Order of Worship
Sunday, April 26, 2020
Prelude: And Can it Be That I Should Gain
Song of Praise: O Love that Will Not Let Me Go
O love that will not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee.
I give thee back the life I owe,
that in thine oceans depths its flow.
May richer fuller be.
O light that followest all my way,
I yield my flickering torch to thee.
My heart restores its borrowed ray,
that in thy sunshine's blaze its day.
May brighter fairer be.
O joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee.
I chase the rainbow through the rain,
and feel the promise is not vain.
That morn shall tearless be.
O cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from thee.
I lay in dust's life's glory dead,
and from the ground there blossoms red.
Life that shall endless be.
Call to Worship:
Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,
who alone does wondrous things
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing,
but to us who are being saved is it the power of God.
For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
Blessed be his glorious name forever
May the whole earth be filled with his glory!
Prayer of Invocation
Song of Praise: Go to Dark Gethsemane
Go to dark Gethsemane, ye that feel the tempter's power
Your Redeemer's conflict see, watch with Him one bitter hour
Turn not from His griefs away; learn of Jesus Christ to pray
Learn of Jesus Christ to pray
See Him at the judgment hall, beaten, bound, reviled, arraigned
O the wormwood and the gall! O the pangs His soul sustained!
Shun not suffering, shame, or loss; learn of Christ to bear the cross
Learn of Christ to bear the cross
Calvary's mournful mountain climb; there, adoring at His feet
Mark that miracle of time, God's own sacrifice complete
"It is finished!" hear Him cry; learn of Jesus Christ to die
Learn of Jesus Christ to die
Early hasten to the tomb where they laid His breathless clay
All is solitude and gloom. Who has taken Him away?
Christ is risen! He meets our eyes; Savior, teach us so to rise
Savior, teach us so to rise
Song of Praise: Come Thou Fount
Come, Thou Fount of every blessing
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace
Streams of mercy, never ceasing
Call for songs of loudest praise
Teach me some melodious sonnet
Sung by flaming tongues above
Praise the mount, I'm fixed upon it
Mount of Thy redeeming love
Here I raise my Ebenezer
Here there by Thy great help I've come
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure
Safely to arrive at home
Jesus sought me when a stranger
Wandering from the fold of God
He, to rescue me from danger
Interposed His precious blood
Oh, to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be
Let that goodness like a fetter
Bind my wandering heart to Thee
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it
Prone to leave the God I love
Here's my heart, oh, take and seal it
Seal it for Thy courts above
Here's my heart, oh, take and seal it
Seal it for Thy courts above
Confession of Sin
Awesome and compassionate God,
you have loved us with unfailing, self-giving mercy,
but we have not loved you.
You constantly call us, but we do not listen.
You ask us to love, but we walk away from neighbors in need,
wrapped in our own concerns.
We condone evil, prejudice, warfare, and greed.
God of grace, as you come to us in mercy,
we repent in spirit and in truth, admit our sin,
and gratefully receive your forgiveness through Jesus Christ, our Redeemer.
Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
As a father has compassion for his children,
so the LORD has compassion for those who fear him.
For he knows how we were made; he remembers that we are dust.
But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children, to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.
Prayers for the Church and the World Michael Zekoff
Reading of Scripture
19: ”There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20: And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21: who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22: The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried, 23: and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. 24: And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’ 25: But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. 26: And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’ 27: And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house— 28: for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’ 29: But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ 30: And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ 31: He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”
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