May 10 Home Worship Guide
Call to Worship
READ:
Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
Psalm 100 (NIV)
PRAY:
Faithful God, we come into your heavenly courts with thankful hearts. We come with songs of praise. Out of our fears and troubles we come. Out of our sins and self-sufficiency we come. Holy Spirit, help direct our attention to the one who made all things and remains at the center of all things. Good Shepherd, receive the worship of your sheep. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Singing
Prayer
Take a minute or two to pray. Some ideas:
- Pray in response to the songs
- Pray for the needs of your household
- Pray for needs of the church
- Pray for the government officials and the hard decisions they are called on to make in this time
- Pray for God’s mercy on us to bring an end to the coronavirus pandemic
- Pray for God to work through the preaching of his word
Special Music
Scripture Reading
After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian. A rainbow, resembling an emerald, encircled the throne. Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. Before the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God. Also before the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal.
In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under his wings. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.” Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being.”
Revelation 4:1-11 (NIV)
Sermon
Singing
Benediction
May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ…. The God of peace be with you all.
Romans 15:5-6, 33 (NIV)