August 18, 2019

*CALL TO WORSHIP: Psalm 145:10 All your works shall give thanks to you, O LORD, and all your saints shall bless you!

*OPENING HYMN: (#157) When Morning Guilds the Skies

PRAYER OF ADORATION AND INVOCATION

*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, forever and ever. Amen.

*GLORIA PATRI (#572)

THE LAW OF GOD – The Fifth Commandment – Father and Mother

CONFESSION OF SIN [Based upon The Valley of Vision]

Eternal Father, You are good beyond all thought, but we are vile, wretched, miserable, blind; Our lips are ready to confess, but our hearts are slow to feel and our ways reluctant to amend. We bring our souls to you. Break them, wound them, bend them, mold them. Unmask to us sin's deformity, that we may hate it, abhor it, flee from it. Our abilities have been weapons of revolt against you; as rebels we have misused our strength, and served the foul adversary of your kingdom. Give us grace to bewail our senseless folly; Grant us to know that the way of transgression is hard; that evil paths are wretched paths; that to depart from you is to lose all good. We have seen the purity and beauty of your perfect law, the happiness of those in whose heart it reigns, the calm dignity of the walk to which it calls; yet daily we violate and condemn its precepts. All these sins we mourn, lament, and for them cry, "Pardon." Work in us more profound and abiding repentance; Give us the fullness of a godly grief which is ever powerful, and ever confident; Grant that our repentance will enable us to see more clearly the brightness and glory of the cross of Jesus Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen.

DECLARATION OF PARDON [Psalm 103:12]

As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

*PREPARATION HYMN: (#465) Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

OLD TESTAMENT READING: Psalm 119:25-32 page 512

NEW TESTAMENT READING: Romans 2:12-29 page 940

*SERMON TEXT: Philemon page 1000

SERMON: Grace In Action

PREACHING: Stephen Leavitt

*RESPONSE HYMN: (#433) Amazing Grace

PRAYER OF INTERCESSION

OFFERING

*DOXOLOGY (#567) and Prayer of Thanksgiving

*CONFESSION OF FAITH The Apostles' Creed

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

(The word “catholic” means “throughout the world.”)

*CLOSING HYMN: (#459) My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less

*BENEDICTION

* Congregation standing as able

Evening Service

Please join us at 5:00 p.m. for the Evening Worship Service

Bible Reading Discussion

Philemon page 1000

Opening Prayer

Opening Hymn: (#227) How Great Thou Art

Prayer of Adoration and Confession

Second Hymn: (#170) God, in the Gospel of His Son

Prayer of Intercession and Illumination

Sermon: “The God Who Does Not Leave Us Stranded” or “The Encouraging Word” – Psalm 119:25-32 page 512

Preaching: Stephen Leavitt

Gloria Patri

Benediction

Pastor: Steve Magee, Leading Worship Today: Doug Camp

Elders: Doug Camp, Skip Phelps, John Coskery, Dave Herrod, Stephen Leavitt

Deacons: Steve Rohrdanz, John Warenda, Steve Hamilton,

Bruce Henderson, Michael Huizenga

Pianist: Laura Picciano

Greeting this morning: Janet & Steve Rohrdanz

Greeting next week: Maren & Bruce Henderson

EXETER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCA)

Nourishing the Soul in the Hope of the Resurrection

(603) 772-7479 www.exeterpca.org

Welcome

to

Exeter Presbyterian Church

August 18, 2019

"This is the day that the Lord has made,

let us rejoice and be glad in it."

Psalm 118:24