Worship Notes for Sunday, April 28, 2013
Love for our neighbor and serving one another continues as a theme with this week’s excursion in Matthew 5 and the call to be merciful. We begin with the Call to Worship from Psalm 95 and the invitation to come worship and bow down before the Lord, our maker. We continue by singing Come, Thou Fount and the reminder that the endless streams of mercy are cause for loudest praise. Next we sing There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy that is like the wideness of the sea.The New Testament Reading from Luke 6 is the words of Jesus commanding us to love our enemies and to be merciful even as our heavenly Father is merciful. The Prayer of Confession from I Peter 2 reminds us that we are called and chosen, that we have received mercy, and that our conduct should be such that even unbelievers may see our good deeds and glorify the Lord. We continue with the sung prayer Tender Mercy.
Our Communion Hymns are Not What My Hands Have Done and Let Thy Blood in Mercy Poured. He has given Himself for us, and now we give ourselves to Him. In so doing, we will take the good news to all the peoples that they may also praise the Lord (Psalm 67: O God, To Us Show Mercy).
