Preparing for Worship: August 22, 2021

Sunday AM Service: Aaron Wragg, Director of Youth Ministry
Text: Psalm 10

     1 Why, O Lord, do you stand far away?
      Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

     2
In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
      let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.

     3 For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul,
      and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord.

     4 In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him;
      all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”

     5 His ways prosper at all times;
      your judgments are on high, out of his sight;
      as for all his foes, he puffs at them.

     6 He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
      throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.”

     7 His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;
      under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.

     8 He sits in ambush in the villages;
      in hiding places he murders the innocent.
      His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;

     9 he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket;
      he lurks that he may seize the poor;
      he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.

   10 The helpless are crushed, sink down,
       and fall by his might.

   11 He says in his heart, “God has forgotten,
      he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”

   12
Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand;
      forget not the afflicted.

   13 Why does the wicked renounce God
      and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”?

   14 But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation,
      that you may take it into your hands;
      to you the helpless commits himself;
      you have been the helper of the fatherless.

    15 Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer;
       call his wickedness to account till you find none.

    16
The Lord is king forever and ever;
       the nations perish from his land.

    17 O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
       you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear

    18 to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,
       so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

Songs we will sing this week include the following, provided in a YouTube playlist here and a Spotify playlist here:

  1. Psalm 150 (Praise the Lord)
  2. Blessed Are All (Only in Jesus)
  3. Almost Home
  4. Ancient of Days
  5. The King of Love My Shepherd Is
  6. Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners
  7. Romans 11 (Doxology)
  8. Lord of Lords
  9. He Leadeth Me
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Preparing for Worship: August 15, 2021

Text: Matthew 3:11–12
Title: "He Must Increase"

I. A Messenger Who Magnified Christ's Majesty (v. 11a)
II. A Messenger Who Magnified Christ's Authority (vv. 11b–12)

Songs we will sing this week include the following, provided in a YouTube playlist here and a Spotify playlist here:

1. 10,000 Reasons
2. His Mercy Is More
3. Jesus Paid It All
4. Trust You
5. O Great God
6. Christ Our Hope in Life and Death
7. Our Great God
8. O Lord, My Rock and My Redeemer
9. He Will Hold Me Fast
10. Solid Rock

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Preparing for Worship: August 8, 2021

Text: Matthew 3:1–6
Title: "The King's Messenger"

I. The Messenger's Appearance (v. 1)
II. The Messenger's Proclamation (v. 2)
III. The Messenger's Preparation (v. 3)
IV. The Messenger's Separation (v. 4)
V. The Messenger's Function (vv. 5–6)

Songs we will sing this week include the following, provided in a YouTube playlist here and a Spotify playlist here:

  1. All Creatures of Our God and King
  2. God with Us
  3. Jesus Lover of My Soul
  4. Jesus, Thank You
  5. Shine into Our Night
  6. Lord, I Need You
  7. Be Still My Soul
  8. Christ Is Mine Forevermore
  9. I Will Be Still

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Preparing for Worship: August 1, 2021

Text: Matthew 2:13–15
Title: "The Voice of Scripture" – Part 1

I. Divine Protection (v. 13)
II. Urgent Obedience (vv. 14–15a)
III. Biblical Significance (v. 15)

Songs we will sing this week include the following, provided in a YouTube playlist here and a Spotify playlist here:

1. Psalm 46 (Lord of Hosts)
2. None but Thee
3. Come to Me
4. In the Name of God
5. He Will Hold Me Fast
6. Come Thou Almighty King
7. God with Us
8. Show Us Christ
9. How Firm a Foundation


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Preparing for Worship: July 25, 2021

Text: Matthew 1:18–25
Title: "The Messiah's Entrance"

I. The Conception of the Messiah (v. 18)
II. The Consideration of Joseph (v. 19)
III. The Consolation from an Angel (vv. 20–21)
IV. The Confirmation of Scripture (vv. 22–23)
V. The Compliance from Joseph (vv. 24–25)

Songs we will sing this week include the following, included in a YouTube playlist here and a Spotify playlist here:

  1. All Creatures of Our God and King
  2. Christ Our Hope in Life and Death
  3. Is He Worthy?
  4. Only a Holy God
  5. Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery
  6. Psalm 150 (Praise the Lod)
  7. A Mighty Fortress
  8. Lord, I Need You
  9. Jesus, Thank You
  10. In Christ Alone





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Preparing for Worship: July 18, 2021

Text: 2 Thessalonians 3:16

16 Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.

Songs we will sing this week include the following, provided in a YouTube playlist here and a Spotify playlist here:

  1. It Was Finished upon That Cross
  2. Raised to Life
  3. His Mercy Is More
  4. O Lord, My Rock and My Redeemer
  5. We Sing As One
  6. Come Praise and Glorify
  7. Jesus! What a Friend for Sinners
  8. Speak, O Lord
  9. O Church Arise
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