Pentecost 14 Date: September 2, 2012
Theme:By You I Have Been Upheld From Birth
– Psalm 73:4-11, 17-18
(Pastor John Hein)
The Order of Worship: Bulletin
Liturgy: TLH, p 15 ff (Also available on laminated sheet in pew)
Hymns:
TLH 123: Our God, Our Help in Ages Past
TLH 402: O God, Forsake Me Not
TLH 427, st 1-3, 6-7: How Firm a Foundation
TLH 648: I Am Jesus’ Little Lamb
Scripture Readings:
Ecclesiastes 12:1-14
Luke 2:25-35
Sermon Theme:
By You I Have Been Upheld From Birth
1. Continue to be my strong refuge
2. I will declare Your strength
Psalm 73:4-11, 17-18
4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. 5 For You are my hope, O Lord GOD; You are my trust from my youth. 6 By You I Have Been Upheld From Birth; You are He who took me out of my mother’s womb. My praise shall be continually of You. 7 I have become as a wonder to many, But You are my strong refuge. 8 Let my mouth be filled with Your praise And with Your glory all the day. 9 Do not cast me off in the time of old age; Do not forsake me when my strength fails. 10 For my enemies speak against me; And those who lie in wait for my life take counsel together, 11 Saying, “God has forsaken him; Pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.” 17 O God, You have taught me from my youth; And to this day I declare Your wondrous works. 18 Now also when I am old and gray headed, O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to everyone who is to come. (NKJVTM)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.