LITURGY
ENGLISH WORSHIP SERVICE
Sunday, 17th March 2024
At 04.00 pm
Conducted by : Rev. I Made Budiarsa
Words of Welcome
(Stand Up)
- OPENING HYMN : HOLY, HOLY, HOLY (SUCI, SUCI, SUCI-KJ. 2:1-3)
1) Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;
Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!
2) Holy, holy, holy! all the saints adore Thee,
casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
cherubim and seraphim, falling down before Thee,
which wert and art and evermore shalt be.
3) Holy, holy, holy! though the darkness hide Thee,
though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see;
only Thou art holy, there is none beside Thee,
perfect in pow’r, in love, and purity.
- INVOCATION
Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Holy Spirit. Amen.
(Please be Seated)
- PSALM READING (RESPONSIVE READING) : Psalm 43:1-5
43:1 Vindicate me, my God, and plead my cause against an unfaithful nation. Rescue me from those who are deceitful and wicked.
43:2 You are God my stronghold. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?
43:3 Send me your light and your faithful care, let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell.
43:4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my delight. I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.
43:5 Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
- THANKSGIVING PRAYER, CONFESSION of SIN
- LAW OF GOD – THE GREAT COMMANDMENT (Matthew 22:37-40)
22:37 Jesus replied: “’Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
22:38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
22:39 And the second is like it: ’Love your neighbor as yourself.’
22:40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
- HYMN : I HAVE DECIDED TO FOLLOW JESUS
1) I have decided to follow Jesus;
I have decided to follow Jesus;
I have decided to follow Jesus;
no turning back, no turning back.
2) Though none go with me, I still will follow;
though none go with me, I still will follow;
though none go with me, I still will follow;
no turning back, no turning back.
3) The world behind me, the cross before me;
the world behind me, the cross before me,
the world behind me, the cross before me;
no turning back, no turning back.
- PROCLAMATION : THE WORD OF GOD
- SCRIPTURE READING : Matthew 20:28
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
- HYMN : THE OLD RUGGED CROSS (NUN DI BUKIT YANG JAUH-NKB 83:1-2)
1) On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
the emblem of suffering and shame;
and I love that old cross where the dearest and best
for a world of lost sinners was slain.
Refrain : So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,
till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
and exchange it some day for a crown.
2) O that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
has a wondrous attraction for me;
for the dear Lamb of God left his glory above
to bear it to dark Calvary. [Refrain]
- READING PRAYER
- SERMON TEXT : Genesis 22:1-14 (15-19)
22:1 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.
22:2 Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love —Isaac —and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.”
22:3 Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about.
22:4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
22:5 He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.”
22:6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together,
22:7 Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?” “Yes, my son?” Abraham replied. “The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
22:8 Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.
22:9 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.
22:10 Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
22:11 But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.
22:12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”
22:13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.
22:14 So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
- SILENT TIME (Instrument)
(Stand Up)
- THE APOSTLE’S CREED (CONFESS IN UNISON)
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
(Catholic Church = Universal Church)
(Please be Seated)
- HYMN : IT WAS LOVE (KAR’NA KASIHNYA-NKB. 85:1-2)
1) Why did Jesus give up heaven’s glory
For this world of sin and misery?
Why did Jesus suffer in the garden,
Drain the bitter cup of agony?
Why did Jesus stand in Pilate’s judgement hall,
Wear that cruel crown of thorns so patiently?
Why did Jesus give His life to save me?
It was love, God’s wondrous love for me!
2) Why does Jesus lift me when I stumble
Take my hand whene’er I go astray?
Give me strength I need for each tomorrow,
Grace to face the trials of the day?
Why does Jesus share the load I cannot bear,
Fill my soul with peace and joy beyond degree?
And why does He watch o’er me and keep me?
It was love, God’s wondrous love for me!
(Stand Up)
- THE LORD’S PRAYER (Pray in Unison)
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 trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen
(Please be Seated)
- OFFERING : Psalm 50:14
Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High
HYMN : THANK YOU LORD FOR YOUR BLESSINGS ON ME
While the world looks upon me
As I struggle along
They say I have nothing
But they are so wrong
In my heart, I’m rejoicing
How I wish they could see
Thank you Lord
For your blessings on me
There’s a roof up above me
I’ve a good place to sleep
There’s food on my table
And shoes on my feet
You gave me your love Lord
And a fine family
Thank you Lord
For your blessings on me
Although I’m not wealthy
And these clothes, they’re not new
I don’t have much money
But Lord, I have you
To me, that’s all that matters
Though the world may not see
Thank you Lord
For your blessings on me
Thank you Lord
For your blessings on me
- OFFERING PRAYER
(Stand Up)
- CLOSING HYMN : I AM THINE, O LORD (AKU MILIKMU, YESUS TUHANKU-KJ. 362:1-2)
1) I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice,
And it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith,
And be closer drawn to Thee.
Refrain : Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,
To the cross where Thou hast died;
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,
To Thy precious, bleeding side.
2) Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord,
By the pow’r of grace divine;
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,
And my will be lost in Thine. [Refrain]
- BLESSING
The LORD bless you and keep you;
the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you;
the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace.
Amen (sing in unison)
Amen…..Amen…..Amen….Amen……Amen (2X)