July 20, 2025
Call to Worship
Psalm 147:1-5
Leader: Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.
All: The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Leader: He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.
All: Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.
Rise My Soul, The Lord Is Risen
CityAlight
Rise my soul the Lord is risen
Come behold the empty grave
See the place where darkness laid Him
Sing for only hope remains
Hallelujah, Praise forever
Death defeated and life restored
By that great immortal power
Christ is risen, arise my soul!
Rest my soul the Lord is risen
Love’s redeeming work is done
Now the Father sees His children
As He sees His Sinless Son
O the wonder, O the glory
That same favour is now my own
Shame behind me, grace before me
Christ is risen, arise my soul!
Peace my soul, the Lord is risen
Come and have your hope renewed
For this trial is brief and fleeting
Tears will turn to glory soon
Shout with joy and sound the triumph
Let the music of heaven roar
Let the boast of death be silent
Christ is risen, arise my soul!
Rise my soul for I am risen
Seated now with Christ my Lord
As my life belongs to heaven
Fear shall hold its sway no more
[Onward, upward, t’ward the treasure
Filled with courage and endless hope
For this truth Is mine forever
Christ is risen arise my soul!] Repeat
We Delight
by Caedmon's Call
CHORUS:
We delight in the Law of your Word
We delight in the Son who was perfect from birth
We delight in the day He's returning to earth
Hallelujah
We will bow our hearts because we are free
As we raise our hands to give You glory
Father of life and love and infinite worth
We're delivered by blood that flows from the tree
Draw us near to You vessels of Your mercy
Before the invention of man, the glorious Trinity (Chorus)
We will lift our eyes to the cloud and the flame
Lord, You guide our steps and restore us again
The nations of man will rejoice in the God of the wilderness (Chorus)
Confession of Sin
Job 40:6,8-9; 42:1-2,3b-6
Leader: Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
All: “Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be in the right? Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?”
Leader: Then Job answered the LORD and said:
All: “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. ‘Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you make it known to me.’ I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”
Silent Prayers of Confession
Assurance of Forgiveness
Psalm 103:8-19
Leader: The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
All: He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.
Leader: For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
All: as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.
Leader: For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.
All: As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.
Leader: But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children, to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.
All: The LORD has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.
I Need thee Every Hour
Annie S. Hawks, Robert Lowry (1872)
I need Thee every hour most gracious Lord
No tender voice like Thine can peace afford
CHORUS:
I need Thee, oh, I need Thee
Every hour I need Thee
Oh, bless me now, my Savior!
I come to Thee
I need Thee every hour stay Thou near by
Temptations lose their power when Thou art nigh (Chorus)
I need Thee every hour in joy or pain
Come quickly and abide or life is vain (Chorus)
I need Thee every hour most Holy One
Oh, make me Thine indeed Thou blessed Son (Chorus)
Pastoral Prayer
Family Life and Offerings
† Tithes and offerings can be given at fieldspres.org/give or in the offering box.
† During a brief intermission, children can go with their teachers for a lesson.
Sermon Passage
Psalm 88
A SONG. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. TO THE CHOIRMASTER: ACCORDING TO MAHALATH LEANNOTH. A MASKIL OF HEMAN THE EZRAHITE.
1 O LORD, God of my salvation; I cry out day and night before you. 2 Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry!
3 For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. 4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength, 5 like one set loose among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand. 6 You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep. 7 Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah
8 You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape; 9 my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon you, O LORD; I spread out my hands to you. 10 Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah 11 Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon? 12 Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 But I, O LORD, cry to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you. 14 O LORD, why do you cast my soul away? Why do you hide your face from me? 15 Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am helpless. 16 Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me. 17 They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in on me together. 18 You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness.
Leader: The grass withers, the flower fades...
All: ...but the word of our God will stand forever. (Isaiah 40:8)
Sermon
"When Life Seems Hopeless"
Pastor Chris McLaughlin
Lord From Sorrows Deep I Call
Matt Papa and Matt Boswell
Lord, from sorrows deep I call when my hope is shaken
Torn and ruined from the fall, hear my desperation
For so long I’ve pled and prayed, “God, come to my rescue!”
Even so, the thorn remains; still my heart will praise You
Storms within my troubled soul, questions without answers
On my faith these billows roll; God be now my shelter
Why are you cast down my soul? Hope in Him who saves you
When the fires have all grown cold, cause this heart to praise You
CHORUS:
Oh, my soul, put your hope in God
My help, my rock, I will praise Him
Sing, oh sing, through the raging storm
You’re still my God, my salvation
Should my life be torn from me, every worldly pleasure
When all I possess is grief, God be then my treasure
Be my vision in the night, be my hope and refuge
’Til my faith is turned to sight, still my heart will praise You
The Lord’s Supper
† Receive bread and juice from one of our section hosts near you. Gluten free wafers are available at the front table. We will all eat and drink together.
Leader: Lift up your hearts.
All: We lift them up to the Lord.
Leader: Give thanks to the Lord.
All: For his steadfast love endures forever,
Kids: and his faithfulness to all generations. (Psalm 100:5)
O Worship The King All Glorious Above (Psalm 104)
by Michael Farren, By: Robert Grant (1833); Arr: Wendell Kimbrough (2014)
O worship the King all-glorious above
O gratefully sing His power and His love
Our shield and defender, the Ancient of Days
Pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise
O tell of His might and sing of His grace
Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space
His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form
And dark is His path on the wings of the storm
Your bountiful care, what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light
It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain
And sweetly distills in the dew and the rain
Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail
In You do we trust, nor find You to fail
Your mercies, how tender, how firm to the end
Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend
O measureless might, unchangeable love
Whom angels delight to worship above
Your ransomed creation, with glory ablaze
In true adoration shall sing to Your praise
Benediction
† We invite you to stretch out your hands as you receive the Lord’s blessing.
Psalm 147:1-5
Leader: Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.
All: The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Leader: He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.
All: Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.
Rise My Soul, The Lord Is Risen
CityAlight
Rise my soul the Lord is risen
Come behold the empty grave
See the place where darkness laid Him
Sing for only hope remains
Hallelujah, Praise forever
Death defeated and life restored
By that great immortal power
Christ is risen, arise my soul!
Rest my soul the Lord is risen
Love’s redeeming work is done
Now the Father sees His children
As He sees His Sinless Son
O the wonder, O the glory
That same favour is now my own
Shame behind me, grace before me
Christ is risen, arise my soul!
Peace my soul, the Lord is risen
Come and have your hope renewed
For this trial is brief and fleeting
Tears will turn to glory soon
Shout with joy and sound the triumph
Let the music of heaven roar
Let the boast of death be silent
Christ is risen, arise my soul!
Rise my soul for I am risen
Seated now with Christ my Lord
As my life belongs to heaven
Fear shall hold its sway no more
[Onward, upward, t’ward the treasure
Filled with courage and endless hope
For this truth Is mine forever
Christ is risen arise my soul!] Repeat
We Delight
by Caedmon's Call
CHORUS:
We delight in the Law of your Word
We delight in the Son who was perfect from birth
We delight in the day He's returning to earth
Hallelujah
We will bow our hearts because we are free
As we raise our hands to give You glory
Father of life and love and infinite worth
We're delivered by blood that flows from the tree
Draw us near to You vessels of Your mercy
Before the invention of man, the glorious Trinity (Chorus)
We will lift our eyes to the cloud and the flame
Lord, You guide our steps and restore us again
The nations of man will rejoice in the God of the wilderness (Chorus)
Confession of Sin
Job 40:6,8-9; 42:1-2,3b-6
Leader: Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
All: “Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be in the right? Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?”
Leader: Then Job answered the LORD and said:
All: “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. ‘Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you make it known to me.’ I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”
Silent Prayers of Confession
Assurance of Forgiveness
Psalm 103:8-19
Leader: The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
All: He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.
Leader: For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
All: as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.
Leader: For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.
All: As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.
Leader: But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children, to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.
All: The LORD has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.
I Need thee Every Hour
Annie S. Hawks, Robert Lowry (1872)
I need Thee every hour most gracious Lord
No tender voice like Thine can peace afford
CHORUS:
I need Thee, oh, I need Thee
Every hour I need Thee
Oh, bless me now, my Savior!
I come to Thee
I need Thee every hour stay Thou near by
Temptations lose their power when Thou art nigh (Chorus)
I need Thee every hour in joy or pain
Come quickly and abide or life is vain (Chorus)
I need Thee every hour most Holy One
Oh, make me Thine indeed Thou blessed Son (Chorus)
Pastoral Prayer
Family Life and Offerings
† Tithes and offerings can be given at fieldspres.org/give or in the offering box.
† During a brief intermission, children can go with their teachers for a lesson.
Sermon Passage
Psalm 88
A SONG. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. TO THE CHOIRMASTER: ACCORDING TO MAHALATH LEANNOTH. A MASKIL OF HEMAN THE EZRAHITE.
1 O LORD, God of my salvation; I cry out day and night before you. 2 Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry!
3 For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. 4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength, 5 like one set loose among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand. 6 You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep. 7 Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah
8 You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape; 9 my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon you, O LORD; I spread out my hands to you. 10 Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah 11 Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon? 12 Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 But I, O LORD, cry to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you. 14 O LORD, why do you cast my soul away? Why do you hide your face from me? 15 Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am helpless. 16 Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me. 17 They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in on me together. 18 You have caused my beloved and my friend to shun me; my companions have become darkness.
Leader: The grass withers, the flower fades...
All: ...but the word of our God will stand forever. (Isaiah 40:8)
Sermon
"When Life Seems Hopeless"
Pastor Chris McLaughlin
Lord From Sorrows Deep I Call
Matt Papa and Matt Boswell
Lord, from sorrows deep I call when my hope is shaken
Torn and ruined from the fall, hear my desperation
For so long I’ve pled and prayed, “God, come to my rescue!”
Even so, the thorn remains; still my heart will praise You
Storms within my troubled soul, questions without answers
On my faith these billows roll; God be now my shelter
Why are you cast down my soul? Hope in Him who saves you
When the fires have all grown cold, cause this heart to praise You
CHORUS:
Oh, my soul, put your hope in God
My help, my rock, I will praise Him
Sing, oh sing, through the raging storm
You’re still my God, my salvation
Should my life be torn from me, every worldly pleasure
When all I possess is grief, God be then my treasure
Be my vision in the night, be my hope and refuge
’Til my faith is turned to sight, still my heart will praise You
The Lord’s Supper
† Receive bread and juice from one of our section hosts near you. Gluten free wafers are available at the front table. We will all eat and drink together.
Leader: Lift up your hearts.
All: We lift them up to the Lord.
Leader: Give thanks to the Lord.
All: For his steadfast love endures forever,
Kids: and his faithfulness to all generations. (Psalm 100:5)
O Worship The King All Glorious Above (Psalm 104)
by Michael Farren, By: Robert Grant (1833); Arr: Wendell Kimbrough (2014)
O worship the King all-glorious above
O gratefully sing His power and His love
Our shield and defender, the Ancient of Days
Pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise
O tell of His might and sing of His grace
Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space
His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form
And dark is His path on the wings of the storm
Your bountiful care, what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light
It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain
And sweetly distills in the dew and the rain
Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail
In You do we trust, nor find You to fail
Your mercies, how tender, how firm to the end
Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend
O measureless might, unchangeable love
Whom angels delight to worship above
Your ransomed creation, with glory ablaze
In true adoration shall sing to Your praise
Benediction
† We invite you to stretch out your hands as you receive the Lord’s blessing.
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