PALM SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE APRIL 4, 2004

HOLY GOD OUR LOVING ETERNAL FATHER, WE ARE HERE ONCE AGAIN TO WORSHIP YOU. WE READ IN THE HOLY WORD THAT YOU ARE LORD, THE CREATOR, SUSTAINER AND REDEEMER OF EVERY THING. YOU ARE EXALTED, HOLY, RIGHTEOUS, MERCIFUL, FAITHFUL, POWERFUL, EVER PRESENT, LIVING AND LOVING LORD. WE BOW IN YOUR PRESENCE TO REMEMBER, RECOUNT YOUR BLESSINGS TO US. WE THANK YOU FOR SUSTAINING OUR LIVES, YOU HAVE SEEN US THROUGH EVERY TRIAL, AND LED US WITH BLESSINGS, YOU HAVE PROVIDED FOR US, SOMETIMES EVEN WHEN WE HAVE NOT TRUSTED YOUR PROMISES. WE THANK YOU FOR FAMILY, FRIENDS, JOBS, AND WEALTH. WE THANK YOU FOR LIFE ITSELF, AND THE MANY THINGS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED. ABOVE ALL WE THANK YOU FOR SALVATION, FOR SENDING JESUS ON OUR BEHALF, FOR HIS DEATH AND RESSURECTION, AND HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD WHICH CLEANSES US OF EVERY SIN. LORD ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD WE CONFESS, THAT WE ARE SINNERS, HOWEVER MUCH WE TRY, WE KEEP FALLING INTO SIN, BECAUSE WE ARE SO SELF CENTERED, SEND YOUR HOLY SPIRIT INTO OUR LIVES, EMPOWER US TO BE FOCUSED ON YOU ALONE. AS WE WORSHIP YOU LORD CHANGE OUR HEARTS AND MIND SETS, MAKE US HUMBLY RECEIVE YOUR WORD, RESPOND TO IT AND RESOLVE TO WALK IN FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT, GIVE US THE SINCEREITY OF THOUGHT AND WILL TO FOLLOW YOU, BE WILLING TO SERVE YOU, AND HONOR YOU. LET THIS TIME OF WORSHIP BE A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE. FATHER WE AWAIT YOUR HOLY PRESENCE, YOUR LOVING TOUCH, AND REASSURING WORD. WE GIVE YOU GLORY AND PRAISE, IN THE NAME OF JESUS OUR SAVIOR AND LORD. AMEN!

OLD TESTAMENT READING: ISAIAH 50:4-9

SPECIAL SONG

* GOSPEL READING: LUKE 19:28-40

* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH: THE APOSTLE’S CREED # 881

PRAYERS FOR THE DAY

THE LORD’S PRAYER

SUNDAY SCHOOL SONG

OFFERTORY

SPECIAL SONG

* DOXOLOGY

OFFERTORY PRAYER

MEDITATION: “HOSANNAH TO THE KING”

SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION

CLOSING HYMN: O HAPPY DAY # 391

* CLOSING PRAYER

* BENEDICTION

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