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Service for the Worship of God

May 24, 2020 | 11:00 AM

REFLECTION

In the wilderness, outside the gates of Jerusalem, the God-man Jesus Christ bore God’s wrath for the sins of His people, and they will be brought fully into the Promised Land at His return…

The new exodus has come; now we are only waiting for God to lead us into the Promised Land - the new heaven and earth where righteousness dwells. He will be faithful to that promise.

From the Final Exodus, first published in Tabletalk Magazine,

an outreach of Ligonier Ministries.

WELCOME CALL TO WORSHIP (from Psalm 48)

(Leader) Great is the Lord, and most worthy of praise.

Within your temple, O God,

we meditate on your unfailing love.

Like your name, O God,

your praise reaches to the ends of the earth;

For this God is our God for ever and ever;

He will be our guide even to the end.

HYMN OF PRAISE (see page 7) GUIDE ME, O THOU GREAT JEHOVAH

PRAYER OF ADORATION

Because we

believe God

initiates with

sinners, we begin

worship

with His Word:

His invitation to

us to gather in

His name.

You are

encouraged to

prepare for

worship by

quieting

your mind and

heart.

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CONFESSION OF SIN (Romans 8:8-18)

(Leader) Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.

You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit,

if the Spirit of God lives in you.

(Congregation)

And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,

he does not belong to Christ.

But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin,

yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.

And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you,

he who raised Christ from the dead

will also give life to your mortal bodies

through his Spirit, who lives in you.

Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation,

but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it.

For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die;

but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body,

you will live,

because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear,

but you received the Spirit of sonship.

And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."

The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.

Now if we are children, then we are heirs,

heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ,

if indeed we share in his sufferings

in order that we may also share in his glory.

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing

with the glory that will be revealed in us.

Silent prayer, confessing our sin.

The reading of

scripture, which

exposes our sin.

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THE LORD ’S PRAYER

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 debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory for ever. Amen.

ASSURANCE OF PARDON (Ephesians 1:7-8)

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in

accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us with all

wisdom and understanding.

HYMN OF ASSURANCE (see page 8)

COME BEHOLD THE WONDROUS MYSTERY

DECLARATION OF FAITH THE HEIDELBERG CATECHISM

(Leader) Q.1. What is your only comfort in life and in death?

(ALL) A. That I am not my own, but belong

-body and soul, in life and in death—

To my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ.

He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood,

and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil.

He also watches over me in such a way

that not a hair can fall from my head

without the will of my Father in heaven;

in fact, all things must work together for my salvation.

Because I belong to him,

Christ, by his Holy Spirit, assures me of eternal life

and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready

from now on to live for him.

We boldly

proclaim what

we believe.

Jesus is good to

lead us from the

sorrow and

shame of our sins

into the security

and joy of His

grace.

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SCRIPTURE READING JOHN 14 AND 16

SERMON SERIES: JOHN: THAT YOU MAY HAVE LIFE Studies in the Gospel of John

...that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,

And that by believing you may have life in his name.

John 20:30-31

Today’s Sermon: Are You Troubled? Pastor Harry Long

Do not let your hearts be troubled.

(John 14:1)

In this world you will have trouble.

But take heart! I have overcome the world!

(John 16:33)

PRAYER OF APPLICATION

SOLO I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE By Harry Long

PRAYER OF PETITION & THANKSGIVING GENE WHITEHEAD CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE (hymnal #644)

May the peace of God my Father rule my life in everything.

That I may be calm to comfort sick and sorrowing.

OFFERING

We give thanks

to God and bring

our needs to him.

As recipients of

his grace, we give

back to God a

portion

of what is

already his.

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DOXOLOGY (hymnal #731)

Praise God from whom all blessings flow;

Praise Him all creatures here below:

Praise Him above ye heavenly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

PRAYER OF DEDICATION CLOSING REFRAIN (hymnal #727)

Lead me, Lord, lead me in thy righteousness,

make thy way plain before my face.

For it is thou, Lord, thou, Lord only,

that makes me to dwell in safety.

BENEDICTION

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HYMN OF PRAISE GUIDE ME, O THOU GREAT JEHOVAH #598

We praise our

Triune God for

who He is and

what He does.

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HYMN OF ASSURANCE COME BEHOLD THE WONDROUS MYSTERY

By Matt Papa and Matt Boswell

We rejoice in

the promise of

forgiveness!

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Financial Information

Harry D. Long, Senior Pastor Marty Cates, Associate Pastor of Family & Youth Ministries Ambrose Winfree, Assistant Pastor of Hispanic Ministry Becky Boone, Director of Kid ’s Ministry Michael Breakall, Director of Worship Christine Bates, Assistant Director of Youth & Discipleship Evan Maddox, Assistant Director of Youth & Outreach Sandra Learned, Administrative Team Leader Kate Maguire, Administrative Assistant Margarita Wallace, Administrative Assistant

STAFF

Dave Antoline* Jim Bates* Rob Cross* Brian Kaman Glenn Kurtz Peter Martin Dave Prior* Dennie Pritchard*

Amish Ray Stephen Righter* Trevor Roberts Phil Rohrer* Jim Shefferly Jim Ulmer Gene Whitehead

*active session

ELDERS

Tyler Burgess Jim Hankins Pat Murphy Kevin Newman

Steve O’Brien Scott Shefferly Frank Stokes John Vick

DEACONS

Leadership

Announcement, Newsletter, and Ministry Moment requests by 12:00 PM on Wednesday (office@sycamorepres.com)

May offering goal: $94,652 May offering (as of 5/17/20) $52,437 - 55%

Year to Date 4/1/19 - 4/30/20

Budget: Actual:

YTD offering goal: $83,282 YTD offering: $83,454 ($172 over)

YTD expenses: $95,406 YTD expenses: $79,771 ($15,635 under)