Worship: July 23rd, 2017

On Sunday, July 23rd, Pastor Nathan continued the summer sermon series: I AM. He preached from John 10 about the Good Shepherd. 

Preaching: Rev. Nathan Currey (Sermon Audio Page| Other Sermons)

Text:
John 10:11-18 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.  [12]  He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.  [13]  He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.  [14]  I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,  [15]  just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.  [16]  And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.  [17]  For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again.  [18]  No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”

John 10:27-30  My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.  [28]  I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.  [29]  My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.  [30]  I and the Father are one.”

Worship Hymns:
Hymn of Adoration: #5 God, My King, Thy Might Confessing
Hymn or Spiritual Songs: #12 Exalt the Lord, His Praise Proclaim
Hymn of Response: #87 The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want
Dismissal Hymn: # 358 For All the Saints

Additional Readings:
Psalm 28
[1] To you, O LORD, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.  [2]  Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.  [3]  Do not drag me off with the wicked, with the workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbors while evil is in their hearts.  [4]  Give to them according to their work and according to the evil of their deeds; give to them according to the work of their hands; render them their due reward.  [5]  Because they do not regard the works of the LORD or the work of his hands, he will tear them down and build them up no more.  [6]  Blessed be the LORD! For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.  [7]  The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.  [8]  The LORD is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed.  [9]  Oh, save your people and bless your heritage! Be their shepherd and carry them forever.

Full Liturgy for July 23rd, 2017 (PDF)

Sermons from the Summer Series I AM
(click on the link for the sermon page with audio) 

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