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Liturgy & Sermon

Call to Worship

We worship you, Lord of heaven, with our words,

for with your words you made all of creation.

Holy Trinity, you live in perfect serenity, always possessing all you need.

Yet still you beckoned creation into being with your powerful Word.

You published your grace by forging stars and crafting the molecules

that hold all things together. You wove threads of grace and blessing

into the fabric of the universe.

Your love fills the spaces between our atoms.

Your breath fills our lungs.

And so with every breath, we praise you, Lord our God, the Maker of all.

The universe still echoes with your resounding proclamations: “Good. . . Good. . . Good”

And we, your creatures, sing back to you this morning calling you, “Good. . . Good. . . Good”

- Inspired by Gen 1; Col 1:16-17; Rev 4:11

Confession

Just as a small rudder steers a great ship so our words are powerful instruments.

Humanity has tamed every kind of creature— beasts, birds, reptiles, and sea creatures—

yet none of us have tamed our tongues.

With the same mouth we sing praises to God

and curse our brothers and sisters who are made in God’s image.

This should not be so.

No spring produces both fresh and salt water and no tree produces two kinds of fruit.

Forgive us, Lord, for the way we’ve used our words to cut down your image bearers instead of building them up.

Forgive us, Lord. We have berated our children, mocked our parents,

fought with our siblings, gossiped with our friends, and argued with our enemies.

Forgive us, Lord. We have withheld encouragement from those who needed it.

Forgive us, Lord. We are a people of unclean lips.

–From James 3:1-12

Assurance

We place our hope in the God whose words called creation out of the void in the beginning.

As rain and snow fall to the earth, watering it and making it bear fruit,

so the Word of the Lord comes down with power: never wasted, never forgotten,

always accomplishing His perfect will.

We place our hope in the Word of God which will remain even when all things pass away.

God’s Word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path.

It is living, active, and sharper than any sword,

revealing truth, cutting through lies, and leading us in life everlasting.

We place our hope in the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ, who dwelt among us and died on our behalf.

God stepped into His own creation, not with power to conquer, but with mercy to save.

Jesus bore our sins in His body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.

- From Isaiah 55:10–11, Psalm 119:105; Hebrews 4:12, John 1:14; 1 Peter 2:24

Scripture Reading & Sermon

The Wise Life: Watch Your Words

Pastor Jamaal Williams

A gentle answer turns away anger,
but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

2 The tongue of the wise makes knowledge attractive,
but the mouth of fools blurts out foolishness.

3 The eyes of the Lord are everywhere,
observing the wicked and the good.

4 The tongue that heals is a tree of life,
but a devious tongue breaks the spirit.

5 A fool despises his father’s discipline,
but a person who accepts correction is sensible.

6 The house of the righteous has great wealth,
but trouble accompanies the income of the wicked.

7 The lips of the wise broadcast knowledge,
but not so the heart of fools.

8 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord,
but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Proverbs 15:1-8