1 Peter 4:1-6

Links to the scriptures and hymns used during this service are provided below.  Click on the hymn title to be taken to a page with sheet music.

Order of Service 

Call to Worship: Psalm 25:1-5

Hymns:

Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus

O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing

Prayer of Confession and Assurance of Forgiveness:

Most holy and merciful Father, we confess to you and to one another, that we have sinned against you by what we have done and by what we have left undone We have not loved you with our whole heart and mind and strength. We have not fully loved our neighbors as ourselves. We have not always had in us the mind of Christ. You alone know how often we have grieved you by wasting your gifts, by wandering from your ways.

Forgive us, we ask you, most merciful Father; and free us from our sin. Renew in us the grace and strength of your Holy Spirit, for the sake of Jesus Christ your Son our Savior. Amen.

Hymn: Rock of Ages

Scripture Readings:

Psalm 5

John 15:12-27

Affirmation of Faith: Our Membership Covenant

Having been brought by divine grace to repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and to submit to His Lordship over our lives and having been baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, we do now, in the presence of God and His people, most joyfully enter into covenant with one another in this local church.

We will work and pray for the unity of this local church through walking together in brotherly love, edifying, admonishing, nurturing, and caring for one another, speaking truth in love, esteeming others above ourselves, and praying for one another.  Further, we will seek to avoid those sins that greatly hinder the unity of the church such as gossip, bitterness, anger, and pride, and we will never act as a stumbling block to our weaker brethren.

We will work together to sustain the ministry of the church through participation in corporate meetings, observing the ordinances, practicing church discipline, promoting sound doctrine, and giving cheerfully of our finances.  Further, we will submit to, and pray for those who lead us, even as they submit to Christ.

We will seek to be men and women who conform our lives to Christ, husbands and wives that pursue God-honoring marriages, grandparents and parents that educate our children in the Holy Scriptures, and sons and daughters that honor and serve our parents.

By God’s grace, we will be a church that advances the gospel of Jesus Christ to the praise of His glory!

Pastoral Prayer

Hymn: My Jesus, I Love Thee

Sermon: 1 Peter 4:1-6

Closing Hymn: Doxology