THE JICARILLA APACHE REFORMED CHURCH
February 28, 2021

WE COME NEAR TO GOD
CALL TO WORSHIP: Psalm 22:22-26
I will tell of your name to my brothers;
in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
You who fear the Lord, praise him!
All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him,
and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
For he has not despised or abhorred
the affliction of the afflicted,
and he has not hidden his face from him,
but has heard, when he cried to him.
From you comes my praise in the great congregation;
my vows I will perform before those who fear him.
The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied;
those who seek him shall praise the Lord!

OPENING SONG: “Everlasting God”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuudVoMyZyE

PRAYER OF CONFESSION
L: Let us confess our sins to almighty God. Let us pray.
C: Eternal and merciful God,
you have loved us with a love beyond our understanding,
and you have set us on paths of righteousness for your name’s sake.
Yet we have strayed from your way;
we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed,
through what we have done and what we have left undone.
As we remember the lavish gift of your grace
symbolized in baptism, O God,
we praise you and give you thanks that you forgive us yet again.
Grant us now, we pray, the grace to die daily to sin,
and to rise daily to new life in Christ,
who lives and reigns with you,
and in whose strong name we pray. Amen.

WORDS OF ASSURANCE Colossians 1:11-14
(These words provide assurance, from God's word, that your sin is forgiven in the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ.)
“Being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”

THE LORD’S PRAYER
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 debts as we forgive our debtors.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

WE LISTEN TO GOD’S WORD
SCRIPTURE LESSON: Galatians 6:11-18

SERMON: “What More Could You Need?"

WE RESPOND TO GOD
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH: The Apostles Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified,
died, and was buried; he descended to hell.
The third day he rose again from the dead.
He ascended to heaven and is seated
at the right hand of God the Father almighty.
From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy church throughout the world, the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

CLOSING SONG: “It Is Well With My Soul”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHe_qmo3gX4

BENEDICTION Numbers 6:24-26, p.114
"The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace."