This Week’s Worship Guide (Bulletin)

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ORDER FOR THE WORSHIP OF GOD
Lord’s Day, January 17, 2021

To all who are spiritually weary and seek rest;
to all who mourn and long for comfort;
to all who struggle and desire victory;
to all who sin and need a Savior;
to all who are strangers and want fellowship;
to all who hunger and thirst for righteousness;
and to all who will come,
this church opens wide her doors and
offers welcome in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Prelude

Welcome and Announcements

Meditation
Daniel 5:23
“You did not honor the God who holds in His hand your life and all your ways.”

APPROACHING GOD IN WORSHIP

Greeting: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Call to Worship: Psalm 136:1-3

Pastor: Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good.

People: For His steadfast love endures forever.

Pastor: Give thanks to the God of gods.

People: For His steadfast love endures forever.

Pastor: Give thanks to the Lord of lords.

People: For His steadfast love endures forever.

Hymn of Adoration: All You That Fear Jehovah’s Name #9

Prayer of Adoration

APPROACHING GOD IN CONFESSION AND SERVICE

Call to Confession: Isaiah 47:10-11
“You have trusted in your wickedness and have said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge mislead you when you say to yourself, ‘I am and there is none besides me.’  Disaster will come upon you, and you will not know how to conjure it away.  A calamity will fall upon you that you cannot ward off with a ransom; a catastrophe you cannot foresee will suddenly come upon you.”

Prayer of Confession:
 Father, the teaching of Isaiah serves as a warning. When we sin, we are acting as if we are God. We are asserting an independence that we do not have. Our hearts convince us that no one sees us as we sin. Isaiah’s warning is that the path of sin leads to sudden and complete destruction.

Help us to see the evil and destruction of our sin. May we be reminded that we are always living our lives before You, whether we obey or sin. Forgive us for our unfaithfulness. Pour out Your grace on us, so we see Your holiness. May we know the beauty of relationship with You and the blessing of relationships with others built on purity.

Now hear the Lord’s Assurance of Pardon:
“Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; burst into song, O mountains! For the LORD comforts His people and will have compassion on His afflicted ones.”.” –Isaiah 49:13

Hymn: Great King of Nations, Hear Our Prayer #713

Offertory Prayer

Offering Checks may be sent to:

Evangel Presbyterian Church
Attn.: Kent Walline
1545 S. 135th St. W.
Wichita, KS 67235
On-line giving available now at: evangelpca.org (fees apply)

Gloria Patri
Glory be to the Father,
And to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
World without end. Amen, amen.

Pastoral Prayer

Hymn: O God, Your Judgments Give the King #312

RECEIVING THE WORD OF GOD

The Scripture Reading:

Daniel 5:1-30
Luke 12:13-21

Pastor: Blessed are those who hear the Word of God and observe it.
People: Open our eyes, that we may see wonderful things from Thy Word.

Sermon
God is Judge
Rev. Tim Rackley
(scroll down for sermon outline notes)

Prayer of Application

RESPONDING TO THE WORD OF GOD

Hymn: All for Jesus! #565

Benediction
Pastor: “May our Lord who has laid up for you a hope in heaven where moth and rust cannot destroy, keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.”  Amen.- Colossians 1:5; Matthew 6:19-20; I Corinthians 1:8

Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Praise him, all creatures, here below;
Praise him above, ye heav’nly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Postlude
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SERMON OUTLINE

God is Judge

The Scripture Reading:
Daniel 5:1-30
Luke 12:13-21

Point: Since God judges the proud and exalts the humble, we must humbly serve Him.

I. God Judges the Arrogant

A. Arrogance Defined
B. Arrogance Judged

II. God is Glorified Through Humility

A. The Queen’s view of Daniel
B. Belshazzar’s View of Daniel
C. God’s View of Daniel

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ASSISTING IN WORSHIP
Rev. Tim Rackley, Senior Pastor;  Brad Doeden, Assisting Elder
Rev. Don Rackley, Associate Pastor;  Bev Kimmel/Pianist