DOXOLOGY
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Praise Him, all creatures here below
Praise Him, above ye heavenly host
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
LISTENING TO GOD
Scripture: Ruth 4:1-22
Sermon: HESED
Pastor Andy Kadzban
RESPONDING TO GOD
PSALM 113:5-9
“Who is like the Lord our God,
who is seated on high,
who looks far down
on the heavens and the earth?
He raises the poor from the dust,
and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
to make them sit with princes,
with the princes of his people.
He gives the barren woman a home,
making her the joyous mother of children.
Praise the Lord!”
*SONG OF RESPONSE
“Who Is Like the Lord Our God?”
Our Father, He lifts from the ashes
He raises the poor and the lost;
He seats them to dine at his table,
To feast without money or cost.
The lonely he settles in families
The barren, a mother he makes;
O happy the heart of the stranger
Who’s welcomed by this King of Grace.
Refrain:
Who is like the LORD our God? Who with glory fills the sky?
But humbles himself with the broken to dwell. Who is like our God?
Though equal to God in His glory,
Christ Jesus became like a slave;
He humbled himself in obedience
To Death, and the Cross, and the Grave.
Victorious, he rose to the highest;
In glory, the Savior was raised.
His name above all names exalted;
The heavens and earth sing His praise
Refrain
O Saints, fix your eyes on the Savior
And count all your righteousness lost.
Be found in his love and his favor,
And share in his death on the cross.
That all of his power in victory,
Imparted to you, may abound;
And sharing the suff’rings of Jesus,
You share in his glory and crown
Refrain
APOSTLES’ CREED
We join our voices together with Christians throughout the ages and across the world to proclaim these words:
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
O Lord, you have been good to us. We praise you for your righteousness, your mercy and grace. You turn despair into joy, scarcity into abundance, barrenness to fullness. The world aches for you, then, O Lord. The world needs you, Christ. Open your heart to your servants as we lift up our prayer to you:
We pray for nations and peoples suffering under the weight of war, political and environmental oppression, and divisive cultural tensions. Lord, be swift in establishing your shalom. Use your church to bear love, justice, righteousness and reconciliation.
We pray for persons who feel lost and alone, shunned or glorified into isolation. We pray you would give us courage and commitment to open a place at our table, into our hearts that they might be welcomed in and loved.
We pray for our community at Wyckoff Reformed Church--bear us up under the strain of isolation. Lord, we miss the joy and encouragement of being together. Spirit, be diligent in building up our faith and our love for one another, even from afar.
Establish your kingdom, God. Bring you shalom. As we labor and hope for that day, we lift up your own words,
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
SENT WITH GOD’S BLESSING
May the Lord bless you and keep you.
May the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you.
May the Lord lift up his presence to you and give you his peace,
Now and always, Amen.
-Numbers 6:24-26
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Copyright Info:
"Great Is Thy Faithfulness" Words: Thomas Chisholm. Music: William Runyan. ©1923, Renewed 1951 Hope Publishing Company. Used by Permission, CCLI #2588005
“Not Yet I, But Through Christ in Me” Words and Music: Jonny Robinson, Michael Farren, Rich Thompson. ©2018 CityAlight Music, Farren Love And War Publishing, Integrity's Alleluia! Music, CCLI #7121852
“Who Is Like the Lord Our God?”, Words and Music: Wendell Kimbrough and Bruce Benedict, ©2013 Wendell Kimbrough, Used by Permission, CCLI #2588005