Household Worship Guide – 03/08/15

Prayer

“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.”

Address God and Praise Him for Who He Is (Matthew 6:11)

• The Names of God: Jehovah-Rohi
• Meaning: The Lord is My Shepherd
• Psalm 23:1-3; Isaiah 53:6

Thank God for All That He Has Provided (Ephesians 5:20)

“Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”

Pray For the Ministry of Other Churches (Matt. 28:18-20)

• Reformed Baptist Church of Riverside, Riverside CA

Pray For the Gospel to Spread Among All Peoples (Matt. 9:37-38)

• Country: Cambodia
• Population: 15,206,000
• Unreached People Groups: 31
• Religion: Buddhist 96.4{e0b72a53c242df1424785628340537005f8b2ebeecfbb0205a95286f7b4c8fc9}, Evangelical less than 2{e0b72a53c242df1424785628340537005f8b2ebeecfbb0205a95286f7b4c8fc9}
• Click here for information about Cambodia on how to pray for this country.
• Heart Cry Missionary Society 

“Give us this day our daily bread”

Pray For Yours and Your Family’s Needs (Matthew 6:11)

Pray For One Another (James 5:16)

• Log into the CITY for a list of families to pray for.

Pray For Those Who Feed, Lead, And Care For The Flock (Col. 4:3; 2 Thess. 3:1)

• Elders: Joe Anady, Steve Bovee, Kris Vanderschuit
• Deacons: Dave Anady, Mike Thezier

Pray For Kings And Those In Authority (1 Timothy 2:2)

• Local: Hemet & San Jacinto City Manager – Wally Hill, Tim Hults
• State: Governor – Jerry Brown
• Nation: Vice President & Secretary of State – Joe Biden, John Kerry

“Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.”

Ask Forgiveness From God And Others. Forgive Those Who Sinned Against You. (1 John 1:9)

“lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”

Pray That God Would Strengthen Us From Giving Into Temptation (James 1:12-17).

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Worship through Song

Sunday Worship Set 

All the songs are linked to iTunes or you can listen to them for free on other sites.

• I Stand Amazed (How Marvelous)
• “Come Thou Fount”
• It Is Well
• “O Great God” by Sovereign Grace Music
• “Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)” by Chris Tomlin

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Preparing for the Lord’s Day

Our Sermon Text for This Sunday: John 6:41-59

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Catechism – Instruction of God’s Word

Doctrinal Standard BC #63 & 64

• What is required in the fourth commandment?
  A. The fourth commandment requires the keeping holy to God such set times as He has appointed in His Word, expressly one whole day in seven to be a holy Sabbath to Himself..
• Which day of the seven has God appointed to be the weekly Sabbath?
  A. From the creation of the world to the resurrection of Christ, God appointed the seventh day of the week to be the weekly Sabbath; and the first day of the week ever since, to continue to the end of the world, which is the Christian Sabbath.

Memory Verse(s)

• “For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. ⁸ For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s” (Romans 14:7–8,ESV).

Scripture

• Study Passage: Romans 14:1-12
• Support Passages: Deuteronomy 5:12-14; Genesis 2:2-3; I Corinthians 16:1-2; Acts 20:7; Revelation 1:10
• Bible Story: Numbers 15:32-36

Thoughts

• The London Baptist Confession of Faith 1689 provides some insight to this command to keep the Sabbath. The excerpt below is from chapter 20 section 7 and 8 of the LBC with brief comments from Peter Masters.
• “7. As it is the law of nature that in general a proportion of time, by God’s appointment, should be set apart for the worship of God, so He has given in His Word a positive, moral and perpetual commandment, binding upon all men, in all ages to this effect. He has particularly appointed one day in seven for a sabbath to be kept holy for Him.²⁸ From the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ this was the last day of the week, and from the resurrection of Christ it was changed to the first day of the week and called the Lord’s Day.²⁹ This is to be continued until the end of the world as the Christian Sabbath, the observation of the last day of the week having been abolished.28 Exod 20.8. 29 1 Cor 16.1-2; Acts 20.7; Rev 1.10.
• “8. The Sabbath is kept holy to the Lord by those who, after the necessary preparation of their hearts and prior arranging of their common [ordinary or domestic] affairs, observe all day a holy rest from their own works, words and thoughts about their worldly employment and ­recreations, ³⁰ and give themselves over to the public and private acts of worship for the whole time, and to carrying out duties of necessity and mercy.^” 30 Isa 58.13; Neh 13.15-22. 31 Matt 12.1-13. [1]

Discussion Questions

• What does the 4^th commandment require?
• What should our Sabbath day consist of?
• What day does the catechism say the Sabbath should be observed?
• What was significant about the first day of the week that would make the day change?
• How is this command related to the first three commands of the Ten Commandments?

[1] Masters, Peter (1982). The Baptist Confession of Faith 1689 – Notes by Peter Masters. Ashland, Ohio, USA; BookMasters, Inc.

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