November 23rd

I. CALL TO WORSHIP
Reading: Revelation 4
Call: THIS IS THE WORD OF THE LORD.
Response: THANKS BE TO GOD!

Song: All Creatures Of Our God And King
Song: Before The Throne Of God Above
Song: Come O Sinner

II. CONFESSION
Individual Call: Psalm 139:23-24
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart!
Try me and know my thoughts!
24 And see if there be any grievous way in me,
 and lead me in the way everlasting!

Corporate Call:
Lord, we come humbly before you this morning, laying aside all excuses for our sins. When we are confronted with the brilliance of your holiness, the depths of our depravity are exposed. We openly confess that in the past week, our hearts and minds, our motives and emotions, have been in disarray. Despite our efforts to present a facade of acceptability, our inner being suffers in turmoil. There are hidden corners of our lives where shame, bitterness, resentment, and pride fester. We acknowledge our complete inability to resolve our own sickness and rebellion; we are totally reliant on your redemptive power. Therefore, we seek shelter in your boundless mercy, earnestly imploring your forgiveness through Jesus Christ, our Lord. It is in his name that we cry out to you!

Response: Father, forgive us.

III. ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Arise and hear the good news!
Church, your prayers have not fallen on deaf ears, for your confession has ascended to the right hand of the Father, where the Great High Priest has now interceded on your behalf. 

The Almighty God, the maker of heaven and earth, the ascended King, has achieved all there is to accomplish to fully forgive and restore you who have fallen into sin. 

Beloved, behold the magnificence: Jesus the Christ bore your sins upon the cross, liberating you from guilt, cleansing you from shame, freeing you from your fear, and rescuing you out of your bondage. His resurrection brought you life, and now, the exalted Christ, reigning at the right hand of the Father, has called you to live and move in the glorious freedom of his awesome Love!

So lift up your hearts and hear these words, by the great and powerful name of Jesus I declare to you that your sins are forgiven!

Response: Thanks be to God!

Song: Christ Is Risen From The Dead
Song: Great I Am

IV. APOSTLE’S CREED/LORD’S PRAYER

Apostle’s Creed:
I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth,
And in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord;
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;
he descended into hell;
the third day he rose again from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from there he shall 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.

Lord’s Prayer:
Hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread;
And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors;
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.

For Thine is the kingdom,
and the power,
and the glory forever.
Amen.

V. SERMON
Into the Throne Room: The Story of Revelation
Kyle Lammott, Lead Pastor

VI. OFFERING
(YOU MAY PLACE YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS IN THE OFFERING BASKET)

Call: Now may we respond by faithfully and generously giving of our resources to advance the work of the Gospel and God's kingdom on earth.

Song: Yahweh Of Armies

VII. COMMUNION
As a child of the King, you may eat and drink at the table He has prepared for you. Together we shall celebrate His victory & proclaim His death until He returns to feast with us again. Take heart; He has not forgotten you.

Song: Great Is The Lord (Psalm 40)
Song: Doxology

VIII. BENEDICTION
Romans 8:38-39 – For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

YOU ARE SENT!