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FBC Forest Park Radio
God speaks through music! Our incredible music team works hard every week to help us focus our hearts on God, usher us into His presence, and lead us as we worship Him! But that song in our heart does not have to stop playing on Sunday. Follow along throughout the week on FBC Forest Park Radio. Click the link below for our custom playlist.
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Order of Worship
Call to Worship
We offer a song of praise celebrating who God is and all He has done!
- Graves Into Gardens
Welcome and Announcements
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Reading of the Law
- Exodus 20:7
- You must not misuse the name of the Lord your God. The Lord will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.
Prayer of Illumination
We invite the Holy Spirit to minister to each of us as He intercedes on our behalf, corrects and encourages us in our relationship with The Father through The Son, and illuminates God’s word in our hearts through the reading and teaching of Scripture.
Confession of Sin - Song
God’s holiness exposes our corporate and individual sins. God's grace, displayed most prominently through Jesus’ death on the cross, invites us to be reunited with The Father through the regular confession of sin. Repentance is an invitation into His grace.
- Holy Forever
Offering of Forgiveness and Reconciliation
We recognize our sins were forgiven by Christ’s death on the cross and, therefore, we are called by God to forgive others who sin against us. We offer others our forgiveness and pray for reconciled relationships.
- Luke 6:37
- Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn others, or it will all come back against you. Forgive others, and you will be forgiven.
Offering of Forgiveness and Reconciliation - Song
- How Deep The Father's Love For Us
Personal Prayer
We pause to pray and reflect on all God has revealed to us through worship, the reading of His word, and the ministry of the Holy Spirit. We prayerfully respond with courage, honesty, and obedience.
Assurance of Pardon
God declares from his Word and through his Church that all who repent and believe in Jesus Christ are forgiven of their sins.
- Hebrews 4:14-16
- So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
Family Prayer
We intercede before God on behalf of our church and our community.
Offertory
We give back to God recognizing He is the source of all things and blesses us through His providence and sovereignty. It is our honor to return our tithes and offerings to Him in recognition of His grace.
Doxology - Congregational Singing
Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
Praise Him all creatures here below.
Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts.
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Scripture Reading and Sermon
God addresses His people through the reading and preaching of His word to edify believers and exhort all people to make sense of, make much of, and make use of the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Response
We offer an opportunity for you to make public your decision to follow Jesus, your desire to be baptized, your interest in joining our church, or any other significant spiritual decision you have made during our service.
Biblical Charge
Closing Prayer
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Let us know how God is working in your life.
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Sermon Notes
Fully Convinced - Part 10
Romans 3:20-22
For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are. 21But now God has shown us a way to be made right with him without keeping the requirements of the law…
22We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ.
Romans 3:27-28
Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on obeying the law. It is based on faith. 28So we are made right with God through faith and not by obeying the law.
James 4:6
And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say, “God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble.”
- As the scriptures say… 7 times!
- Proverbs 3:34
- Proverbs 29:23
- Psalm 138:6
- Matthew 23:12
- Luke 1:52
- 1 Peter 5:5
- James 4:6
Why does God emphasize such a simple concept so many times?
- The center of sin is self.
- I will be like God.
- Pride is the core of all sin.
- We stumble into it all the time.
- Pride make us think too much of ourselves
- Pride makes us think too little of others.
Philippians 2:3-8
Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. 4Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.
5You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
6Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. 7Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, 8he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross.
Those people…
- Cultural divides
- Racial divides
- Socioeconomic divides
- Political divides
- Generational divides
Romans 3:29-30
After all, is God the God of the Jews only? Isn’t he also the God of the Gentiles? Of course he is. 30There is only one God, and he makes people right with himself only by faith, whether they are Jews or Gentiles.
The way we live our lives matters.
Romans 3:31
Well then, if we emphasize faith, does this mean that we can forget about the law? Of course not! In fact, only when we have faith do we truly fulfill the law.
Romans 2:29
No, a true Jew is one whose heart is right with God. And true circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; rather, it is a change of heart produced by the Spirit. And a person with a changed heart seeks praise from God, not from people.
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Weekly Budget Update
Last week's giving:
- $4,893.66
Amount needed each week to make full budget of $676,572.00 by year end:
- $12,644.18
Total funds needed YTD:
- $543,699.74
Total giving received YTD:
- $235,097.64
Difference in funds needed vs funds received:
- -$308,602.10
Percentage of giving received vs. funds needed YTD:
- 43%
Our Faith Offering is designated giving specifically for missions over and above our normal tithes.
Last week's Faith Offering:
- $665.00
Total Faith Offering YTD:
- $10,405.00
