Here is the worship guide for Sunday, September 6, 2020.
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Opening Prayer
Hymn: “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
Words by Robert Robinson; music: traditional American melody\
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.
Hither to Thy love has blest me; Thou has brought me to this place;
And I know Thy hand will bring me safely home by Thy good grace.
Jesus sought me when a stranger, wandering from the fold of God,
He, to rescue me from danger, bought me with His precious blood.
Oh, to grace how great a debtor daily I’m constrained to be!
Let Thy 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.
O that day when freed from sinning, I shall see Thy lovely face,
Clothed then in the blood-washed linen how I’ll sing Thy sovereign grace.
Come, my Lord, no longer tarry, take my ransomed soul away;
Send Thine angels now to carry me to realms of endless day.
Song: “Never Cease to Praise”
Words and music by Jeff Bourque
May we run this race, may we keep the faith,
may our eyes be fixed on Jesus,
that we’ll not lose heart in our struggle with sin,
and through suffering know endurance.
May we arm ourselves with the mind of Christ
to rejoice in trials and be not surprised.
May our hearts be so consumed by You
that we never cease to praise.
May our company be the saints You’ve called,
may we all stand firm in one spirit,
that the gospel’s truth may resound on earth,
that all living things may hear it.
May the fruits of faith mark the path we trod
through the life of Christ to the glory of God.
May our hearts be so consumed by You
that we never cease to praise.
May the words we share be Your grace and peace.
May our tongues speak Your proclamations
that the many parts of the body of Christ
be affirmed in their right relation.
As we long and wait for the groom to come,
may we learn to love, and spur each other on.
May our hearts be so consumed by You
that we never cease to praise.
When that day arrives, and our race is won,
when our griefs give way to deliverance,
we will fully know, as we’re fully known,
all our groans will end as new songs begin.
And a multitude from every tribe and tongue,
wearing robes of white, will stand before Your throne,
And our hearts will be so consumed by You
that we’ll never cease to praise!
May our hearts be so consumed by You
that we never cease to praise.
Scripture Reading and Prayer:
Psalm 149 (ESV)
1 Praise the Lord!
Sing to the Lord a new song,
his praise in the assembly of the godly!
2 Let Israel be glad in his Maker;
let the children of Zion rejoice in their King!
3 Let them praise his name with dancing,
making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!
4 For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;
he adorns the humble with salvation.
5 Let the godly exult in glory;
let them sing for joy on their beds.
6 Let the high praises of God be in their throats
and two-edged swords in their hands,
7 to execute vengeance on the nations
and punishments on the peoples,
8 to bind their kings with chains
and their nobles with fetters of iron,
9 to execute on them the judgment written!
This is honor for all his godly ones.
Praise the Lord!
Sermon: “Family”
We will look at several Proverbs, and other passages, including some of the following:
Proverbs about marriage:
Proverbs 12:4 (ESV)
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband,
but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 18:22 (ESV)
He who finds a wife finds a good thing
and obtains favor from the Lord.
Proverbs 19:13–14 (ESV)
13 A foolish son is ruin to his father,
and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
14 House and wealth are inherited from fathers,
but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
Proverbs 21:9 (ESV)
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
Proverbs 21:19 (ESV)
It is better to live in a desert land
than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
Proverbs 25:24 (ESV)
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
Proverbs 27:8 (ESV)
Like a bird that strays from its nest
is a man who strays from his home.
Proverbs 27:15–16 (ESV)
15 A continual dripping on a rainy day
and a quarrelsome wife are alike;
16 to restrain her is to restrain the wind
or to grasp oil in one’s right hand.
Proverbs about children and discipline:
Proverbs 10:1 (ESV)
A wise son makes a glad father,
but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Proverbs 13:24 (ESV)
Whoever spares the rod hates his son,
but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.
Proverbs 14:26 (ESV)
In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence,
and his children will have a refuge.
Proverbs 15:20 (ESV)
A wise son makes a glad father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 17:2 (ESV)
A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully
and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
Proverbs 17:21 (ESV)
He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow,
and the father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 17:25 (ESV)
A foolish son is a grief to his father
and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 19:13 (ESV)
A foolish son is ruin to his father,
and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
Proverbs 19:18 (ESV)
Discipline your son, for there is hope;
do not set your heart on putting him to death.
Proverbs 19:26–27 (ESV)
26 He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother
is a son who brings shame and reproach.
27 Cease to hear instruction, my son,
and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 20:7 (ESV)
The righteous who walks in his integrity—
blessed are his children after him!
Proverbs 20:20 (ESV)
If one curses his father or his mother,
his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
Proverbs 22:6 (ESV)
Train up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:15 (ESV)
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Proverbs 23:13–14 (ESV)
13 Do not withhold discipline from a child;
if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
14 If you strike him with the rod,
you will save his soul from Sheol.
Proverbs 23:22 (ESV)
Listen to your father who gave you life,
and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 23:24–25 (ESV)
24 The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice;
he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
25 Let your father and mother be glad;
let her who bore you rejoice.
Proverbs 28:24 (ESV)
Whoever robs his father or his mother
and says, “That is no transgression,”
is a companion to a man who destroys.
Proverbs 29:3 (ESV)
He who loves wisdom makes his father glad,
but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
Proverbs 29:15 (ESV)
The rod and reproof give wisdom,
but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
Proverbs 29:17 (ESV)
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest;
he will give delight to your heart.
Proverbs 30:11 (ESV)
There are those who curse their fathers
and do not bless their mothers.
Proverbs 20:30 (ESV)
Blows that wound cleanse away evil;
strokes make clean the innermost parts.
Proverbs 29:19 (ESV)
By mere words a servant is not disciplined,
for though he understands, he will not respond.
Proverbs about grandparents and grandchildren:
Proverbs 13:22 (ESV)
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.
Proverbs 17:6 (ESV)
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged,
and the glory of children is their fathers.
Hymn: “O Fount of Love”
Words and music by Matt Boswell and Matt Papa
O fount of love divine that flows from my Savior’s bleeding side
Where sinners trade their filthy rags for His righteousness applied.
Mercy cleansing ev’ry stain, now rushing o’er us like a flood;
There the wretch and vilest ones stand adopted through His blood.
O mount of grace to Thee we cling, from the law hath set us free.
Once and for all on Calv’ry’s hill, love and justice shall agree.
Praise the Lord! The price is paid, the curse defeated by the Lamb.
We who once were slaves by birth, sons and daughters now we stand.
O well of joy is mine to drink, for my Lord has conquered death.,
Victorious forevermore, the ancient foe is laid to rest.
Hallelujah! Christ is King, alive and reigning on the throne;
Our tongues employed with hymns of praise: Glory be to God alone.
Hallelujah! Christ is King, alive and reigning on the throne;
Our tongues employed with hymns of praise: Glory be to God alone.
Benediction
Galatians 6:18 (ESV)
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.