The Christian revisits their past life, not to wallow in guilt or shame, but to be reminded of the transformation to a new way of living which is their present.
Glory Of Glories and Glorious Things Of You Are Spoken begin our worship, as we praise the one who has redeemed us, and made us his dwelling place.
After the welcome, our prayer of confession will acknowledge our disobedience and neglect of God’s commands, and thanking him for forgiveness and the Spirit who enables us more and more to not simply repent, but live in kingdom obedience.
I Will Sing The Wondrous Story, The Nicene Creed, and Worship, Honour, Glory, Blessing will be the testimony and affirmation.
Jeremiah 33:1-26 reveals God’s restoration promises for the exiled people, promises which are ultimately kept in Jesus.
Following on, we sing I Will Glory In My Redeemer.
After reading from Titus 3 the focus will turn to verses three to eight where again any burden about the difficulties of obedience is lifted with Paul’s reminder for the Christians to remember what they were, what they are now, and how and why they have entered that state. Some Christians remember their past and feel unworthy of their present status, but in reality we should remember what we were in order to better appreciate what we are becoming.
Our response to God’s Word will include the Lord’s Supper, which we’ll prepare for singing According To Your Gracious Word.
The pastoral prayer, the giving of our tithes and offerings will lead to the conclusion of worship, the song All My Days (Beautiful Saviour).
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