This order is typical of our worship service. 

CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH OF HANCOCK

June 16, 2019

FATHER’S DAY

MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE

10:00 A.M.

COME! LET US WORSHIP!

Call to Worship:

Ephesians 1:13-23

Leading Us in Sacrifices of Praise: CROSSroad: #240, #247, and #213 from the Praise and Worship Book

The Will of God:

Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 52

(pg. 924)

(Liturgist will read the questions, the congregation will read the answers)

The Lord’s Prayer: in unison (pg. 917)

Assurance of Salvation:

Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 19

(pg. 881)

(Liturgist will read the questions, the congregation will read the answers)

Hymn of Assurance: #170

“O God, our Help in Ages Past”

The Sermon:

A Form of Prayer for the Persecuted

Hymn of Assurance: #183 “With Grateful Heart My Thanks I Bring”

The Prayers (Synod, the persecuted church, Pastor and Debra Newhouse)

Keeping our Covenant Vows:

1st Offering – General Fund,

2nd Offering - Maintenance and Repair

* Hymn of Dedication: #296

“We Give You But Your Own”

* Benediction:

Ephesians 6:23

* #630

“Now Blessed Be the Lord Our God”



Sermon Notes

A Form of Prayer for the Persecuted

Psalm 58

Persecution and Prayer

A Form of Complaint

(Psalm 58:1-5)

A Form of Prayer to Curse Enemies

(Psalm 58:6-9)

Our Assurance

(Psalm 58:10-11)

Persecution

Every Christian will be subjected to persecution by a bad person (Matthew 5:10-12). It is difficult to trust God, when He uses wicked people to execute His will. After you look up and meditate on the verses in Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 52, an excellent place to read about God using wicked people is in Calvin’s The Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book I (God the Father, Creator of heaven and earth), chapter 18: GOD SO USES THE WORKS OF THE UNGODLY, AND SO BENDS THEIR MINDS TO CARRY OUT HIS JUDGMENTS, THAT HE REMAINS PURE FROM EVERY STAIN. It is usually easier to trust in the Providence of God when we know that even the wicked serve His purposes for our becoming more like Jesus.