Sunday Liturgy & Announcements for August 16
We post the liturgy from the week so it will be accessible to you throughout the week. We encourage you to work through the catechism or be reminded about what Scripture was read in the service on Lords Day.
Call To Worship
LEADER
Psalm 52:1 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
2 Your tongue plots destruction,
like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
3 You love evil more than good,
and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah
4 You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.
5 But God will break you down forever;
he will snatch and tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
6 The righteous shall see and fear,
and shall laugh at him, saying,
7 “See the man who would not make
God his refuge,
but trusted in the abundance of his riches
and sought refuge in his own destruction!”
8 But I am like a green olive tree
in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
forever and ever.
PEOPLE
9 I will thank you forever,
because you have done it.
I will wait for your name, for it is good,
in the presence of the godly.
Catechism
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LEADER
Which is the third commandment?
PEOPLE
The third commandment is, "Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guitless that taketh his name in vain." (Exod. 2-:7)
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LEADER
What is required in the third commandment?
PEOPLE
The third commandment requireth the holy and reverent use of God's names, titles, attributes, ordinances, word, and works.
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LEADER
What is forbidden in the third commandment?
PEOPLE
The third commandment forbiddeth all profaning and abusing of any thing, whereby God makes himself known.
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LEADER
What is the reason annexed to the third commandment?
PEOPLE
The reason annexed to the third commandment is, that however the breakers of this commandment may escape punishment from men, yet the Lord our God will not suffer them to escape his righteous judgment.
Confession
LEADER
Revelation 15:3–4 (ESV)
3 And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,
“Great and amazing are your deeds,
O Lord God the Almighty!
Just and true are your ways,
O King of the nations!
4 Who will not fear, O Lord,
and glorify your name?
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
and worship you,
for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
Assurance
LEADER
Psalm 138:1–2 (ESV)
1 I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart;
before the gods I sing your praise;
2 I bow down toward your holy temple
and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness,
for you have exalted above all things
your name and your word.
"I am the vine; you are the branches.
Whoever abides in me and I in him,
he it is that bears much fruit,
for apart from me you can do nothing." John 15:5 ESV