Prelude
Preparing Hearts and Minds for Worship
“Jesus Paid It All” arr. by Robert Sterling
The Praise of God’s People
Call to Worship
Psalm 100
Reader: Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into His presence with singing! Know that the Lord, He is God!
People: It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
Reader: Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise! Give thanks to Him; bless His name!
People: For the Lord is good; His steadfast love endures forever, and His faithfulness to all generations.
Hymns of Praise
“We Come, O Christ, to You” No. 181
“All Hail the Power of Jesus Name” No. 296
Affirmation of Faith
Westminster Confession of Faith, Ch. 8, Section 1
It pleased God, in His eternal purpose,
to choose and ordain the Lord Jesus,
His only begotten Son,
to be the Mediator between God and man,
the Prophet, Priest, and King,
the Head and Savior of His church,
the Heir of all things, and Judge of the world:
unto whom He did from all eternity give a people,
to be His seed, and to be by Him in time
redeemed, called, justified, sanctified, and glorified.
Prayer for Christ’s People
Greeting & Dismissal to Children’s Church*
*Please check-in your children PreK-1st grade at the check-in station by the FH level elevator and walk them to the PreK-K dept.
Doxology No. 732
The Word for God’s People
Sermon
“The Only Savior”
John 14:6
Dr. Gabe Fluhrer
Tasting God’s Grace
Confession of Sin and Assurance of Pardon
O Lord, we would come to You with the penitence of the prodigal son, confessing that we have sinned against heaven and in Your sight. You give freely of the Bread of Life to all who seek Your fullness, and You bestow a father’s blessing on every returning wanderer. We have wandered from You. We have squandered the goods You have given us as though they belonged to us, forgetting that our life and breath and all things are from You. Often we have lived as if we had no heavenly Father to thank for His goodness. We sought satisfaction in earthly pleasures, but they were only as husks to our souls. And now we come back crying, “Why should we perish with hunger, when there is bread enough in our Father’s house to spare?” We thank You that we feel our wanderings, and You inclined our hearts to come back to You. O gracious Father, have mercy on us. Grant us forgiveness. Amen.
Thanksgiving
Pastor: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Pastor: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them to the Lord.
Pastor: Let us give thanks to the Lord.
People: It is right to give Him thanks and praise.
Pastor: It is right and good and a joyful thing, always and everywhere to give You thanks, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.
The Words of Institution
Words of Praise
Pastor: Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. Alleluia.
People: Alleluia!
Pastor: These are the gifts of God for the people of God. Take these in remembrance that Jesus Christ died for you. Feed on them in your heart by faith and drink remembering that Christ’s blood was shed for you.
Hymn of Response
“In Christ Alone”
The Sending of God’s People
Benediction
Ephesians 6:23
Pastor: Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
People: Thanks be to God! Amen.
The flowers today are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of Gerry U. Stephens,
Mr. & Mrs. Chester O. Stephens, Mr. & Mrs. John O. Carter Jr., and Carter Holland.
Flowers from today’s display will be arranged by the flower committee and delivered
by volunteers to our homebound and hospitalized on Monday, July 26th.