Call to Worship*
Communal Votum*: Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Amen.
Salutation*
Congregational Singing: Psalm 103A:1,2,5,7,8*(Augment)
Ten Words and Assurance of Pardon
Congregational Singing: Psalm 19:3,6
Prayer of Confession, Renewal, and Illumination
Reading of Holy Scripture: Psalm 72; 1 Kings 3:1-15
Congregational Singing: Psalm 72:1,2,10
Reading of Text: 1 Kings 3:16-28
Ministry of the Word:
The confounding case of the Wise King and the Impossible Dilemma.
1. The King’s Wise Justice
2. The King’s Righteous Mercy
Prayer of Application
Congregational Singing: Hymn 44:1,2,3,5*
Prayer of thanksgiving and intercession
Offertory: Ministry of Mercy
Congregational Singing: Hymn A3:1-5*(Augment)
Benediction* [with Congregational “Amen”]