Song 4: Be Thou My Vision
CANADA WATER CHURCH
(page 10, CWC songbook)
The Lord Commissions Us
BENEDICTION
The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make his face to shine upon you
and be gracious to you;
the Lord lift up his countenance upon you
and give you peace.
Numbers 6:24-26
DOXOLOGY
Praise God from whom all blessings flow!
Praise Him all creatures here below.
Praise Him above you heavenly host.
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost! Amen.
Notices
Canada Water Church Song Book - pick up your copy at
church, write your name on it, and take it home!
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LIFE EXPLORED Small Group - Wednesday 15th September
9AM Service
12 September 2021
The Lord Calls Us Into His Presence
I lift up my eyes to the hills.
Where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1-2
To the church of God... to those sanctified in Christ Jesus,
called to be saints together with all those who in every place
call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord
and ours: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and
the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Cor 1:2-3
PRAYER
My heart is steadfast, O God!
I will sing and make melody with all my being!
Awake, O harp and lyre!
I will awake the dawn!
I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing praises to you among the nations.
For your steadfast love is great above the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!
Let your glory be over all the earth!
That your beloved ones may be delivered,
give salvation by your right hand and answer me!
Psalm 108:1-6
PRAYER
Song 1: Psalm 100 (page 6, CWC Songbook)
The Lord Cleanses Us From Our Sins
Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 36
Q99. What is required in the third commandment?
A99. We are not to blaspheme or to abuse the name of God
by cursing, perjury, or unnecessary oaths, nor to share in
such horrible sins by being silent bystanders. Rather, we
must use the holy name of God only with fear and reverence,
so that we may rightly confess him, call upon him, and praise
him in all our words and works.
Q100. Is the blaspheming of God’s name by swearing and
cursing such a grievous sin that God is angry also with those
who do not prevent and forbid it as much as they can?
A100. Certainly, for no sin is greater or provokes God’s wrath
more than the blaspheming of his name. That is why he
commanded it to be punished with death.
CALL TO CONFESSION
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for
the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in
vain.
Deut 5:11
 PRAYER OF CONFESSION I will stir up your sons, O Zion,
Lord Jesus Christ, we have broken your third commandment against your sons, O Greece,
which says, “You shall not take the name of the Lord your and wield you like a warrior's sword.
God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes Then the Lord will appear over them,
his name in vain.” We have not held your name, titles, and his arrow will go forth like lightning;
attributes, words, sacraments, actions in a high and reverent the Lord God will sound the trumpet
manner as we should. We have abused your name by using it and will march forth in the whirlwinds of the south.
in careless, ignorant, superstitious, ambiguous, and wicked The Lord of hosts will protect them,
ways. By neglecting and misinterpreting your words to us in and they shall devour, and tread down the sling stones,
Scripture, we have attributed to your name those desires and they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine,
which are sinful and should only be ascribed to our twisted and be full like a bowl,
hearts. We have lightly and falsely taken your name upon drenched like the corners of the altar.
ourselves as Christians. In our unfaithfulness, we have been On that day the Lord their God will save them,
unfit representatives of you and your commands. as the flock of his people;
We pray that you would forgive us, by the blood of Christ, for for like the jewels of a crown
our sins, allowing us to escape the curse of this they shall shine on his land.
commandment. O Lord, cause our hearts to treasure, above For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty!
all others, your most wonderful name. Grain shall make the young men flourish,
and new wine the young women.
Zechariah 9:9-17
DECLARATION OF FORGIVENESS PRAYER
Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his
mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came Hearing God’s Word: Exodus 2:23-25
together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 23
During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the
And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried
put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.
considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord 24
And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his
appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 God
not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is saw the people of Israel—and God knew.
conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son,
and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people This is the Word of the Lord
from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had Thanks be to God.
spoken by the prophet:
“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, Sermon - Kruger
and they shall call his name Immanuel”
(which means, God with us). When Joseph woke from sleep, Song 2: Great is thy Faithfulness (page 15, CWC songbook)
he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his
wife, but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And The Lord Communes With Us
he called his name Jesus.
The Lord’s Supper - Matthew 26
Matthew 1:18-25
including
PRAYER
The Apostles Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
The Lord Consecrates Us By His Word Creator of heaven and earth.
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
Behold, your king is coming to you; born of the Virgin Mary,
righteous and having salvation is he, suffered under Pontius Pilate,
humble and mounted on a donkey, was crucified, died, and was buried.
on a colt, the foal of a donkey. He descended into hell.
I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim The third day he rose again from the dead;
and the war horse from Jerusalem; he ascended into heaven,
and the battle bow shall be cut off, and is seated at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty.
and he shall speak peace to the nations; From there he shall come to judge the living and the dead.
his rule shall be from sea to sea, I believe in the Holy Spirit,
and from the River to the ends of the earth. the holy catholic Church,
As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with the communion of saints,
you, the forgiveness of sins,
I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. the resurrection of the body,
Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; and the life everlasting. Amen.
today I declare that I will restore to you double.
For I have bent Judah as my bow;
I have made Ephraim its arrow.