April 12, 2026

(Apostles’ Creed)

Preaching: Pastor Dan Borvan

Call to worship: Psalm 105:1-11

Invocation: Psalm 121:1-2

I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Reading of the Law: Leviticus 18:1-5

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, I am the LORD your God. 3 You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes. 4 You shall follow my rules and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the LORD your God. 5 You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the LORD.

Old Testament Lesson:  Psalm 16:1-11

Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. 2 I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”

3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.

4 The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips

5 The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot. 6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

7 I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me. 8 I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. 10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.

11 You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

New Testament Lesson: James 1:1-18

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings.

2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. 14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Hymn #1 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – 105-C) “O Praise the LORD, His Deeds Make Known”

Hymn #2 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – 435) “Not What My Hands Have Done”

Hymn #3 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – 113-B) “Praise God, O Servants of the Lord”

Afternoon Worship Bulletin: Teaching, Mr. Cole Lindsay

*Call to Worship: Psalm 146:1-2

*God’s Greeting: Jude 1:1-2

*Psalm #1 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – Psalm 98-B) “Sing to the LORD, a New Song Voicing” Psalm of the Month

*Prayer for Illumination

Old Testament Lesson: Ezekiel 36:26-27

New Testament Lesson: Colossians 3:1-4

Confessional Reading: Heidelberg Catechism, Lord’s Day 17 (Q&A 45)

Prayer of Application

*Psalm #2 (Trinity Psalter Hymnal – Psalm 41) “Blest Is the One Who Helps the Weak”  Verses 1-3. 7

*Benediction