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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!
- 10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)
Welcome and Announcements
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Reading of the Law
- 1 Corinthians 14:20
- Dear brothers and sisters, don’t be childish in your understanding of [spiritual things.] Be innocent as babies when it comes to evil, but be mature in understanding matters of this kind.
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.
- I Believe
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.
- 1 Peter 3:9
- Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t retaliate with insults when people insult you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God has called you to do, and he will grant you his blessing.
Offering of Forgiveness and Reconciliation - Song
- How Great Is Our God
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.
- Titus 3:5
- When God our Savior revealed his kindness and love, 5he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.
Family Prayer
We intercede before God on behalf of our church and our community.
Offertory and Response
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.
Song of Response and Adoration
We sing a song that extols God’s grace and truth, strengthens our faith, and encourages our love for Him and others. 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.
- Made For More
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 5
The Good News!
- Romans 1:16-17
- For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile. 17This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say, “It is through faith that a righteous person has life.”
God's People
- Romans 2:1-3
- You may think you can condemn such people, but you are just as bad, and you have no excuse! When you say they are wicked and should be punished, you are condemning yourself, for you who judge others do these very same things. 2And we know that God, in his justice, will punish anyone who does such things. 3Since you judge others for doing these things, why do you think you can avoid God’s judgment when you do the same things?
God's Loving Patience
- Romans 2:4
- Don’t you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can’t you see that his kindness is intended to turn you from your sin?
God's Judgment
Romans 2:5-10
But because you are stubborn and refuse to turn from your sin, you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself. For a day of anger is coming, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. 6He will judge everyone according to what they have done. 7He will give eternal life to those who keep on doing good, seeking after the glory and honor and immortality that God offers. 8But he will pour out his anger and wrath on those who live for themselves, who refuse to obey the truth and instead live lives of wickedness. 9There will be trouble and calamity for everyone who keeps on doing what is evil—for the Jew first and also for the Gentile. 10But there will be glory and honor and peace from God for all who do good—for the Jew first and also for the Gentile. 11For God does not show favoritism.
God's Standard
Romans 2:12-16
When the Gentiles sin, they will be destroyed, even though they never had God’s written law. And the Jews, who do have God’s law, will be judged by that law when they fail to obey it. 13For merely listening to the law doesn’t make us right with God. It is obeying the law that makes us right in his sight. 14Even Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know his law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard it. 15They demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts, for their own conscience and thoughts either accuse them or tell them they are doing right. 16And this is the message I proclaim—that the day is coming when God, through Christ Jesus, will judge everyone’s secret life.
Covenant Prayer of the week
Exodus 33:15-17
Then Moses said, “If you don’t personally go with us, don’t make us leave this place. 16How will anyone know that you look favorably on me—on me and on your people—if you don’t go with us? For your presence among us sets your people and me apart from all other people on the earth.”
17The Lord replied to Moses, “I will indeed do what you have asked, for I look favorably on you, and I know you by name.”
I Have Decided…
…to read the Bible and do what it says.
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Weekly Budget Update
Last week's giving:
- $4,021.01
Amount needed each week to make full budget of $676,572.00 by year end:
- $12,644.18
Total funds needed YTD:
- $455,190.48
Total giving received YTD:
- $199,799.04
Difference in funds needed vs funds received:
- -$255,391.44
Percentage of giving received vs. funds needed YTD:
- 44%
Our Faith Offering is designated giving specifically for missions over and above our normal tithes.
Last week's Faith Offering:
- $350.00
Total Faith Offering YTD:
- $8,385.00
