by Pastor Joel E. Wood
"I Have My Rights!"
Acts 22:22-29
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CALL TO WORSHIP Psalm 108:1–4
Leader: My heart is steadfast, O God! I will sing and make melody with all my being!
People: Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn!

Leader: I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations.
All: For your steadfast love is great above the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

PRAYER OF ADORATION, ASSISTANCE, AND BLESSING

Hymnal #55 “To God Be The Glory”
To God be the glory, great things he has done!
So loved he the world that he gave us his Son,
who yielded his life an atonement for sin,
and opened the life-gate that we may go in.

Refrain:
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
let the earth hear his voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
let the people rejoice!

O come to the Father thro' Jesus the Son,
and give him the glory, great things he has done!
O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood!
To ev'ry believer the promise of God;
the vilest offender who truly believes,
that moment from Jesus forgiveness receives. (Refrain)

Great things he has taught us, great things he has done,
and great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;
but purer and higher and greater will be
our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see. (Refrain)

REFLECTION ON GOD’S LAW

Leader: The Fifth Commandment is:
People: Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. (Exodus 20:12)

Leader: By father and mother, in the fifth commandment, are meant, not only natural parents, but all superiors in age and gifts; and especially such as, by God’s ordinance, are over us in place of authority, whether in family, church, or commonwealth. (WLC 124)
People: Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor. (1 Peter 2:17)

SILENT PRAYER OF CONFESSION

ASSURANCE OF GRACE 2 Corinthians 5:21
Hymnal #132 “O Rejoice in the Lord”
God never moves without purpose or plan
When trying His servant and molding a man.
Give thanks to the Lord,
Though the testing seems long;
In darkness he gives us a song.

Refrain:
O rejoice in the Lord.
He makes no mistake.
He knows the end of each path that I take.
For when I am tried and purified,
I shall come forth as gold.

I could not see through the shadows ahead;
So I looked at the cross of my Savior instead.
I bowed to the will of the Master that day;
Then peace came and tears fled away. [Refrain]

Now I can see testing comes from above;
God strengthens His children and purges in love.
My Father knows best, and I trust in His care;
Through purging more fruit I will bear. [Refrain]

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH. Elder Dean Abbott

Psalm 139:13-18 “You Formed My Mind within the Womb”
You formed my mind within the womb,
My inward parts as on a loom.
I’m made with awe-inspiring skill –
Your wondrous work! I praise You still!

My soul knows well that this is true!
My bones were not concealed from You –
They secretly before my birth,
Were crafted in the depths of earth.

You on my unborn self did gaze,
While in Your book were set my days—
Days all inscribed and formed as done,
Although as yet there was not one.

How precious, God, Your thoughts for me;
How vast in their totality!
Their sum exceeds the grains of sand;
I wake—and still I’m in Your hand.

GOD’S WORD READ Acts 22:22-29

GOD’S WORD PREACHED. “I Have My Rights!” by Pastor Joel E. Wood

Prayer of Application and the Lord’s Prayer

All: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.

Song “Beneath The Cross”
Beneath the cross of Jesus,
I find a place to stand;
And wonder at such mercy,
That calls me as I am.
For hands that should discard me,
Hold wounds which tell me, “Come.”

Beneath the cross of Jesus,
My unworthy soul is won.
Beneath the cross of Jesus,
His fam’ly is my own.
Once strangers chasing selfish dreams,
Now one, through grace alone.
How could I now dishonor
The ones that You have loved?
Beneath the cross of Jesus,
See the children called by God.

Beneath the cross of Jesus,
The path before the crown,
We follow in His footsteps,
Where promised hope is found.
How great the joy before us-
To be His perfect bride.
Beneath the cross of Jesus,
We will gladly live our lives.
Keith Getty | Kristyn Getty
© 2005 Thankyou Music Ltd
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Hymnal p. 845 “Apostles’ Creed”
Minister: Christian, what do you believe?
All: I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into Heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

Words of Institution and Warning
Minister: The Lord be with you;
People: And also with you.

Minister: Lift up your hearts;
People: We lift them up to the Lord.

Minister: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God;
People: It is right to give him thanks and praise.

Communion Prayer

Approach the Table for the Lord’s Supper

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Song “Christ the Sure and Steady Anchor "
Christ the sure and steady anchor
In the fury of the storm,
When the winds of doubt blow through me
And my sails have all been torn.
In the suff’ring, in the sorrow,
When my sinking hopes are few,
I will hold fast to the anchor;
It shall never be removed.

Christ the sure and steady anchor
While the tempest rages on,
When temptation claims the battle
And it seems the night has won.
Deeper still, then goes the anchor,
Though I justly stand accused.
I will hold fast to the anchor;
It shall never be removed.

Christ the sure and steady anchor
Through the floods of unbelief.
Hopeless, somehow, O my soul, now
Lift your eyes to Calvary.
This my ballast of assurance-
See His love forever proved.
I will hold fast to the anchor;
It shall never be removed.

Christ the sure and steady anchor
As we face the wave of death,
When these trials give way to glory,
And we draw our final breath.
We will cross that great horizon,
Clouds behind, and life secured.
And the calm will be the better
For the storms that we endured.

Christ the shore of our salvation,
Ever faithful, ever true.
We will hold fast to the anchor;
It shall never be removed.
Matt Boswell, Matt Papa
© 2015 Getty Music Hymns and Songs; Getty Music Publishing;
Love Your Enemies Publishing; Messenger Hymns

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Hymnal #731: “Doxology”
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heav'nly host:
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

THE BENEDICTION

Postlude