GOD SO LOVED
Call To Worship: Zechariah 9:9
Welcome to the 6th and final Sunday in the season of Lent, Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday is a day full of contradictions: It is a celebration of Christ’s arrival, while sorrow knowing that He is on His way to the cross, shouts of celebration at Christ’s arrival which days later become shouts of ‘Crucify Him!’ It is the God of the universe riding humbly on a donkey, it is the God of the universe taking the punishment for the sin that we deserve so that we can have the life Christ deserved. Every person in this room is a person of contradictions. And as we continue in worship we to be honest with God, ourselves, and one another. Would you take a moment to read the prayer on the screen before we confess this prayer together? Let’s confess our sins to God and one another:
Corporate Confession:
Jesus, our Lord, we shout hosannas to praise You.
With eager hands, we place our cloaks and palms on the path before You.
Yet, Lord, we confess that the mouths that seek to praise You often deny or defy You.
And we confess that the hands that seek to serve you often become fists. Lord, hear us as we confess.
Assurance of Pardon - Hear the Good News:
Hosanna to the Son of David!
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!
For Christ came into the world not to condemn the world,
But that the world through Him should be saved.
Therefore, be imitators of God, as beloved children.
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us,
A fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Hosanna! Amen!
From the Worship Sourcebook based on Matthew 21:8-9, John 3:17, Ephesians 5:1-2
GRACE ALONE
THIS IS AMAZING GRACE
Sermon: Joshua 23-24
Choose this day whom you will serve is not a choice for one moment of one day, it is a choice made every moment of every day. But Scripture tells us that no one chooses God. Our choosing this day whom we will serve this day whom you will serve is only a response to how God in Christ has first served us. Let’s respond to our God together:
GOD WITH US
RAISE UP THE CROWN (ALL HAIL THE POWER)
Benediction