03-08-2015 Sunday Evening Bulletin.pub

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Welcome and Announcements

MINISTER: How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. P EOP LE: They feast o n the abundance o f y o ur ho use, and yo u give them drink from the river of your delights. MINISTER: For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light. AL L : O h , c o n t i n u e y o u r s t e a d f a s t l o ve t o t h o s e w h o k n o w y ou, a n d y o u r righteousness to the upright of heart!

Prelude

Hymn 38 ........................................... Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise

The Lord’s Day Evening March 8, 2015 Six O’clock

King of Glory, Divine Majesty, every perfection adorns thy nature and sustains thy throne; the heavens and earth are thine, the world is thine and its fullness. Thy power created the universe from nothing; Thy wisdom has managed all its multiple concerns, presiding over nations, families, individuals. Thy goodness is boundless; all creatures wait on thee, are supplied by thee, are satisfied in thee.

Invocation ......................................................... Dr. Sean Michael Lucas Selection of Favorite Hymns

How precious are the thoughts of thy mercy and grace! How excellent thy lovingkindness that draws men to thee! Teach us to place our happiness in thee, the blessed God, never seeking life among the dead things of earth, or asking for that which satisfies the deluded; but may we prize the light of thy smile, implore the joy of thy salvation, find our heaven in thee. Thou hast attended to our happiness more than we can do; Though we are fallen creatures thou hast not neglected us. In love and pity thou hast provided us a Saviour; apply his redemption to our hearts, by justifying our persons, and sanctifying our natures. We confess our transgressions, have mercy on us. We are weary, give us rest, ignorant, make us wise unto salvation, helpless, let thy strength be made perfect in our weakness, poor and needy, bless us with Christ’s unsearchable riches, perplexed and tempted, let us travel on unchecked, undismayed, knowing that thou hast said, ‘I will never leave thee nor forsake thee.’ Blessed be thy name! (The Valley of Vision)

(Children will be dismissed to 4 Corners on last verse of last hymn.)

Prayer of Illumination Scripture Reading.......................................................Romans 11:33-36 Sermon ....................................................................... Rev. Josh Kines Hymn 642 .............................................................. Be Thou My Vision

Call to Worship ............................................................... Psalm 36:5-9 MINISTER: Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. PEOPLE: Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O Lord.

Benediction Postlude

From Holiness by Grace (Bryan Chappell): We trust God to do what is right and good even when we cannot explain all his ways because we know him. The love of a heavenly Father revealed in Christ’s provision for us silences the cries and calms the fears of children who cannot fully explain his ways. Consistent exultation in the love made plain at the cross grants us insight into, and love for, the person of God, so that we trust in the rightness of his provision for us even when it remains mysterious. This is why the apostle Paul’s meditations on God’s mercy ultimately lead him to exclaim, “Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths

March 8, 2015 6:00 p.m.

beyond tracing out!” (Rom. 11:33)

Presbyterian Church in America Hattiesburg, Mississippi