"All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep His covenant and His testimonies" (Psalm 25:10).
Covenant Church (PCA) - Houston, TX
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Transforming Hearts, Conforming to Christ

Worship Order - Evening



~Evening Worship Service ~             

            November 1, 2020
 
 
We encourage you to worship with us in-person* or via Facebook Live at 11 AM
and 5 PM. The link to the Facebook page for our worship services is here
 
*Masks are required when entering, leaving and moving about the building,
but may be removed while at your seat.
 
 
 
Preaching:  Rev. Lou Veiga, Senior Pastor
 
Theme:   God's Rest
 
Call to Worship:  Psalm 29:1-2

1 Ascribe to the LORD,
     O heavenly beings,
   Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

2 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;
     worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness.

Prayer of Adoration and Invocation

Psalm of Adoration:  Psalter 72A "God, Give Your Judgments to the King"

Confession of Faith:  "The Apostles' Creed"

I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
    the Maker of heaven and earth,
    and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord:

Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
    born of the virgin Mary,
    suffered under Pontius Pilate,
    was crucified, dead, and buried;

He descended into hell.
The third day He arose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven,
    and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
    from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost;
    the holy catholic church;
    the communion of saints;
    the forgiveness of sins;
    the resurrection of the body;
    and the life everlasting.

Amen.


Offering and Prayer for Offering

Psalm of Thanksgiving:  Psalter 31B "In You, LORD, I Take Refuge"

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Psalm of Preparation:  Psalter 32C "What Blessedness"

Reading of God's Word:  1 Kings 8:54-61

Sermon:  "God's Blessing of Rest"

Prayer of Application

Hymn of Response:  #358 "For All the Saints"

Benediction

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~SERMON~
"God's Blessing of Rest"
1 Kings 8:54-61 
 
Teaching:  Jehovah has promised to bless his people with rest. You are to remain faithful to him until that rest.

Main Points:
1.  Jehovah's people are to be exhorted and encouraged.
2.  Jehovah's people are all blessed.
3.  Jehovah's people are exhorted to remain faithful.
 
 
1 Kings 8:54-61 (English Standard Version)

54 Now as Solomon finished offering all this prayer and plea to the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, where he had knelt with hands outstretched toward heaven. 55 And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying, 56 “Blessed be the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. Not one word has failed of all his good promise, which he spoke by Moses his servant. 57 The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. May he not leave us or forsake us, 58 that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his rules, which he commanded our fathers. 59 Let these words of mine, with which I have pleaded before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, and may he maintain the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel, as each day requires, 60 that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other. 61 Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the Lord our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day.”