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PREPARATION FOR WORSHIP
Whoever conceals his transgressions
will not prosper,
but he who confesses and forsakes them
will obtain mercy.
Proverbs 28:13
…if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord
and believe in your heart that God raised him
from the dead, you will be saved.
For with the heart one believes and is justified,
and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
Romans 10:9-10
Therefore, confess your sins to one another
and pray for one another,
that you may be healed.
The prayer of a righteous person has great power
as it is working.
James 5:16
If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness,
that you may be feared.
Psalm 130:3-4
WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP
O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
For you will not delight in sacrifice,
or I would give it;
you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God,
you will not despise.
Psalm 51:15-17
SONG
His Mercy is More
[Chorus]
Praise the Lord
His mercy is more
Stronger than darkness
New every morn’
Our sins they are many
His mercy is more
[Verse 1]
What love could remember
No wrongs we have done
Omniscient, all-knowing
He counts not their sum
Thrown into a sea
Without bottom or shore
Our sins they are many
His mercy is more
[Verse 2]
What patience would wait
As we constantly roam
What Father so tender
Is calling us home
He welcomes the weakest
The vilest the poor
Our sins they are many
His mercy is more
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
What riches of kindness
He lavished on us
His blood was the payment
His life was the cost
We stood ‘neath a debt
We could never afford
Our sins they are many
His mercy is more
[Chorus]
SONG
Hosanna
[Verse 1]
I see the King of glory
Coming on the clouds with fire
The whole earth shakes
The whole earth shakes
I see His love and mercy
Washing over all our sin
The people sing
The people sing
[Chorus]
Hosanna, hosanna
Hosanna in the highest
Hosanna, hosanna
Hosanna in the highest
[Verse 2]
I see a generation
Rising up to take their place
With selfless faith
With selfless faith
I see a near revival
Stirring as we pray and seek
We’re on our knees
We’re on our knees
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Heal my heart and make it clean
Open up my eyes to the things unseen
Show me how to love like You have loved me
Break my heart for what breaks Yours
Everything I am for Your Kingdom’s cause
As I walk from earth into eternity
[Chorus]
RESPONSIVE READING
Minister:
Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
Congregation:
Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity,
and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Minster:
For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
Congregation:
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer.
Minister:
I acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not cover my iniquity;
Congregation:
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.
Minister:
Therefore let everyone who is godly
offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found;
Congregation:
surely in the rush of great waters,
they shall not reach him.
ALL:
You are a hiding place for me;
you preserve me from trouble;
you surround me with shouts of deliverance.
Psalm 32:1-7
SONG
Before the Throne of God Above
[Verse 1]
Before the throne of God above
I have a strong and perfect plea
A great High Priest whose name is Love
Whoever lives and pleads for me
My name is graven on His hands
My name is written on His heart
I know that while in heaven He stands
No tongue can bid me thence depart
No tongue can bid me thence depart
[Verse 2]
When Satan tempts me to despair
And tells me of the guilt within
Upward I look and see Him there
Who made an end to all my sin
Because the sinless savior died
My sinful soul is counted free
For God the Just is satisfied
To look on Him and pardon me
To look on Him and pardon me
[Chorus]
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Praise the One
Risen Son of God
[Verse 3]
Behold Him there the risen Lamb
My perfect spotless righteousness
The great unchangeable I Am
The King of glory and of grace
One with Himself I cannot die
My soul is purchased by His blood
My life is hid with Christ on high
With Christ my Savior and my God
With Christ my Savior and my God
[Chorus]
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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OFFERTORY
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MONTHLY FINANCIAL UPDATE
After JULY 2024
YTD 2024 Projected Giving: $370,780
YTD 2024 Actual Giving: $363,256
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SERMON
“Grace Demanded”
5 This is the message we have heard from him
and proclaim to you, that God is light,
and in him is no darkness at all.
6 If we say we have fellowship with him
while we walk in darkness,
we lie and do not practice the truth.
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light,
we have fellowship with one another,
and the blood of Jesus his Son
cleanses us from all sin.
8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves,
and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins,
he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say we have not sinned,
we make him a liar,
and his word is not in us.
My little children, I am writing these things to you
so that you may not sin.
But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate
with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
2 He is the propitiation for our sins,
and not for ours only
but also for the sins of the whole world
1 John 1:5-2:2 (ESV)
SONG
Place of Freedom
[Verse 1]
There’s a calm that covers me
When I kneel down at Your feet
It’s a place of healing
It’s a place where I find freedom
There’s a place my eyes can’t see
Where my spirit longs to be
It’s a place of healing
It’s a place I live in freedom
[Chorus]
I’m gonna lift my hands ’til I can reach heaven
I’m gonna shout Your name
’til the walls come falling down
I’ve come to worship, I’ve come to worship
[Verse 2]
There’s a love that lives in me
For You, Lord, my Savior King
Who breaks the sin that’s binding
And leads me to a place of freedom
[Chorus]
I’m gonna lift my hands ’til I can reach heaven
I’m gonna shout Your name ’til the walls come falling down
I’ve come to worship, I’ve come to worship
I’m gonna sing my song like I am unashamed
I’m gonna shout for joy at the mention of Your name
I’ve come to worship, I’ve come to worship
[Bridge]
There’s no one that can bring me peace
That can wash me clean like You, Lord
There’s nothing in this world that can free me
You saved my soul
[Chorus]
BENEDICTION
The Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
He will not always chide,
nor will he keep his anger forever.
He does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those
who fear him; as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
Psalm 103:8-12