June 21, 2020

Worship Guide

Call to Worship – Psalm 145:1- 7

All read together:

1 I will extol you, my God and King,
            and bless your name forever and ever.
2 Every day I will bless you
            and praise your name forever and ever.
3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised,
            and his greatness is unsearchable.
4 One generation shall commend your works to another,
            and shall declare your mighty acts.
5 On the glorious splendor of your majesty,
            and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.
6 They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds,
            and I will declare your greatness.
7 They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness
            and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

Hymn of Adoration – Come, People of the Risen King

Come people of the Risen King
Who delight to bring Him praise
Come all and tune your hearts to sing
To the Morning Star of grace
From the shifting shadows of the earth
We will lift our eyes to Him
Where steady arms of mercy reach
To gather children in
Rejoice rejoice let ev'ry tongue rejoice,
One heart one voice
O Church of Christ rejoice
Come those whose joy is morning sun
And those weeping through the night
Come those who tell of battles won
And those struggling in the fight
For His perfect love will never change
And His mercies never cease
But follow us through all our days
With the certain hope of peace
Come young and old from ev'ry land
Men and women of the faith
Come those with full or empty hands
Find the riches of His grace
Over all the world His people sing
Shore to shore we hear them call
The truth that cries through ev'ry age
Our God is all in all

Prayer of Lament – Psalm 10:1-18

Why do we have a time of lament in our services?

The Psalms teach us to bring our sorrows and grief to the LORD, and Romans 12:15 tells us to “weep with those who weep.” We do this in our services by considering and feeling sorrow over injustice and suffering in the world around us. Then, in hope, we ask God to come quickly and bring his righteous and just reign over the earth.

Leader Reads:

1 Why, O Lord, do you stand far away?
Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

2 In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
3 For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul,
and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord.
4 In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him;
all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
5 His ways prosper at all times;
your judgments are on high, out of his sight;
as for all his foes, he puffs at them.
6 He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.”
7 His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;
under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
8 He sits in ambush in the villages;
in hiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
9 he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket;
he lurks that he may seize the poor;
he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.
10 The helpless are crushed, sink down,
and fall by his might.
11 He says in his heart, “God has forgotten,
he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”

12 Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand;
forget not the afflicted.
13 Why does the wicked renounce God
and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”?
14 But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation,
that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless commits himself;
you have been the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer;
call his wickedness to account till you find none.

16 The Lord is king forever and ever;
the nations perish from his land.
17 O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
18 to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,
so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

Hymn of Hope – Jerusalem

See Him in Jerusalem, walking where the crowds are
Once these streets had sung to Him, now they cry for murder
Such a frail and lonely Man, holding up the heavy cross
See Him walking in Jerusalem, on the road to save us
See Him there upon the hill, hear the scorn and laughter
Silent as a lamb He waits, praying to the Father
See the King who made the sun, and the moon and shining stars
Let the soldiers hold and nail Him down, so that He could save them
See Him there upon the cross, now no longer breathing
Dust that formed the watching crowds, takes the blood of Jesus
Feel the earth is shaking now, see the veil is split in two
And He stood before the wrath of God, shielding sinners with His blood
See the empty tomb today, death could not contain Him
Once the Servant of the world, now in vict'ry reigning
Lift your voices to the One, who is seated on the throne
See Him in the New Jerusalem, praise the One who saved us
Lift your voices to the One, who is seated on the throne
See Him in the New Jerusalem, praise the One who saved us
Praise the One who saved us

Offering

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To give by mail, place your gift (no cash please) in an envelope, and address it to the following address. Before you seal the envelope, pray the prayer below. (If you want to give in cash, please visit the church office.)

Calvary Baptist Church
PO Box 7728
Greenwood, IN 46142

At Outdoor Worship, you can give online or place your gift in an envelope, then slide it into the offering box on your way out after the service.

LEADER OR INDIVIDUAL PRAYS:

Father, you see and know our needs, continue to provide for us and our neighbors. Amen.

Seal your envelope or click “Submit.”

Sermon

Genesis 18:16-21

16 Then the men set out from there, and they looked down toward Sodom. And Abraham went with them to set them on their way. 17 The Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, 18 seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19 For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.” 20 Then the Lord said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave, 21 I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me. And if not, I will know.”

Hymn of Response – Trust and Obey

When we walk with the Lord
In the light of His Word
What a glory He sheds on our way
While we do His good will
He abides with us still
And with all who will trust and obey
Trust and obey
For there's no other way
To be happy in Jesus
But to trust and obey
Not a burden we bear
Not a sorrow we share
But our toil He doth richly repay
Not a grief or a loss
Not a frown or a cross
But is blest if we trust and obey
Then in fellowship sweet
We will sit at His feet
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way
What He says we will do
Where He sends we will go
Never fear only trust and obey

Benediction

Leader:

All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Jesus, therefore go and make disciples through teaching them to observe all that he has commanded us.