For The Sake of My Name
Prelude
All The Earth
Greeting
Opening Song
Welcome
Invocation
Often, O holy and righteous God,
we dare your justice,
mock your mercy,
jeer your patience,
slight your power,
and show contempt for your love.
We even say “I’m sorry” insincerely and confess our sin flippantly.
We plead your help to own up carefully to how we have wronged you,
to admit honestly how we have grieved you,
to plead penitently for your mercy and pardon.
We beg your forgiveness through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. —Prayer of Confession WS 93 (no.22)
Worship In Song
Pastoral Prayer
Offering
Choir Anthem - Surely Goodness, Love, and Mercy
Doxology
Announcements
Scripture Reading
22 “Therefore, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign Lord: I am bringing you back, but not because you deserve it. I am doing it to protect my holy name, on which you brought shame while you were scattered among the nations. 23 I will show how holy my great name is—the name on which you brought shame among the nations. And when I reveal my holiness through you before their very eyes, says the Sovereign Lord, then the nations will know that I am the Lord. 24 For I will gather you up from all the nations and bring you home again to your land.
25 “Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols. 26 And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.[a] 27 And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations.
28 “And you will live in Israel, the land I gave your ancestors long ago. You will be my people, and I will be your God. —Ezekiel 36:22-28
Message: Doug McHenry
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“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.” —Proverbs 4:23
“The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure.” —Jeremiah 17:9
What do we do about our hearts?
Regeneration:
In Christ, through the Holy Spirit, we become a new person.
When we are regenerated, we:
Are
Made a new
Taken from
Given a new
Given our human hearts, we need:
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A
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The diagnosis:
We have hearts of “stone” that are cold, unresponsive and
Given our condition, there is only one hope, one treatment:
We need a
The doctor:
says, “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart, and give you a tender, responsive heart.” —Ezekiel 36:26
The donor:
Jesus dies for us and rises again to give us a new
Has your heart been made new?
Song of Response
Benediction