EVENING WORSHIP SERVICE
November 26, 2023
Psalm 122:1
“I was glad when they said to me,
‘Let us go into the house of the Lord.’”
Welcome and Announcements
OUR PREPARATION FOR WORSHIP
Prelude — As the instruments play, let us prepare ourselves for worship as we enter into the presence of the Lord. Take time to read the “Puritan Prayer” on the back of the bulletin in preparation for worship, and the Silent Prayer here in the order of worship.
Silent Prayer —
Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things
in your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords:
Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin,
may be freed and brought together under his gracious rule;
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen
OUR ADORATION OF GOD
Call to Worship – Psalm 64:10
Pastor: The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and trust in Him.
Congregation: And all the upright in heart shall glory.
Trinity Psalter—Psalm 64
Invocation
OUR CONFESSION OF SIN AND THE MEANS OF GRACE
The Reading of the Law of God
And God spoke all these words saying: I am the LORD your God,
Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
You shall have no other gods before Me.
You shall not make for yourself a carved image.
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Honor your father and your mother. You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. You shall not covet.
Hear also the words of the Lord Jesus concerning the law.
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul,
and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Prayer of confession and forgiveness
Hymn
216 – Infant Holy Infant Lowly
Reading of the Westminster Shorter Catechism Question 102
102 Q. What do we pray for in the second petition?
A. In the second petition, which is, “Your kingdom come”,
we pray that Satan’s kingdom may be destroyed;
and that the kingdom of grace may be advanced,
ourselves and others brought into it, and kept in it;
and that the kingdom of glory may be hastened.
Hymn 196 – Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
OUR CONFESSION OF SIN AND THE MEANS OF GRACE
Pastoral Prayer
Offering
Psalter Reading — Psalm 142
A Contemplation of David. A Prayer when he was in the cave.
I cry out to the Lord with my voice;
With my voice to the Lord I make my supplication.
I pour out my complaint before Him;
I declare before Him my trouble.
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me,
Then You knew my path.
In the way in which I walk
They have secretly set a snare for me.
Look on my right hand and see,
For there is no one who acknowledges me;
Refuge has failed me;
No one cares for my soul.
I cried out to You, O Lord:
I said, “You are my refuge,
My portion in the land of the living.
Attend to my cry,
For I am brought very low;
Deliver me from my persecutors,
For they are stronger than I.
Bring my soul out of prison,
That I may praise Your name;
The righteous shall surround me,
For You shall deal bountifully with me.”
Message
OUR RESPONSE AND BLESSING
Hymn 198 – Lift Up Your Heads Ye Mighty Gates
Benediction followed by Silent Prayer
