Worship Notes for Sunday, May 5, 2013
We return to Luke 10 with the story of Mary and Martha and what is necessary in terms of learning at the feet of Jesus. The service start with the Call to Worship from Psalm 34 and the posture of taking refuge in the Lord and coming to learn the fear of the Lord, We respond by singing Psalm 57: Be Thou O God Exalted High praying for His glory to fill the heavens. We continue by singing Psalm 138: With Grateful Heart for truth and grace together shine in His holy Word and mercy dwells with Him.Our Old Testament Reading comes from Psalm 16 where acknowledge that we have no good apart from the Lord. Because He is with us, we shall not be shaken. Psalm 119 sets before us the importance and beauty of the Word of God, and so we turn there as our Prayer of Confession for we too often wander from His commands and do not store His word in our hearts. We pray that He would give us delight in His law.
We then sing Speak, O Lord as a prayer to be fed by His word that we might learn obedience and renew our minds. Our Profession this week comes from Psalm 19 as we speak together what God has said about His own Word. Communion Hymns include a new hymn for May—Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness—and Give Me Jesus. Our final hymn, Be Thou My Vision, is a prayer that Christ would be the forefront of our thoughts and lives even as He leads us to the joys of heaven.
