Preparation for Sunday, November 15, 2009
As we corporately worship Jesus each week I hope that you find this blog to be helpful in your time of preparation.
Song Preparation: I encourage you listen to these songs each week so that you are familiar with them by the time we sing on Sunday. I always find that becoming more familiar with the lyrics to a song gives me more freedom to be led by the Holy Spirit as I worship. We won’t play these song exactly as they sound below but this is a good start!
Songs:
Liturgy:
Sometimes I think it is important to remember why we do the things that we do in a worship service. Singing is not something that most of us do on a regular basis but the bible commands us to sing praises to our Lord! We will focus on that wondrous command on Sunday when we read Psalm 68:32-35.
During our time of confession, we will say a prayer together based on Ephesians 4:17-5:2. Spend some time meditating of these scriptures and this prayer before we worship together on Sunday. We will speak the bold parts together.
Lord God,
Paul describes the life of sin as futile,
like fumbling in the dark,
like having a heart as hard and unfeeling as rock.
That is not the way we learned Christ.
For surely we have heard about him
and were taught in him.
The truth is in Jesus.
We have been taught to put away our former self,
to set it at the curb with the rest of the trash.
We have been called to put on a new self,
the self we were created for.
Forgive us, O Lord.
The old self hangs in our closet.
We pull it out now and again
and try to convince ourselves it still fits,
it still works.
Forgive us, O Lord
when we flip off the light switch
and choose to fumble in the dark,
when we ignore that pain in our chest
as we allow our hearts to harden.
Forgive us, O Lord.
Bring us into the light and truth.
Restore to us a heart of flesh.
Clothe us in forgiveness and grace,
righteousness and holiness.
In Jesus’ name. Amen.
I am excited to worship along side of you this Sunday. Please pray that God uses “hot dogs on the patio” to advance his gospel!
Ben
