bring me Lord at last, and then when all my sins are passed
With all the saints, I’ll then agree, Oh God was merciful to me!
Oh God was merciful to me!
The Old Testament Lesson: 1 Samuel 3:1-8
Confession of Sin: From Psalm 51, Psalm 139, Isaiah 6
Pastor: O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.
People: You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
Pastor: For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight.
People: Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am one with unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!
Pastor: Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
People: Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!
Assurance of Pardon: From Psalm 40:3
He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord.
Song: “Precious Lamb of God (There is a Redeemer)” – CCLI # 11483
There is a Redeemer, Jesus, God’s own Son
Precious Lamb of God, Messiah, Holy One
CHORUS: Thank You oh my Father, For giving us Your Son
And leaving Your Spirit ‘til The work on earth is done
Jesus, my Redeemer, name above all names
Precious Lamb of God, Messiah, O for sinners slain
When I stand in Glory, I will see His face
There I’ll serve my King forever, In that holy place
The New Testament Lesson: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
Prayer for the Church: Daron Drown, Ruling Elder
The Sermon: “So Close, But So Far Away.” Hebrews 6:4-6. Dr. Michael Calvert, Teaching Elder.
Confession of Faith: The Westminster Shorter Catechism, Trinity Hymnal p. 870. Q’s 9 and 10.
*Communion:
Song: “My Jesus, I Love Thee” – Hymn 648 v.1,2,4
The Benediction: 1 Thessalonians 5:23
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.