A Presbyterian Church in America

Grace, Growth, Glory

September 5, 2021 • 10:45 am

Welcome to Grace Community Church, a Presbyterian Church in America. If you are

worshiping with us for the first time, we pray that you may know the Gospel’s transforming grace in Jesus Christ.

Today’s Scheduled Activities: Sunday School: 9:45-10:30am Adults (Fellowship Hall) — “What Happens When We Worship” – Ron Brightwell Children (Library) – “God Showing Grace in the OT” Morning Worship Service: – “Understanding God’s Wrath” pt.3 Romans 1:28-32 Rev. Brent Bergman Sunday Evening: 6:00pm — No service this evening.

Weekly Calendar: Monday 2:15pm Women’s Prayer contact Janis Stevenson Tuesday 9:15am Men’s White Horse Stable Wednesday 7:00pm Prayer Meeting Friday 10:00am Women’s ‘T’ Room (Exodus 9)

Fellowship and Announcements: check website for additional details

• Rev. Steve Jennings will begin a new SS class September 12 on the book of Hosea. • Evening Worship will begin Sept. 12 studying Heroes of the Faith from Hebrews 11. • Ladies monthly fellowship Sept. 17th at Renee Wood’s home studying Psalm 119. • Men’s Breakfast fellowship Sept. 25 location to be determined • Next Family fellowship September 26th at the Jennings’ home. Refreshments are welcome.

Pastor: Rev. Brent Bergman – 727-692-1865

Elder: Ron Brightwell 2255 Nebraska Avenue, Palm Harbor, FL 34683

727-789-2124 ● Fax 727-785-8096 ● Web: gccpalmharbor.org

Order of Worship Theme: The Holy God

Announcements

Prelude The prelude is a time to prepare for the worship of our holy God. Pray that God would meet His

people as we gather. (Please silence all phones and electronic devices.)

Call to Worship * The service begins with a scriptural “call to worship.” It is God Himself who calls His people to worship. We do not call ourselves, but it is the King who opens His gates and beckons us into His courts. Worship is a reflexive and deliberate response to His gracious call.

Psalm 2:1-4, 10-12

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together,

against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.”

He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.

Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish in the way, for His wrath is quickly kindled.

Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.

Prayer of Adoration and Invocation * This prayer exalts the Name of the Lord and invokes His presence and communion as we come to

worship Him.

*Please stand if able.

We receive

the Call to

Worship in

accordance

with

Hebrews

12:28

Let us offer to

God

acceptable

worship, with

reverence and

awe.

We offer the

Prayer of

Invocation in

accordance

with

Psalm 22:3

KJV

But Thou art

holy, O thou

that inhabits

the praises of

Israel.

Confession of Faith

WSC Q.42 What is the sum of the Ten Commandments?

A. The sum of the Ten Commandments is, to love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all our mind; and our neighbor as ourselves. WLC Q. 146. Which is the Tenth Commandment?

A. The Tenth Commandments is Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shall not covet they neighbor’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor’s.

WLC Q. 147. What are the duties required in the tenth commandment?

A. The duties required in the tenth commandment are, such a full contentment with our own condition, and such a charitable frame of the whole soul toward our neighbor, as that all our inward motions and affections touching him, tend unto, and further all that good which is his.

WLC Q148. What are the sins forbidden in the tenth commandment?

A. The sins forbidden in the tenth commandment are, discontentment with our own estate; envying and grieving at the good of our neighbor, together with all inordinate motions and affections to anything that is his.

Prayer of Confession

Taken from Psalm 69:13-16

O LORD, at an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of Your steadfast love answer us in Your saving faithfulness. Deliver us from sinking in the mire; let us be delivered from our enemies and from the deep waters. Let not the flood sweep over us, or the deep swallow us up, or the pit close its mouth over us. Answer us, O LORD, for Your steadfast love is good; according to Your abundant mercy, turn to us.

We offer our Confession of

Faith in accordance

with

Hebrews

10:23

Let us hold

fast the

confession of

our hope

without

wavering, for

He who

promised is

faithful.

We offer the

Prayer of

Confession in

accordance

with

I John 1:9

If we confess

our sins, He is

faithful and

just to forgive

us our sins and

to cleanse us

from all

unrighteousness

Lord Have Mercy Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith

Verse 1 Jesus, I've forgotten the words that You have spoken

Promises that burned within my heart have now grown dim

With a doubting heart I follow the paths of earthly wisdom

Forgive me for my unbelief

Renew the fire again

Chorus: x2 Lord have mercy Christ have mercy Lord have mercy on me Verse 3 I have built an altar where I worship things of man

I have taken journeys that have drawn me far from You

Now I am returning to Your mercies ever flowing

Pardon my transgressions

Help me love You again

Chorus

Verse 3 I have longed to know You and Your tender mercies

Like a river of forgiveness ever flowing without end

I bow my heart before You in the goodness of Your presence

Your grace forever shining

Like a beacon in the night

Chorus: x2

Assurance of Forgivness

Luke 18:13-14

But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Prayer for the Congregation

Tithes and Offerings / Offertory Giving is an act of worship.

We give because all we are and all we have are gifts of God’s grace. For those who are currently unable to attend the worship service you will find on the

website under the MINISTRIES tab a place for ONLINE GIVING

Doxology

Scripture Reading*

2 Timothy 3:1-9

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.

*Please stand if able

We offer the Prayer for the Congregation in accordance

with

1 Peter 5:7

Casting all your

anxieties on

Him, because He

cares for you

We offer our Tithes and Offerings

in accordance

with

Malachi 3:10.

Bring the full

tithe into the

storehouse.

We receive the

Scripture

Reading

in accordance

with

1Timothy 4:13

Devote yourself

to the public

reading of

Scripture

Sanctuary Medley

Sanctuary Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary Pure and holy, tried and true; With thanksgiving I’ll be a living sanctuary for You. (repeat)

Step by Step O God, You are my God And I will ever praise You! O God, You are my God And I will ever praise You! I will seek You in the morning And I will learn to walk in Your ways. And step by step You’ll lead me, And I will follow You all of my days. (repeat)

And step by step You’ll lead me, And I will follow You all of my days.

And step by step You’ll lead me, And I will follow You all of my days.

Awesome God Our God is an awesome God, He reigns from heaven above; With wisdom, pow’r and love Our God is an awesome God. (repeat)

Preaching of God’s Word “Understanding God’s Wrath” pt.3

Romans 1:28-32 Rev. Brent Bergman

Communion

We offer the

Prayer for

Illumination

in accordance

with

Psalm

119:130

The unfolding

of Your words

gives light; it

imparts

understanding

to the simple.

We submit to

the

Preaching of

God’s Word

in accordance

with

Romans

10:17.

So, faith comes

from hearing,

and hearing

through the

word of Christ.

Prayer for Illumination

Benediction

1 Timothy 1:17

To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

Weekly Prayer Journal (September 5 – September 11, 2021)

Please notify us of new prayer requests or answers to prayer. You may call the church office at 727-789-2124 or e-mail the information to faithkeeper77@juno.com.

Sunday: Prayer Theme: Acknowledge God’s Wrath We know that the law curses everyone who does not abide by and do all things written in it; Galatians 3:10 that the wages of sin is death; Romans 6:23 and that for these things’ sake the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. Ephesians 5:6 Hear our prayer, O LORD, give ear to our pleas for mercy; in Your faithfulness answer us. Psalm143:1

Monday: Prayer Needs: Kawachi’s–France We are accountable to You, O God; Romans 3:19 therefore You might justly be angry with us until You consumed us. Ezra 9:14 We entreat your favor with all our heart, Psalm 119:58 “O LORD, lift up the light of Your face upon us. Psalm 4:6

Tuesday: If you should make justice the line, and righteousness the plumb line, Isaiah 28:17 You might justly separate us to all evil, according to all the curses of the covenant, and blot out our names from under heaven. Deuteronomy 29:20 Let us be justified by Your grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Jesus, Romans 3:24 from everything from which we could not be justified by the law of Moses. Acts 13:39

Wednesday: You might justly swear in Your wrath that we should never enter Your rest; Psalm 95:11 and put into our hands the cup of staggering, and make us drink even to the dregs of that cup. Isaiah 51:17 O wash us thoroughly from our iniquity, and cleanse us from our sin; for we know our transgressions, and our sin is ever before us. Psalm 51:2-3

Thursday: Lord, we come to You, as the poor tax collector that stood far off and would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast; and we pray his prayer, “God, be merciful to us sinners.” Luke 18:13 O purge us with hyssop, and we shall be clean; wash us, and we shall be whiter than snow; Psalm 51:7 hide Your face from our sins, and blot out all our iniquities. Psalm 51:9

Friday: Give thanks for our church body and pray for our sanctification, the Pastors, the Elders and Deacons, and Steve & Melissa Brown.

Saturday: You are justified in Your words and blameless in Your judgment; Psalm 51:4 we bear Your indignation O LORD, because we have sinned against You. Micah 7:9 Though our sins have been like scarlet, let them be as white as snow; and though they have been red like crimson, let them be like wool; that being willing and obedient, we may eat the good of the land. Isaiah 1:18-19

We receive

the

Benediction

in accordance

with Leviticus

9:22-23

Then Aaron

lifted up his

hands toward

the people

and blessed

them.

Grace Community Church PCA exists for … The proclamation of God’s grace.

God’s will for His Church is for the Church to proclaim and defend Truth (I Tim. 3:15) so that God’s people may avail themselves of the ordinary means of grace in order to grow in grace and manifest the fruit of the spirit. (Col. 1: 5-6, WSC* #89)

The growth of God’s people.

God’s will for His people is to enable them to more and more die to sin and live unto righteousness. (I Thess. 4:3, WSC* #35)

The magnification of God’s glory.

God’s will is for all things to glorify Him. So, whether we eat or drink, or whatever we do, it is to be for the glory of God. We are to let our light to shine before men so that they might see our good works and glorify our Father in heaven. (I Cor 10:31; Matt 5:16). Therefore, man’s chief end is to “glorify God and to enjoy Him forever.” (WSC* #1) *Westminster Shorter Catechism

Missionaries We Support Financial & Prayer Prayer Matlack MTW Prayer Ministry Andrew Newman – RUF @ USF Schmidts Brazil New Life Solutions (Walk for Life) Kawachis France Genevan Institute Etienne Haiti Scriptures quoted are from the ESV unless otherwise noted. Next Communion: October 3, 2021 Next Benevolence Offering: September 12, 2021