Characters of Christmas: Mary the Thoughtful
December 6, 2020
Order of Worship 12-6-2020
Call to WorshipPsalm 67:3
Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
Invocation
Hymn of Praise“Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus”#124
Scripture ReadingPsalm 1
Confession of Sin and Assurance of Pardon Psalm 68:19-20
Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Our God is a God of salvation, and to God, the Lord, belong deliverances from death
Hymn of Assurance “What Child Is This?” #137
Confession of FaithWestminster Shorter Catechism #57-59
Q. 57 Which is the fourth commandment?
A.The fourth commandment is, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Q. 58What is required in the fourth commandment?
A.The fourth commandment requireth the keeping holy to God such set times as he hath appointed in his Word: expressly one whole day in seven, to be a holy Sabbath to Himself.
Q. 59Which day of the seven hath God appointed to be the weekly Sabbath?
From the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, God appointed the seventh day of the week to be the weekly Sabbath: and the first day of the week ever since, to continue to the end of the world, which is the Christian Sabbath.
Pastoral Prayer
The Preaching of God’s Word “Characters of Christmas: Mary the Thoughtful”
Luke 1: 26-38, 46-56; 2:19
Hymn of Response“O Little Town of Bethlehem” #141
Benediction 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.
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