April 5, 2020

Trinity Presbyterian Church
Palm Sunday Service of Worship

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Prelude

When my hope is lost
And my strength is gone
I run to you, and you alone.
When I can't get up and I can't go on
I run to you, and you alone.

Refrain
'Cause you're my light in the dark,
And I sing with all of my heart:
Hallelujah! My almighty God divine.
Hallelujah! I am yours and you are mine.
This is all I know how to say!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! You're my everything.

When I'm plagued with pain
And filled with fear,
I run to you, and you alone.
When my days are few
And death is near,
I run to you, and you alone.

Refrain

When trouble comes and goes,
And when the cold wind blows,
I lift my hands up, I lift my hands up.
When sorrow knocks me down,
and You pick me off the ground,
I lift my hands up, I lift my hands up.

And I sing:
Hallelujah! My almighty God divine
Hallelujah! I am yours and you are mine.
This is all I know how to say!
Hallelujah! By the grace of God above.
Hallelujah! I shine the light ‘cause I am loved.

This is all I know how to say: Hallelujah! Hallelujah! (2X)

You're my everything.
Oh, You're my everything

~God Calls Us to Worship Him~

Call to Worship

Pastor

Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth.

Congregation

To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

All

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen. “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” Our King is coming! Let us worship him together in Spirit and truth.

Rejoice the Lord is King: your Lord and King adore!

Rejoice, give thanks, and sing, and triumph evermore.

Lift up your heart, lift up your voice! Rejoice, again I say rejoice!

Jesus the Savior reigns, the God of truth and love,

when he had purged our stains, he took his seat above.

Lift up your heart, lift up your voice! Rejoice, again I say rejoice!

His kingdom cannot fail, he rules o’er earth and heav’n,

The keys of death and hell are to our Jesus giv’n.

Lift up your heart, lift up your voice! Rejoice, again I say rejoice!

He sits at God’s right hand till all his foes submit,

And bow to his command and fall beneath his feet.

Lift up your heart, lift up your voice! Rejoice, again I say rejoice!

Rejoice in glorious hope! Our Lord, the Judge shall come,

And take his servants up to their eternal home.

Lift up your heart, lift up your voice! Rejoice, again I say rejoice!

Prayer of Worship

~God Renews Us In Christ~

Old Testament Reading Isaiah 53

Elder

Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.

Congregation

But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Elder

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth. By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people? And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.

Congregation

Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.

We Corporately Confess Our Sin and Need

Elder:

The gospel calls us to turn away from sin and be faithful to Christ. As we offer ourselves to him in penitence and faith, we renew our confidence and trust in his mercy.

All:

O King enthroned on high, filling the earth with your glory: holy is your name, Lord God almighty. In our sinfulness we cry to you and ask you to take our guilt far away from us, and to cleanse our lips that we may proclaim the praises of him who called us out of darkness into his marvelous light, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

We Silently Confess Our Sin

New Testament Reading John 12:27-36

27 “Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name!”

Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” 29 The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.

30 Jesus said, “This voice was for your benefit, not mine. 31 Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out. 32 And I, when I am lifted up[a] from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” 33 He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.

34 The crowd spoke up, “We have heard from the Law that the Messiah will remain forever, so how can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”

35 Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going. 36 Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.” When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.